This was a one in a million accident. You can never make anything 100% safe. It even says on every ticket that the spectator accepts the risks involved. Fortunately there are many fewer deaths and injuries, among both driver and spectators, than there were decades ago.
I'm survivor of 1999 I was 4 person hit by a tire a charlotte 3 people beside me died that day. I've never seen anything like that in my life. My wife told me of this PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY IT WENT OVER CROWD! I'm shaking just typing this. What's strange I just looked up the accident when the day it happened at charlotte 2 weeks ago and boom this happens. I will not ever go to a race ever again period! I humbly Thank God I didn't get killed but I had a hard time wondering God why did you let me live and those people die. All I know is it wasn't my time. 😢
She was, this piece made her look all sad/scared. She is a long time like race in her blood woman! She was so peppy this was a very kinda out of context displaying of her.
This is a tough situation to address. Indycar should have worded their reply better. The failure in the suspension happened in a location that the tether was never designed to address. These race cars have special failure zones so the suspensions do not spear through the car and stab the drivers in the body like happened to James Hinchcliffe in 2015 at Indy in a practice crash. That was a profoundly awful and terrifying crash that James very narrowly survived because of the amazing work of the Indy safety crews and the medical teams afterwards. Let's give a thanks to God in there too. So there has to be give and release to those car body parts. Also,they cannot fly back at the driver and hit them in helmet like happened to Ayrton Senna in 1994 which killed him. Indycar is actually better positioned than Formula One to stop that from ever happening with the full ballistic windshield protecting the drivers head and face now. This gets interesting now. That was about a 210 mph impact into a car with locked brakes and tires sliding backwards at 100 mph. The drivers cannot just lift off the gas when they are in the corners. The forces in that impact were astounding. One thing to think of is, had that suspension member not failed and the entire car lifted up, the entire car could have gone into the catch fence or potentially into the crowd. So you can't just tie everything together aimlessly. The solution to this problem will take a hell of alot of study and testing. Indycar has the right people for the job.
You had it right at the safety crew. Don't take away from the fact that those well trained professionals saved his life PERIOD. N ot some hocus pocus made up thing.
There is no engineering solution to this 1 in 10,000 failure Phil. Physics will not allow a rotating wheel to be "tethered". Even wheel covers would not work every time. If you want to make auto racing 100% failure proof - nobody could afford to build the car. Motor racing is dangerous - it says so on the fine print on the back of your ticket. You attend the race at your own risk. The lawyers make sure of that. You can't sue the Indy 500 if your partner is killed in the stands.
@@thomasreyes2857 I never said that. You said that. That thought came out of your head and now you're projecting it to others. You're a pathetic racist human being. Go find a rock and crawl under it. You'll feel right at home there.
@@thomasreyes2857 Oh, by the way, I'm a minority immigrant from Sothern California. The last time I flew my family to the Midwest to watch that race it cost me five figures. It's actually not that big of a deal to me because quite frankly, I'm a well to do minority. The reason I asked that question is that I wanted to know what it takes to park there instead of parking in the grass. Every time I look for a better parking spot it's always sold out. So instead of being a racist pos, why don't you contribute and tell us how to get that kind of parking space?
racing has, and always will be a danger to anyone spectacting. Its can scary but is also exciting to watch. these cars are the fastest, and this tracks the biggest. It is an amazing thing.
