Rash of Crash: Inside a wild weekend of wrecks during Indy 500 prep

Bruce Martin
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Indianapolis-the past three days of activity on the path before 109th Indianapolis 500 It included a “rash”.

When Chevrolet 3 was criticized in Scott McLeulin in the 2ndial Wall 2 and went at an atmosphere in the training session on Sunday afternoon, this was the fourth dangerous weekend in the Indianapolis Motor High race.

McLulin Binski’s team prepared Joseph New VegdinThe backup car, but it decided to withdraw from the 12th Quick Rehabilitation session to prepare for the full training session on Monday for 109th Indianapolis 500.

The risks are highlighted for high -speed race bonus dew Cars around the racing racing in Indianapolis 2.5 miles.

Since the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 to the end of this week, Danger is lying in every corner of each driver who strikes this path.

But these athletes who look a threat to the face and do not flow.

This is why 350,000 fans will fill the sales stands on Sunday in Indianapolis 500 for this year in the Battle of Man against Manus.

The famous journalist and publisher Chris Econi used to say that the tracks promoted racing drivers as “amazing united death” in the 1930s until the 1960s.

Of course, in the modern era, it cannot be used for responsibility, but part of the attractiveness of Indi 500 is these athletes who risk everything to compete in the “largest race in the world”.

The fact that every driver involved in every accident has moved away from the injured and returned to the right track to try again, is a great testimony to the safety of the current car.

The “rash of the accident” began on Friday, fasting.

Ganasi chip driver Kyffin Simpson She crashed 4 during rehabilitation simulation. Honda No. 8 retreated in the wall and raised a brief period of the ground, and told it on the left side, and made a quarter of a quarter of its wheels and slipped into the front directly before it stopped at the entrance to the hole road.

Simpson returned to work in a backup car for the training session on Saturday morning.

Also Friday, Kyle Larson His 17 -McLaren Chevrolet Chevrolet, but it was worldly comparison, was three quarters before making a front connection 3.

Larson returned to the path later that day.

But the incidents were more serious at the beginning on Saturday.

Marcus ArmstrongWho was one of the fastest drivers in Indie 500 practices for the Mayer Shank race, they were exacerbated and communicated with the back and left sides with a safer barrier. The car slipped below the path and was on the left -left side in turn 2. No. 66 Honda did not raise or celebrate air.

Colon HertaHowever, a pink evil accident in the 1st floor was subjected to the rehabilitation attempt on Saturday.

No. 26 Gainbridge Honda made half -rotation before driving the pile in the safest barrier. The car turned and slipped along the track upside down, making the secondary effect with a safest barrier.

Aeroscreen played a major role in protecting Herta from serious potential.

Herta walked away, returned to the track and qualified 29 to see the starting assortment of 33 cars.

This was the introduction to the main mclaughlin crash during the Fast 12 training on Sunday, which destroyed the fastest chances of a car in the motorcycle to make a qualified attempt.

At the time of the plane crash, McLeulin just completed the fastest roll in the training session at 233,553 miles per hour in Chevrolet No. 3.

The McLeulin car launched a 2 -round wall, as the car fired in the air before it turned hard at the asphalt on the left side. The influence left a deep bridging at the asphalt of the race, which was the reform by the path of the path.

The McLeulin car wore its wheels and slipped to rest at the outlet of the corner.

McLeulin was not unpleasant, but he was horrific because it had shattered what was easily the pole -winning vehicle for the second year in a row in Indi 500.

“I really, really, really, really sorry everyone in Team Penske and men in car (No. 3), and everyone on 2 (Josef Newgarden), 12 (Will power“It was (the car) talking to me, and I felt it, and I should have retracted everyone who builds these cars.

“But you know that you are trying to complete the running to see what you feel, and was it worth risking. Maybe it was not.

MCLAGHLIN returns to work for the full training session on Monday, and the beginning of sitting in the 12th rehabilitation session 12, you will start in the twelfth place in the Sunday event.

Ironically, he will join his teammates in the Penske, Newgarden and McLAGHLIN team, as Indycar officials withdrew the two cars from the line to work on the car in the qualifying line after he was in the technical inspection.

Both teams repaired and/or adjustments to the dilute at the back of the car.

Aside from that, McLeulin’s focus is a car capable of winning the race on Sunday.

“You just have to communicate with her,” McLeuline said. “If they can build a car for me great. I have the best crew in Pit Lane.

“It is difficult to take, especially now. You are somewhat wished for something, but it wasn’t that in practice. But in the end, these are the decisions you make so quickly, and I chose to continue running. This is on me.”

The engineers and employees all indicated that the hybrid unit changes the balance of pressure on a race car, which means that the weight turns from front to back and from the diagonal from the right back to the left and left left from the front to the right.

But they all indicated that it is too early to blame this as a cause of accidents in Indianapolis 500 for this year.

Friday and Saturday’s activity was on the two tracks in stormy days, and this could significantly affect the ability of the Indian car to maintain a grip at very high speeds.

The bottom line-this is the racing cars that travel around the 2.5-mile race in 1909 with 45 degrees travel turns more than 233 miles per hour.

Of course, the accidents will be great.

Fox SPORTS has spoken with many Indycar series drivers about the reason for including the past three days some amazing accidents, and if the additional weight provided by the hybrid unit has played a role.

“… it proves that the cars are really safe, because everyone came out of these terrible incidents without scratching,” Feene Indianapolis 500 Helio Castronfis He said on Sunday. “This is plus.

“Of course, to be in the car now and live it, you can see the interrupted weight slightly varies. It is not a lot of hybrid weight, but the floor of the car. I remember last year, it was crazy about this situation and now with the additional weight …

“But with regard to the cars that fluctuate, I had this position in the past. We are traveling more than 230 miles per hour, but everyone goes out safely and this is the important part.

Scott Dixon He is the Indycar Six Series Champion, the winner of Indianapolis 500 2008 and the second best driver winning Indycar with 58 professional wins.

In 44, Dixon is the “village of Sheikh” Indicar. He is the wise wise for the series and witnessed a lot in his career, whether good or bad.

What made Dickson very great is his ability to adapt and survive the danger in risky work.

“The conditions were difficult, especially the Saturday with the wind,” Dixon told Fox Sports. “The hybrid does not make it easier, and this is certain, but it is the same for everyone and you have to ask it.

“Some big accidents are greater than we have seen in recent years. But I think this happens every year as you have people who pay the border. We had a couple today and two wives yesterday, it is just part of it, especially when it moves from the trimming of the race to qualified pieces, this could be a major shift.

Fortunately, everyone is fine.

“It is not easy, man. It is difficult there.”

For this reason, drivers in Indianapolis become 500 larger than the heroes of life, if they can avoid the danger that awaits them around the next turn.

Bruce Martin is a veteran motorcycle writer and a contributor to FoxSports.coM. Follow it on X in @Brucemartin_500.

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