I was watching a bit of qualifying and it doesn't seem like these guys are fighting the cars so there must have been something wrong with the cars that are crashing. These guys just go flat out with a bit of steering through the turns.
Carpenter's crash was by far the scariest. He even clipped the fence. Nasty. It seems a given that we're gonna see at least one car upside down in the race. With a stampeding field of cars around me I wouldn't want to go upside down or sideways in a race situation that's for sure. The aero kits seem to not be able to handle the cars going backwards into the wall. Indycar dialing back the cars a bit won't help much seeing how Newgarten and Castroneves ran in race trim when they had their flips.
I think so too, and I'm pretty sure the race kits were on the first two cars that went airborne in practice.
Yeah, this one was today so I'm pretty sure it's the race package as well. Hinch needed surgery after the crash. I just hope the drivers are safe for the race, I don't have much faith in Indy car at the moment. Something on his suspension broke, that's why he went straight into the wall. Indy car has no tech inspection or what? Crazy. Flat out around this track is just silly IMO.
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That is a sickening crash... Reports suggest that he hit the wall at 222 mph/357 kph. The car hit at such a bad angle. I'll bet the suspension went through the chassis and hurt his leg. Any news on how bad the injury is? I don't know man... after these serious practice accidents, I think most people have a very bad feeling about the race itself. Edit: http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id/12908418/james-hinchcliffe-taken-hospital-wreck-indianapolis-motor-speedway
Damn, looks like Hinch won't be in a racing car for awhile. I'm sure a lot of the drivers scared, I don't remember seeing anything like this before.
