Despite crash, PCM plans to soldier on

After missing the Indianapolis 500 when Mario Dominguez crashed on Bump Day as the 6 p.m. gun sounded, Pacific Coast Motorsports is not in jeopardy. The team had announced it would run the entire schedule beginning at Indy and owner Tyler Tadevic said those plans remain in place.

“It’s disappointing," Tadevic said. “It’s our first event in the IndyCar Series, and we just went ahead and picked the Indy 500 as our first event. It’s the biggest show on earth, and we didn’t get to make it this year.

“But it’s just another race just like all the other races we do, and we’ll be in Milwaukee and we’ll represent Mexico City and Mario’s still our guy. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. Mario is OK; the car is OK. We’ll be all right. We’ll be back in Milwaukee. We’ve had this car all of three weeks. To get here and make rookie orientation then get out there and be the last car; we were qualified if we could finish those last laps. That’s how it goes."

Dominguez was unhurt in the crash but tried to fight off the disappointment of not making the race.

“I feel terrible for me, for my sponsors, for the team," Dominguez said. “The only thing that makes me feel good is that we tried until the end. We tried as hard as we could and that’s the only thing that makes me feel good. We gave it our best effort.

“At the end, we just trimmed the car out and the car didn’t take that downforce and I just lost it." Yahoo Sports