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IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean gives stomach-churning details about hitting a bird during Indy 500 test
It’s not even May yet, but we’ve got IndyCars on track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for the Indianapolis 500.
What a time to be alive.
However, the day did not go quite according to plan for Dale Coyne Racing’s Romain Grosjean, and that was all thanks to an unfortunate run-in — in the most literal sense imaginable — with a bird.
The two-day open test features all 33 cars currently in the field (which means no one is getting bumped at the moment; I know, I’m bummed too), and it’s the first taste of running teams and drivers get before the true practice sessions on the oval begin on May 12.
But on day one, Grosjean wound up with a slight delay after his car struck a bird while he was traveling at around 230 mph.
Now, I’m sure you can work out the math on Grosjean’s No. 18 Honda Randy Johnson-ing some poor bird at full speed, but it was messy.
As RACER’s Marshall Pruett mentioned in his tweet, this was yet another example of why the Aeroscreen is one of the best things IndyCar has ever introduced.
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With it, this is just kind of an odd, unfortunate (especially for the bird) story.
Without it, that could’ve been a very serious incident.
While he was out of the car, Grosjean — a former F1 driver for Lotus, Renault and Haas, Renault, and Haas who previously raced for Juncos Hollinger Racing and Andretti Global in IndyCar — talked about what happened.
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“That was not ideal,” Grosjean said. “I still have blood all over my race suit, and there are pieces of bird on the roll bars. The helmet stinks, the seat stinks.
“I didn’t get any chicken for lunch; I just walked past it. But I call it the ‘bad luck bird,’ and now it’s gone.”
Hopefully, that’s the end of the bad luck as Grosjean and DCR could use a good result in the 500, and in the Sonsio Grand Prix on May 9, out on the IMS road course.
Grosjean is currently P20 in the standings while his teammate, rookie Dennis Hauger, is 16 points ahead in P16.
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Illegal immigrant accused of killing newlywed couple in Oregon crash arrested by ICE after jail release
An illegal immigrant from India accused of causing a crash that killed a newlywed couple in Oregon has been arrested by federal immigration authorities after being released from jail, officials said.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday that Rajinder Kumar, 32, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being released by what the agency called “Oregon sanctuary politicians.”
Kumar allegedly jackknifed his semi-truck and trailer, blocking both lanes of U.S. Highway 20 in Deschutes County on Nov. 24, according to Fox 12 Oregon.
A Subaru Outback then collided with the truck, killing driver William Micah Carter and passenger Jennifer Lynn Lower, DHS said. The couple had been married for just 16 days.
DHS said Oregon officials declined to cooperate with ICE and released Kumar on April 2. ICE agents arrested him April 22 and he is now being held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma pending deportation proceedings.
Kumar has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment, DHS said.
According to DHS, Kumar entered the U.S. illegally near Lukeville, Arizona, in November 2022 and was later released into the country by the Biden administration. He was granted work authorization in 2023 and obtained a commercial driver’s license in California.
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Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration for issuing the license.
“This illegal alien was issued a CDL by Gavin Newsom’s California,” Bis said in a statement. “He then went on to recklessly drive a truck on America’s highways and KILL two honeymooners.”
“Instead of cooperating with ICE law enforcement, Oregon sanctuary politicians RELEASED him from jail back into American communities,” she added.
Bis said sanctuary policies endanger public safety.
“Every time sanctuary politicians release a dangerous criminal illegal alien back into our communities, they are gambling with American lives,” Bis added. “We are grateful to our ICE law enforcement officers who tracked this killer down to ensure he’s permanently removed from America’s highways and can never harm another American family again.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Newsom’s office for comment and DHS for clarification on Oregon officials’ level of cooperation.
Fox News Digital’s Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
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