only one or two bigger in lenght that arnt road coarses, maybe daytona and talladega, it is the first superspeedway and largest permanent sports stadium in the world by capacity, and its more then just a track, it has a golf course, the museum, the offices, and did you know it has a dirt track on turn three they use for a cherity race each year for a few days called bc 39 after driver that was in the 500 a few times and a well rounded openwheel driver bryan clausen its used to raise money for organ donation awareness in indiana, as he was an organ donor, but even his family did not know it till after the fact, he was kindly they say and would give you the shirt off his back, california born but called indiana home and moved here and is buried here, not far from the speedway at crown hill cemetary, I did not know him as at the time I had gotten out of racing before I got back into it but the racers I talked to in the pits that did had nothing but good things to say, also there are all kinds of engine and car building faclities as well as on the outside right corner the offices of usac are, they used to sanction the 500 and champ car trail, and really the oldest continual open wheel sanctioning body in the usa though they formed out of where AAA left off after desasters at le monds I belive or somewhere in europe monza maybe where people were killed usac was born in indy out of that. but yea indy is one of the largest and fastest and host to several events every year including the 500 festival, its the grand mecca and vatican of racing, too bad the people at the state fair did not feel the same, as the mile track there was where they raced cars off and on even longer then the indy motor speedway actually it was there that the idea was came up with to build the racetrack when watching a race at the indiana state fair and where the first sub minute mile was done in 1903 june 29th by Barny Oldfield from wassion ohio, too bad they feel gambling and harness racing is more importent as they did not even save the inner half mile for dirt racing and put the whole thing under crushed limestone making it suitable only for harness horse racing and training and parking at the state fair, and while its a big thing among the farmers and amish for harness racing, they slapped 120 years of history in the face they cant even run quarter horses or thoroghbreeds on it anymore with the surface change, and that was after usac pleaded with them for 2 years to keep some form of auto racing at the track, and it was only one of 4 state fair mile tracks left and only one of three that had car racing on them. Just felt you should be aware, maybe get enough people to clammor and bring it back or get them to build another big dirt track thats at least a half mile in or around indy where they can run the usac silver crown cars which are decendents of the dirt cars and watson roadsters that were part of the indy champ car circuit for soo many decades, when the cars were still front engined before being suppanted by the mid engine cars of the 60's, and the hoosier hundred was the crown jewel event of the champ dirt car races second in prestige to win second only to the indy 500 itself back then, and many would love if we could get it back on dirt the drivers know this is born to be and is truely ment to be a large dirt track race, the fans of the series know it, and the heads of usac know this fact I just thought I would make you all aware. still that was scary those cars are 230 + at top speed, but yea its not without risk, even behind a catch fence in low rows cars can and have gone over catch fences, thrown debris, or knocked down catch fences, or broke them loose as was the case at voluse when a car flat spined and knowed the posts right out of the cement of the wall or where a sprint car hit right in the middle of a gap in the fence and broke the roll cage right in two on a sprint car last weekend actually in justin pecks sprintcar hes from monrovia indiana just south of indy, then there was justin owen rest his soul, went out for qualifying at laranceburg and the car did not slide when he wanted it to and it biked up on two wheels and lauched it into the fence spinning and he came down like a lawn dart into the track there and died from his injuries same weekend of the bristol dirt race, and he was the defending track champ there in wingless sprint cars he knew the track well. 26 years old and met our Lord the day before easter this year
And then the officials would make the decision to have a 1 lap shootout on cold tires just so a green flag finish could be accomplished 😑 Really makes me question how much the series cares about safety when this incident and a cold tire 1 lap dash happen on the same day. I'm not blaming IndyCar for the wheel either, clearly this was an unfortunate accident, I just don't understand why they would risk the chance of another big wreck just to ensure a green flag finish.
Jonathan Martin Because not only is it a sport, it's a business. Ratings, viewers, etc. You have people coming to Indy from all over the world, no one is coming to watch a race end at freeway speed. Indy did the right thing. Gave the fans a spectacular finish. Only people complaining is if they are team Ericsson, or just here to troll.
@@gunner-qf9eh It's a business but the risks are costly, too. Drivers and teams suffer. Fans don't want to see anything reckless. Sponsors don't want to support something with negative connotations. And bottom-line, had that tire hit the edge of those stands, Roger Penske would be looking at millions in just legal defense fees.
It's good that the tether didn't fail, but something DID allow the tire and wheel to separate from the car, and I hope that is addressed. but we might have to wait until whenever they come out with a new chassis.
Instead of Indy Car's statement acting so proud that the "tether didn't fail", they need to state what piece DID fail. Because clearly, SOME part of the vehicle failed. Any time a wheel and wheel assembly goes flying at 200mph above a grandstand, it's safe to say, some piece of that car is vulnerable to releasing the entire wheel and wheel assembly at high speed if damaged in an impact. They need to clarify what piece of the car was damaged to allow this to happen, and how to avoid it happening again.
@@robertnussberger6449 I never see them take the teather off the tire when they change them do you? or they wouldn’t come off the car when they leave the lug nut loose 🤣 you’ve got to be kidding me here
Actually, I've never believed that a "tether" would never fail to hold a tire/wheel with the car in all cases, but it's really hard to comprehend the IndyCar statement that the "tether did not fail". Of course it failed. We all saw a tire flying over the fence. Really sounds like their statement was carefully crafted by the track's lawyers to avoid lawsuit liability. The track should have just said they are analyzing what happened, with further statements to follow.
From the video it looks like the tire itself came off the rim, which is of course not something the tether can stop. This of course would mean the tether didnt fail yes, but also wasnt designed to stop that kind of failure. Short of beadlocks or something I cant really think of anything that would help in that situation
@@bandani599 I saw no suspension parts flying, but it wasn't just a tire. It caved in a car when it hit that, parked outside the track. A tire alone wouldn't do that much damage.
