"I was a little too nice there," O'Ward said after crashing out, leaving teammates Rossi and Tony Kanaan still running. He was unable to stop and collided with O'Ward's car. O'Ward and Ericsson were then side by side entering Turn 3 and touched wheels, and O'Ward slid into the wall and out of the race in another disappointment for Arrow McLaren.Īgustin Canapino did a 360-spin behind him, snapping a break line. On the restart, Pato O'Ward - who already had a restart called off for setting too slow of a pace - was shuffled from first to third as Newgarden shot to the lead. You're upside-down and you're kind of stuck at that point." Thank God these cars are so safe," Kirkwood said. "All I know is I was up in the fence, which is never a good thing in Ind圜ar. His tire smashed the hood of a Chevrolet in a parking lot next to the grandstand. One of Kirkwood's wheels sailed over the fencing and narrowly cleared the packed grandstand. Kirkwood launched off his right rear tire and went upside down into the catch fence, beginning a terrifying, spark-filled ride through the short chute. Rosenqvist touched the fence in Turn 1 and could not prevent his Arrow McLaren car from sliding down the track. The first came for a crash involving Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood, who were near the front of the lead pack. What was on pace to be the fastest Indy 500 in history ended with three red flags in the final 16 laps.
Foyt his team's best finish in the iconic race that Super Tex won four times since Kenny Bräck reached victory lane in 1999.Īlex Palou, the pole sitter and race favorite for Chip Ganassi Racing, finished fourth after recovering from a crash on pit road, and Alexander Rossi was fifth on what was an otherwise disappointing day for Arrow McLaren. Newgarden and Ericsson were followed by Santino Ferrucci, who gave 88-year-old A.J. I think I did everything I could," he added. I don't think it's a right way to end the race. "I don't think it's a fair way to end the race. I don't think it's safe to go out of the pits on cold tires for a restart when half the field is sort of still trying to get out on track when we go green," Ericsson said. "I think it wasn't enough laps to go to do what we did. The Swede believed the race should have ended under caution, with him the winner, rather than having the green flag fly on the first lap out of the pits.
I knew I could."Įricsson finished second in a Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing, and he immediately criticized Ind圜ar's decision to hold a one-lap shootout to the checkered flag. "Everyone kept asking why I hadn't won this race, and they look at you like you're a failure if you haven't won it. I started out as a fan in the crowd, and this place is amazing, regardless of where you're sitting," Newgarden said after pouring a bottle of whole milk over his head. He led five of the 200 laps and beat Ericsson in the fourth-closest finish in 107 years with a margin of victory of. The 32-year-old from Nashville is the first American to win Indy since Alexander Rossi in 2016.
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Then, Newgarden climbed the fence to mimic longtime Team Penske driver and four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves. Newgarden brought his Chevrolet-powered car to a stop on the front stretch, jumped out and found a hole in the fence, diving into part of a crowd estimated at more than 300,000 to celebrate. The two-time Ind圜ar champion, who had been 0 for 11 in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," took advantage of his improved position by slingshotting around Ericsson on the restart and holding him off through the last two turns. Josef Newgarden ended 11 years of frustration and finally won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday to extend team owner Roger Penske's record to 19 victories - but first since buying Indianapolis Motor Speedway - using an audacious pass of defending race winner Marcus Ericsson during a frantic 2.5-mile sprint to the finish.Īfter the race was red-flagged for the third time in the final 16 laps, Newgarden was moved from fourth to second by race control following a review of the running order at the time the yellow flag waved.
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