Article Photos: Ex-race car driver Zanardi wins gold in handcycle



  FILE - This Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001 file photo shows Italian driver Alex Zanardi's car breaking up after a crash with Canadian driver Alex Tagliani during the CART car race at the Eurospeedway Lausitz in Klettwitz, eastern Germany. Alex Zanardi just can't stop racing.The former Formula One driver will be vying for a Paralympic medal Wednesday, Sept. 5, in paracycling _ a handcycle powered by the arms _at England's Brands Hatch race track, where he once raced cars. It's really a miracle, when you realize the 45-year-old almost died in a horrific accident in a 2001 CART race in Germany.``For a brief moment I found myself thinking of all the things I've done,'' Zanardi said on his Twitter feed before leaving for the London Paralympics. ``I'm a lucky boy!'' (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File)

FILE - This Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001 file photo shows Italian driver Alex Zanardi's car breaking up after a crash with Canadian driver Alex Tagliani during the CART car race at the Eurospeedway Lausitz in Klettwitz, eastern Germany. Alex Zanardi just can't stop racing.The former Formula One driver will be vying for a Paralympic medal Wednesday, Sept. 5, in paracycling _ a handcycle powered by the arms _at England's Brands Hatch race track, where he once raced cars. It's really a miracle, when you realize the 45-year-old almost died in a horrific accident in a 2001 CART race in Germany.``For a brief moment I found myself thinking of all the things I've done,'' Zanardi said on his Twitter feed before leaving for the London Paralympics. ``I'm a lucky boy!'' (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File)