Katherine Legge's double bid ends in early Indy 500 crash

Katherine Legge’s historic attempt to become the first woman to complete the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day ended abruptly Sunday when she was collected in a crash on Lap 18 of the Indianapolis 500. Legge, 45, was running 26th when 2014 Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay spun exiting Turn 2 and hit the outside wall. Legge tried to avoid him but spun across the grass on the backstretch and struck the inside wall with the right side of her car. Both drivers climbed from their cars without assistance and were evaluated and released from the infield care center.

“I’m just gutted more than anything,” Legge said. “Ryan spun in front of me, I think he was behind his car for a minute, and I was back there just chilling out, saving fuel, and he spun right down the track, then started coming back up the track, so I had to abort mission and try to go low, and I just didn’t make it, basically.”

Hunter-Reay, driving a one-off entry for Arrow McLaren, said his car had been loose throughout the weekend. “We were loose on Carb Day. Thought we might have made some changes to fix it, but it just … the whole time I was trying to keep it off the wall,” he said. “Super...