Wilson sidelined from Indy 500 with fractured vertebra

Stefan Wilson has been dominated out of this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 after maintaining a fracture to his twelfth thoracic vertebra in a crash all over observe at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday.

Wilson, riding the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet, used to be struck from at the back of by means of Katherine Legge’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan automobile and despatched into the out of doors barrier at Flip 1.

Wilson used to be transported to IU Well being Methodist Sanatorium, the place his damage used to be published all over scans. “According to this kind of damage,” learn a crew remark, “Wilson may not be allowed to compete on this Sunday’s 107^th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.”

The Briton will stay in sanatorium in a single day for additional checks and statement.

The crew, which used to be making ready a backup automobile for Wilson earlier than the total extent of his damage used to be identified, stated it’ll have extra details about its Indy 500 program “in the end.”