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An Indycar NXT race on Sunday in Mid-Ohio was the stage for a terrible crash between Ricardo Escotto and Sebastian Murray.
Escotto and Murray drove into Turn 4 on lap 4 when Escotto’s right front wheel touched Murray’s left rear wheel. Murray spun around in front of Escotto and hit the wall at a scary speed. Murray’s vehicle made a backflip before stopping.
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Corner works show a red flag for the drivers on the NTT Indycar series Firestone Grand Prix from Monterey on June 21, 2024 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, in Salinas, California. (Larry Placido/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Indycar NXT -officials waved the red flag to pause the race. Both of the other drivers seemed to be in order after being checked out at the Infield Care Center.
“It was super unfortunate. I’m not really sure what happened,” Murray said afterwards. “I’m just glad everyone is fine. It’s clear to apologize for the team. It’s been a good weekend so far and we hoped to get up but things happen. We move on.”
Escotto was not happy with Murray and called the crash a “very scary.”
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Ricardo Escotto runs into Turn Five during the Indynxt series presented by Firestone Grand Prix on June 22, 2025 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“Just frustrated and very angry. It took me a lot to be contained and try to reassure me,” he said. “It was a very unfortunate incident, especially having my teammate next to me. It’s bad that we were in this situation because at the end of the day we shouldn’t drive like that. We were on straight and he moved us and obviously got in touch like that.
“Our racing is very close, very close margins, and if you make such a mistake, it just comes to this.”
Dennis Hauger won the race, the fifth of the season.
Murray is 10. And Escotto is 13. In the Indycar NXT position.
Sebastian Murray runs during the qualification for NXT Indycar Firestone Grand Prix on March 1, 2025 in Skt. Petersburg, Florida. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)
Indycar NXT is the development series for drivers in the hope of running Indycar one day.
