INDIANAPOLIS – Roger Penske spoke with Dallara executives Monday morning about the loose tire that went flying over the Indianapolis Motor Speedway catchfence and into a Turn 2 parking lot.
The left-rear wheel from Kyle Kirkwood’s No. 27 Dallara-Honda was sheared off in a collision at speed as Kirkwood tried to avoid the skidding No.
6 Dallara-Chevrolet of Felix Rosenqvist on Lap 183 of the 107th Indianapolis 500. No one seriously was hurt in the incident (including Kirkwood, whose car went upside down and slid for several hundred feet), though an Indianapolis woman’s Chevy Cruze was struck by the tire.
The Indy Star reported a fan was seen and released from the care center after sustaining minor injuries from flying debris in the crash.
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