Welcome to the 2023 Indianapolis 500! The fastest 33-car field in race history is ready to take on the 2 1/2-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval before a crowd likely to top 300,000.
Alex Palou is the fastest pole position qualifier in race history at 234.217 mph, and Helio Castroneves, who is seeking a record fifth race victory, starts from the seventh row. Defending race champ Marcus Ericsson starts from the fourth row.
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Restart with 4 laps to go: Yet another red flag. The leaders barely get to the start/finish line before Benjamin Pedersen and Ed Carpenter are sent into the inside wall on the front straight. Also, Christian Lundgaard, Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal are involved. Marcus Ericsson edged into the lead ahead of Josef Newgarden. The running order is Ericsson, Santino Ferrucci, Alexander Rossi, Newgarden and Alex Palou.
Restart with 8 laps to go: Marcus Ericsson and Pato O’Ward touch, and O’Ward crashes. Agustin Canapino runs into O’Ward from behind, and Simon Pagenaud also crashes after contact from Scott McLaughlin. That’s another red flag.
Josef Newgarden jumps from 3rd to to the lead heading into Turn 1. Ericcson, Santino Ferrucci, Alexander Rossi and Alex Palou are the top 5.
Scary situation: Rosenqvist, Kirkwood crash out of Indy 500, send tire over stands
Lap 186: RED FLAG: A massive crash involving Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood in Turn 2 sends a tire over the fencing, narrowly missing a grandstand. Kirkwood skids upside down. Neither driver is injured and there are no apparent fan injuries.
Harrowing moment at the Indy 500 as a tire is flung from Felix Rosenqvist’s car, narrowly missing fans, and Kyle Kirkwood is flipped in the collision. pic.twitter.com/38NLWvUFqX
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) May 28, 2023
This is WILD.
Watch Kyle Kirkwood inside his car as it’s upside down sliding down the track.
Grateful for the security innovation in motorsport 🙏 pic.twitter.com/PBUVJogI3t
— Vincenzo Landino (@vincenzolandino) May 28, 2023
Order with the red flag waived with 14 laps to go:
1. O’Ward
2. Ericsson
3. Newgarden
4. Rossi
5. Ferrucci
6. Palou
7. Daly
8. Dixon
9. VeeKay
10. Herta— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) May 28, 2023
Lap 180: The leader is Marcus Ericsson, with Rosenqvist, Alexander Rossi and Josef Newgarden battling close.
Lap 172: A used tire from Santino Ferrucci’s car gets away from the crew momentarily during a pit stop. He gets a warning and monetary fine but doesn’t lose track position. All the leaders pit.
Lap 160: Santino Ferrucci passes Marcus Ericsson for the lead. Josef Newgarden, Felix Rosenqvist and Alexander Rossi are next.
Lap 157: Josef Newgarden and Marcus Ericsson jockey for the lead after a restart. Santino Ferrucci moves from 5th to 3rd on the first turn.
Lap 150: Romain Grosjean crashes, bringing out a caution. Grosjean had been hit by teammate Colton Herta on pit road 15 laps earlier.
With 125 miles to go, defending champion Marcus Ericsson leads. Josef Newgarden, seeking his first win in his 12th start, closely trails. Felix Rosenqvist and Alexander Rossi are also within 1 second of Ericsson.
Lap 140: After pit stops, Marcus Ericsson leads, followed by Felix Rosenqvist and Josef Newgarden. Drivers to lead at least 1 lap: Ericsson, Palou, Rosenqvist, O’Ward, VeeKay, Ilott, Power, Rossi, Castroneves. Colton Herta hits teammate Romain Grosjean on pit road. Herta is penalized.
Lap 130: All within 1 second at the front: Pato O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist, Santino Ferrucci, Josef Newgarden, Marcus Ericsson. Next round of pit stops are coming soon.
Lap 120: Top 5 are Felix Rosenqvist, Pato O’Ward, Santino Ferrucci, Josef Newgarden, Marcus Ericsson. Among Hoosiers, Conor Daly is in 8th and Ed Carpenter in 13th.
Lap 110: Arrow McLaren standings: Felix Rosenqvist (1st), Pato O’Ward (2nd), Alexander Rossi (8th), Tony Kanaan (11th). Santino Ferrucci is in 3rd, Josef Newgarden 4th. Callum Ilott is down to 8th.
Lap 101: Felix Rosenqvist charges into the lead in Turn 1. The action is crazy. Marcus Ericsson makes daring moves to gain 5th place.
Lap 100: Callum Ilott pitted just before the mayhem, and he has the lead. Josef Newgarden (enters wrong stall, hitting a tire) and Agustin Canapino (speeding) are penalized for pit road violations.
Winner on that caution:
Callum Ilott pitted on Lap 91, 1 lap before the caution for SRR & he cycles to the front.
— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) May 28, 2023
Tony Kanaan isn’t playing it cool in his final Indianapolis 500.
Lap 95: Rinus VeeKay hits Alex Palou exiting a crowded pit road. VeeKay gets a drive-through penalty for the contact.
