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Fox News
a day ago
- Automotive
- Fox News
Felix Rosenqvist, Louis Foster OK after violent crash at Detroit Grand Prix
DETROIT — Both Louis Foster and Felix Rosenqvist were passengers after Foster's suspension broke in a violent crash Sunday at the Detroit Grand Prix. Both drivers were released from the medical center. Rosenqvist was put on a stretcher (sitting up) after the accident and said he just had some pain in his knee. "I feel good," Rosenqvist said. "A little bit of pain in my knee, but it's fine. I've done all the checks and everything, and we're good. ... I just banged my knee really bad into the [steering] wheel." Foster's car hit the wall and then rammed into the back of the Meyer Shank Racing car of Rosenqvist, creating a debris field that resulted in a short red flag to clean the track. "I didn't even see it coming," Rosenqvist said. "Because I think just the angle he hit me, you kind of look in your left mirror naturally, and he kind of came from the right. So I was surprised I didn't see it because you always kind of glance in your mirror as you turn in, and I didn't see anything. "And then it was just like, 'Boom.' I think actually the hit when he hit me was bigger than hitting the wall." Foster didn't see it coming, either. "Clear as day, it was a suspension failure," Foster said. "Soon as I hit the brakes, the front right suspension just popped up and I can't do anything. It's difficult, man. "There's not a lot I can say right now. It's just a car failure. This place is so bumpy. It puts so much stress on the drivers and the cars. Does that have anything to do with it? Gut feeling says yes. So I don't know what to do or to say." Drivers said the course is bumpy — as many street courses are — but typically a suspension piece such as that one wouldn't snap unless it has mileaged-out or there was some contact earlier in the race. "It's probably on the limit of bumpy," Rosenqvist said. "On the main straight, if you go to the right of the racing line, which you kind of have to do if you pass someone, it's really bumpy. "I don't know if that's part of it. I'm glad Louis is OK. He got a pretty rough ride as well." Foster said he was OK and felt it was going to be his best result so far in his rookie year at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. "It's a shame," Foster said. "It would have been our best result today or fighting for our best result." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
Fox Sports
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Felix Rosenqvist, Louis Foster OK after violent crash at Detroit Grand Prix
DETROIT — Both Louis Foster and Felix Rosenqvist were passengers after Foster's suspension broke in a violent crash Sunday at the Detroit Grand Prix. Both drivers were released from the medical center. Rosenqvist was put on a stretcher (sitting up) after the accident and said he just had some pain in his knee. "I feel good," Rosenqvist said. "A little bit of pain in my knee, but it's fine. I've done all the checks and everything, and we're good. ... I just banged my knee really bad into the [steering] wheel." Foster's car hit the wall and then rammed into the back of the Meyer Shank Racing car of Rosenqvist, creating a debris field that resulted in a short red flag to clean the track. "I didn't even see it coming," Rosenqvist said. "Because I think just the angle he hit me, you kind of look in your left mirror naturally, and he kind of came from the right. So I was surprised I didn't see it because you always kind of glance in your mirror as you turn in, and I didn't see anything. "And then it was just like, 'Boom.' I think actually the hit when he hit me was bigger than hitting the wall." Foster didn't see it coming, either. "Clear as day, it was a suspension failure," Foster said. "Soon as I hit the brakes, the front right suspension just popped up and I can't do anything. It's difficult, man. "There's not a lot I can say right now. It's just a car failure. This place is so bumpy. It puts so much stress on the drivers and the cars. Does that have anything to do with it? Gut feeling says yes. So I don't know what to do or to say." Drivers said the course is bumpy — as many street courses are — but typically a suspension piece such as that one wouldn't snap unless it has mileaged-out or there was some contact earlier in the race. "It's probably on the limit of bumpy," Rosenqvist said. "On the main straight, if you go to the right of the racing line, which you kind of have to do if you pass someone, it's really bumpy. "I don't know if that's part of it. I'm glad Louis is OK. He got a pretty rough ride as well." Foster said he was OK and felt it was going to be his best result so far in his rookie year at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. "It's a shame," Foster said. "It would have been our best result today or fighting for our best result." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Acura Ends Porsche IMSA Win Streak After Thrilling Battle in Detroit Street Course Sprint
