A troubled week for the Verizon IndyCar Series just got even worse, with Schmidt Peterson Motorsport's James Hinchcliffe injured in a big impact in turn 3 during the final day of practice for the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500. Just under an hour into the day's session, the number #5 car appeared to suffer some sort of mechanical failure as it came through the turn and went straight into the wall at full speed. Despite the presence of a SAFER barrier, the car suffered major right side damage and also caught fire, while a tyre came detached and was narrowly missed by Sebastian Saavedra. As the car slid down to the apron it came close to toppling over on the right hand side, before...
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