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RSS FeedsIndy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon survives fiery crash
(The Star Food)

 
 

29 may 2017 01:02:21

 
Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon survives fiery crash
(The Star Food)
 


INDIANAPOLIS—Pole sitter Scott Dixon was knocked out of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday by a terrifying crash that saw his car fly over the car of Jay Howard and land atop the inside safety fence, where it split in two amid sparks and flames.Dixon’s car was shredded by the retaining wall, but the tub of the car remained intact and the 2008 champion was able to climb out on his own to a roar from the crowd. He walked to a waiting ambulance while the race was placed under red flag and crews began to clean up debris scattered over hundreds of feet.Howard also was checked at the infield car centre and released.“Just a little beaten up there. It was definitely a rough ride,” Dixon said. “I’m just bummed for the team, man. We had a great shot. We had gotten a little loose but they had dialed it in.”It’s been a roller-coaster trip to Indianapolis for Dixon, a New Zealander who turned the fastest qualifying laps since 1996 to land on the pole. But that same night, Dixon was waiting in a drive-thru line at a nearby Taco Bell with three-time winner Dario Franchitti when he was held up at gunpoint.Little did he know it wouldn’t be his only frightening incident of the week.Howard blamed the incident on Ryan Hunter-Reay. He’d run out of fuel earlier in the race and was already a couple of laps down when Hunter-Reay tried to get around him. Howard said that forced him to the top of the track, and the British driver for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports wound up in the outside wall.That impact sent Howard across the track, where Dixon had nowhere to go.“We were just out there trying to pick up some laps and Hunter-Reay got a run on me,” Howard said. “I lifted, trying to be a nice guy. He comes right over on me and the rest is happy.”Dixon’s car went airborne and flipped over before landing on the retaining barrier, where the impact punched a hole in the safety fencing. A photogra ...


 
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