Helio Castroneves takes off at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/indycar/watch-helio-castroneves-flips-car-at-indy-500-practice#WATCH%3A%20Helio%20Castroneves%20flips%20car%20at%20Indy%20500%20practice

Watch the whole video. Multiple angles from the track and on board the car.

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2:09p, 5/13/15

Watching Helio go through that and the POV of the flip was intense.

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5:41p, 5/13/15

Wow. When all that down force becomes lift...

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8:14p, 5/13/15

Crazy that he's still going fast enough after spinning 180 degrees to lift like that.

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5:02p, 5/15/15

Now Josef Newgarden takes to the skies.

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5:57p, 5/15/15

You've got to give credit to all the safety enhancements over the years. To wreck at about 230mph and get up and walk away is incredible. Also, if you notice once he realizes car is gone, he lets go of wheel and tucks his hands into his chest to keep from ripping a wrist apart.

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In reply to coppag92 • 8:23p, 5/15/15

Indeed. It is amazing.

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In reply to coppag92 • 10:43p, 5/15/15

Best part of the video to me is how quickly he just gets his hands off the wheel and braces for impact. Good training and a lot of faith in the safety equipment.

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11:10a, 5/18/15

Ed Carpenter became the 3rd driver to flip his car at Indy. This time it was during qualifying. All 3 cars have worn aero kits. Indy was forced to mandate all cars run race aero kits and normal race boost pressures.