Harvey was forced to miss the second round of the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series season after a shunt during practice at Texas Motor Speedway. The #45 Hy-Vee RLL car understeered in the middle of Turn 2, Harvey downchanged, the car started oversteering, and while Harvey could have caught it, the right-rear wheel struck the outside wall a glancing blow.
That caused the car to loop across the track and make heavy contact with the inside wall, before sliding along the back straight to Turn 3.
Although initially cleared by the IndyCar medical team, on raceday morning, the series put out the statement: “Per IndyCar protocol, all drivers wear accelerometers that measure g-forces exhibited during an incident. These get evaluated fully after each incident, and if the result of the g-forces surpasses the minimum threshold, drivers must be re-evaluated prior to returning to competition. Following the protocol, the driver of the #45, Jack Harvey, was re-evaluated this morning and was not cleared…
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