AJ Foyt shares new Sting Ray Robb health update after terrifying IndyCar crash
AJ Foyt Racing announced that Sting Ray Robb has been released from Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines after being involved in the last lap crash during Sunday’s Hy-Vee One Step 250 IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway.
“After further assessment at Mercy One Des Moines Medical Center, Sting Ray has been released,” the team said in a statement. “Sting Ray’s family and AJ Foyt Racing would like to extend our gratitude to the AMR Safety team for their quick response, to IndyCar medical staff for their thorough care and IndyCar for the high safety standards of our race cars that allowed Sting Ray to walk away from a horrific accident today. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes. We appreciate your support!”
Robb clipped Alexander Rossi coming out of Turn 2. His No. 41 Dallara-Chevrolet flipped twice and slid down the backstretch before coming to a halt on its top. Robb required assistance from the AMR Safety Team to get out of his car and was then placed on a stretcher. He gave a thumbs-up to the crowd before being transported to the hospital.
Sting Ray Robb on the mend after scary wreck
Ed Carpenter, also involved in the crash, said he felt Robb misjudged the situation as Rossi had been off the pace at the time.
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“Alex was off pace for a couple of laps,” Carpenter said. “I saw that, my spotter told me, I figured he had a fuel problem or some problem. It just looked like Sting Ray had to have seen that he was going slower. To me, it just looked like he misjudged the closing rate a little bit. They made contact and then I was trying to get low to avoid that mess and spun.
“Really wasn’t going to be that bad. I slid into Alex and then Kirkwood spun and hit me and that’s when our crash got worse.”
Robb, 22, is in his second full-time season in the IndyCar Series and first with AJ Foyt Racing. He sits 21st in the points standings through 11 races.