O'Ward uninjured in heavy Indy 500 practice crash
Rookie Patricio O'Ward escaped injury in a hard crash Thursday afternoon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In an accident reminiscent of Felix Rosenvqist's on Wednesday, O'Ward got low going through Turn 2 shortly before 12:30 p.m. and drilled the outside SAFER barrier with the front of his Dallara/Chevy at a 45-degree angle. The nose cone collapsed, as designed, as the car slammed into the wall with the left front, and as the car came off the wall it became airborne and nearly tipped over before eventually landing right-way up.
The 20-year-old Mexican driver emerged from the wreckage unharmed, but his car was badly damaged and it's not known whether the Carlin team has a backup available.
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Robin Miller flunked out of Ball State after two quarters, but got a job stooging for Jim Hurtubise at the 1968 Indianapolis 500 when Herk's was the last roadster to ever make the race. He got hired at The Indianapolis Star a month later and talked his way into the sports department, where he began covering USAC and IndyCar racing. He got fired at The Star for being anti-Tony George, but ESPN hired him to write and do RPM2Nite. Then he went to SPEED and worked on WIND TUNNEL and SPEED REPORT. He started at RACER when SPEED folded, and went on to write for RACER.com and RACER magazine while also working for NBCSN on IndyCar telecasts.
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