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An IndyCar Series title astatine Barber Motorsports Park successful Birmingham, Alabama, connected Sunday was nan backdrop of an overseas segment arsenic a mannequin fell onto nan roadworthy course.
Álex Palou was starring nan title erstwhile nan NBC Sports broadcast squad noticed nan mannequin adjacent nan racetrack astir Lap 52. The broadcasters explained nan mannequin, whose sanction is Georgina, was a portion of nan creation that was a portion of nan park.
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Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin, #3 of New Zealand, leads Team Penske driver Will Power, #12 of Australia, into a move astatine Barber Motorsports Park successful Birmingham, Alabama, connected April 28, 2024. (Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports)
The mannequin fell from a pedestrian overhang that overlooked nan track. One driver ran complete its wrist arsenic it sped past.
"Put this into nan database of things you don’t spot astatine a racetrack," 1 broadcaster said.
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The title continued connected without an contiguous be aware for nan mannequin. The entity was conscionable 1 of nan overseas objects astir nan park. The roadworthy people besides featured a spider sculpture arsenic nan drivers went done 1 of nan turns.
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Cars walk by nan spider sculpture astatine Barber Motorsports Park successful Birmingham, Alabama, connected April 28, 2024. (Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports)
Scott McLaughlin won nan title – nan 2nd consecutive clip he has won astatine Barber Motorsports Park. The Team Penske driver was besides capable to quiet nan sound astir nan title squad from earlier successful nan week. IndyCar took distant Josef Newgarden’s season-opening triumph and disqualified McLaughlin for manipulating nan push-to-pass system.
"It was a small affectional for sure," McLaughlin said. "It’s conscionable nice. It was conscionable a bully headdress aft evidently it was a beautiful reliable week."
Will Power vanished successful 2nd place. Linus Lundqvist, Felix Rosenqvist and Palou rounded retired nan apical five. Newgarden vanished 16th.
Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin, #3 of New Zealand, leads Team Penske driver Will Power, #12 of Australia, into a move astatine Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama, connected April 28, 2024. (Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports)
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"We conscionable had to support rolling," McLaughlin added. "We cognize our job. We cognize what we request to do. I’m conscionable ace proud of our execution."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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