INDIANAPOLIS – The 108th Indy 500 was worth the wait.
After a four-hour rain delay resulted in a green flag at 4:45 pm ET, The Greatest Spectacle in Racing delivered one of the most action-packed finishes in its more than century-long history.
Josef Newgarden edged Pato O’Ward by 0.3417 seconds to become the first consecutive winner in the Indy 500 since Helio Castroneves in 2001-02 with the record-extending 20th victory in the event for Team Penske.
Several marks were dropped during the race:
—There was a record of 18 leaders.
—Each of the 18 leaders finished on the lead lap, surpassing the event record of 11 set last year.
—The 49 lead changes were the fourth most in Indy 500 history (behind 52 last year, 54 in 2016 and 68 in 2013).
There were also 649 passes, the most since 2017.
Newgarden made his winning move on O’Ward in turn 3 of lap 200.
It’s the second year in a row that the Indy 500 has been decided by a last-lap pass (Newgarden beat Marcus Ericsson in 2023), but only the fourth time overall in a race that dates back to 1911 (the other two were Sam Hornish Jr. over Marco Andretti in 2006 and Dan Wheldon beating JR Hildebrand in 2011).
“For our part, we left it all on the track,” Newgarden said. “There was nothing we were going to come home and regret. I definitely felt that way on the final (lap). I thought, ‘Let’s put it all on the line.’ You have to do it if you want to win Indy. That’s the way it has to be, especially nowadays.
“It was enough. Our car was very fast and was pretty good. It was a little complicated at the end in terms of difficulty, but we had it all day in terms of commitment, the car and the team, and we left it all there in the curve 3”.
Here are the IndyCar results and points standings after the 108th Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
RESULTS
Click here to view the scorecard for the 200 lap race. on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis oval.
Event summary
Lap Leader Summary
Lap Chart
Section Results
Best section times
Pit Stop Summary
Here is the order of finish in the Indy 500 with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reasoning (if applicable):
1. (3) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 200, racing
2. (8) Duck O’Ward, Chevrolet, 200, running
3. (21) Scott Dixon, Honda, 200, racing
4. (4) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 200, racing
5. (14) Alex Palou, Honda, 200, running
6. (1) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 200, racing
7. (11) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 200, racing
8. (6) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 200, racing
9. (7) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 200, racing
10. (29) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 200, racing
11. (15) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 200, racing
12. (24) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, 200, racing
13. (28) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 200, racing
14. (10) Takuma Sato, Honda, 200, racing
15. (33) Graham Rahal, Honda, 200, running
16. (23) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, 200, racing
17. (17) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 200, racing
18. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200, racing
19. (26) Romain Grosjean, Chevrolet, 200, racing
20. (20) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 200, racing
21. (18) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, 200, racing
22. (22) Agustín Canapino, Chevrolet, 199, Running
23. (13) Colton Herta, Honda, 170, Contact
24. (2) Willpower, Chevrolet, 145, Contact
25. (19) Marco Andretti, Honda, 113, Contact
26. (12) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Chevrolet, 106, Contact
27. (9) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 55 years old, mechanic
28. (27) Linus Lundqvist, Honda, 27, Contact
29. (31) Katherine Legge, Honda, 22 years old, mechanic
30. (16) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 6, mechanic
31. (25) Tom Blomqvist, Honda, 0, Contact
32. (30) Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 0, Contact
33. (32) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 0, Contact
Winner’s average speed: 167.763mph; race time: 2 hours, 58 minutes, 49.4079 seconds; Margin of victory: 0.3417 of a second; Precautions: Eight for 46 laps; Lead changes: 49 among 18 drivers; Leaders back: McLaughlin 1-23; Robbery 24-26; Day 27-31; Rob 32; McLaughlin 33-34; O’Ward 35; Day 36-42; McLaughlin 43-48; Rasmussen 49; McLaughlin 50-57; Day 58-64; Rob 65-76; McLaughlin 77-87; VeeKay 88-91; Rahal 92; Lundgaard 93; VeeKay 94-96; Lundgaard 97-99; Newgarden 100-112; McLaughlin 113-125; Newgarden 126-129; McLaughlin 130; Rossi 131; Ferrucci 132; Dixon 133-134; O’Ward 135-136; Dixon 137-140; Day 141-143; Theft 144-150; Dixon 151-154; O’Ward 155; Rossi 156-159; O’Ward 160; Rossi 161-163; O’Ward 164; Rossi 165; O’Ward 166-169; Dixon 170-171; Palou 172; VeeKay 173; Kirkwood 174-175; Ilott 176; Carpenter 177-179; Larson 180-183; Simpson 184-186; Rossi 187; Newgarden 188-190; Rossi 191-192; Newgarden 193-194; O’Ward 195; Newgarden 196-198; O’Ward 199; Newgarden 200.
POINTS
Click here to see the points tally in the race..
Here is the points standings after the fifth race of the season for:
Drivers
Engine manufacturers
Participants
Top 10 in points: Palou 183, Dixon 163, Power 157, O’Ward 134, Herta 134, McLaughlin 131, Newgarden 122, Rossi 120, Rosenqvist 116, Kirkwood 115.
Rest of the classification: Lundgaard 102, Ferrucci 95, Rahal 87, VeeKay 87, Armstrong 81, Grosjean 79, Lundqvist 73, Simpson 70, Ericsson 68, Canapino 56, Rasmussen 51, Fittipaldi 50, Harvey 47, Blomqvist 46, Robb 46, Ilott 39, Theo Pourchaire 38, Daly 21, Larson 21, Sato 19, Carpenter 14, Luca Ghiotto 14, Castroneves 10, Colin Braun 10, Nolan Siegel 10, Hunter-Reay 6, Andretti 5, Legge 5.
Next race: The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, which has moved from Belle Isle to the streets of downtown, will take place on June 2 with coverage beginning at noon ET on NBC and Peacock.