Hunter-Reay, Legge first out at Indy after early incident

Katherine Legge and Ryan Hunter-Reay were the first drivers to exit the Indianapolis 500 after Hunter-Reay lost control of his car and Legge was forced to take avoiding action which caused her car to spin and crash into the Turn 2 infield wall.

Hunter-Reay, the 2014 Indy 500 winner, was sawing at the steering wheel to try and catch the rear of his No. 31 Chevy as it tried to overtake the front at the apex of Turn 2. Amid the 200mph spin and with a big cloud of tire smoke pouring off his car, Legge drove towards the cloud and steered hard left to avoid the Arrow McLaren driver but her trajectory led the No. 11 HMD Motorsports/AJ Foyt Racing Chevy into the wall. Both veterans were done on the spot on lap 18.

"It was super tough," Hunter-Reay said. "We were loose on Carb Day. We made some changes to fix it, but just the whole time I was trying to keep it off the wall. Going out like that early is just absolutely, absolutely heartbreaking, but man, I was holding my breath so much at first, and just trying to keep the thing off the wall, and finally one of those wiggles turned into one that didn't come back in Turn 2."

For Hunter-Reay, it ended a mystery-filled month as the No. 31 entry was loaded with all-star talent throughout the Indy-only program, but never displayed the kind of speed or competitiveness that was expected. For Legge, the premature end that wasn’t of her making halted her quest to complete all 500 miles before heading to North Carolina to contest the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup race.

"I was back there, just chilling out, saving fuel, and he spun, went down the track, then started coming back up the track," Legge said. "So I had to abort mission and try and go low, and I just didn't make it."

With her No. 11 Chevy wrecked, Legge was able to get an early start on running with the Live Fast Motorsports team to begin the second stage of The Double.