Wickens crashes, teammate Hinchcliffe still without 500 ride
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Robert Wickens crashed Monday during the second-to-last practice for the Indianapolis 500, another headache for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports just two days after top driver James Hinchcliffe failed to make the field for the showcase race.
In addition to finding a way to get one of its two Canadian drivers into the 33-car starting field, the team now must repair Wickens' car, too. The final practice is Friday, two days before the race.
"It's been a very rough two weeks, to be honest," team general manager Pierre Phillips said. "There's a long way to go to race day, so we'll be there."
Wickens hit the outside wall coming out of the second turn, then hit it again in the back straightaway when the No.