Ganassi IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball knows how to overcome adversity
Via The Morning Call
The top story from Saturday’s qualifying for IndyCar’s ABC Supply Company 500 might not have been Helio Castroneves earning the pole-position for Sunday’s race.
Much more memorable was the horrific crash suffered by Chip Ganassi Racing team member Charlie Kimball, a teammate and mentor to Nazareth’s Sage Karam, whose wreck in Turn 3 caused a 48-minute delay.
Kimball smashed into the wall and his car briefly went airborne. The accident caused an extensive repair to Pocono’s catch-fence as well as a lengthy track cleanup effort.
He immediately put people at ease with a thumb’s up, and suffered only a cut on his chin that required stitches and a bruised finger and hand.
“When you are this ugly to begin with it is hard to do much damage,” Kimball told reporters later.
The 30-year-old Kimball, who finished second in 2013 when the Verizon IndyCar Series made its return to Pocono, is used to overcoming adversity. He battles Type-I diabetes every day of his life.
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