The proprietor of the Chevrolet that was broken throughout the Indianapolis 500 by the flying tire that got here off Kyle Kirkwood’s automotive is about to get a brand new car, in response to an Indianapolis Motor Speedway spokesperson.

The spokesperson instructed the Indianapolis Star on Wednesday that Penske Leisure, which owns the IMS observe and the IndyCar Sequence, would give Robin Matthews, a race fan from Indianapolis, a brand new automotive.

Within the closing laps of Sunday’s race, Kirkwood’s automotive launched off the again of Felix Rosenqvist’s after Rosenqvist hit the wall between Turns 1 and a couple of. Kirkwood’s automotive flipped, and his tire went hovering over the fence and the nook of a grandstand the place many followers have been watching the race earlier than touchdown within the parking zone, the place it crushed the Chevrolet.

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IndyCar proprietor Roger Penske stated he’s sure sequence officers will examine what led to the wheel coming free. The tires are supposed to remain hooked up by way of tethers, an innovation made within the aftermath of the deaths of followers throughout races within the Nineteen Nineties.

Matthews’ automotive, which she calls “Snowball,” needed to be towed due to the injury brought about from the crash. She was handled with an opportunity to kiss the yard of bricks, and IMS president J. Douglas Boles gave her a journey residence.

“I did not see it come down,” Matthews instructed the Star. “I got here down, and so they stated, ‘Robin, it is your automotive!’ I believed, ‘No.’ I believed anyone was pranking me. It is a automotive. It is positive.”

IndyCar stated one particular person was struck by different particles from the crash however was checked and launched from the infield care middle. No different accidents have been reported.

Data from The Related Press was used on this report.