It wasn't a berm. It was a drainage ditch for the paved return road.
Yeah, the runoff and surounding areas on back straight at Mid-Ohio seem really uneven an dangerous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBiXLikp2SM&search=Andretti%2C%20ohio
An amazing crash and an even more amazing recounting of the incident by Hand. He was right that he was correcting off of the grass with no problem until he got launched. That is one lucky driver! John
