Hotwheels,200 people were treated at the track's medical center

A car leaving the track and becoming airborne is something Indianapolis Motor Speedway typically tries to avoid. But when driver Tanner Foust sailed 332 feet through the air Sunday, it was a record-breaking success.

The jump was a promotional stunt for Los Angeles-based Hot Wheels, which constructed a life-size yellow Hot Wheels truck and a 10-story-high orange ramp -- a project spokesman Simon Waldron said cost more than $1 million. The company broke the existing 301-foot record and helped pump up enthusiasm for another Indy 500, leaving fans wide-eyed.

"I thought he was going to crash," gasped Josh Gondeck, 10, after watching the stunt from the back of a pickup truck with his mother, Kim, and father, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Scott Gondeck.

The advertising promotion worked for the Indianapolis family, but it wasn't just Josh who was inspired by the life-size stunt truck -- his mother was, too.

In a nod to the usual Hot Wheels setup -- the one in which the car is palm-sized and the track is on a child's bedroom floor -- the 100-foot support holding up the ramp was constructed to look like a giant door.

Noah Sirkin, 10, proclaimed the car's flight through the air "awesome. With the jet engines and the slope," he estimated, "I'd say about maybe 500 or 600 mph."

Race fans behaved themselves about as well (or badly) as they did last year. As of 3 p.m. Sunday, the Speedway Police Department had records of 37 arrests since Friday morning, mostly for public intoxication. The total count by the end of the race last year was 42.

Fans also had to deal with intense heat -- temperatures reached the upper 80s -- and many were treated at 15 first aid stations around the infield.

Some tried to beat the heat as best they could, stopping under trees or dousing themselves with water bottles. One couple brought a plentiful supply of beverages in what they had dubbed "his-and-hers" coolers.

About 200 people were treated at the track's medical center, said Dr. Geoffrey Billows. He said that number was "maybe a little more" than usual, with several transported to hospitals.

One man went into cardiac arrest in the stands and was rushed to IU Health Methodist Hospital, Billows said. No name or condition report was available.