{"id":4684,"date":"2018-05-27T21:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T01:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2018-05-27T21:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T01:55:47","slug":"will-power-wins-his-first-indianapolis-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2018\/05\/27\/will-power-wins-his-first-indianapolis-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Power wins his first Indianapolis 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pack of cars lead by the likes of\u00a0Oriol Servia, Stefan Wilson,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jack Harvey\u00a0<\/strong>paced the Indianapolis 500<\/strong> field to the green flag with seven laps to go on Sunday.<\/p>\n

All three of them were trying to stretch a single tank of fuel over the last 43 laps of the race, when the fuel range was at 30-34 laps. Behind them sat Will\u00a0<\/strong>Power,\u00a0<\/strong>who was faster and on newer tires then the front three.<\/p>\n

Will Power wins his first Indianapolis 500<\/h1>\n

Power got caught up behind Servia, who surrendered the lead to Wilson and Harvey, during the first of the seven laps on the final run. After getting by him, it was evident that Wilson would be a bit tougher of a task.<\/p>\n

Power couldn’t get by the second-place car of Harvey for two entire laps, and with Wilson adding to his lead, it looked like fans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway<\/strong> might get to see an upset.<\/p>\n

Then it happened.<\/p>\n

Harvey and Wilson were forced to come down pit road with four laps to go, and Power would take over the top spot.<\/p>\n

Single-car wrecks were the big theme of Sunday’s race, taking out some of the contenders to win.<\/p>\n

James Davison\u00a0<\/strong>was the first to cause one as his slow speed corralled defending champion Takuma Sato<\/strong> into the wall ending his day early.<\/p>\n

Along with Sato, 2016 Indy Lights champion\u00a0Ed Jones,<\/strong> farewell driver Danica Patrick<\/strong>,\u00a0veteran\u00a0Helio Castroneves,\u00a0<\/strong>Sage Karam, Tony Kanaan,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kyle Kaiser\u00a0<\/strong>were all retired before the last 50 laps of the race.<\/p>\n

During the madness of the restarts, Alexander Rossi\u00a0<\/strong>was on a mission. Rossi would go around four cars in a single turn and later overtake two of the top five to sit in P3 with just under 40 laps to go.<\/p>\n

Rossi nearly got around Ed Carpenter<\/strong> for second place on the ensuing restart following Karam’s accident, but couldn’t make it stick.<\/p>\n

After pit stops shuffled around, Rossi finished fourth behind\u00a0Scott Dixon,\u00a0<\/strong>Carpenter, and Power. Ryan Hunter-Reay<\/strong> rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

The series returns to action next weekend, with the running of dual feature races in Detroit. At 3:30 p.m. ET on both Saturday and Sunday, fans can tune in to watch the series once again.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Indianapolis 500 Results<\/h2>\n

1. Will Power
\n2. Ed Carpenter
\n3. Scott Dixon
\n4. Alexander Rossi
\n5. Ryan Hunter-Reay
\n6. Simon Pagenaud
\n7. Carlos Munoz
\n8. Josef Newgarden
\n9. Robert Wickens
\n10. Graham Rahal
\n11. J.R. Hildebrand
\n12. Marco Andretti
\n13. Mattheus Leist
\n14. Gabby Chaves
\n15. Stefan Wilson
\n16. Jack Harvey
\n17. Oriol Servia
\n18. Charlie Kimball
\n19. Zach Claman De Melo
\n20. Spencer Pigot
\n21. Conor Daly
\n22. Max Chilton
\n23. Zach Veach
\n24. Jay Howard
\n25. Tony Kanaan
\n26. Sage Karam
\n27. Helio Castroneves
\n28. Sebastien Bourdais
\n29. Kyle Kaiser
\n30. Danica Patrick
\n31. Ed Jones
\n32. Takuma Sato
\n33. James Davison<\/p>\n

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