Current location:sport >>
Rinus VeeKay overcomes early crash with final flourish to make Indianapolis 500 pole shootout
sport32929People have gathered around
IntroductionINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rinus VeeKay changed his fortunes with one late, daring Indianapolis 500 qualify ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rinus VeeKay changed his fortunes with one late, daring Indianapolis 500 qualifying run Saturday.
It could change the trajectory of his entire season.
The 23-year-old Dutch driver overcame an early crash that forced crew members to scramble to repair the No. 21 Chevrolet and then jumped from 29th to 11th on the second-to-last run of the day to make his fifth straight pole shootout with a four-lap average of 232.419 mph. He bumped Colton Herta out of the 12th and final spot in the shootout as his mother prayed while watching.
“Wow, wow, just incredible,” VeeKay said after his fourth and final qualifying attempt of the day. “Wow! What a job. I’ll be driving tomorrow.”
For most of Saturday, it appeared VeeKay’s four-year run of making the shootout was over.
His car wiggled going through the third turn on his first qualifying run, then spun up the track into the wall coming out of the turn, skidded between the third and fourth turns and hit the Turn 4 wall before coming to rest in the front straightaway. He limped to the medical truck but was checked, released and cleared to drive at the infield medical center.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Earthly Exploits news portal”。http://janmayen.cumberland-sausage.net/article-76c799134.html
Related articles
The German chancellor tours flooded regions in the southwest in a show of solidarity
sportBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday toured flooded regions in the southwest, whe ...
【sport】
Read moreXi Awards Friendship Medal to Vietnam's Communist Party Chief
sportContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【sport】
Read moreCaring for Rural Women Teachers, Promoting Career Development
sportContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【sport】
Read more
Popular articles
- The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’
- Full Text of the Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
- Xiconomics: Shanghai CIIE Connects Chinese Dream with the World's
- Xi Congratulates International Bamboo and Rattan Organization on 25th Anniversary
- Lawrence Wong sworn in as Singaporean Prime Minister
- World Insights: Bringing China
Latest articles
Bizarre moment RADAR picks up a structure above 'UFO hotbed' during rocket experiment
Xi Meets Senegalese President Sall
Xi Holds Talks with Tanzanian President
Xinhua Headlines: How the CPC's New Central Leadership Was Formed
EU changes pace on migration and asylum policy
China's legislature, judiciary vow high
LINKS
- Solar storm hits Earth, producing northern lights in US
- Hino truck owners in line for one
- Solar storm hits Earth, producing northern lights in US
- The Wire star Jamie Hector speaks out about a possible REBOOT of the hit HBO series
- Arizona Cardinals agree to terms on 1
- Korda shoots 66 to keep bid alive for 6th straight LPGA Tour win. She trails Zhang, Sagstom by 4
- Bouchard scores in OT to lift Oilers to 4
- Gaza's militants fire rockets at Israel's Kerem Shalom area: army
- Somalia wants to terminate the UN political mission assisting peace efforts in the country
- Sarah Jessica Parker channels 1998 Carrie Bradshaw as she sports pink tutu