Incredible video of driver's miraculous escape

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Incredible footage has captured the infinitesimal Conor Daly narrowly missed a harrowing clang by millimetres successful the IndyCar Series season-opener.

The Ed Carpenter Racing operator was 1 of the fortunate fewer to debar the thigh 1 clang astatine St Petersburg, which claimed six cars.

Daly swung to the near of the thoroughfare circuit, conscionable passing by the idle car of Devlin DeFrancesco earlier bid debutant Benjamin Pedersen slammed into the stationary car.

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Taking to Twitter aft the incident-packed 100-lap race, Daly expressed his shock.

"Never heard thing similar that interaction before," helium wrote.

"Felt similar it was close adjacent to my face. Glad they're okay."

Daly recovered himself connected the receiving extremity of an incidental aboriginal successful the contention aft interaction from Andretti Autosport's Kyle Kirkwood.

He fell to the rear of the tract but yet recovered to assertion 14th, 1 thigh down connected the field.

"The contention was playing retired however we wanted," said Daly.

"We got truly fortunate to debar that archetypal crash, which was 1 of the craziest things I person ever seen successful my life.

"I felt strong, moving with (teammate) Rinus VeeKay and Josef Newgarden, past we conscionable got taken retired by Kyle Kirkwood.

"It was specified a shame to get spun similar that, but we hung connected and kept fighting."

The archetypal contention of the twelvemonth was won by Marcus Ericsson, who snatched triumph from Pato O'Ward with a walk conscionable a fewer laps shy of the finish.

The IndyCar Series returns for circular 2 astatine Texas Motor Speedway connected April 3.

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