Lap 92 Crash Brings Larson’s Indy 500 Attempt to Early End

By David Morgan, Associate Editor

INDIANAPOLIS – Kyle Larson’s second quest for the double came to an abrupt end when he was involved in a crash on Lap 92 in Sunday’s 109^th running of the Indianapolis 500.

Running in 24^th place after a restart, Larson’s No. 17 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet whipped around in Turn 2, collecting Kyffin Simpson and Sting Ray Robb in the process.

In what has been a trying month for the NASCAR Cup Series regular, who was trying to complete all 1,100 miles between Indianapolis and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, Larson had to deal with the threat of rain and a stall on pit road early in the day, but appeared to be holding his own before the incident.

The crash was the third he has had during the Month of May after crashing in both the open test and on Fast Friday prior to qualifying weekend.

A replay showed that Larson downshifted as he was in traffic heading into Turn 2, which got him out of shape and resulted in the crash that ended his day early. He will be credited with a 27th place finish in the final rundown.

An on-board look at Kyle Larson's wreck in the #Indy500. He is done for the day.

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All three of the drivers involved would be checked and released from the Infield Care Center.

“It was a bit crazy there on the start. I got tight behind Takuma [Sato]. I was really close to him and I think I shaded left. I don’t know, I haven’t seen a replay. I got loose and kind of got all over the place. And yeah, so I spun.

“Just hate that I got a little too eager there on the restart and caused that crash. Hate it for everybody that also got caught up in it. Just bummed out. We’ll try to get over this quickly and get on to Charlotte and forget about it and try to win the next one.”

Larson will now head to Charlotte Motor Speedway for tonight’s running of the Coca-Cola 600, where he will start from the outside of the front row as he looks for his fourth win of the season and second in NASCAR’s longest race.