Scott McLaughlin Indy 500 crash video from inside car shows how everything went wrong
By Josh Sanchez
Scott McLaughlin's day was over before it even began. During the pace lap of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Speedway, McLaughlin was warming his tires on the pace lap.
But, before the race could get underway, McLaughlin lost control of his car and went crashing into the wall.
The crash ended McLaughlin's day before the race even began, and he was left in tears in the infield as he tried to process what had gone wrong.
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Video from inside of his car shows the moment that everything went wrong.
"I really have no idea what happened," McLaughlin said after the crash. "I'm just really upset for my team. They built me a fantastic car again. I'm really sorry to my sponsors, my fans, my family ... I don't know why.
"I can't believe we're out of the race. By far the worst moment of my life. I know that's probably dramatic but I put so much into this race and didn't get to see the green flag."
It's been a brutal weekend for Team Penske, with McLaughlin's pre-race crash being the latest event to take an awful turn.
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Team Penske star Josef Newgarden is aiming for a three-peat, but he and teammate Will Power will start in the last row after failing inspection for an illegally modified attenuator.
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