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Penske Entertainment, which owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series, is giving a new car to the proprietor of a Chevrolet that was broken by a flying tire through the Indianapolis 500.

A spokesperson told The Indianapolis Star on Wednesday that Penske Entertainment will give Robin Matthews of Indianapolis a brand new automotive.

The injury occurred when driver Kirk Kirkwood’s automotive launched off the again of one other driver who hit the wall between Turns 1 and a pair of. Kirkwood’s automotive flipped, and his tire went hovering over the fence that protects spectators. Fortunately, the flying tire missed the gang and landed within the parking zone, the place it crushed the Chevrolet owned by Matthews.

IndyCar proprietor Roger Penske (the daddy of Penske Media CEO Jay Penske) stated an investigation will likely be held into why the tire got here off. Tires are supposed to remain connected to the Indy automobiles through tethers, which had been instituted after a number of fan deaths throughout races within the Nineteen Nineties.

Matthews’ automotive was towed due to the tire injury. Officials gave Matthews an opportunity to kiss the bricks – a time-honored Indy 500 custom – after which IMS president J. Douglas Boles gave her a experience dwelling.

“I didn’t see it come down,” Matthews advised the Indianapolis Star. “I came down, and they said, ‘Robin, it’s your car!’ I thought, ‘No.’ I thought somebody was pranking me. It’s a car. It’s fine.”

The report didn’t point out what sort of automotive Matthews could be getting as a substitute.