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The horrific crash at the end of the Indianapolis 500 was worse than previously reported.

Driver Mike Conway suffered a broken back as well as a broken leg, and will have to wear a back brace for three months that will prevent him from racing, the Indy Racing League reported Monday.

In addition, Ryan Hunter-Reay suffered a broken finger in the crash that will require a splint.

Conway had surgery Sunday night to repair fractures in his lower left leg. "He also has a soft tissue injury to his lower left leg and is anticipated to have another surgical procedure later this week," an IRL statement said.

His back injury was a compression fracture of one of his thoracic vertebrae.

Hunter-Reay was scheduled to have surgery Monday on his left thumb and will be fitted with a carbon fiber splint, "which should allow him to participate at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend," the IRL said.

Conway was injured on Lap 199 when he ran into the back of Hunter-Reay's fuel-starved, sputtering car coming out of turn three. Conway's car was launched into the air and ripped itself apart on the retaining fence. The car was torn in half.

 

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INDIANAPOLIS -- In the end, Dario didn't run out of gas, a bunch of his competitors nearly did, and Ashley couldn't stay in her shoes.

Everything else surrounding the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday prior to the final couple of laps was a blur -- sort of like Dario Franchitti's No. 10 car for most of the steamy afternoon.

This was fun. This also was scary.

With one lap remaining and his car threatening to gasp any moment courtesy of a sprinkling of gas left in his tank, Franchitti's likeness on the Borg-Warner Trophy was guaranteed for a second time in four Indy races after a crash in the north chute. It was a brutal one, but it wasn't fatal. It featured Mike Conway suffering just a leg injury despite his sparking, flipping and exploding ride flying high before slamming into the fence.

So this mostly was vintage Indy -- as in drama.

As in, it's about time.

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As Dario Franchitti was closing in on victory at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, Mike Conway was closing in on Ryan Hunter-Reay. The big difference was that while a full-of-adrenaline Franchitti went on to win the world's biggest race, Conway went to the hospital after a horrific wreck with an out of gas Hunter-Reay.

"I had nowhere to go," Hunter-Reay said after the race. He was also involved in an earlier incident with Scott Dixon in the pits, causing torn ligaments in his right thumb that will require surgery Monday.

 

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