如果驾驶员在车轮后面，赛车运动将永远是危险的。高速导致高风险，而两辆（或更多）汽车以每小时大约200英里的速度触摸噩梦，但如果其中一个在撞击时速度缓慢，那就不会好得多。当彭斯克（Penske Indycar）车队驾驶员将在印第安纳波利斯（Indianapolis）重新加入其他汽车的赛道之前，潘斯克（Penske Indycar）车手会旋转时几乎是这种情况，但他进行了惊人的扑救，剩下的利润很少。
A big open test took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday as teams prepare for next month’s 106th running of the Indy 500. To give you an idea of the kind of speeds cars were hitting, six-time champion Scott Dixon led the field with a one-lap best of 227.187 mph. Speeds aren’t much lower than that exiting Turn 1 at the track, and Power’s incident happened just past that while leaving the pits.
虽然没有汽车发生冲突，但在试图避免电力时，安德雷蒂司机科尔顿·赫尔塔（Colton Herta）以超过200 mph的速度旋转。这足以让官员取消测试，因为据认为，在赛道表面上放置的新密封剂可能是原因。
“When we started today, I thought it was (slippery) just because the track was green and you go out, it’s really cold, but as the day progressed actually, it didn’t get any better,” explained Tony Kanaan, himself an Indy 500 winner who’s driving for Chip Ganassi Racing at this year’s event, to Racer. “I know they sealed the track and the apron; the track has no issue. But the apron seems that something is wrong with it. And I think it was the right call. You don’t want a car shooting up the track. I don’t know what the solution is going to be for tomorrow, but it’s obviously a little bit concerning.”