Dario Franchitti joins Dan Wheldon as the second driver to win the Indianapolis 500 from the 16th starting position. After a thrilling, action-packed race, Franchitti and Honda turned around the month of May today. Franchitti battled back after an incident on their first pit stop to pass Tony Kanaan on the final restart and hold off a hard charging Takuma Sato and Scott Dixon. Franchitti joins Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser and Helio Castroneves as three time winners.
With a finish reminiscent of 1989, Franchitti gives Honda their ninth straight victory in the Indianapolis 500. Scott Dixon made it a Ganassi 1-2 and Tony Kanaan managed a 3rd. Oriol Servia had an amazing drive up to 4th and pole-sitter Ryan Briscoe came home in 5th. James Hinchcliffe took 6th with Justin Wilson, Charlie Kimball, Townsend Bell and Helio Castroneves rounding out the top 10. Rubens Barrichello was the highest finishing rookie in 11th with Alex Tagliani, Graham Rahal, JR Hildebrand, James Jakes and Simon Pagenaud rounding out the driver who completed 200 laps. Takuma Sato ended up 17th. Ed Carpenter had a late spin cost him a great finish and Marco Andretti had an accident that took him out of contention while battling with Servia for 8th. Josef Newgarden's first Indianapolis 500 did not go well and ended up 25th. Will Power took a hard hit early in the race and was out before halfway. Bryan Clauson had a early spin and ended up 30th. All results are unofficial.
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