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Scott McLaughlin’s Indianapolis 500 was finished before the race turned green.
McLaughlin and the rest of the field made tempo over -over to get ready for the green flag. McLaughlin heated his tires on the front immediately as his vehicle slid and he hit the wall.
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May 25, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indycar Series Driver Scott McLaughlin responds after crashing at the pace of the 109th operation of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Mark J. Revilas-prescribed images)
No. 3 came to rest and McLaughlin was in disbelief.
The Fox Sports broadcast showed McLaughlin out of his vehicle with his head in his hands. His racial team told the TV station Jamie Little that there was no way to repair the car to try to get it to run when the race would go to full speed.
The race had already been delayed for almost an hour when drops of rain fell, just as the event was getting started.
The moment was one of the solder moments seen on the Indy 500 in recent memory.
May 25, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indycar Series Driver Scott McLaughlin responds after crashing at the pace of the 109th operation of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Mark J. Revilas-prescribed images)
“I really have no idea what happened,” he said Little came out of the Infield Care Center. “Just really disturbed for my team. They built me an amazing car again. I’m really sorry for my sponsors, to my fans, my family. I don’t know what happened.
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“I can’t believe we’re out of the race. I had so much hope today. Yes, probably the worst moment of my life.”
McLaughlin was to start in 10th place on the fourth row outside Conor Daly. Alexander Rossi was on the other side of Daly.
He had a tough week ahead of the Indy 500 when he was one of the drivers who suffered frighteningly crashing during the exercise.
McLaughlin ended sixth at the Indianapoli 500 last season – it was the best finish of his career. Sunday represented the worst finish of his career on the race.
Scott McLaughlin from New Zealand is waiting for the start of the practice of Indianapolis 500 Auto Race at Indianapoli Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday 18 May 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
This season, McLaughlin had three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
