Mansell's move to America stemmed from the implosion of his negotiations with Williams for 1993. Discussions were held with team boss Frank Williams, who preferred to sign Prost. So, Paul Newman, owner of Newman-Haas, convinced Mansell to drive for his team in Indycar. When he got behind the wheel of the car in testing, he quickly impressed the team. After his first oval experience, he was shocked about the g-loading. On the streets of Surfers Paradise, the first championship race, he took pole and win easily. Next stop was Phoenix for his first oval race, but in second practice he spun and hit the wall. That resulted in 148 stitches in his back and an obvious withdrawal In the subsequent weeks, Indycar doctors Terry Trammell and Steve Olvey regularly had to drain fluid that had accumulated in Mansell's back, and his case history made US medical journals. Thanks to painkillers and localised anaesthetic injections, he was able to race again in the very next event: Long Beach. Here he...