A Figure 8 race at the Indianapolis Speedrome—not to be confused with the big Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is 24 miles to its east—ended with an arrest after an on-track incident led to a physical scuffle and one of the drivers allegedly swerved into the other’s pit crew. This is a rather complex situation, so please bear with me here. It all went down Sunday in the closing minutes of the 50th Annual 3-Hour Figure 8 Championship event, which is literally what it sounds like—late model cars driving for hours in a loop where the flow of traffic crosses with itself. Time that crossing poorly, and things very quickly get…
Figure 8 Race Devolves Into Chaos and a Driver Felony Charge
