Kyle Kirkwood turns upside down; flying tire just missed grandstand.
Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood tangled to trigger the first of three red flags within the last 15 laps of the 107th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
With only 14 laps remaining, Rosenqvist got up into the outside wall between turns 1 and 2 and tapped the wall several times. With the right-side suspension broken, his Arrow McLaren Chevrolet spun down toward the infield. Kirkwood, traveling at about 200 mph, came up on the scene and clipped Rosenqvist’s car. That ripped the left front tire from the Andretti Autosport Honda and tore the rear wing from his car, flipping him cockpit-first into the wall and upside down. As Kirkwood skidded down the track, the airborne tire cleared the fence and crowd and smashed into a car in the parking lot. No injuries were reported.
After a brief trip to the infield care center, Kirkwood returned to his garage and said, “Everything happens so quick. You don't really know what happens. All I've heard right now is that I was up in the fence, which is never a good thing in IndyCar. You're kind of stuck at that point. The AutoNation Honda was just so good today, and we felt like we were going to win it. We were just driving through cars there.
Rosenqvist said, “I’m OK. It was a good day to that point. I couldn’t keep it off the wall. I’m bummed for my team. We had a good month.”Susan WadeSusan Wade has lived in the Seattle area for 40 years, but motorsports is in the Indianapolis native’s DNA. She has emerged as one of the leading drag-racing writers with nearly 30 seasons at the racetrack, focusing on the human-interest angle.
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