"The tether did not fail." Sounds like splitting hairs. The system that keeps the wheels with the cars failed. Call it whatever you want. I understand the technical aspects of how this can happen. There will be a change to the tethering **system** to likely move the anchor points further so that if an incident causes damage to the previous anchor point the wheel will stay attached.
I didn't see any suspension attached to the wheel. Hard to know what failed until they release more, but I'm guessing the hub or spindle itself broke. I'm not sure how they could prevent it from happening in the future. It was a freak accident where all the stars aligned for it to clear the fence. Maybe next year they'll simply raise the fence another foot or two, or just say that the odds of the same thing happening again are even more astronomical now.
@@v12tommy Exactly what I was thinking. The tether works if the tire and suspension stay as a single unit. My guess is that the glancing hit of Kirkwood probably tore off the locking wheel nut on the hub and only the tire and wheel went into the stands.
My friend who has sat in the SE Vista for decades, a real expert on the history of the sport, said he clearly saw that it was the wheel and tire, not just the tire.
Watching that on TV made sick to my stomach, it felt like slow motion I was just thinking I'm about to see someone die. I was so relieved when the broadcast said that no one was injured.
I'm guessing that this isn't the type of event where, unlike at baseball and NBA games, people actually pay attention to what's going on, instead of looking at their phones.
My parents were at the race. They told me it was terrifying because it could've hit a person in the crowd. Our family friend is a former Indycar worker, so he's given us the ropes.
@@ryan_team1420 It would be a heart warming story if that lady didn't have to get her 2015 back and got a nice new car from the multi millionaire Roger Penske --owner of the track and winner or that race.
_"the tether stayed attached to the wheel, it was the vehicle that the tether was attached to that did not retain the tether/tire connection, therefor in our analysis the tether did not fail, the car failed."_
I wonder how far that tire flew before it hit the car, and if Indycar will pay for the damage?! If you watch racing long enough, someone will die, or get badly hurt, I have been watching Indy-Car since 03, and three or four drivers had died, NASCAR is safer for some reason, but I have seen about 7 bad injuries, facts of life, just have to learn to try to make it better.
Roger should have done her a solid & replaced that lemon with a brand new Z06 Corvette. Lord knows had that tire gone into the grandstand it woulda been hell to pay with all the lawsuits...
When I a kid back in the 50s and 60s, spectators could lean against the outer, chain link fence just a few feet away from the cars on the track. This was the case at least, coming out of the fourth turn.
I make my livin' off the evenin' news Just give me somethin', somethin' I can use People love it when you lose They love dirty laundry Well, I coulda' been an actor, but I wound up here I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear Come and whisper in my ear Give us dirty laundry We got the bubble-headed bleached-blonde, comes on at five She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye It's interesting when people die Give us dirty laundry Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet Get the widow on the set! We need dirty laundry You don't really need to find out what's goin' on You don't really wanna know just how far it's gone Just leave well enough alone Eat your dirty laundry
@@lnr12241 Well in this case the tether was stronger than what it was attatched to, its a game of the weakest link, if you make what the tether is tethered too stronger the tether at some point becomes the weakest link, and so on, its a game you cannot win, unless you scrap weight limitations and make them into tanks, but then again even tanks can break apart.
@Anders Andersen just read an article two minutes ago and Roger Penske said that the tether sheared. He was talking to the company the builds the chasis to figure out what happened but he said in the article It sheared. So now who knows. Just going to have to wait a few days till they have a better chance to look at it all
Motorsport will never be fully safe, but that's ok, it's important to try to improve safety but freak accidents will always happen. This current clown culture should just accept that they can't make everything 100% safe but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything at all. Life itself is unsafe, grow some balls and deal with it
You're saying nobody was seriously? What was injured in what happened? Why don't you report on those things? You leave it open and beg or that just like again. Media's good at quick pay. Why don't you do it for report on your story? This is why you don't have many viewers....
You know all the promoters involved want that woman whose car was damaged to get well compensated. They love that positive P.R. She is probably going to be gifted a car of greater value.
Tire & rim flies to the moon...but the tether did not fail... Something ain't matching. I assume the tether is for suspension parts and not the rim... O.K....as long as the spectators are aware of this danger.
Enough of the red flag restarts with no guts no glory shoot out mentality of these drivers. I like a good race like anyone else but let's not start sacrificing spectators by desensitized drivers. This isn't a video game!
I bet they used an lite weight material and it failed because it broke . Just what a steel wheel won't brake 😠😠 ! Sometimes you can't afford to go cheap when safety is a top of the list. So anything other than steal should never be allowed on race tracks to compromise safety !
This lady was not in her car. She was in the stands judt do you all know. If the tire did not fail, then how did it go flying? Secondly that post did not stop that tire. It was the lady's car that stopped it. At least the lady is in good spirits.
