Never in the history of Indy 500 has experienced these; a 4-hour weather delay and a crossover for Kyle Larson as he's scheduled to race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600, making him the first to race at two consecutive races in the same day. After four hours of waiting, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing roars to life with the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
The Greatest Spectacle in Racing kicked off after a four-hour weather delay with an opening disaster when Marcus Ericsson and Pietro Fittipaldi crashed. As the race resumes on Lap 9, Kyle Larson nudges into Ryan Hunter-Reay, and come Lap 22, the only female driver in the grid, Katherine Legge, is experiencing some smoke and forced to pit. Lap 28 saw Linus Lundqvist spun.
Lap 32 race restart, the hunt on Scott McLaughlin was on until Lap 56 saw another caution in the form of Felix Rosenqvist suffering some issues followed by Colton Herta's crash on Lap 86.
Halfway through the race, Ryan Hunter-Reay got the front damaged on Lap 107 followed by a spin by Marco Andretti on Lap 114. Lap 133 saw Kyle Larson penalized for pitstop issues followed by a Lap 147 crash for Will Power.
With two laps left, it became a climactic duel between Pato O'Ward and Josef Newgarden as the two drivers fought ferociously the final lap saw O'Ward leading until the final corners saw Newgarden make his final gambit.
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After a final gambit in the final lap, Josef Newgarden has done it. He got a back-to-back Indy 500 win, the first since Helio Castroneves in 2001-2002. Pato O'Ward finished 2nd and Scott Dixon finished 3rd.
The next race is the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix this June 2.
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