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Kanaan hits wall during Indy 500 qualifications

Published May. 22, 2010 2:29 p.m. ET

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Brazil's Tony Kanaan has crashed during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.

The former IndyCar Series champion and Indy pole sitter did a 180-degree spin on the first qualifying lap, then had the car snap back around, slide up the track and hit the wall hard.

Kanaan climbed out of the car without assistance.

KV Racing Technology driver Mario Moraes crashed earlier in qualifying, also in the second turn but appeared to not be seriously injured.

Other drivers acknowledged the track was getting slick as they moved through the qualifying line for the first time.

Qualifications will continue Saturday afternoon with the top nine cars participating in a 90-minute ``shootout'' to determine this year's pole winner.

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