A four - time IndyCar champion and three - time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Franchitti, 40, suffered two spinal fractures, a fractured right ankle and a concussion in a crash that that saw his car get airborne and into the catchfence
during the final laps of the Houston Grand Prix.
Hamlin slammed into the inside wall
during the final lap of the Auto Club 400, while jockeying for position with Joey Logano.
Hunter - Reay passed Castroneves on the outside
during the final lap entering Turn One and held on to win by.3171 of a second.
The good thing about the crazy 8 is that you can get a strategy, especially
during the final lap or if you are in trouble.
Not exact matches
Harvick and Keselowski had the two best cars a year ago at Atlanta; Harvick won the pole and led a race - high 292
laps, while Keselowski took the checkered flag after Harvick was penalized for speeding on pit road
during his
final stop.
But Busch, who also advanced to the
final four last season, finishing second, and his No. 18 team consistently challenged Truex and Furniture Row Racing
during the regular season more than any other team, and in nine playoff races Busch has led more
laps (631) than Truex (529).
Two years ago, Logano spun Kenseth out on the
final lap during a playoff race at Kansas Speedway, taking away the win Kenseth needed to remain championship - eligible.
An F1 fan had his 15 minutes of fame when he took this photo of himself
during the Russian Grand Prix at the exact moment Valterri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen came together on the
final lap.
Vettel was on a great
lap during the
final moments of qualifying and looked set to snatch an unlikely pole position, but a bad
final sector cost him time to Lewis Hamilton and he had to settle for second.
Busch spinning following contact with Keselowski on the
final lap during the 2012 Cup race at Watkins Glen International; at the time Busch was leading.
He may have had Lewis Hamilton all over his engine
during the
final few
laps in Brazil, but Kimi Raikkonen says he had things under control.
Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest ever
lap around Spa - Francorchamps to top the timesheets
during final practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.
The record
lap was set on April 3, 2017,
during the
final phase of the Civic Type R's testing regime.
Magnussen was running in the top - half of the GTLM class
during the
final practice when he slid and spun under braking early in the
lap.
During my first set of
laps, I used the steering wheel - mounted paddles to manually choose my gears from the seven - speed dual - clutch transmission, then opted for the automatically shifting sport program on my
final set.
You can play time trials with or without AI although there's nothing worse than smashing into an AI racer
during the
final straight of a perfect
lap.