Josef Newgarden won the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500, overtaking Pato O’Ward on the final lap of the race to become the first driver to win back-to-back races since 2002.
The start of Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 was delayed due to rain, but the race finally got underway about four hours after the scheduled start and went as expected.
Josef Newgarden wins consecutive Indy 500s
There were 49 changes of 18 leaders and eight cautions, the first of which involved former F1 driver and 2022 Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson.
Tom Blomqvist caused a multi-car crash on the first lap of the 200-lap race, taking Ericsson and Haas F1 reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi out of the race.
Seven more cautions and 194 laps later, O’Ward passed Newgarden for the lead, but the Penske driver fought back the very next lap.
O’Ward’s challenge didn’t end there, as once the white flag was waved he went around the outside of Newgarden at Turn 4 and took the lead at Turn 1 on the final lap.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon finished third.
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“There’s no better way to win a race,” Newgarden said. “I have to applaud Pato. He’s an incredibly clean driver. He could have easily won this race. Luck was on our side.”
Former F1 driver Alexander Rossi finished in fourth place, Takuma Sato in 14th place and Romain Grosjean in 19th place.
2024 Indy 500 final results
(Start position)
1. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, Penske
2. (5) Pat O’Ward, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren
3. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing
4. (7) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren
5th (10) Alex Palou, Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing
6. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, Penske
7. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, Andretti Global
8. (14) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, A.J. Foyt
9. (21) Linus VeeKay, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing
10. (24) Conor Daly, Chevrolet Dreyer & Reinbold Cusick
11. (6) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren
12th (33) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing
13. (45) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
14. (75) Takuma Sato, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
15. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
16th (41) Stingray Robb, Chevrolet, AJ Foyt Racing
17. (20) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing
18. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren
19th (77) Romain Grosjean, Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger Racing
20. (06) Helio Castroneves, Honda, Meyer Shank
21. (4) Kiffin Simpson, Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing
22nd (78) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger Racing
23. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, Andretti Global
24. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, Penske
25. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, Andretti Global
26. (23) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dreyer & Reinbold Kasich
27. (60) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, Meyer Shank
28. (8) Rinus Lundqvist, Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing
29. (51) Katherine Legge, Honda, Dale Coyne Racing
30. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing
31. (66) Tom Blomqvist, Honda, Meyer Shank
32. (28) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, Andretti Global
33. (30) Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
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