Kyle Larson will begin twenty first subsequent week within the 2025 Indianapolis 500, his second yr competing within the “Best Spectacle in Racing.” However it’s not come with out a few crashes within the No. 17 Arrow McLaren on the two.5-mile speedway.
The primary got here a number of weeks in the past in a take a look at session. Then, on Friday, the 32-year-old crashed once more. Happily, for the Hendrick Motorsports driver, in each incidents he made exhausting impacts with the wall however didn’t get airborne. His fellow Indy 500 opponents haven’t been so fortunate.
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Later within the day on Friday, Kyffin Simpson backed it into the wall and instantly received airborne however by no means utterly flipped. Little did anybody know, it was the primary of a number of scary incidents for the weekend.
Kyle Busch earlier than 2024 NASCAR Cup Collection Championship race at Phoenix Raceway.Mark J&interval; Rebilas-Imagn Photographs
On Saturday, it was Colton Herta who slammed into the fence earlier than his automobile lifted off the bottom and landed the other way up, sliding down the observe in opposition to the wall earlier than coming to relaxation.
After which once more on Sunday, Scott McLaughlin misplaced management of his automobile, which violently crashed into the fence, received into the air however finally landed on the 4 wheels — though certainly one of them was lacking.
Moments after McLaughlin’s incident, Kyle Busch, who simply this previous week informed Denny Hamlin on his “Actions Detrimental” podcast about Joe Gibbs shutting down his try at working within the prestigious race years in the past when he was nonetheless with the crew, took to X and shared his ideas.
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Earlier than Larson races within the Indy 500, he’ll be competing in opposition to Busch on Sunday within the All-Star Race from North Wilkesboro Speedway. Race protection begins at 8 p.m. ET on FS1.
