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Dana injured in Indy crash

Associated Press

Rookie Paul Dana was seriously injured and two-time Indy Racing League champion Sam Hornish Jr. was able to walk away from a crash during Friday’s practice for the May 29 Indianapolis 500.

Dana lost control heading into turn two on the 2 1/2 -mile oval and backed hard into the outside wall. Hornish ran over debris from Dana’s wreck, flipped high into the air, turned over and skidded along the track on the open cockpit of his Team Penske entry.

Hornish was able to scramble from his overturned car and came away with only a cut and a bruise on his right knee. Safety workers removed Dana from his battered car and speedway officials said he was taken by ambulance to Methodist Hospital, where he was awake, alert and in good condition with a spinal fracture and a concussion.

Edwards wins close Busch race

Carl Edwards passed Elliott Sadler with one lap to go after a green-white-checker restart, depriving the Virginia native of his first victory in his home state.

Sadler, who grabbed the lead from Johnny Sauter with seven laps to go in the Funai 250 at Richmond, Va., appeared to have a left front tire that was losing air as he circled the track during the 13th and final caution, producing the extra laps.

Once the race went back to green to allow one chance for the drivers to settle it on the track, Sadler held the lead for most of the first lap until Edwards passed him inside at the start-finish line.

The victory was the second for Edwards in 14 career starts in the Busch Series, and deprived Sadler of what would have been a cherished win. Edwards is 180 points ahead of Clint Bowyer in the series standings.

Kahne sweeps Busch, Cup poles

Kasey Kahne, who edged Ryan Newman for the Nextel Cup pole last week at Darlington, S.C., did it again just a few hours after winning the top starting spot for Friday night’s Funai 250 Busch Series race. Kahne earned his sixth career pole position in 47 Nextel Cup races, and became the first driver to accomplish the pole sweep since Mark Martin at Rockingham, N.C., in October 1999.