The wreck caused a broken steering arm in his car that left him with no control, leading to a spin and Kirkwood was unable to miss Rosenqvist’s car.
Arrow McLaren’s Felix Rosenqvist made contact with the Turn 2 wall. Kirkwood’s crash was as frightening as it was spectacular. Devlin DeFrancesco was 13th, followed by Marco Andretti, Kyle Kirkwood was 28th and Romain Grosjean was 30th, both seeing their days ended prematurely due to crashes. Of its five Andretti drivers entered, Colton Herta was the highest-finishing driver, ending up ninth. Andretti Autosport had an extremely difficult day overall Sunday. Unfortunately, Andretti, who qualified 24th, didn’t do much better in the overall showing, finishing 17th, the last driver on the lead lap.īut that wasn’t the worst news. Justin Casterline - Getty Images Andretti Still Searching for Indy GloryĪs there is almost every year, there had been big hopes that the infamous “Andretti Curse” would finally be snapped and that third-generation driver Marco Andretti would finally bring a win to the most famous family in racing. Marco Andretti had an uninspiring Indy 500, but he did finish on the lead lap. He also earned the 2004 Indy Racing League championship. Kanaan finishes his career with 17 wins, 79 top-5 finishes and 13 poles. I think there is a place in the team, so hopefully we'll talk and you guys won't get rid of me.” “I'm going to be in Detroit next week (for the next Ind圜ar race) so I'm not going to a beach to drink margaritas and you're never going to see me again. “I kind of talked with team owner Zak Brown and Gavin Ward and I said, let's go through this first. “That was something that we're talking (about), that is a plan,” Kanaan said. While he will continue racing stock cars in his native Brazil, he said he plans on having talks with Arrow McLaren, for whom he raced Sunday, to remain with the team perhaps as a consultant going forward. Kanaan also made the 389th and last start of his storied 25-year Ind圜ar career. Kyle Larson is driving that car next year. In a way, finishing 16th will take everybody's idea out, oh, you finished third, you should do it again.
“Because of that experience right there, I don't think I will have it ever again.
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