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suffered severe head injuries in a testing crash at
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hit oil on the track and hit the wall in turn three. Daly was unhurt. Under caution, Al Unser spun on pit road. On the restart from Daly's crash, Mears suffered a failure of the CV Joint. His team replaced the part in 30 laps, but retired from the race with engine failure after completing 177 laps.
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putting on an old set of tires, Mears returned to the track and ran a lap of 218.427 mph to win the pole. Al Unser qualified second with a speed of 216.060 mph. Mario
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Michigan 500. Prior to the race, Danny Sullivan was suffered from the flu and was unsure if he could run the entire race.
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The final caution came out with 11 laps remaining when Dick Simon's car dropped fluid on the track. That set up a seven lap run to the finish with
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took Dick Simon's backup car out for four test laps on
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315:Rick Mears
294:Background
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