Article: FITTIPALDI, FOYT HIT WALL ON FINAL DAY OF PRACTICE

PHOTO The cowling from the rear of A.J. Foyt's car flies away after the car hit the first-turn wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Thursday. Foyt was not injured in the crash. (AP photo)

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. Indianapolis 500 - The Seventy First - May 24, 1987

Emerson Fittipaldi went from a confident cockiness to total frustration in a matter of seconds. The two-time world driving champion had finally gotten his Marlboro/ Patrick Racing March race ready when, literally speaking, the wheels fell off.

Fittpaldi became the 24th victim of the concrete wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the abrupt meeting destroyed his red and white ...

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