Renna killed during test at Speedway
By Robin Miller
Special to ESPN.com
INDIANAPOLIS -- Race driver Tony Renna, taking his first laps with his new team at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a tire test, was fatally injured Wednesday morning.
Renna, who would have turned 27 years old next month, was going into Turn 3 when his car jumped sideways and became airborne while going 218 mph. According to witnesses, the car cleared the four-foot concrete wall and smashed into the catch fence -- breaking in half in the cockpit area.
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