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Kyle Larson crashes during second day of Indy 500 testing

AP photo by Scott Kinser / Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson heads to the track before a NASCAR Cup Series race on April 6 in Darlington, S.C.
AP photo by Scott Kinser / Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson heads to the track before a NASCAR Cup Series race on April 6 in Darlington, S.C. AP photo by Scott Kinser / Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson heads to the track before a NASCAR Cup Series race on April 6 in Darlington, S.C.

By MICHAEL MAROT / The Associated Press 4 min read

INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson survived his first Indianapolis 500 unscathed.

His luck ran out Thursday.

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion and reigning winner of stock-car racing’s Brickyard 400 spun coming out of the first turn on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.5-mile oval, hit the wall, bounced down the track to the warmup lane, then went back up the track and tapped the wall again before his open-wheel No. 17 Chevrolet rolled to a stop.

It was his first IndyCar crash at the venerable Brickyard.

Larson blamed himself for the mistake that ended his second day of open testing for next month’s Indy 500 more than six hours early.