One of the shortest races on the IMSA GTP calendar, by both time and distance, put on a larger-than-life show as BoP adjustments brought parity to the field. The Meyer Shank Racing Acuras and Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillacs put pressure on BMW and the dominant Porsche Penskes at the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic in Detroit. Nick Yelloly secured the first pole of the year for the Acura in the No. 93 ARX-06, a pass with less than five minutes remaining on the clock by his teammate Renger van der Zande would secure the win for Acura ahead of the No. 10 Cadillac of Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque and the No. 6 Porsche Penske. The championship-leading entry of the No. 7 Porsche Penske was leading with 15 minutes remaining, but Ricky Taylor was eating into the nearly 2-second lead that Felipe Nasr had put on the field since the final Full Course Yellow. Going into the turn three hairpin, Taylor tried to nudge between Nasr and the inside wall and had to back out to stop damage. On a second try heading down towards the Detroit River out of turn four, Taylor took the spot, and the No. 93 Acura and No. 6 Porsche followed. "I saw them going after each other, and I think the Porsche in front had a bit of an issue or burned its tires too much," van der Zande told the Peacock Broadcast. "At that point, I saw Ricky going for it, and I know Ricky, Ricky goes for it. Nicest guy off the car, but in the car, you have to look out for the guy." With Nasr tumbling back to fourth, this marks the first time that the championship-leading duo of Nasr and Nick Tandy finished outside of a podium position. The leaders hit the traffic of the GTD-Pro top five, who on the narrow streets of the Detroit circuit were making it as difficult to pass as they tried to hold their in-class finishing positions. Following Taylor's aggressive move on Nasr, van der Zande saw a similar opportunity in Turn one and took the lead for Acura, pulling ahead past two GTD-Pro cars. Taylor followed and had one passing opportunity, but once the Acura tasted clean air, it was on its way to victory. Ford was able to pull one out for the American manufacturers with the No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 piloted by Sebastian Priaulx and Mike Rockenfeller finishing ahead of the Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R and Pratt Motorsports Lamborghini Huracan. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car Sign in to access your portfolio
NBC Sports
3 days ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
2025 IMSA Detroit starting lineup: Acura sweeps front row in taking first pole of season
Acura swept the front row for the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, breaking BMW's pole streak to start the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Nick Yelloly claimed the pole on the streets of downtown Detroit with a 1 minute, 5.762-second lap in the No. 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing ARX-06. Tom Blomqvist qualified second in the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 for the 100-minute race on the 1.645-mile layout. 'Pole is the best place to start at any street circuit; it usually makes your life quite a bit easier,' Yelloly said. 'Super happy to get my first pole in IMSA. We've been working very hard as a team to make sure we get everything right, chipping away week after week. We go from strength to strength every weekend, and it just keeps getting better and better. STARTING GRIDS: Click here for the Detroit starting lineup l Lineup by row l Lineup by car number 'At a street circuit, you can't just bang in one lap, because you'll probably make a mistake. You kind of need to edge closer to the limit. I knew I'd done a relatively good lap already and knew I had two laps to go at the end. I put it, let's say, all on the line and rubbed the wall a few times, but it was just enough to get that pole.' Meyer Shank Racing earned its first IMSA pole position since July 2023 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and its first front row sweep since the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona. BMW M Team RLL took the second row with Sheldon van der Linde in the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 and Dries Vanthoor, who had captured the first four pole positions this year in the No. 24 BMW. Porsche Penske Motorsport, which has won the first four races this season with its 963s in Grand Touring Prototype, swept the third row with the No. 6 in fifth and the No. 7 in sixth. In the GTD Pro category, the Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3s swept the front row with Seb Priaulx putting the No. 64 Ford Mustang GT3 in the top starting spot with a lap of 1 minute, 10.922 seconds. Teammate Christopher Mies qualified second, 0.329 seconds behind. DETROIT QUALIFYING ROUNDUP Starting lineup Lineup by row Lineup by car number Results Results by class Fastest lap by driver Fastest lap by driver after qualifying Fastest lap by driver and class after qualifying Best sector times Fastest lap sequence Time cards Weather report PRACTICE RESULTS: Session I l Session II Two clean laps was all Nick Yelloly needed to claim his first-career IMSA pole on the streets of Detroit, leaving everything on the table in his run that resulted in a front-row sweep for Meyer Shank Racing.
