'Boom': Aussie champ lucky after jarring crash

Will Power was fortunate to lone travel distant with immoderate bent suspension and a sore thumb aft a clumsy incidental successful the dying stages of IndyCar signifier astatine the Music City Grand Prix.

The Team Penske aviator clocked a 1:16.404s connected his 17th thigh of the Nashville Street Circuit earlier making a mistake.

Power locked the near beforehand instrumentality up, which caused him to understeer and wallop the extracurricular wall, spitting the instrumentality retired of his hands.

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Asked whether it damaged the car, Power replied "It didn't look similar it, but I would alteration the beforehand corner. 

"They'll astir apt alteration it. You can't benignant of person a deed similar that. Just got it, locked up a bit, boom.

"I deliberation if you interruption it, you're astir apt successful harder," helium added.

"When it grabs, goes each the mode around. I deliberation it did it quick. Got the extremity there. Wasn't terrible.

As for the thumb, "It's fine. It's fine. Just a small tight."

Power's quarter-of-a-second borderline came arsenic thing of a astonishment fixed however choky the margins person been successful IndyCar lately.

Power was streaks up of bid person Alex Palou retired of the Chip Ganassi Racing campy portion McLaren's Alexander Rossi was a astonishment bolter successful third.

The Aussie said helium mightiness person adjacent gone faster if not for the mistake.

"A batch of the speedy guys did get a tally connected their reds (soft compound tyres)," explained Power.

"I was pushing, yeah. I haven't been down runoffs this year. Trying to propulsion the bounds a small bit.

"It was the 2nd run, too. It amazed maine that happened. Maybe it was 'cause it was the archetypal lap, but... I didn't spell brainsick deep. I conscionable benignant of grabbed the front, yeah, got to the wall."

Kiwi compatriots Scott McLaughlin and Scott Dixon coiled up ninth and 10th respectively portion Marcus Armstrong, different New Zealander, coiled up 12th successful the 27-car field.

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