Josef Newgarden is Okay Following Airborne Flip in IndyCar's First Short Oval Race of the Season
Josef Newgarden is okay after a massive crash with rookie Louis Foster, which sent the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner's car flipping over its nose in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Newgarden was leading on lap 130 and approaching a battle between Foster and Santino Ferrucci that would send the rookie into the marbles and then into the wall.
After Foster lost control in the marbles and hit the wall, and slid down the track. Josef Newgarden, with nowhere to go, ran straight into the side of Foster's No. 45, causing his Hitachi Dallara/Chevrolet to flip over its own nose and skid down the track on its roll bar and halo.
With slightly more air, Newgarden could've ended up flipping over the low wall separating the front stretch and pit lane.
"I got a bit of a wiggle... got a bit too high and went into the marbles," Foster told IndyCar on Fox. "I just couldn't stop the car from spinning and, obviously, a pretty scary impact with myself and Josef. I'm glad he is OK."
When Foster was crashing across the track, Alex Palou was coming out of the corner, Palou having a better view of the crash, and Foster's trajectory went high, where Newgarden was set to exit the corner just moments later.
Reacting to Palou's reaction, Newgarden moved down the track, and there was nowhere to avoid Foster's broken car, which came to a halt at the inside SAFER barrier.
Kyle Kirkwood went on to win the race over Pato O'Ward, securing his first oval win and continuing to be the only driver, aside from defending champion and reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Palou, to have won. We are now eight races into the IndyCar season with only two winners, Palou and Kirkwood. O'Ward separates the two in the championship points with his run of top-five finishes.
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