Juan Pablo Montoya wins his second Indianapolis 500

By Chris Jenkins 9 hours prior

INDIANAPOLIS — With a strong proceed onward a buddy, Juan Pablo Montoya turned into a two-time Indianapolis 500 champ.

With three laps to go, Montoya made a go on the outside of fellow team member Will Power going into Turn One and made it
stick. Montoya then clutched win his second profession Indy 500, having additionally won in 2000 as a tenderfoot.

Montoya then left IndyCar hustling to examination in NASCAR. With Sunday's win, his choice to return resembles an insightful one.

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Montoya, Power and Scott Dixon exchanged the main three spots a few times in a wild last 15 laps of the race. Force completed second, Charlie Kimball third and Dixon blurred to fourth toward the end. Graham Rahal completed fifth.

Force led the pack after a round of pit stops with 30 laps to go, then invested an amplified measure of energy running out front under alert after a mischance with 25 laps to go obliged a stretched out measure of time to clean up.

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STAYING GROUNDED: The race had a few accidents, yet none as startling as the modest bunch of airborne wrecks that conveyed security examination to Indy during the time of May. The greatest occurrence in the race came was with 25 laps to go, when Jack Hawksworth spun and cut Sebastian Saavedra, touching off a chain-response crash that likewise gathered Stefano Coletti. Hawksworth escaped from the auto immediately. Saavedra stayed set up for a few minutes prior additionally getting out and strolling to a security vehicle.

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KANAAN, ALL OR NOTHING: Tony Kanaan saw his offer for a brief moment Indianapolis 500 triumph vanish when he spun and hit the divider late in Sunday's race.

The back end of Kanaan's auto hit the divider hard on lap 153. Kanaan, the 2003 Indy 500 champ and one of the Verizon IndyCar Series' most mainstream drivers, was inspected and discharged from the infield therapeutic focus.

"We were solid throughout the day and it was the last stop and we were going to let it all out," Kanaan said in a TV meeting. "'I'd rather escape from the race like this, attempting, then to simply sit back there. For me, its win or nothing at this spot."

Team MEMBERS INJURED: Two pit group individuals from the Dale Coyne Racing group were struck by an auto on pit street, and one was transported from the scene by a rescue vehicle amid Sunday's Indianapolis 500.

Daniel Jang, the outside back tire changer for driver Tristan Vautier, was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital and had surgery on a broken lower leg. Another pit group part was discharged from the infield medicinal focus. The episode included each of the three Coyne autos.

James Davison was leaving his pit slow down when Pippa Mann's auto sideswiped him on pit street, sending him smashing hard into a couple of team individuals dealing with Tristan Vautier's auto. Restorative teams reacted to the scene promptly, and an emergency vehicle arrived before long.

INDIANAPOLIS 500

Sunday's outcomes from the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway (beginning position in brackets):

1. (15) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

2. (2) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

3. (14) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

4. (1) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

5. (17) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

6. (8) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

7. (5) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

8. (10) J.R. Hildebrand, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

9. (9) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

10. (3) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

11. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

12. (31) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

13. (24) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

14. (23) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

15. (16) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

16. (26) Gabby Chaves, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

17. (20) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

18. (19) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

19. (18) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

20. (11) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

21. (6) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running.

22. (25) Pippa Mann, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running.

23. (27) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevrolet, 175, Contact.

24. (28) Jack Hawksworth, Dallara-Honda, 175, Contact.

25. (29) Stefano Coletti, Dallara-Chevrolet, 175, Contact.

26. (4) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevrolet, 151, Contact.

27. (33) James Davison, Dallara-Honda, 116, Mechanical.

28. (32) Tristan Vautier, Dallara-Honda, 116, Mechanical.

29. (13) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 112, Contact.

30. (12) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 112, Contact.

31. (30) Bryan Clauson, Dallara-Chevrolet, 61, Contact.

32. (21) Sage Karam, Dallara-Chevrolet, 0, Contact.

33. (22) Conor Daly, Dallara-Honda, 0, Mechanical.

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Race Statistics

Victors normal speed: 161.341.

Time of Race: 3:05:56.5286.

Edge of Victory: 0.1046 seconds.

Alerts: 6 for 47 laps.

Lead Changes: 37 among 10 drivers.

Lap Leaders: Dixon 1-18, Kanaan 19-20, Dixon 21, Kanaan 22-25, Dixon 26-34, Pagenaud 35-36, Power 37-38, Montoya 39-40, Dixon 41-66, Pagenaud 67-70, Dixon 71, Pagenaud 72, Kanaan 73-74, Dixon 75, Kanaan 76-97, Pagenaud 98-99, Castroneves 100-101, Pagenaud 102-123, Power 124, Pagenaud 125, Dixon 126-127, Pagenaud 128, Dixon 129-148, Pagenaud 149-150, Kimball 151-152, Tagliani 153-154, Kimball 155-162, Dixon 163-164, Montoya 165-166, Dixon 167-169, Munoz 170-172, Wilson 173-174, Power 175-186, Dixon 187, Power 188-191, Montoya 192, Power 193-196, Montoya 197-200.

Focuses: Montoya 272, Power 247, Dixon 211, Castroneves 206, Rahal 204, Newgarden 173, Bourdais 161, Kimball 160, Andretti 151, Kanaan