David Byrd says he thinks a gust of wind blew James Davison’s car out of shape at IMS Turn 2 during Fast Friday, sending it into the SAFER barrier, fortunately extended this year by 58 feet to cover just where the wayward car struck. The damage leaves the AJ Foyt Racing with Byrd/Hollinger/Belardi team “racing against the clock” to get the car fixed in time for qualifying tomorrow, after which two of the entrylist of 35 cars will be eliminated from the event. Byrd told Motorsport.com: “We think it was a gust of wind. He was on the third lap of a qualifying simulation, so the front wasn’t starting to go away yet. If you look at the in-car footage, he was into Turn 1 really easy,...
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