If the tether didn't fail, the tire would still be attached.....it failed....yes a once in a million chance but it happened....thankfully, no one got hurt......racing is risky and attending is too.
@@toddregister6621 Well the tethers are there to keep the wheel from leaving the car and work very well. Since they work so well, apparently people were wondering if the tether failed. Apparently, it didn't and the part it is connected to went with it. The statement was clumsily worded.
When that tire , flew towards the grandstands , I held my breath !!!
Me too. It was a crazy moment.
me too, the commentators didn't seem to notice it at all until later
This was a one in a million accident. You can never make anything 100% safe. It even says on every ticket that the spectator accepts the risks involved. Fortunately there are many fewer deaths and injuries, among both driver and spectators, than there were decades ago.
Ermmm I don't think its one in a million when a tire went flying just 2 years ago at the 2021 Indy 500 as well.
"1 in a million" yet happens all the time, LOL... you libtards are a speshil breed of stopid. wwg1wga maga2025
I'm survivor of 1999 I was 4 person hit by a tire a charlotte 3 people beside me died that day. I've never seen anything like that in my life. My wife told me of this PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY IT WENT OVER CROWD! I'm shaking just typing this. What's strange I just looked up the accident when the day it happened at charlotte 2 weeks ago and boom this happens. I will not ever go to a race ever again period! I humbly Thank God I didn't get killed but I had a hard time wondering God why did you let me live and those people die. All I know is it wasn't my time. 😢
@@AdrenaLukeYT it's called odds. It doesn't literally mean it will only happen once every million times.
Her vehicle is NOT A PARTY TO THE DISCLAIMER !!!
That lady seems really nice. I hope they get her a new car.
She was, this piece made her look all sad/scared. She is a long time like race in her blood woman! She was so peppy this was a very kinda out of context displaying of her.
@@CaptnMikesAlot She was defenitely dressed for the occasion.👍
Read the back of your ticket. I’m sure they’ll make it “right” but that’s what your auto insurance is for.
Yup, just announced. She's getting a new car
They should. Roger Penske dodge a multi-million dollar settlement right there by about 10 yards. The least he can give away is a new Corvette Z06.
The recipient of that tire to her car ought to be given one of those brand-new pace car Corvettes!!!
They let her kiss the row of bricks at the start and I'm sure she will have tickets for a few years. They got very lucky. This time.
This is a tough situation to address. Indycar should have worded their reply better. The failure in the suspension happened in a location that the tether was never designed to address. These race cars have special failure zones so the suspensions do not spear through the car and stab the drivers in the body like happened to James Hinchcliffe in 2015 at Indy in a practice crash. That was a profoundly awful and terrifying crash that James very narrowly survived because of the amazing work of the Indy safety crews and the medical teams afterwards. Let's give a thanks to God in there too. So there has to be give and release to those car body parts. Also,they cannot fly back at the driver and hit them in helmet like happened to Ayrton Senna in 1994 which killed him. Indycar is actually better positioned than Formula One to stop that from ever happening with the full ballistic windshield protecting the drivers head and face now. This gets interesting now. That was about a 210 mph impact into a car with locked brakes and tires sliding backwards at 100 mph. The drivers cannot just lift off the gas when they are in the corners. The forces in that impact were astounding. One thing to think of is, had that suspension member not failed and the entire car lifted up, the entire car could have gone into the catch fence or potentially into the crowd. So you can't just tie everything together aimlessly. The solution to this problem will take a hell of alot of study and testing. Indycar has the right people for the job.
You had it right at the safety crew. Don't take away from the fact that those well trained professionals saved his life PERIOD. N ot some hocus pocus made up thing.
There is no engineering solution to this 1 in 10,000 failure Phil. Physics will not allow a rotating wheel to be "tethered".
Even wheel covers would not work every time.
If you want to make auto racing 100% failure proof - nobody could afford to build the car.
Motor racing is dangerous - it says so on the fine print on the back of your ticket.
You attend the race at your own risk. The lawyers make sure of that. You can't sue the Indy 500 if your partner is killed in the stands.
It's racing! Indycar can only do so much. Racing is dangerous and watching live can be dangerous to! Chance you take!
If they'd not done away with the anti intrusion bar with the Dallara it is likely that Hincliffe would not have been gravely injured.
It looks to me like the tire came off wheel. How could you design a tether to prevent that from happening?
I think the real story here is how did she get that cool parking spot?
She was working in the suite
You think just because she's black she can't afford it is that the deal😂😂😂😂😂
@@thomasreyes2857 no, those are not parking spots available to the public Moron. Nothing to do with race
@@thomasreyes2857 I never said that. You said that. That thought came out of your head and now you're projecting it to others.
