Throughout this 12 months’s Indianapolis 500, a wreck between Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood precipitated one among Kirkwood’s tires to fly off the monitor. One spectator sustained minor accidents from the particles, however fortunately, the tire itself didn’t hit anybody. If it had, they seemingly would have been killed. That doesn’t imply the tire ended up being innocent, although. It hit a fan’s Chevrolet Cruze within the car parking zone.
The tire didn’t precisely smash the automobile to items, nevertheless it nonetheless did a good quantity of front-end harm, as proven within the video beneath. However the excellent news is, the fan, who has since been recognized as Robin Matthews, gained’t must pay for the repairs herself. In accordance with IndyStar, a spokesperson for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has mentioned Penske Leisure plans to present her a free automobile to switch the broken Cruze.
“I didn’t see it come down,” Matthews informed IndyStar. “I got here down they usually mentioned, ‘Robin, it’s your automobile!’ I assumed, ‘No.’ I assumed anyone was pranking me. It’s a automobile. It’s wonderful.”
What automobile she’ll get, although, nonetheless isn’t clear. Chevrolet doesn’t make the Cruze anymore, so Penske can’t merely give her a brand new one. By some means, the Malibu continues to be in manufacturing, so it’s attainable they’ll purchase her a kind of. However come on, that is Penske we’re speaking about. They’ve a lot cash. We are saying give her a Corvette and provide to cowl her auto insurance coverage for a minimum of a 12 months.
Come on, Penske. You already know she deserves a brand new Corvette. Do the fitting factor and provides her a Corvette. Yeah, you’ll get some press for giving her a Malibu or Equinox, however simply consider the press you’ll get for those who give her one thing that’s really thrilling. It doesn’t must be a Z06 or something loopy like that. Only a common Corvette could have the press throughout that story. It’s not simply the fitting factor to do. It’s a superb enterprise determination.