Auto destruction

Racer: 'All my bits are intact'

What happens when the rear wing of your race car flies off at about 180 mph as you enter a high-speed curve? For Champ Car rookie Katherine Legge, it meant loosing control, slamming into a fence, flipping into the air, and feeling your car disintegrating at Sunday's Grand Prix of Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Pretty horrific. But the young Brit walked away basically unhurt. "Just a bit of bruising, which won't look good in my dress," says Legge, who had plans to attend a banquet Sunday. She brushed off a question about the risk of her sport. "It's probably more dangerous riding horses," says Legge, 25. See for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/mtzaw (click on link that reads "A.J. Allmendinger takes win No. 5").

Tour tales

Have you EVER BEEN curious (yellow)?

Ah, the spectacle of the Tour de France. The grueling competition. The doping scandals. The podium girls. The glamorous women (think runway model) in the chic yellow dresses present the leader with a yellow jersey and peck on the cheek after each stage. One podium girl told Bicycling magazine that the job isn't easy: "We are expected to be beautiful and smiling at all times. That's not always easy. Sometimes we're in these wild places in the middle of nowhere, where it's hard to take care of our image." There are strict rules: No fraternization. One podium girl, Melanie Simonneau, was fired when U.S. rider George Hincapie passed her boss a note for her. They are now married.

Rivalry rock

Are any of these punks named Woody Hayes?

Ohio State fans, can't bash That School Up North (Michigan, to the rest of us) enough? Then here's the band for you: The Dead Schembechlers (tinyurl.com/5am6r), as in former Wolverines coach Bo Schembechler (who is not a dead Schembechler). The band's video for Bomb Ann Arbor Now (tinyurl.com/zahll) uses clips from vintage Cold War Duck and Cover films. The TDS Web site says the video "graphically illustrates the band's long held desire to launch a thermonuclear first strike against Ann Arbor, Michigan the nerve center of The International Wolverine Conspiracy." Wow, we thought UF-FSU was a rivalry.

Racer rage

Now playing in Toledo: It's 'Feet of Fury'

We'll briefly describe this incident at Sunday's Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway, but it's best that you see it for yourself. Imagine going to a late-model stock-car race and seeing a martial arts film break out. In a nutshell: The cars are stopped on the track after a wreck. Driver A (Michael Simko), angry at Driver B (Don St. Denis), takes a running leap and lands - in a move that Bruce Lee would have been proud of - with both feet through the windshield of Driver B's car. (Try that, Carl Edwards!). Both drivers have been suspended. Check it out at nbc24.com/Global/story.asp?S=5452220

By the numbers

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The rank of the Devil Rays' Carl Crawford in steals and triples. In both categories, he trails the Mets' Jose Reyes.

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The number of USC players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which is tied with Notre Dame for the most from any college (and, yes, O.J. is one of 'em.)

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The rank of the Bucs in rushing offense, which is last in the NFL. Tampa Bay is averaging 2.4 yards per carry.