An IMS spokesperson told IndyStar one spectator reported to the infield medical center with minor injuries related to debris flying into the stands.
“I didn’t see it come down,” said Robin Matthews, a racing fan from Indianapolis and the owner of the parked car struck by the tire spinning off Kyle Kirkwood’s car. “I came down and they said ‘Robin, it’s your car!’ I thought, ‘No.’ I thought somebody was pranking me.An IMS spokesperson told IndyStar one spectator reported to the infield medical center with minor injuries related to debris flying into the stands Sunday.
As Kirkwood’s car traveled, a tire detached and lifted over the catch-fencing. Fans in the Turn 2 grandstand reported the tire sailed several feet above them, landing in a parking area between the grandstand and the Turn 2 suites. The tire struck Matthews’ car first, before rebounding into a golf cart.
It was the first in a series of messy crashes that disrupted the end of a relatively clean race to that point. Sunday’s 500 didn’t see a yellow flag until Lap 91. Across the first 150 laps, there were just two yellows, but the crash involving Rosenqvist and Kirkwood was the first of three to prompt a red-flag stoppage in the last 15 laps of the race.
Fear of loose debris from crashes entering the crowd has long been a concern in auto racing. IndyCar introduced wheel tethers, meant to secure wheels to cars even in the event of a crash, in 1999. Those tethers were strengthened in December, particularly in cars' rear assemblies, with regulations also cutting down their allowed lifespan from three to two years.
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