Lap 92: Sting Ray Robb hits the wall in Turn 1, bringing out the first caution of the race. Robb isn’t happy with Graham Rahal, who passed Robb on the inside.
Lap 90: Top 5 are Pato O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist, Santino Ferrucci are all within 1 second, with Rinus VeeKay and Alex Palou following. R.C. Enerson has dropped out.
Lap 80: Arrow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist swap the lead to conserve fuel. Four-time race winner Helio Castroneves slides and has to save it from crashing. He is in 30th place.
Lap 70: Through the second round of pit stops, Pato O’Ward leads, followed by Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay. Will Power and Colton Herta have also led a lap.
The #Indy500 record for fewest caution laps was is 18 laps (two cautions in 2021).
So far, no cautions through 70 laps.
— Matt Glenesk (@MattGlenesk) May 28, 2023
Lap 60: Alex Palou, Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist are at the front and within less than 1 second of each other, and Santino Ferrucci and Pato O’Ward are another half-second back. Katherine Legge is out of her car and will finish 33rd.
Lap 50: No cautions through 125 miles. Alex Palou (26 laps led) and Rinus VeeKay (21) continue to set the pace. Josef Newgarden is up to 9th place from 17th at the start. Arrow McLaren is strong: Felix Rosenqvist (3rd), Alexander Rossi (4th), Pato O’Ward (6th), Tony Kanaan (11th). Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing is running 21st after his early vibration issue. Other than the other three Ganassi cars (Palou, Marcus Ericsson in 8th, Takuma Sato in 10th), Chevrolet engines own the first 14 places.
Through 50 laps, you’re biggest movers:
-Power +5
-Josef +8
-Herta +5
-Pedersen=7
-Dixon -15
-Grosjean -4
-Harvey +5
-Marco -6
-Legge -4— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) May 28, 2023
Lap 40: Full field has taken a first round of pit stops. Drivers who have led: Alex Palou, Rinus VeeKay, Alexander Rossi, Felix Rosenqvist. Katherine Legge nearly crashes entering her pit stall and pits a second time.
So, after the first pit sequence, here’s how things stand on the top-10:
1. Palou
2. VeeKay
3. Ferrucci
4. Felix
5. Rossi
6. O’Ward
7. Power
8. Ericsson
9. Josef
10. Sato— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) May 28, 2023
Lap 30: Alex Palou leads, then Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist.
Lap 27: Scott Dixon is coming in early for a pit stop to address a vibration. He was in 14th before pitting, down 8 spots from his starting position. Will Power is 7th, up 5 from his start. Marco Andretti, who started 24th, is 31st.
Scott Dixon now in an absolute free-fall.
Lap 17: 4th
Lap 20: 6th
Lap 22: 9th
Lap 23: 11th
Lap 24: 13th
Lap 25: 14thLap 26: pits (tire vibrations a concern)
— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) May 28, 2023
Lap 20: Alex Palou (14 laps) and Rinus VeeKay (6 laps) have traded the lead in the early going. Graham Rahal is 3 laps down.
Lap 10: Alex Palou is back in the lead, followed by Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist. Will Power is up to 9th from 12th. Benjamin Pedersen is down to 15th from 11th.
Lap 3: Rinus VeeKay passes Alex Palou for the lead.
Lap 1: Alex Palou leads the first lap as Graham Rahal remains on pit road. He joins as the rest of the field completes its second lap.
Graham Rahal has trouble starting engine
As if Graham Rahal’s month couldn’t get worse, his car isn’t starting because of a battery issue. The rest of the field goes by him during parade laps. The car is being rolled into the pits.
Graham Rahal’s No. 24 Honda is stuck, and he said over comms that there’s no power at all.
His team tried to jumpstart the engine, but he might already be done for the day.
His team is now pushing it in to pit lane. pic.twitter.com/0IZE1vlArd
— chloe peterson (@chloepeterson67) May 28, 2023
Indy 500 reclaiming ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’
Grand marshal Stephanie Beatriz made sure to use the race slogan on NBC. Formula 1 has used some variations of the phrase in promotions this year.
Beatriz also made some race picks, one of them rookie Sting Ray Robb. Why? Because he resembles her high school boyfriend.
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Stefan Wilson arrives at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Stefan Wilson, a few days after surgery to repair a fractured vertebrae, greets team members and fans before the Indy 500. Wilson had qualified 25th for the race but was injured in a post-qualifying crash. Graham Rahal, who failed to qualify last weekend, is stepping into Wilson’s seat but will start last.
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Tony Kanaan greets Indianapolis 500 fans
Tony Kanaan, the 2013 race winner, is in his 22nd and final Indianapolis 500.
Good morning, it’s finally here. I will leave everything I have out there today and hope it’s enough . No matter what happens today I will leave the sport of my life with my head held high. Thank you fans, friends and family. Let’s do this one last time
— Tony Kanaan (@TonyKanaan) May 28, 2023
