His auto then rode along the wall before catching some air and hitting the fencing with its rear before coming back down onto the track. “It’s a bit hard not knowing anything”. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Justin right now”. The trend started early in the session when Nazareth native Sage Karam set a two-lap average speed of 216.401 miles per hour after turning the second-fastest time of 40.7631 seconds (220.788 mph) in Saturday’s first practice.
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Hunter-Reay posted his second victory of the season as Juan Pablo Montoya extended his lead in the Verizon IndyCar Series championship by finishing third.
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As the 500-mile race neared its halfway point, Rahal experienced some of the worst luck he has been dealt since being taken out in Race 1 at Detroit at the end of May. His celebration, however, was muted by a wreck involving teammate Justin Wilson. Montoya came into the race nine points ahead of Graham Rahal, but Rahal crashed on Lap 93 and finished 20th, dropping 34 points behind Montoya as the series heads to the season finale August . 30 at Sonoma Raceway. “That’s fine. It just hurts us”. All thoughts however are with Hunter-Reay’s teammate Justin Wilson.
“(Vautier) said I turned into him; there’s not any space”, Rahal said. “I don’t know what rolled under what happened”. His vehicle veered left and directly into an interior wall. Another Andretti Autosport driver, Hunter-Reay, won the race under caution after the crash. He was evaluated by medical personnel at the track and will go to Lehigh Valley Hospital for a leg injury.
Kimball’s only injury aside from a bruise on his hand and his finger was a small cut on his chin that required a couple of stitches.
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“I tried to go to the apron and brake, but it was too late”, he said. Before the race, he laughed about a tweet from Dale Earnhardt Jr. saying he wouldn’t drive an Indy vehicle .