You're a pathetic racist human being. Go find a rock and crawl under it. You'll feel right at home there.
@@thomasreyes2857 Oh, by the way, I'm a minority immigrant from Sothern California. The last time I flew my family to the Midwest to watch that race it cost me five figures. It's actually not that big of a deal to me because quite frankly, I'm a well to do minority. The reason I asked that question is that I wanted to know what it takes to park there instead of parking in the grass. Every time I look for a better parking spot it's always sold out.
So instead of being a racist pos, why don't you contribute and tell us how to get that kind of parking space?
racing has, and always will be a danger to anyone spectacting. Its can scary but is also exciting to watch. these cars are the fastest, and this tracks the biggest. It is an amazing thing.
only one or two bigger in lenght that arnt road coarses, maybe daytona and talladega, it is the first superspeedway and largest permanent sports stadium in the world by capacity, and its more then just a track, it has a golf course, the museum, the offices, and did you know it has a dirt track on turn three they use for a cherity race each year for a few days called bc 39 after driver that was in the 500 a few times and a well rounded openwheel driver bryan clausen its used to raise money for organ donation awareness in indiana, as he was an organ donor, but even his family did not know it till after the fact, he was kindly they say and would give you the shirt off his back, california born but called indiana home and moved here and is buried here, not far from the speedway at crown hill cemetary, I did not know him as at the time I had gotten out of racing before I got back into it but the racers I talked to in the pits that did had nothing but good things to say, also there are all kinds of engine and car building faclities as well as on the outside right corner the offices of usac are, they used to sanction the 500 and champ car trail, and really the oldest continual open wheel sanctioning body in the usa though they formed out of where AAA left off after desasters at le monds I belive or somewhere in europe monza maybe where people were killed usac was born in indy out of that.
but yea indy is one of the largest and fastest and host to several events every year including the 500 festival, its the grand mecca and vatican of racing, too bad the people at the state fair did not feel the same, as the mile track there was where they raced cars off and on even longer then the indy motor speedway actually it was there that the idea was came up with to build the racetrack when watching a race at the indiana state fair and where the first sub minute mile was done in 1903 june 29th by Barny Oldfield from wassion ohio, too bad they feel gambling and harness racing is more importent as they did not even save the inner half mile for dirt racing and put the whole thing under crushed limestone making it suitable only for harness horse racing and training and parking at the state fair, and while its a big thing among the farmers and amish for harness racing, they slapped 120 years of history in the face they cant even run quarter horses or thoroghbreeds on it anymore with the surface change, and that was after usac pleaded with them for 2 years to keep some form of auto racing at the track, and it was only one of 4 state fair mile tracks left and only one of three that had car racing on them.
Just felt you should be aware, maybe get enough people to clammor and bring it back or get them to build another big dirt track thats at least a half mile in or around indy where they can run the usac silver crown cars which are decendents of the dirt cars and watson roadsters that were part of the indy champ car circuit for soo many decades, when the cars were still front engined before being suppanted by the mid engine cars of the 60's, and the hoosier hundred was the crown jewel event of the champ dirt car races second in prestige to win second only to the indy 500 itself back then, and many would love if we could get it back on dirt the drivers know this is born to be and is truely ment to be a large dirt track race, the fans of the series know it, and the heads of usac know this fact
I just thought I would make you all aware.
still that was scary those cars are 230 + at top speed, but yea its not without risk, even behind a catch fence in low rows cars can and have gone over catch fences, thrown debris, or knocked down catch fences, or broke them loose as was the case at voluse when a car flat spined and knowed the posts right out of the cement of the wall or where a sprint car hit right in the middle of a gap in the fence and broke the roll cage right in two on a sprint car last weekend actually in justin pecks sprintcar hes from monrovia indiana just south of indy, then there was justin owen rest his soul, went out for qualifying at laranceburg and the car did not slide when he wanted it to and it biked up on two wheels and lauched it into the fence spinning and he came down like a lawn dart into the track there and died from his injuries same weekend of the bristol dirt race, and he was the defending track champ there in wingless sprint cars he knew the track well. 26 years old and met our Lord the day before easter this year
Raise the catch fence. Make it double strong just above the fans vision of the track.
And then the officials would make the decision to have a 1 lap shootout on cold tires just so a green flag finish could be accomplished 😑
Really makes me question how much the series cares about safety when this incident and a cold tire 1 lap dash happen on the same day. I'm not blaming IndyCar for the wheel either, clearly this was an unfortunate accident, I just don't understand why they would risk the chance of another big wreck just to ensure a green flag finish.
