Colton Herta suffers scary crash at Indy 500 qualifying: 'Terrible day'

Colton Herta was involved in a terrifying crash during Indianapolis qualifying on Saturday He was entering Turns and at mph when he lost control of his carriage and spun around The No car hit his front end into the wall on the backstretch As he drove backward Herta s car went airborne and flipped over CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe car continued down the backstretch and into Turns and It clung to the wall before it came to a stop Herta was able to get out of the car and walk away from the frightening accident I m fine Luckily nowadays these crashes look scarier than they feel Herta notified FOX Sports after leaving the exigency care center Not to say that that one felt good but I think the unit s gonna be hard at work right now trying to get the backup car ready It ll possibly be impossible to try to get it out the present day INDYCAR DRIVER KYFFIN SIMPSON GOES AIRBORNE IN TERRIFYING INDY PRACTICE CRASH Terrible day for this to happen No real signs leading to it We were super happy with the car this morning and go out loose We couldn t even get Lap done So yeah it sucks but I m good We ll keep going As of Saturday Herta was a - shot to win the Indy Herta has nine wins in his IndyCar Series career He last won at Nashville to end the season He had three top- finishes this year and one top- finish He will enter the Indy ninth in the points standings He was seventh last season at Indy The Indy will be broadcast May on FOX with pre-coverage starting at a m ET It will also be available to stream live on FOXSports com and the FOX Sports app Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter