Tony Kanaan Overcomes Crash to Make Indy 500 Field
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway , Indianapolis 500 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tony Kanaan overcame a second crash to qualify for this year’s Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. The former IndyCar Series champion made it onto the starting grid, posting a four-lap average of 224.072 mph with 30 minutes left in qualifying. That was good enough to bump rookie Sebastian Saavedra out of the 33-car starting field. Kanaan will start 32nd. It’s the first time the Brazilian will start outside the first two rows in eight Indy starts, but after a dreadful weekend for Andretti Autosport, they’ll take it. From Kanaan’s crashes to Danica Patrick ‘s contentious comments, the Andretti Curse was back in full force at Indy — right up until the final moments when Kanaan managed to stay off the Bump Day bubble. Saturday’s pole-day qualifying started with a run Marco Andretti described as “pathetic,” and yet the 23-year-old had the best starting position of anyone on his dad’s five-car team. Marco will start 16th, the inside of Row 6. Kanaan and Patrick had even worse weekends. ? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Linking?Blogs ?|? Comments
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