Now a year later I m able to do officially everything. Well, everything but walk through an airport security scanner without turning on the alarm. Salazar says plates and screws are helping hold his broken bones together. He intends to leave them there until his Odyssey is complete, because a removal operation would sideline him at least two months. But in a funny kind of way, I m looking forward to it.
Mind games are hard to know why things happen.
Salazar failed to qualify for the opening race at Orlando. Since, qualifying remains a problem. In the Indy 500, his car lasted only seven laps before an accident relegated him to 33 rd and last place. But at Texas, he advanced 15 positions to place fifth and earn the MCI WorldCom Long Distance Award for making the biggest advancement in the race. At Atlanta, he made up 14 places.