Paul Tracy suffered a compression fracture to his first lumbar vertebrae in his lower back while practicing Saturday for The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach that will keep him out of action for approximately three months.  Tracy commented, "This is obviously a very unfortunate situation; it's really a shame because it pretty much ruins the championship for us this year.  I'm very disappointed for the whole team because we had gotten off to a great start in Vegas and we were pretty strong here, we were building momentum and just hoping to be fast and consistent the whole year."

"I was coming off Turn 1 and got back on the throttle pretty hard and the car just snapped around, I went head on into the wall and then the car jumped up in the air and then slammed back on the ground.  I could tell something was wrong right away.  Now I'm just going to go home and rest for a couple of days and then early next week we'll start figuring out the best recovery options so I can get back in the car as soon as possible.  I feel OK right now after all the medication that the doctors gave me, but I'm just sore and stiff and I just need some rest."

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