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INDYCAR: Andretti slams 'unsafe' dome skids

Marco Andretti is one of the bravest drivers in the Verizon IndyCar Series, but after running the dome skids on his car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tuesday and Wednesday, he's concerned that the 100th Indianapolis 500 is going to be less safe and not as much fun to watch. Designed to keep the car on the ground after it gets sideways, the dome skids have raised the ride heights - and at least one temper in Gasoline Alley. "We put the dome skid [on the car] makes it safer in spin, yes, but everyone ignores the fact that to have to raise the ride heights 10 flats, which makes the car undrivable, therefore unsafe," Andretti said after turning the overall fastest lap of 223mph...
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