Robin Matthews is getting a new ride.
The car was hit by the tire on the front left side. It was towed from the track with the plan to have repair work done. On Wednesday, she learned that she'd be getting a new one.
An Indianapolis Motor Speedway spokesperson told the Indianapolis Star that Penske Entertainment intends to provide Matthews with a new car. Penske owns the track and the IndyCar series. What kind of car Matthews will get wasn't immediately clear.that her"stomach dropped" when she initially heard the news, but didn't seem too concerned about the damage to her car, which she calls snowball.
"I didn’t see it come down," Mathews told the Star."I came down and they said, ‘Robin, it’s your car!’ I thought, ‘No.’ I thought somebody was pranking me."I'm just thankful nobody got hurt," she said."That would've really done some serious damage to people if it had hit them." After the race, Matthews was invited to visit the track's famous brickyard that marks the start/finish line.
This is Robin Matthews of Indy. Her white Chevy Cruze she calls “snowball” was the car hit by the wheel that flew over the fence in a crash at
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