This could have been a podium or maybe even a win. The @WWTRaceway @IndyCar doubleheader weekend is off to a wild start. Could you have imagined what a wireless phone or your computer or the internet would be able to do in 2020?

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It was a mess. “We were having ana amazing race. Email IndyStar motor sports reporter Nathan Brown at nlbrown@gannett.com. Marcus Ericsson's bid to be the first Swedish winner since Kenny Brack in 1999 ended early after getting loose in Turn 1.

Ed Carpenter was the first driver sent to pit road in the Indianapolis 500, blaming Zach Veach for pushing him into the wall on the race's first lap. Matthew VanTryon and Rob Peeters, Indianapolis Star, 2020 Indy 500 crashes: Scary Spencer Pigot crash ends Indy 500 on yellow, © Mike Dinovo, Mike Dinovo-USA TODAY Sports, © Brian Spurlock, Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports. Pigot was able to climb out of the car, but was visibly shaken up by the crash. Within seconds, he responded, “If you build it, I will drive it.”, Moments later, he followed up, “If we don’t go at least 100 mph, don’t call me back.”. Pigot walking away is a huge win for @ims safety and for @DallaraGroup.

Sam Schmidt was training in January 2000 when a crash left him a quadriplegic.

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Drivers run the course until they reach their limit and enter their best time into the scoring system.

He was awake and alert but transported to the hospital for further evaluation. Make no mistake, Schmidt isn’t there merely to drive a car this weekend.

“I’m not banging door handles, but you’re still competing head-to-head, and no one else in the field will have a disability, and that’ll make it even funner,” he said. And this is a true test of myself and this technology, to race cold-turkey, head-to-head with equal equipment to other drivers. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In addition to Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman and Kurt Busch are all moving... CONCORD, N.C. — Chase Elliott won Sunday's Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the second playoff elimination race for his third victory of the season. "Unbelievable," Carpenter said over the radio on pit road. And it’s a lot of fun when you beat them in that scenario.”.

— IndyCar on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) July 18, 2020 Colton Herta, running eighth at the time, ended up hitting the left-rear tire of rookie Rinus VeeKay’s slowing No. He never dreamed he’d return to a car again – certainly not competitively.

21 Dallara-Chevrolet. Watch the #Indy500 live now on @nbc.#INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/CDOX7M9nLs. "He had to have known I was there.". pic.twitter.com/z404udy0ri, — Rinus VeeKay (@rinusveekay) July 18, 2020. Really a bummer. "We were never planning on being that far back," said Rossi to NBC Sports after his release from the care center.

I feel perfectly fine and fit to drive (in Saturday’s race).”. Sunday’s road course event involves a longer track and a certain number of laps, where portions of the field run the course together in heats, although a driver’s total time on the course to complete the number of laps is all that matters.

He was cleared. pic.twitter.com/3FWcbTS5eS. Trying to avoid the spinning Daly, Oliver Askew spun and hit the inside wall with tremendous force before colliding with Daly's car. Race winner Simon Pagenaud said his first thought upon seeing “two cars flying behind me pretty high was, ‘Thank God we’ve got the aeroscreen.

#Indianapolis500 pic.twitter.com/Vjgtx3duen. “It makes them more independent and makes your life psychologically better, because you can do things for yourself. And there you go.

Pigot's car spun with five laps remaining in the 200-lap race and struck the outer barrier. Saturday’s IndyCar race at Gateway, the first of a weekend double-header at the track, got off to an awful start that saw several cars knocked out of the race before they could even take the green flag. 21 Dallara-Chevrolet. "I don't even want to talk about the penalty right now. Heavy contact in the south chute resulted in a brief fire, but Ericsson climbed out unscathed. As the 24-year-old driver continues to excel on road courses, the win also automatically advanced him out of the playoffs' Round of 12 and into the Round of 8. As IndyCar waved off the start, Herta still was accelerating, and his No.

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Pagenaud checked up, Askew ran into the back of Pagenaud, and Pagenaud clipped Alexander Rossi as he spun. That was wild!#Indy500 | #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/r31MyAuIG3. Pigot exited the cockpit of his car under his own power but was later placed on a stretcher. IndyCar 2020 Calendar. As polesitter Will Power slowly led a very bunched-up field to the green, rookie Alex Palou darted out of line and to the inside, and was quickly followed by Simon Pagenaud and Oliver Askew.

... — NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 18, 2020. I saw the whole row.

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NBC announcers had just finished praising the young Spaniard before his day ended in a heavy crash. IndyCar drivers believe Ryan Newman's last-lap crash at Daytona is an unavoidable product of auto-racing at its highest levels. The checkered flag automatically advanced the No.

... And I remember everything about the crash.

Ryan Newman, top, goes airborne as he is hit by Corey LaJoie (32) on the final lap of the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, in … 88 Dallara-Honda collided with the left rear of VeeKay’s No. Schmidt will steer this car using sensors on a headset that connect to infrared cameras mounted on the dashboard to detect his head motions. IndyCar officials said they waved off the restart because Pato O’Ward was ruled to have jumped the start. “Obviously being there and seeing it happen was extremely hard, so I’m so glad that IndyCar is doing everything they can to be the pioneer into a new level of safety, and I welcome it.”, Said Team Penske driver Will Power, who also was protected from a loose left-front wheel that was jarred loose and went flying over his No. I think I always will be.”. 2020 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

It used head tilt and biting sensors to steer, accelerate and brake the car around the 2.5-mile oval. Nearly 18 months ago, Schmidt, a Las Vegas resident, took in another traveling street car festival locally and spoke with coach Robby Unser about the prospect of taking one of Arrow’s modified Corvettes into a race weekend.

It's time for another elimination race in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs when the number of remaining championship contenders shrinks from 12 drivers to eight.

"I was trying to get a run on Josef (Newgarden) and I think we had the pace to get him, but it's just a shame," stated Palou to NBC Sports after his release from the care center. Herta’s streak of four consecutive top 10 finishes was snapped. 9 Chevrolet driver out of the playoffs' Round of 12 and into the Round of 8 after four drivers’ playoff chase ended. Running up front all day until a controversial pit road penalty with Takuma Sato forced him to start at the rear of the field, Rossi had a lot of ground to make up and wasted no time on the restart. “And when it comes down to it, I was a racer.

Updated: 11:39 PM EDT October 9, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS — Two people are dead after an SUV and a motorcycle collided at a south side intersection.

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