Indy 500 fans were relieved after the wheel from Kyle Kirkwood's racecar went flying over them and into the parking lot at the Brickyard car auto cars
The racing world was spared a potential tragedy at the Indy 500 on Sunday, after a crash sent a wheel from Kyle Kirkwood’s racecar flying off the car and towards the grandstands at turn 2 during in the closing stages of the legendary race.was precipitated by another, ahead of Kirkwood, involving Felix Rosenqvist, who was running in the top five. After being passed, he understeered into the barriers in turn one, and slid back down the track.
The approaching Kirkwood could do little to avoid the stricken Rosenqvist, but the cars were fortunate to only clip each other. Unfortunately, that contact appeared to happen around the back wheel of the approaching vehicle, sending it flying off the car., and video footage shows it arcing towards the grandstands. Fortunately, the wheel went over the fans, and into the parking lot where it hit a white Chevrolet Cruze owned by race fan Robin Matthews.
“I didn’t see it come down,” he told the Indy Star. “I came down, and they said, ‘Robin, it’s your car!’ I thought, ‘No.’ I thought somebody was pranking me.”
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