Indy 500 Qualifying Delayed After Massive Practice Crash

INDIANAPOLIS (TheBlaze/AP) — Sunday morning's scheduled start for Indianapolis 500 qualifying has been delayed after another car hit a wall and flipped over.

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It's the third time this week that has happened and the latest prompted a closed-door meeting between IndyCar Series officials, drivers and teams as track workers tried to fix the damaged catch-fence Ed Carpenter hit in the second turn during practice.

Fourth huge crash at Indy. Luckily (amazingly ?) Ed Carpenter is OK. https://t.co/QrnYnErv2d pic.twitter.com/LhNlY4bZ7s

— Parc Fermé (@PFF1) May 17, 2015

Carpenter spun into the wall and the car flipped over and skidded down the track on its side as sparks flew before coming to a stop. He was checked and released from the track's infield medical center a short time later.

See the video footage below:

All three cars that flipped were Chevrolets, which like Honda, is debuting a new aero kit at the first oval race of the season.