Scott McLaughlin's IndyCar Flies Backwards Through Barrier in Huge Practice Crash at Barber
In Practice 2 ahead of IndyCar's first permanent road course race of the weekend, Scott McLaughlin lost control, spinning around and shooting through the form and wire barrier at the edge of the turn 1 gravel barrier.
McLaughlin's IndyCar Sliced Through Barber Barrier IndyCar on Fox / X Scott McLaughlin walked away from his Team Penske No. 3 Chevrolet Dallara IndyCar after losing control on the entry to turn one and slamming it backwards through the tire and fencing barrier Saturday afternoon. Coming out of 17 onto the front straight, McLaughlin ran high through the front straight and made a misjudgment coming to the apex of turn one, dropped his right rear and went slidding backwards through the gravel and through the fence.
A HUGE moment for Scott McLaughlin as he goes through the fence in Barber practice. He's okay. pic.
twitter. com/WIoQO2FiTM — INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) March 28, 2026 From the in-car camera, you can see McLaughlin bring his hands up the side of his neck and face as he braced for the backwards impact. McLaughlin is out of the medical center following the impact, and IndyCar Barber Practice 2 was under a red flag as the AMR safety team worked to free the car from the fencing.
The car was freed from it's fencing around the same time McLaughlin exited the medical center. "It looked a lot worse than it felt," McLaughlin assured the Fox Sports IndyCar team. The No.