Jimmie Johnson Flirts with Disaster at Indy 500 Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson had arguably the closest flirt with disaster to date in the first week of practice and qualifying for next Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 when he came off Turn 1 on the first of his four qualifying laps Sunday and just barely missed hitting the wall on his exit out.

Battling a strong crosswind, Johnson’s car began to understeer and the right tire started coming around, just barely missing skimming the concrete wall. It was so close that you probably couldn’t have put a toothpick between Johnson’s car and the wall.

Johnson recovered and found more speed to collect himself, but failed to advance to the Firestone Fast Six with a round of 233.440 mph.