2023-05-28 20:31:08
Josef Newgarden won the 2023 Indianapolis 500 Miles, in a choppy and surprisingly managed finish. A miracle took place when a wheel came off a car and went over the fence to end up in a parking lot.
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The event was relatively calm, except in the pits, until halfway through the race. Subsequently, things got lively with several incidents, and in particular that of Romain Grosjeanwhich hit the wall without gravity.
However, the most spectacular and frightening accident involved Felix Rosenqvist et Kyle Kirkwood. The Swede, following hitting the wall, lost some of his directional power. While trying to take cover, he lost control of his Arrow McLaren before returning upside down on the trajectory. Kirkwood was then caught on the left rear tire. The wheel came off during the contact before flying over the safety fences.
Deprived of all control, Kirkwood finished his race once morest the wall before being sent into a barrel and sliding on the roof. He escaped unscathed but eyes were obviously on the audience due to the wheel; luckily, it went to finish its journey in a car park located between two stands, hitting a car parked there, obviously without causing any injuries.
On the restart, less than ten laps from the finish, it’s another Arrow McLaren, that of Pato O’Ward who led the peloton in front of the defending champion, Marcus Ericsson. A touch between the two men, while Josef Newgarden had regained the lead, led to a track excursion and a new red flag following the crash of the Mexican, but also those of Canapino and Simon Pagenaudpushed by Scott McLaughlin.
At the time of the restart, five laps from the end, a new incident took place on the straight in which was notably involved Ed Carpenter. Ericsson had regained the lead just before the neutralization, which turned into a red flag two laps from the end.
A final restart was decided, with a totally dispersed peloton. During this sentence, Newgarden managed to take control from Ericsson in the back straight. And to win on the finish line in front of the Swede.
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