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well the rain held off for the running of the Twin Ring Motegi 300 race in japan today but Im sure several drivers wish that it had of rained instead.

The race was marred by huge crashes involving some high profile drivers including Helio Castroneves,Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon to name a few.

Helio has hurt his elbow and an ankle but he seems fine and in good spirits when he was interviewed and will be fine after the swelling and bruising goes away.

Scott Dixon and Tony kanaan havent been so lucky , i dont know what their conditions are but their crash (which was very similar to the DeFerran,Andretti crash at Pheonix) was frightening and I think both are lucky to get away without serious injury.

the race was littered with incidents and crashes and there wasnt alot of racing inbetween yellows , but the racing that did happen was fairly exciting to watch.

Scott Dixon emerged unscathed to take victory under yellow following the last yellow when Shinji nakano and Jaques lazier got together.

Kenny brack also drove a good race to finish in second place , but it wasnt a fantastic overseas debut for the Indycar series with the amount of carnage that happened today.

i hope everyone involved can get better and get cars fixed ready for the Indy 500 on May 25.