EDMONTON, Alberta - Will Power led almost the entire way Sunday to capture the Rexall Edmonton Indy in a race marred by a pit fire that burned driver Tony Kanaan’s hands and face. Power, the first-year driver for Penske Racing, finished 1.094 seconds ahead of teammate Helio Castroneves. Target Chip Ganassi driver Scott Dixon was third. Kanaan, the Brazilian driver for Andretti Green, was injured on his first pit stop when the ethanol fuel pump filling his car appeared to not shut off properly, dousing him and his car in fuel. Seconds later the car caught fire, with Kanaan frantically struggling to free himself as crews doused his No. 11 Dallara Honda with water. Kanaan later waved to the crowd as he was led away for medical tests.
holy crap, he's pretty lucky see how fast those other team mechanics respond to that fire? impressive stuff i saw a fuel spill this weekend at Spa & nobody else reacted on it, altough no fire but still that was right next to the exhaust
The scariest pit fire I've seen. His reaction alone tightens my jaw. On board and and the 2nd angle really shows how well the other pit teams reacted. +1 IRL pits.
+1 for the other teams rushing to Kanaan's aid. Been a crazy week and a half in motorsports. Hope all this bad luck worldwide passes with no more incidents.
no kidding most pitfires that have happened in the last year where usually gone in 10 seconds or so remember the stop from Luc Alphand 2 years ago at Monza, that was over before most people realised but the way Kanaan was moving around you figured he was in a lot of pain & stuck in the car but then he said he had his eyes closed the whole time & was holding his breath i start to understand why he moved like that