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The post Watch: Painful IndyCar Accident On Pit Row This Afternoon appeared first on The Spun. One pit crew member proved that in an IndyCar race today. During today’s XPEL 375, Pato O’Ward ...
IndyCar driver Sting Ray Robb is alert and in “good condition” after a scary crash on the final lap of Sunday’s race at Iowa Speedway. Robb’s car ramped into the air off the back of ...
10-lap Big car race Julius Furslew: Furslew-Riley Heat race Bumpy Bumpus (USA) [41] June 16, 1946 AAA: Flemington Fair Speedway: Big car race Bumpy Bumpus: Bagley – Hal DO "Burd Piston Ring" Heat race Bus Wilbert (USA) [42] August 11, 1946 AAA: Funk's Speedway: 20-lap Big car race Charles Engle: Engle- Offenhauser: Race George Robson (USA) [43]
Moreover, in a practice run the throttle had stuck, forcing Weatherly to kill the engine to avoid another crash. [29] On lap nine of the race, Weatherly's car crashed into the wall in turn four near Stand H, turned over, and both its occupants were thrown onto the track. Weatherly was already dead when rescue crews arrived.
The Big One is a phrase describing any crash usually involving five or more cars in NASCAR, ARCA, and IndyCar racing. It is most commonly used at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, although occasionally seen at other tracks as well, such as Dover Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International.
— Juncos Hollinger Racing (@juncoshollinger) September 11, 2023 Canapino has an average finish of 17.7 through the first six IndyCar races of the season and finished 22nd in the Indianapolis 500.
The race was won by A. J. Foyt, but is primarily remembered for a fiery seven-car accident which resulted in the deaths of racers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald. It is also the last race won by a front-engined "roadster", as all subsequent races have been won by rear-engined, formula-style cars. It was Foyt's second of four Indy 500 victories.
A heated pre-race meeting was held between the drivers and officials, and the subject of the crash and the speed of the pace car at the start was the focus. Drivers were complaining that the pace of the start (80 mph (130 km/h)) was too slow, and pointed to the ragged start of 1972 as well as reason to increase the pace car speed to 100 mph ...