Starting from pole position, Scott Dixon dominated 175 laps of the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Presented By Gainbridge, until he came in for his final stop for fuel. A pit-lane speed infringement meant a drive through penalty dropping Dixon down the order to finish in 21st position.
“It’s heartbreaking, to be honest,” Dixon said. “I came into the pit and had to lock the rears and kind of locked all four. I knew it was going to be close; I think it was a mile an hour over or something. Just frustrating. I just messed up.”
Luck wasn’t with fellow Kiwi Scott McLaughlin. At the three-quarter mark, McLaughlin lost the back-end of his car heading into turn 4 and crashed out of the race. His was the fourth yellow caution period of the race with the other three crashes at turn 2.
Marcus Ericsson won the 106th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in a wild scramble after a late red flag Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, earning his first career victory in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
Ericsson, from Kumla, Sweden, won under caution in the No. 8 Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda after Sage Karam crashed in Turn 2 on the final lap. Before the race-ending incident, Ericsson and Pato O’Ward were locked in a fantastic duel for the lead after the restart with two laps to go after the red flag, snaking around the 2.5-mile oval in one of the most breathtaking finishes in the century-plus history of the race.
O’Ward ended up second in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet in his best career “500” finish in three starts.
The next NTT INDYCAR SERIES race is the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear on Sunday, June 5 at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park in Detroit.
Race Results (Order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out)
1/ (5) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 200, Running
2/ (7) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 200, Running
3/ (6) Tony Kanaan, Honda, 200, Running
4/ (8) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 200, Running
5/ (20) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 200, Running
6/ (18) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 200, Running
7/ (27) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 200, Running
8/ (16) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 200, Running
9/ (2) Alex Palou, Honda, 200, Running
10/ (15) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 200, Running
11/ (30) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 200, Running
12/ (17) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 200, Running
13/ (14) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 200, Running
14/ (21) Graham Rahal, Honda, 200, Running
15/ (11) Will Power, Chevrolet, 200, Running
16/ (13) David Malukas, Honda, 200, Running
17/ (28) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 200, Running
18/ (31) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 200, Running
19/ (4) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 200, Running
20/ (24) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 200, Running
21/ (1) Scott Dixon, Honda, 200, Running
22/ (23) Marco Andretti, Honda, 200, Running
23/ (22) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 199, Running
24/ (32) Jack Harvey, Honda, 199, Running
25/ (10) Takuma Sato, Honda, 199, Running
26/ (33) Stefan Wilson, Chevrolet, 198, Running
27/ (29) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 198, Running
28/ (12) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 193, Contact
29/ (26) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 150, Contact
30/ (25) Colton Herta, Honda, 129, Mechanical
31/ (9) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 105, Contact
32/ (19) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 68, Contact
33/ (3) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 38, Contact
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings:
Ericsson 226, O’Ward 213, Palou 212, Power 202, Newgarden 174, Dixon 166, McLaughlin 162, Pagenaud 157, Rosenqvist 154, Herta 142, Rossi 141, Daly 137, VeeKay 134, Rahal 130, Grosjean 128, Castroneves 123, Lundgaard 103, Sato 100, Malukas 90, Kanaan 78, Kirkwood 77, Harvey 73, Johnson 71, Ilott 71, Ferrucci 62, DeFrancesco 62, Hildebrand 53, Carpenter 49, Kellett 45, Montoya 44, Tatiana Calderon 41, Andretti 17, Karam 14, Wilson 10
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