2013 IndyCar season

Four-time IndyCar Series champ Dario Franchitti suffered a concussion and broken back in a spectacular crash during the final lap of the Houston Grand Prix that was won by Will Power.

The Scotsman's injuries also included a broken right ankle, said IndyCar's head of medical services Michael Olinger.

"(Franchitti) was admitted awake and alert to Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston for a concussion and spinal fracture that will require no surgery and a fracture to the right ankle. He will be kept overnight," Olinger said.

Franchitti's car went airborne Sunday after colliding with Takuma Sato and slammed into the safety fencing before coming to a halt in the middle of the street circuit track.

He was stretchered off the track and taken by ambulance to the nearby hospital.
 

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