INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Kyle Larson crashed out of the Indianapolis 500 near the midway point Sunday, ending the NASCAR superstars second shot at finishing both The Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte in the same day.
Larson had been mired deep in traffic throughout the first half of the race, which was delayed about 35 minutes because of a rain shower that passed over the speedway. He was going through Turns 1 and 2 when his car wiggled on a downshift, sending him into a spin and into the outside wall, ending his race after 91 laps.
Just a bit crazy there on the restart, he said. I got like, tight behind Takuma (Sato). I was really close in. I got loose and kind of got all over the place, and yeah, so it spun. Just hate that I got a little too eager on the restarter. Hate it for everybody else.
Kyffin Simpson and Sting Ray Robb also were caught up in the crash.
When Kyle started losing it and checking up, I tried to go around the outside and there was just no grip out there, Robb said.
The early ouster at least gave Larson plenty of time to make the trip to North Carolina for the Cup Series race on Sunday night, where he will start on the outside of the front row. If he had made it to the finish in Indianapolis, he would have faced a tight window to make the 550-mile trip because of the rain delay, which soaked up most of the 45-minute buffer that his NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports and IndyCar team Arrow McLaren projected for him.
It was a rough day for Larson even before the crash. He also stalled the car on pit lane, costing him valuable track positions.
Larson took his first shot on one of the toughest challenges in motorsports last season, when even more rain wreaked havoc with his finely laid plans. That Indy 500 was delayed by 4 hours because of heavy rains that saturated Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and that caused him to be late to Charlotte, where the Cup Series race was underway by the time he landed.
Then, more rain there caused the NASCAR race to be called complete before Larson ever took a lap in his car.
John Andretti was the first driver to try the Indy 500-Coca-Cola 600 double in 1994, and Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch also have given it a shot. Stewart is the only one to complete all 1,100 laps, finishing sixth in the 2001 Indy 500 before the helicopter-jet-helicopter jaunt to Charlotte, where he finished third in the Cup Series race.
Just bummed out, Larson said. Try to get over this quickly and get on to Charlotte. Try to forget about it and win tonight.
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Reed reported from Charlotte, North Carolina.
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印第安纳波利斯（美联社）——周日，在印第安纳波利斯500赛中段，凯尔·拉森（Kyle Larson）发生事故退赛，这标志着这位纳斯卡超级明星第二次尝试在同一天完成“最伟大的赛车盛事”和夏洛特的可口可乐600赛的计划落空。
拉尔森在比赛的前半段被困在交通中，由于赛道上经过的阵雨，比赛被延误了约35分钟。当他在第1和第2弯道行驶时，他的车在降档时摇摆不定，导致他失控并撞向外侧墙壁，最终在完成91圈后结束了比赛。
重新启动时确实有点疯狂，
凯芬·辛普森和斯廷·雷·罗布也在这场事故中遇难。
当凯尔开始失控并试图检查时，我试图从外侧绕过去，但根本无法抓住它，罗布说。
由于早早出局，拉尔森至少获得了充足的时间前往北卡罗来纳州参加周日晚上的Cup系列赛，他将在第一排外侧发车。如果他能够完成在印第安纳波利斯的比赛，由于雨天延误，他将会面临在短时间内完成550英里旅程的挑战，因为这消耗了他NASCAR车队Hendrick Motorsports和IndyCar车队Arrow McLaren为他预留的45分钟缓冲时间的大部分。
在撞车之前，拉尔森的这一天已经很难过了。他在维修区还让车停了下来，这让他失去了宝贵的赛道位置。
拉尔森在上个赛季的汽车运动中最具挑战性的任务中首次出击，但更多的雨水破坏了他的精心计划。由于大雨导致印第安纳波利斯赛车场积水，那场印第安纳波利斯500英里赛被推迟了4个小时，这导致他抵达夏洛特时已经迟到了，此时杯赛比赛已经开始。
随后，由于那里的雨势加剧，在拉尔森（Larson）尚未完成一圈之前，NASCAR比赛被宣布结束。
John Andretti在1994年成为首位尝试完成印第安纳波利斯500（Indy 500）和可口可乐600（Coca-Cola 600）双赛的赛车手，而Robby Gordon、Tony Stewart和Kurt Busch也进行了尝试。其中，Stewart是唯一一位完成全部1100圈比赛的赛车手，他在2001年印第安纳波利斯500中排名第6，随后又乘坐直升机-喷气机-直升机前往夏洛特，最终在杯赛中排名第3。
拉森（Larson）说：‘我现在情绪低落，试着尽快摆脱这种情绪，继续前往夏洛特（Charlotte）。试着忘掉这一切，在今晚赢得比赛。’
Reed的报道来自北卡罗来纳州的夏洛特。
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