Jeff Andretti's life was changed forever at the 1992 Indy 500. Mario's youngest son, making his third start at the Speedway, suffered troubling injuries in a Turn 2 crash that flattened the front of his A.J. Foyt Racing Lola-Chevy. With badly broken feet and ankles to free from the tattered, shortened chassis, it took 18 excruciating minutes to remove Andretti from the car and clean up the debris field. Remembered for unreasonably high number of crashes – 13 in total – caused in part by the frigid temperatures, Andretti's accident was the heavy counterweight that balanced the cheer and celebration that came with Al Unser Jr.'s first Indy 500 win. "Well, to look back to that day...
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