A sizeable crash involving three drivers brought an early end to Verizon IndyCar Series night practice at AutoClub Speedway in Fontana, Ca.
Marco Andretti, Charlie Kimball and Mikhail Aleshin were involved in the turn 3 incident, with Aleshin’s No. 7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda receiving the brunt of the damage. TV cameras showed a section of the fence had been ripped away and a wheel from a car – possibly Aleshin’s – left stuck in the fence.
Aleshin spun while attempting to slow and avoid Scott Dixon, who was on the apron headed towards pit lane, and as the Russian rookie’s car moved up the track, Kimball, who was running at full speed, had nowhere to go and hit the SPM car. The No. 7 climbed the barrier, hit the fence, and rotated numerous times before landing.
The front of both cars were tattered. Andretti slid to a halt as debris covered the track.
Andretti and Kimball climbed from their cars under their own power, while Aleshin received attention from the Holmatro Safety Team, was extracted from the car, and has been airlifted to hospital, conscious and complaining of injuries to his right shoulder and right foot.
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