Three red flags in final 15 laps of Indy 500, no injuries reported

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0paRbuVNUxc

TEAM AT THE SPEEDWAY. BRETT BROWN, WRTV TRACKSIDE. >> NOW ONE ACCIDENT DURING THE RACE BARELY MISSED, BECOMING A TRAGIC SITUATION FOR FANS WATCHING IN TURN TO FELIX MADE CONTACT WITH KYLE KIRKWOOD ONE OF THE TIRES OFF KIRK WOODS CAR FLEW OVER THE CATCH FENCE LANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARKING LOT. OUR KAITLYN KENDALL MADE IT TO THE SCENE FOR REACTION. >> ALL I SEEN WAS A BANG AND A TIRE GO THROUGH THE SIDE PART OF THE WE SAW THE TIRE. ALL THE IT. AND THAT’S THAT’S A BIG OF THE MATERIAL. THAT’S BE FIRST TIME

I’VE EVER SEEN. THE UNDERSIDE OF INDY CAR LIKE NOBODY GOT HURT. I’M LIKE, OKAY. I THOUGHT HE IS LIKE GOLF CART AND THE LIKE ROBIN, THAT YOUR TO CAR. YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU COME OUT AND SEE THE BIG GAPING HOLE ON THE HOOD OF YOUR SHAKING JUST ALMOST ABOUT TO CRY. NOT I’M JUST THANKFUL THAT NOBODY GOT HURT. I WENT OFF RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT WAS LIKE SLOW MOTION AND THANK GOD FOR THE SAFER ALL TIME. >> BEEN PART OF IT. GOT UP AND YOU DROVE INTO WORK TODAY. WHAT I NEED YOU LITTLE DID

I KNOW HIM. ONE OF YELLOW SHIRT. I ASKED HIM. I SAID HE RIGHT THERE. >> SO I PARKED RIGHT TO DO IS ORDERS THIS WOULD NEVER FORGET THE 170 85 KNOW THAT MY CAR DAMAGED. JUST GLAD THAT NOBODY IS HURT. AND THEN EVERYBODY. >> KAITLYN KENDALL WRTV.

>> WERE EARLY REPORTS SAY MORE THAN 325 1000 PEOPLE MADE THEIR WAY TO THE RACE THIS YEAR. IMS OFFICIALS HAD BEEN EXPECTING A LARGE CROWD. SO THEY TOOK EXTRA STEPS TO AVOID LARGE BACKUPS AT THE SECURITY GATES. THE BACKUPS WERE OFTEN DO TO PEOPLE HAVING TO HAVE THEIR COOLERS

AND BAGS CHECKED BY SECURITY. BUT THIS YEAR IMS DEPLOYED A NEW SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CALLED OPEN GATE, UNLIKE TRADITIONAL METAL DETECTORS. THIS ONE IS MOBILE AND CAN BE SET TO DETECT CERTAIN KINDS OF METALS FROM WHAT WE SAW ON SUNDAY, THE TECHNOLOGY APPEARED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

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