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Controversial One-Lap Sprint Decides Indy 500

The conclusion of the year’s Indianapolis 500 will likely be remembered for decades to come. The red flag-filled finale featured thrilling on-track action, a parked sedan destroyed by a loose wheel, and a divisive decision to restart the race with a single lap remaining.

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The last 16 laps of the 200-lap classic began with McLaren’s Felix Rosenqvist losing control of his car in Turn 2, spinning out and colliding with Andretti Autosport driver Kyle Kirkwood. The impact sheered the left rear corner off of Kirkwood’s car, rendering the tethers meant to keep the wheel attached to the chassis useless. The loose wheel flew over the catch fence and a grandstand, coming down in the gap between the stands and the Turn 2 hospitality suites. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured but the wheel hit a parked Chevy Cruze.

The next stoppage was caused by yet another overly ambitious pass attempt from McLaren’s Pato O’Ward as he tried to regain his position from Marcus Ericsson. The Mexican driver attempted to divebomb the Ganassi driver into Turn 3 but made contact with the defending Indy 500 champion and went into the outside wall. The next restart quickly led to the next red flag as several cars collided on the front straight before the start-finish line.

With only two laps remaining, it seemed like Marcus Ericsson was going to become the first back-to-back Indy 500 winner since 2002. However, race control decided to restart the race with no warm-up lap for a single-lap sprint. IndyCar’s rulebook leaves the restart procedure at the race director’s discretion, so the irregular restart was legal.

Josef Newgarden outduels Marcus Ericsson for Indy 500 win in shootout | Motorsports on NBC

The field saw both the white and green flags as they came to the line to start lap 200, and all hell broke loose as Ericsson desperately attempted to hold back Penske driver Josef Newgarden. Ericsson moved all the way to the grass at the Turn 2 exit, but he was just a sitting duck to Newgarden. Out of Turn 4, Newgarden did the same with both drivers racing down the pit lane entry but there just wasn’t enough pavement until the finish line for Ericsson to catch the new leader.

Newgarden won the Indianapolis 500, becoming the first American to do so since Alexander Rossi in 2016. The victory also extends Team Penske’s record for most Indy 500 wins to 19.

Race Results

1. - Josef Newgarden (Penske)
2. - Marcus Ericsson (Ganassi) - 0.097 seconds
3. - Santino Ferrucci (Foyt) - 0.527 seconds
4. - Alex Palou (Ganasi) - 0.764 seconds
5. - Alexander Rossi (McLaren) - 0.993 seconds