Robin Matthews, whose car was damaged on the Indianapolis 500 after a crash despatched a tire spinning over the grandstands, will get a brand new car.

According to an Indianapolis Motor Speedway spokesperson, Penske Entertainment will present Matthews with a brand new automobile. The incident occurred with less than 20 laps to go in Sunday’s race when Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood collided and Kirkwood’s rear left tire bounced off the observe and flew over the group in Turn 2.

A pink flag halted the race after that crash, and there have been two extra pink flags earlier than Josef Newgarden received by beating Marcus Ericsson in a one-lap shootout.

“I didn’t see it come down,” stated Matthews, a racing fan from Indianapolis. “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.”

PRANK? Indianapolis 500 fan whose car was hit by flying tire: ‘Thought somebody was pranking me’

One spectator obtained remedy on the infield medical heart with minor accidents associated to clutter flying. An IMS spokesman stated on the time that there have been no accidents associated to the tire.

“I was in this turn,” Indianapolis author John Green tweeted. “Hugely relieved everyone appears to be OK. Watching a wheel fly over my friends at 150 miles per hour is not an experience I’m anxious to repeat.”

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