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IndyCar rookie Robert Shwartzman’s Indianapolis 500 came to an unfortunate extremity connected Sunday.
Shwartzman started the contention connected the rod arsenic helium completed the quickest clip astir Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful qualifying, but each the jubilation turned to symptom arsenic a debacle connected pit roadworthy astir earnestly injured a fistful of his unit members.
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IndyCar Series operator Robert Shwartzman, #83, crashes into the pit unit during the 109th moving of the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful Indianapolis connected May 25, 2025. (Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)
He came into his pit stall aft completing astir 87 laps, and his car skidded arsenic helium got into the box. Four of his unit members tried to debar the sliding car but failed. One unit subordinate was taken distant connected a stretcher.
"I honestly felt truly unusual brakes erstwhile I was coming dilatory successful pit lane. I locked up some beforehand tires, which usually isn't the case," Shwartzman said. "I wasn't definite if it was the brakes oregon due to the fact that the tires were cold. I tried to beryllium precise slow. But arsenic soon arsenic I touched my brakes, my full beforehand was lost, and I went close into the guys.
"It was truly scary due to the fact that astatine the infinitesimal I braked I was conscionable a passenger."
An injured unit subordinate speaks with different unit members aft PREMA Racing operator Robert Shwartzman, #83, deed the partition during his pit halt connected Sunday, May 25, 2025 during the 109th moving of the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Kristin Enzor / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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The clang was capable to extremity his day.
The Prema Racing operator was the archetypal rookie to instrumentality the rod presumption since 1983.
"It's conscionable truly bittersweet due to the fact that we did specified bully enactment successful qualifying," helium said. "But it's the Indy 500. Anything tin happen. A batch of beardown drivers are retired of the contention oregon behind. This is the Indy 500. This happens."
Robert Shwartzman is introduced earlier the commencement of the Indianapolis 500 car contention astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful Indianapolis connected Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Alex Palou took location the checkered flag. It was his archetypal triumph successful the Indy 500 and the 5th successful the archetypal six races of the 2025 season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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