The automotive pushed by Kyle Kirkwood, prime, flips over after a crash within the second flip throughout the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.

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The automotive pushed by Kyle Kirkwood, prime, flips over after a crash within the second flip throughout the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.

John Maxwell/AP

A multi-car crash despatched a tire careening previous followers throughout the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, producing a heart-stopping second at one of many U.S.’s most outstanding races.

Video posted on social media reveals driver Felix Rosenqvist colliding with Kyle Kirkwood. During the crash, one among Kirkwood’s tires breaks free and launches into the air and over the fence that separates the monitor from the grandstand.

The tire simply misses seats stuffed with spectators and landed on a parked automotive, ESPN reported. There had been no accidents to both driver or followers.

After the tire went flying, Kirkwood’s automotive hit the wall, flipped over and slid down the monitor as sparks flew.

“All good everyone, just disappointed. Thought we could win today,” he said in a tweet.

Auto racing is a particularly common sport within the U.S., however it would not come with out its dangers to drivers, crew members and followers.

At the Indy 500 in 1987, a fan named Lyle Kurtenbach was killed after a tire from one of many vehicles broke off throughout a crash, flew into the stands and hit him, according to the Indianapolis Star. Kurtenbach, who was 41, had been celebrating a household reunion.

The monitor’s catch fence was later raised from 15 ft to 19 ft, eight inches, the newspaper reported.

In the years since, auto racing followers have been injured and on uncommon events killed when particles from crashes lands in spectator areas.

In the early Nineteen Seventies, the U.S. Auto Club, which was then the sanctioning physique for the Indy 500, made a raft of changes to enhance driver security after a string of deaths on the monitor, reminiscent of lowering the scale of a automotive’s fuel tank.