The 107th edition of the Indianapolis 500 had various accidents, but one of the most dramatic was the one involving Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirwood in the final part of the competition.
As the race headed into its final quarter, Rosenqvist and his McLaren went against the wall, but were immediately hit by the race car. Kyle Kirkwood.
Kirkwood touched his left rear tire to the Woking home vehicle. This caused his car to spin in the air and end up upside down, while one of the tires was thrown into the grandstand, according to what could be seen in the first images of the transmission.
Race control decided to stop the competition to focus on helping the two drivers, but also to find out the status of the public when they saw the tire project.
Both Rosenqvist and Kirkwood were pulled from their cars, as the tire ended up slamming into a car in the parking lot, luckily with no damage to people other than a car.
Circuit personnel immediately attended the area where the tire fell to provide support to the owner of the car, which evidently had cosmetic and functional damage to the front.
Rich Nye, a reporter for local NBC affiliate WTHR television, broke the story of Robin Matthews, the owner of the white Chevrolet Cruze affected by the tire.
“Her Chevy Cruze, which she calls “snowball” was the car hit by the wheel that flew over the balla in the Indy 500 crash. The car had to be towed,” the reporter wrote before giving a brief summary of what happened after the incident.
“Backstory: I was in a golf cart taking me to the track hospital. IMS President Doug Boles came flying around us in a golf cart with state troopers running to the area where the wheel flew over the fence. He was yelling at everyone to get out of the way with obvious concern to assess the situation.”
Boles invited Matthews to the circuit to get a closer look at the track after the race, to offer support, plus they took her and her car to her house, with a promise to pay for the damages.
2023-05-29 05:58:18
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