
Marco Andretti crashes on Lap 4 as 2025 Indy 500 resumes
INDIANAPOLIS -- A multi-car collision resulted in Marco Andretti's 2025 Indianapolis 500 ending in the first turn.
Andretti was on the outside of Dreyer and Reinbold Racing teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Jack Harvey when Hunter-Reay moved the No. 23 Chevrolet to the right. Harvey was alongside Hunter-Reay and moved in reaction to his teammate, colliding with Andretti.
The No. 98 Honda spun and hit the wall with the left side of the car before it slid to a stop near the outside wall in Turn 1. Andretti climbed out of the car under his own power.

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