CART race marred by pace car crash
Associated Press

FONTANA, Calif. -- Driver Andrew Bordin and a passenger were
injured Sunday in a pace car crash prior to the start of CART's Marlboro
500 at California Speedway.

Bordin, a competitor in the CART Toyota Atlantic development series,
was giving a guest ride to Yoshimichi Inada, senior managing director of
Pioneer Electrics, when he lost control of the specially built Accura NSX
pace car in turn two on the 2-mile oval.

Dr. Steve Olvey, director of medical affairs for CART, said Bordin
fractured and dislocated the fourth cervical vertebrae and Inada was
unconscious briefly at the scene of the accident. Both were transported
by ambulance to Loma Linda Hospital for further evaluation and
treatment.

Olvey said both were conscious and alert when they left the track

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