Jonathan Martin Because not only is it a sport, it's a business. Ratings, viewers, etc. You have people coming to Indy from all over the world, no one is coming to watch a race end at freeway speed.
Indy did the right thing. Gave the fans a spectacular finish.
Only people complaining is if they are team Ericsson, or just here to troll.
100% correct. They should have played it safe after the very scary tire incident.
@@gunner-qf9eh It's a business but the risks are costly, too. Drivers and teams suffer. Fans don't want to see anything reckless. Sponsors don't want to support something with negative connotations. And bottom-line, had that tire hit the edge of those stands, Roger Penske would be looking at millions in just legal defense fees.
Time for Indycar to buy her a new corvette it’s only right
Poor snowball
Yeah, well, the tether attaches to the suspension component, not to the wheel or tire. You can’t really attach a tether to a wheel or tire.
Cus if you did it wouldn’t be a “wheel”. Edit: it Would be an anchor.
Exactly..
Mostly relieved about the tether… I was quite worried… to find out it didn’t fail is just the best.
It's good that the tether didn't fail, but something DID allow the tire and wheel to separate from the car, and I hope that is addressed. but we might have to wait until whenever they come out with a new chassis.
Instead of Indy Car's statement acting so proud that the "tether didn't fail", they need to state what piece DID fail. Because clearly, SOME part of the vehicle failed. Any time a wheel and wheel assembly goes flying at 200mph above a grandstand, it's safe to say, some piece of that car is vulnerable to releasing the entire wheel and wheel assembly at high speed if damaged in an impact. They need to clarify what piece of the car was damaged to allow this to happen, and how to avoid it happening again.
There was a crash - what else could have caused it?
@@PHuckinCHAMPS26 did you actually read the whole comment?
no possibly way to tether the tire to the car or it won’t roll. the spindle snapped, this was just a freak accident
Nascar does it
@@robertnussberger6449 lmao how do you tether a spinning tire 🤣🤣
@@RDC_Autosports
Nascar does it . Even the modifieds are
@@robertnussberger6449 I never see them take the teather off the tire when they change them do you? or they wouldn’t come off the car when they leave the lug nut loose 🤣 you’ve got to be kidding me here
That could have easily killed at least 7 to 8 people or more. Just so thankful that didn't happen.
Something failed
Actually, I've never believed that a "tether" would never fail to hold a tire/wheel with the car in all cases, but it's really hard to comprehend the IndyCar statement that the "tether did not fail".
Of course it failed. We all saw a tire flying over the fence.
Really sounds like their statement was carefully crafted by the track's lawyers to avoid lawsuit liability. The track should have just said they are analyzing what happened, with further statements to follow.
From the video it looks like the tire itself came off the rim, which is of course not something the tether can stop. This of course would mean the tether didnt fail yes, but also wasnt designed to stop that kind of failure. Short of beadlocks or something I cant really think of anything that would help in that situation
@@bandani599 I saw no suspension parts flying, but it wasn't just a tire. It caved in a car when it hit that, parked outside the track. A tire alone wouldn't do that much damage.
give her the corvette pace car!
I think that goes to the winner, or at least it used to. I'm sure she will have lifetime VIP passes though.
@@whytebearconcepts Doubtful. Probably will have an incident report to give to insurance and maybe a few years free to watch more races.
"The tether did not fail." Sounds like splitting hairs. The system that keeps the wheels with the cars failed. Call it whatever you want.
I understand the technical aspects of how this can happen. There will be a change to the tethering **system** to likely move the anchor points further so that if an incident causes damage to the previous anchor point the wheel will stay attached.
Yea saying this isnt a fail is completely stupid, tire went flying=the tether failed its job 😂
I didn't see any suspension attached to the wheel. Hard to know what failed until they release more, but I'm guessing the hub or spindle itself broke. I'm not sure how they could prevent it from happening in the future. It was a freak accident where all the stars aligned for it to clear the fence. Maybe next year they'll simply raise the fence another foot or two, or just say that the odds of the same thing happening again are even more astronomical now.
The tyre was removed from the wheel. It was a tyre only, not a complete unit.
And a tether is supposed to keep a Tire attached to the car.....🙄 mount, whatever... it failed....
@@v12tommy Exactly what I was thinking. The tether works if the tire and suspension stay as a single unit. My guess is that the glancing hit of Kirkwood probably tore off the locking wheel nut on the hub and only the tire and wheel went into the stands.
It's not a tyre, its the fucking whole WHEEL.
I’m sure glad the tether did not fail. Otherwise, there might have been a chance of tragedy.
The tether is to the suspension upright, not the wheel.
Everything got ripped off
The tire came off the wheel.
