Clinton makes Speedway stop to visit Sarah Fisher's garage

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., listens to driver Sarah Fisher talk about her race car during a campaign event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Voters in Indiana and North Carolina crowd polls Tuesday, seeking to settle the largest remaining contests in the Democratic presidential nomination struggle between Clinton and Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

By Tiffany Griffin

Story Created: May 6, 2008 at 11:56 AM EST

Story Updated: May 6, 2008 at 4:58 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway garage of driver Sarah Fisher on Tuesday as she awaited results from her own race in Indiana's primary.

Fisher has endorsed Clinton, and the two chatted and laughed as they walked into the driver's garage, where Fisher introduced Clinton to her team and presented her with a racing helmet Tuesday morning.

As media members urged Clinton to wear the helmet, she looked at it for a moment, then asked Fisher how long it takes to put on. "Real quick if you're in a hurry," Fisher said to laughter.

Clinton declined to predict the winner in Indiana's presidential primary during her 20-minute visit to the garage, saying it would be like trying to guess the Indianapolis 500 winner before the race begins.

"Life is unpredictable, racing is unpredictable, politics is unpredictable, so I'm going to wait and see what the voters have to say," she said.

Clinton said regardless of whether she or Sen. Barack Obama wins Tuesday, the future should be with the Democratic Party.

"I think we need to get on the track in America and get toward the finish line," she said. "I think there's a good driving analogy. You want go forward, you put it in "D," you want to go backward, you put it in "R." Vote Democrat, and we're going to win in November and take this country back."

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