IndyCar Series officials are being urged to act quicker after a tyre came loose and wandered into the path of several cars at high speed before the race was neutralised.
Sting Ray Robb had just completed a pit stop when he returned to the track without his left rear wheel secured.
The wheel came adrift and rode up the banking before coming to a rest on the apron.
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Several cars swerved to nose the errant wheel before the yellow flag was flown by race officials. Robb was disqualified from the race as a result.
Meyer Shank Racing stand-in driver Conor Daly was among those to narrowly miss the rogue wheel.
Speaking on his Dirty Mo Media podcast Speed Street, the Indianapolis native said he was surprised it took so long for the yellow to come out.
From the time the wheel came loose to the yellow being thrown was about eight seconds, in which time 11 cars had already driven past it.
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"I don't know what it is, but my goodness gracious – I tell you what, I've got to avoid these tyres," said Daly.
"I almost ended up with a tyre directly in my lap. That was not fun. Crazy to see that tyre, I don't know (why) we didn't go yellow quicker.
"I feel like it should've been yellow as soon as that car was limping back to the pits.
"I definitely think there are going to be some questions about that. I just happened to yank the wheel left."
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It's not the first time Daly has had an on-track encounter with a tyre.
During the 2021 Indianapolis 500, a wheel came loose from Graham Rahal's car as he exit pit lane.
As Rahal spun out and slammed into the wall, Daly came through and drove into the bouncing wheel as it came across the track.
"This time I saw it, Indy two years ago, I never saw the tyre, it basically came from the sky like an alien," Daly explained.
"With this one, I was like 'Oh no!'"
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Daly feared his quick reaction would be to his detriment as the sudden input threatened to send his car into a spin.
"Because these cars are just so on edge, you can't just turn them, if you turn them you spin sometimes," said Daly.
"I knew I had a McLaren, I don't know if it was (Alexander) Rossi or (Felix) Rosenqvist (next to me), I basically just got on the brakes and yanked the wheel left, just at the last second.
"I was looking at the onboard video, I must've missed it by six inches.
"I'm also blown away by whoever was on my outside also missed it!
"Kudos to both of us. That was a crazy one. It was so dangerous, man."
The IndyCar Series returns on August 7 for the Music City Grand Prix in Nashville.
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