At least the lady who's car got hit was cool about it! I'm sure The Speedway will make her whole again.
Sounds like the wheel itself broke, that would not involve the wheel tether.
BINGO!!!
So, was it the TIRE that flew off the car, or the WHEEL/TIRE combination? Seems unlikely that a TIRE can be tethered to the car.
My friend who has sat in the SE Vista for decades, a real expert on the history of the sport, said he clearly saw that it was the wheel and tire, not just the tire.
It happened in 1998 too, not just 1999. Same number of fatalities too.
Michigan. That was a bad time...
adrian fernandez tire i think
The tether didn't fail. Ya whatever you say.
Watching that on TV made sick to my stomach, it felt like slow motion I was just thinking I'm about to see someone die. I was so relieved when the broadcast said that no one was injured.
At least give her the tire and wheel autographed lol
Your video quality is poor
You keep saying the teather did not fail, yet the assembly left the car.... so the teather did fail.
I'm guessing that this isn't the type of event where, unlike at baseball and NBA games, people actually pay attention to what's going on, instead of looking at their phones.
Now that woman dresses like a race fan😊
Ya, ok. Like saying the 'chute didn't fail but all the lines attached to it let go. 😒
My parents were at the race. They told me it was terrifying because it could've hit a person in the crowd. Our family friend is a former Indycar worker, so he's given us the ropes.
At the game?
@@andersandersen6295 Oh crap. I was thinking about two different things. Thanks!
it would of hit more then one person
as per the report "no one was serious injured" just curious as to what pronouns the car identifies as.
The owner of that chevy got some serious drip. I legit thought she was one of the guest performers. But then again, her car is a chevy.
Roger needs to get that woman a new car!
It’s not that much damage, could easily be fixed by a body shop
@@ryan_team1420 It would be a heart warming story if that lady didn't have to get her 2015 back and got a nice new car from the multi millionaire Roger Penske --owner of the track and winner or that race.
The wheel sheared from the hub/the wheel nut not the tether...tethers are to the suspension upright...not the physical rotating wheel
_"the tether stayed attached to the wheel, it was the vehicle that the tether was attached to that did not retain the tether/tire connection, therefor in our analysis the tether did not fail, the car failed."_
The wheel is the rim... the tire came off the rim. You can't stop that from happening.
Good time for the new wheel magnets.
I wonder how far that tire flew before it hit the car, and if Indycar will pay for the damage?!
If you watch racing long enough, someone will die, or get badly hurt, I have been watching Indy-Car since 03, and three or four drivers had died, NASCAR is safer for some reason, but I have seen about 7 bad injuries, facts of life, just have to learn to try to make it better.
i was at a Indycar race at MIS, when a tire killed a few people. crazy day
Great free publicity for chevrolet though.
Roger should have done her a solid & replaced that lemon with a brand new Z06 Corvette. Lord knows had that tire gone into the grandstand it woulda been hell to pay with all the lawsuits...
The victim appeared to be a 1st generation Chevy Cruze. Mr. Penske and the IMS can easily afford a new Tahoe for this nice lady.
Isolated incident is ENSURED to not happen again until the next isolated incident TOTALLY OUT OF ANYONE'S CONTROL! Hahaha. We love you SNOWBALL.
When I a kid back in the 50s and 60s, spectators could lean against the outer, chain link fence just a few feet away from the cars on the track.
This was the case at least, coming out of the fourth turn.
If it didn’t fail then it wouldn’t be in the parking lot
Did not fail???? LMAOOOOO Maybe up that fence another 20 meters
Insane it only missed by 10 feet - that’s a super slim margin when flying at 200 mph
I make my livin' off the evenin' news
Just give me somethin', somethin' I can use
People love it when you lose
They love dirty laundry
Well, I coulda' been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry
We got the bubble-headed bleached-blonde, comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die
Give us dirty laundry
Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry
You don't really need to find out what's goin' on
You don't really wanna know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry
Luckily it Want a Final Destination scenario
They are lucky that didn’t hit anyone.
Worst reporting ever. If the tether didn't fail, what happened? ?
The spindle failed. The suspension tether worked. Go look at your car trailer.
Yes very simple, the tether is connected to other parts of the car, those parts failed, the tether was not broken.
@@andersandersen6295 what other parts? ? What failed. That's what we need to know
@@lnr12241 Well in this case the tether was stronger than what it was attatched to, its a game of the weakest link, if you make what the tether is tethered too stronger the tether at some point becomes the weakest link, and so on, its a game you cannot win, unless you scrap weight limitations and make them into tanks, but then again even tanks can break apart.
@Anders Andersen just read an article two minutes ago and Roger Penske said that the tether sheared. He was talking to the company the builds the chasis to figure out what happened but he said in the article It sheared. So now who knows. Just going to have to wait a few days till they have a better chance to look at it all
Nobody got hurt. What's the big concern. Everything has risks. If you can't tolerate the risk stay the heck away.
This lady is cool. Roger Penske should buy her a Corvette.
Low capacity tires from now on that hold only 10PSI max. No assault tires at all.
Reporters are doing everything they can to make sports appear unsafe. This is another freedom they want to do away with
MuH FrREDuMS!!!
Motorsport will never be fully safe, but that's ok, it's important to try to improve safety but freak accidents will always happen. This current clown culture should just accept that they can't make everything 100% safe but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything at all. Life itself is unsafe, grow some balls and deal with it
You're saying nobody was seriously? What was injured in what happened? Why don't you report on those things? You leave it open and beg or that just like again. Media's good at quick pay. Why don't you do it for report on your story? This is why you don't have many viewers....
The bright side, no one was harmed
You know all the promoters involved want that woman whose car was damaged to get well compensated. They love that positive P.R. She is probably going to be gifted a car of greater value.
Spectators should be packed in the centerfield for safety
Wow,,, it would've scared the shit outta me for sure!😮😮😧😦😫
Did she get a new car from race owners? The 'Baseball' law means that the race owners could just tell her to go away without any compensation...
Live my whloe life never be lucky enough to get paid by getting hit at a race..... 💰
Looks like the tire came off the wheel. You can't tether the tire...
Tire & rim flies to the moon...but the tether did not fail...
Something ain't matching.
I assume the tether is for suspension parts and not the rim...
O.K....as long as the spectators are aware of this danger.
They take the risk it has a liability on the ticket... Watch at your own risk.
Enough of the red flag restarts with no guts no glory shoot out mentality of these drivers. I like a good race like anyone else but let's not start sacrificing spectators by desensitized drivers. This isn't a video game!
I bet they used an lite weight material and it failed because it broke . Just what a steel wheel won't brake 😠😠 ! Sometimes you can't afford to go cheap when safety is a top of the list. So anything other than steal should never be allowed on race tracks to compromise safety !
That probably would have killed several people
Did not fail? So how did tire end up in stands? Tether, bolts or anchors, all the same system.
It appears the entire spindle was broken and ripped off which would include the entire attached tether wheel and suspension.
That women’s outfit is the best!
This lady was not in her car. She was in the stands judt do you all know. If the tire did not fail, then how did it go flying? Secondly that post did not stop that tire. It was the lady's car that stopped it. At least the lady is in good spirits.
"the tether did not fail" but the tire flew away...isn't that the point of the tether?
Its been a long time since this happened .
auction that car off for about a MIL.....ONLY INDY CAR IN HISTORY TO CRASH INTO A CIVILIAN CAR
If you go to the races, you take your chances. Nothing is risk free.
Racing, because everything else, is just a game.
That is INSANE!!!!! 1 in a million!!!!!
I love how the woman who owned the car was dressed, she seems like a big fan so must know the risks too.
The tether itself didnt fail the mounting of the tether failed.
If the tether didn't fail, what part did?
I think the tire came clear off the rim and went searching a mate in the stands
sounds like IndyCar has taken communication 101 from the same school that the White House sends their spokespersons to.
It's call "corporate speak."
Why does the video stop before we see where the tire hit something?
Here un medellin colombia. I see for tv
The speedway should get her a new car and put this one in the museum.
Roger can afford it , the purse was over 17 million.
Like the bank always wins 😉
Your probly safer not sitting in the corner of turn one.
Give her the Pace Car used in the race as a replacement.
Isnt that is why they have disclamers u r at risk
besides a new car she should get the tire and wheel
So final destination is real
Just glad no one got hurt sorry about your car 😎
If the tether didn't fail, the tire would still be attached.....it failed....yes a once in a million chance but it happened....thankfully, no one got hurt......racing is risky and attending is too.
Apparently, the part the tether is connected to was ripped off.
@@steveaustin2686 It was just a strange statement is all. The wheel came off the car which with such a violent hit, it's happens.
@@toddregister6621 Well the tethers are there to keep the wheel from leaving the car and work very well. Since they work so well, apparently people were wondering if the tether failed. Apparently, it didn't and the part it is connected to went with it. The statement was clumsily worded.
why does she talk like that
In todays progressive society, unless auto racing can guarantee 100% safety to everyone involved, including spectators, it will be cancelled.
Well im just astounded that nobody in the comments as far as i can tell, have involved god and prayer in this incident.
There was a time when there we're no tethers
Thank God no-one got hit..
Apparently it did ?