Indianapolis Star
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Helen's Pink Sky Foundation featured during Indy 500 broadcast. What to know
A fundraiser for a rare neurodegenerative disorder affecting a four-year-old girl with a connection to racing was highlighted during the 2025 Indianapolis 500. Helen's Pink Sky Foundation was featured in a commercial shown during the race broadcast on Fox. The foundation is named for a Minnesota girl, Helen Betty Born, and raises awareness and funds research to find a cure for CLN2 Batten disease, which affects two to four of 100,000 children in the United States. The disorder is inherited. Some children die in early childhood from the disease, while others may be able to live into their teens or twenties. Worldwide, about 14,000 children are known to have Batten disease. In recognition of Helen's fourth birthday on May 31, the foundation is calling for people to host pink lemonade stands May 30-June 1 and donate proceeds to Batten disease awareness. Helen, the daughter of two cybersecurity professionals, was diagnosed with the disease in March 2025, after showing symptoms that included slight speech delays, clumsiness, eye flutters, sudden falls and shaking and experiencing seizures. Her parents started the foundation to help fund research and find a cure for the disease. Meyer Shank Racing has pledged long-term support of Helen's Pink Sky Foundation, with its NTT IndyCar Series cars driven by Felix Rosenqvist and Marcus Armstrong carrying the foundation's decal in every race until a cure is found for Batten disease. Tim Meyer, Meyer Shank Racing's chief operating officer, is Helen's godfather and a foundation board member. 'We're going to tell Helen's story everywhere we race and do our part to help this amazing little girl,' Meyer said in a news release. 'Helen is so full of life and we just find her courage so inspiring. What she now faces is evil, it breaks my heart to see a child have to take on so much. We're going to fight like hell to help her and her family in any way we can.' According to the foundation website, Batten disease is a rare, genetically inherited disorder that belongs to a group of progressive degenerative neurometabolic disorders known as the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs). NCLs are characterized by genetic mutations that disrupt cells' ability to dispose of waste, resulting in the abnormal accumulation of certain proteins and lipids (fats) within the nerve cells of the brain and other tissues of the body. This results in progressive neurological impairment, including developmental regression, seizures, blindness, behavior changes, and dementia. There are many forms of NCL. Mutations in at least eight different genes are known to cause Batten disease. Helen has been diagnosed with Late Infantile Batten disease (CLN2) caused by a deficiency of the enzyme TPP1, which is responsible for breaking down certain proteins in the lysosomes. The different variants of the disease are distinguishable from one another in part by the age at which symptoms appear. Symptoms can appear as early as six months and as late as 43 years old. Children affected by CLN2, like Helen, typically see symptoms between the ages two and four and include seizures, coordination challenges, progressive vision loss, and developmental regression. Although CLN2 can be treated with an enzyme replacement therapy called Brineura (BioMarin) that dramatically slows progression of the disease, there is no cure. Batten disease is inherited through an autosomal recessive trait. This means that the same abnormal gene for the same trait is inherited from both parents. Given the disease's rarity, it is often misdiagnosed initially as epilepsy or eye disease. The accumulation of common symptoms and, ultimately, a genetic test is the only way to get a definitive diagnosis.
