Team Penske’s defending Indianapolis 500 pole winner Scott McLaughlin became the fifth driver to have a heavy crash since Friday.

Scott McLaughlin crashed his Team Penske car and ruined his chance to repeat last year's Indianapolis 500 pole-winning run.

Scott McLaughlin became the latest IndyCar driver to have his car go airborne in a crash ahead of the Indianapolis 500.

McLaughlin, similar to the other incidents of Marcus Armstrong, Colton Herta, Kyffin Simpson, and Kyle Larson, went for a half-spin and crashed into the wall. For McLaughlin in turn two. McLaughlin ...

Scott McLaughlin crashed his Team Penske car in afternoon practice and ruined his chance to repeat last year's Indianapolis ...

Herta was flying through the air at noon, but his car was back on track before 5pm as Andretti mechanics scrambled to get him into qualifying ...

News, notes and quotes Saturday from around Gasoline Alley at Indianapolis, including Andretti Global helping Colton Herta get back on track after a big crash (photo).

Herta was able to climb out, but he needed help walking to a waiting medical vehicle for the trip to the infield care center.

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Veteran NTT IndyCar Series driver Colton Herta, one of the strongest choices once again to earn the Indianapolis 500 pole position, rebounded from a violent 230-mph accident Saturday at the ...

Don't have Indy 500 tickets yet? Better hurry as sellout nears, IMS president Doug Boles says Andretti Global’s Colton Herta (fifth, 224.857 mph), Marco Andretti (ninth, 223.602 mph) and Kyle ...