Mario Andretti Crash On the page linked to above, click the "Mario Andretti crashes at IMS" link to see the video. Unbelievable. He walked away from the crash. Background: Mario, age 63, is doing testing for his son's IRL race team, filling in for an injured driver. While testing at the track he hit debris from an accident that had just happened, causing Mario to go for a ride. A similar incident happened at LeMans in 1999: Mercedes Flip This time is was just a poorly designed car. Believe it or not, Mark Webber flipped it two days in a row during practice, and then wisely refused to get back in it. A subsitute driver flipped it again during the race.