350,000 fans gathered at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday for the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, and they were treated to a fantastic race.
When the checkered flags waved, it was Alex Palou that was at the head of the field. The three-time champion added another item to his extensive resume by earning his first oval win on the biggest stage possible.
Marcus Ericsson lost out in the late battle with Palou, and crossed the line in second place. David Malukas was third in his AJ Foyt Chevy. It was his best Indy 500 results but felt he had a car that could have won.
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There were many drivers that had issues during the race. Scott McLaughlin was the first to retire as he crashed on the pace laps before the green was even thrown.
Multiple pit stop and mechanical issues derailed efforts by Josef Newgarden, Rinus VeeKay, Colton Herta, and more. There was a lot of disappointment up and down the paddock on account of the multiple issues.
Robert Shwartzman’s mistake was the scariest of the day, as he misjudged the entrance to his pit box and hit multiple members of his PREMA crew. One needed serious attention, and the rookie’s day was done on the spot.
In just one week IndyCar will be back on track, this time at the Detroit street circuit for a very different type of race.
Update: The cars of Ericsson, Kirkwood, and Ilott failed post-race inspection and were moved to the bottom of the results table.
| # | Driver | Time / Gap | Laps Led | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Palou | 2:57:38.2965 | 14 | 58 |
| 2 | David Malukas | 1.1426 | 2 | 47 |
| 3 | Pato O’Ward | 2.1327 | 2 | 46 |
| 4 | Felix Rosenqvist | 2.9464 | — | 40 |
| 5 | Santino Ferrucci | 4.9902 | — | 30 |
| 6 | Christian Rasmussen | 6.0274 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Christian Lundgaard | 9.2592 | — | 31 |
| 8 | Conor Daly | 13.3125 | 13 | 25 |
| 9 | Takuma Sato | 16.9157 | 51 | 36 |
| 10 | Helio Castroneves | 59.6118 | — | 20 |
| 11 | Devlin DeFrancesco | 62.1039 | 17 | 20 |
| 12 | Louis Foster | 63.0004 | — | 18 |
| 13 | Nolan Siegel | 1 lap | — | 17 |
| 14 | Colton Herta | 1 lap | — | 16 |
| 15 | Ed Carpenter | 1 lap | 1 | 16 |
| 16 | Will Power | 1 lap | — | 14 |
| 17 | Graham Rahal | 1 lap | — | 13 |
| 18 | Marcus Armstrong | 2 laps | — | 12 |
| 19 | Jack Harvey | 2 laps | 3 | 12 |
| 20 | Scott Dixon | 3 laps | — | 19 |
| 21 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 29 laps | 48 | 10 |
| 22 | Josef Newgarden | 65 laps | — | 8 |
| 23 | Sting Ray Robb | 109 laps | — | 7 |
| 24 | Kyle Larson | 109 laps | — | 6 |
| 25 | Kyffin Simpson | 109 laps | — | 5 |
| 26 | Robert Shwartzman | 113 laps | 8 | 18 |
| 27 | Rinus VeeKay | 119 laps | — | 5 |
| 28 | Alexander Rossi | 127 laps | 14 | 6 |
| 29 | Marco Andretti | 196 laps | — | 5 |
| 30 | Scott McLaughlin | 200 laps | — | 8 |
| 31 | Marcus Ericsson | Penalty | 17 | 9 |
| 32 | Kyle Kirkwood | Penalty | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | Callum Ilott | Penalty | — | 5 |
… the agony and defeat of commercial television broadcasting, this year’s 500 was the worst television coverage, since the Jim McKay, Sam Posy days of Wild World of Sports. Left to assume what happened, nobody knows WTF happened, on the last lap. No one got to see the lap last crash, no one got to actually see the winner crossing the finish line –
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