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Colton Herta suffers scary crash at Indy 500 qualifying: 'Terrible day'
Colton Herta was involved in a terrifying crash during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on Saturday.He was entering Turns 1 and 2 at 236 mph when he lost control of his vehicle and spun around. The No. 26 car hit his front end into the wall on the backstretch. As he drove backward, Hertas car went airborne and flipped over.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe car continued down the backstretch and into Turns 3 and 4. It clung to the wall before it came to a stop.Herta was able to get out of the car and walk away from the frightening accident."Im fine. Luckily, nowadays, these crashes look scarier than they feel," Herta told FOX Sports after leaving the emergency care center. "Not to say that that one felt good, but I think the teams gonna be hard at work right now trying to get the backup car ready. Itll probably be impossible to try to get it out today.INDYCAR DRIVER KYFFIN SIMPSON GOES AIRBORNE IN TERRIFYING INDY 500 PRACTICE CRASH"Terrible day for this to happen. . . . No real signs leading to it. We were super happy with the car this morning and go out loose. We couldnt even get Lap 1 done. So, yeah, it sucks but Im good. Well keep going."As of Saturday, Herta was a 16-1 shot to win the Indy 500.Herta has nine wins in his IndyCar Series career. He last won at Nashville to end the 2024 season. He had three top-10 finishes this year and one top-5 finish.He will enter the Indy 500 ninth in the points standings. He was seventh last season at Indy.TheIndy500 will be broadcast May 25 on FOX with pre-coverage starting at 10 a.m. ET. It will also be available tostream live on FOXSports.comand the FOX Sports app.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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