Scott Dixon's Indy 500 week started with him being robbed at gunpoint at a local Taco Bell. It ended with him flying through the air into a catch fence. 

Dixon won the pole for the 101st running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, IN, with an average speed of 232.164 mph, and he told reporters afterward that he hoped this pole would not be as bad an omen as 2015's, according to Fox.59. Dixon finished fourth in that race.

"The last time it didn't work out so well," Dixon said. "In 2008, we won from the pole, so we're trying to replicate that one. It's a great starting position. We're at the front for the start. Now we just have to do the hard part and hold on to it."

A few hours after winning the pole, Dixon, former driver Dario Franchitti, and Dixon's wife needed dinner, and at that time of night their best option was fast food. While sitting in the drive-through of the Taco Bell on 16th street (pictured below) at about 10 PM, they were robbed at gunpoint.



Dixon probably thought that would be the scariest thing that happened to him this week, but early in the 500, he was collected by Jay Howard after that driver bounced off the outside retaining wall. With a broken right front suspension, Howard could not steer and veered into the path of Dixon.  

When he contacted Howard, Dixon hit at an angle that launched him into the air.



Dixon landed on top of a SAFER barrier on the cockpit side of his car.

Howard was transported to a local care center for observation.

Dixon walked out of the care center and told reporters he was already looking forward to 2018's Indy 500.

Two hours later, Dixon limped back into the care center and was fitted with a brace boot.