KV Racing's Tony Kanaan has been around for a long time but for once he will add his name to the prestigious Indianapolis 500 winner's trophy after earning his first ever victory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In a race that saw no less than 68 lead changes, the KV Racing Technology driver took the lead for the final time when he passed Ryan Hunter-Reay on a restart with three laps left to run.
But when Dario Franchitti crashed and immediately brought the yellows back out, that left anyone wanting to challenge Kanaan's lead with nowhere to go; the final laps being completed under caution. Rookie Carlos Munoz (Andretti Autosport), who has run amongst the leaders all through practice and qualifying, finished second in front of his teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti who finished respectively third and fourth. Dale Coyne Racing's Justin Wilson was the first Honda-powered driver across the line in fifth, the Brit jumping ahead of Helio Castroneves in the final laps, while AJ Allmendinger (Penske Racing) drove a great race all afternoon on his way to seventh. Simon Pagenaud, Charlie Kimball and polesitter Ed Carpenter, who started strongly but faded later in the race, completed the top 10.
97Th edition of the Indianapolis 500 Results - 200 laps: Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap 1. Tony Kanaan KV/Chevy 2h40m03.4181s 2. Carlos Munoz Andretti/Chevy + 0.1159 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Chevy + 0.2480 4. Marco Andretti Andretti/Chevy + 0.3634 5. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda + 0.8138 6. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy + 3.0086 7. AJ Allmendinger Penske/Chevy + 4.0107 8. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda + 4.2609 9. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Honda + 5.6864 10. Ed Carpenter Carpenter/Chevy + 6.8425 11. Oriol Servia Panther DRR/Chevy + 7.8633 12. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi/Honda + 8.9216 13. Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda + 10.2602 14. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Honda + 11.3858 15. Ana Beatriz Coyne/Honda + 12.2657 16. Tristan Vautier Schmidt/Honda + 15.3045 17. Simona De Silvestro KV/Chevy + 15.7201 18. EJ Viso Andretti/Chevy + 17.8056 19. Will Power Penske/Chevy + 22.5403 20. James Jakes Rahal/Honda + 1 lap 21. James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Chevy + 1 lap 22. Conor Daly Foyt/Honda + 2 laps 23. Dario Franchitti Ganassi/Honda + 3 laps* 24. Alex Tagliani Herta/Honda + 4 laps 25. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda + 7 laps* 26. Katherine Legge Schmidt/Honda + 7 laps 27. Townsend Bell Panther/Chevy + 8 laps 28. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda + 9 laps * Not running at finish Retirements Sebastien Bourdais Dragon/Chevy 178 laps Pippa Mann Coyne/Honda 46 laps Buddy Lazier Lazier/Chevy 44 laps Sebastian Saavedra Dragon/Chevy 34 laps JR Hildebrand Panther/Chevy 3 laps
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