Nolan Siegel will miss race 2 of IndyCar at Iowa on Sunday afternoon. The young American has been declared not fit by the IndyCar medical team.
During Saturday evening’s race, Siegel was a top 10 runner all the way through. Complaining about the balance of the car in the last stint, he crashed out of P8 at turn 4 with 27 laps left.
It was a nasty impact at high speed as the rear of the car took a pounding against the safer barrier.
Nolan Siegel was seen limping away after his crash and the IndyCar medical team has not passed him fit for race 2 at Iowa. The reason is currently unknown. He had been due to start P5 for today’s 275-lap contest.
Arrow McLaren will not be fielding a replacement as Toronto practice is only five days away and because of the short turnaround regarding the news, says team principal Tony Kanaan.
Arrow McLaren statement
Following an on-track incident on Lap 248 of yesterday’s race at Iowa Speedway, Nolan Siegel has not been cleared to compete by the INDYCAR Medical Team. The team has made the decision to not run the No. 6 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet without its team driver in today’s race. Nolan will continue to be evaluated, and we will stay in close contact with the Medical Team as he recovers.
Nolan Siegel, Driver, Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team said:
“There’s no place I’d rather be than out there driving today, especially from P5, one of my best starting positions of the season. I know I’m in good hands with the INDYCAR Medical Team and thank them for the great care they provide us drivers. Most of all, I feel for the 6 car crew. They gave me a rocket this weekend and put in a ton of work last night with hopes we’d be racing today. They deserve to be out there fighting for podium, and we’ll be back soon to do just that.”
Tony Kanaan, Team Principal, Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team said:
“I’ve been there, I know how Nolan feels not racing today. It’s the worst feeling in the world. The most important thing, though, is that he’s fit to race, and unfortunately that’s not the case today. It was a tough decision to park the car, but we’ve been through this before. We just found out this morning he’s not cleared, and we decided the best thing for the team is to not rush into switching drivers this weekend. It’s too much of a shuffle and unnecessary stress when we’re right back to racing in Toronto in a week. After today, we’ll have to make a contingency plan in case Nolan’s not cleared to race in Toronto, but today, this is the best for the team.”
