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McLaughlin's Barber slide heads straight to the highlight reels
Back in the 2010s, IndyCar drivers participated in a friendly game of one-upping each other with onboard footage of their wildest moments of oversteer and the lightning-fast reflexes that caught those slides and prevented them from becoming spins and crashes.
Four-time IndyCar champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti had a deep catalog of saves he proudly showed, as did the late Justin Wilson, who couldn’t help but flash his big smile while pressing play on his latest miraculous save.
Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin has a good reason to keep and share his most recent moment of yaw captured during opening practice Friday at Barber Motorsports Park where his No. 3 Chevy crested Turn 13 and began steering into a slide that had the New Zealander sitting completely sideways at one point before the car righted itself in an amazing escape from potential calamity.
Marshall Pruett
The 2026 season marks Marshall Pruett's 40th year working in the sport. In his role today for RACER, Pruett covers open-wheel and sports car racing as a writer, reporter, photographer, and filmmaker. In his previous career, he served as a mechanic, engineer, and team manager in a variety of series, including IndyCar, IMSA, and World Challenge.
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