MAY 30, 2018
Monday, May 28, 2018 at 07:10AM 
Will Power is congratulated by his wife, Liz, in Victory Circle after winning the 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Power (No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet Turbo V6) won "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" by 3.1589 seconds to etch his name into Indianapolis 500 history. The race was run in very hot conditions, and the greasy track and knife-edge handling of the new Indy cars caught out a lot of drivers, causing spins and wrecks throughout the race. Power becomes the first Australian winner of the race and the first driver to sweep both Verizon IndyCar Series races at IMS in the same year. He also won the INDYCAR Grand Prix on the IMS road course on May 12. "On the white flag lap, I started screaming because I just knew I was going to win it," Power said of the final 2.5-mile trip around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. "Unbelievable! Never been so excited." "This month was one of the best months I've had," said Power, the 2014 INDYCAR series champion. "Very relaxed, in tune with my engineer, just working really well. It just came together." Power led 59 of the 200 laps Sunday and outlasted a trio of competitors at the end - Oriol Servia (No. 64 Scuderia Corsa/Manitowoc Honda Turbo V6), Stefan Wilson (No. 25 #Driven2SavesLives Honda Turbo V6) and Jack Harvey (No. 60 MSR w/SPM AutoNation/SiriusXM Honda Turbo V6) - who unsuccessfully tried to stretch fuel loads to the finish. Running fourth on the final restart from a caution period with seven laps to go, Power quickly passed Servia and watched as Wilson and Harvey both had to stop for splashes of ethanol with four laps remaining. "They both pit; it's like the gates opened," Power said. "It was amazing." Power's first Indy 500 win was also the 34th victory of his 14-year Indy car career, tying the 37-year-old with Al Unser Jr. for eighth place on the all-time list. It also marked the 17th Indy 500 win for Team Penske and 201st Indy car triumph for the storied team - both records. "He won this race today because he was the best," team owner Roger Penske said. "This closes the book for what he wanted to accomplish in INDYCAR: win a championship (2014), now is tied for winning the most races as an Indy driver for the team (31) and the Indy 500 is something that he wanted to do from the very beginning. ... He's in a different world right now, which is important."
Pole-sitter Ed Carpenter (No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet Turbo V6) led a race-high 65 laps before finishing second at The Speedway. It's Carpenter's best Indy 500 result in fifteen starts. "I'll feel pretty good about this in a couple days, I think," said Carpenter, the only current owner/driver in the series. "It's been a few years since I had a top-10 finish, so this feels good. All in all, I thought Will won the race and we ended up second, and we'll be happy with that. Come back stronger next year."
Scott Dixon (No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing PNC Bank Honda Turbo V6) comes in for tires and fuel during the 102nd Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. He finished third.
Alexander Rossi (No. 27 Andretti Autosport NAPA Auto Parts Honda Turbo V6) powers through Turn 1 during the 102nd Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Rossi drove brilliantly throughout the race, charging up from his last row starting position and making himself a factor at the end with some extraordinary passes. "I feel like we did what we could, and we maximized what we had," Rossi said. "The NAPA Know How Andretti Honda team did everything right. I don't look back on anything and wish we'd done anything different. Despite, it was a good day from a championship perspective. We didn't have enough to win, but congrats to Will [Power]."
Ryan Hunter-Reay (No. 28 Andretti Autosport DHL Honda Turbo V6) accelerates away from his pit stall after service during the 102nd Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He finished in fifth place. See more on the Indianapolis 500 in "Fumes."
INDIANAPOLIS - Results Sunday of the 102nd Running of Indianapolis 500-Mile Race presented by PennGrade Motor Oil Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any) and prize money earned:
1. (3) Will Power, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $2,525,454
2. (1) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $911,504
3. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 200, Running, $587,129
4. (32) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 200, Running, $454,804
5. (14) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 200, Running, $419,804
6. (2) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $419,804
7. (21) Carlos Munoz, Honda, 200, Running, $254,005
8. (4) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $400,654
9. (18) Robert Wickens, Honda, 200, Running, $424,979
10. (30) Graham Rahal, Honda, 200, Running, $401,229
11. (27) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $225,305
12. (12) Marco Andretti, Honda, 200, Running, $364,129
13. (11) Matheus Leist, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $357,129
14. (22) Gabby Chaves, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $315,305
15. (23) Stefan Wilson, Honda, 200, Running, $212,330
16. (31) Jack Harvey, Honda, 200, Running, $200,305
17. (26) Oriol Servia, Honda, 200, Running, $211,105
18. (15) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $300,305
19. (13) Zachary Claman De Melo, Honda, 199, Running, $339,354
20. (6) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 199, Running, $346,154
21. (33) Conor Daly, Honda, 199, Running, $200,305
22. (20) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 198, Running, $300,305
23. (25) Zach Veach, Honda, 198, Running, $334,129
24. (28) Jay Howard, Honda, 193, Running, $200,305
25. (10) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 187, Contact, $346,954
26. (24) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 154, Contact, $203,305
27. (8) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 145, Contact, $205,305
28. (5) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 137, Contact, $348,829
29. (17) Kyle Kaiser, Chevrolet, 110, Mechanical, $205,805
30. (7) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 67, Contact, $208,305
31. (29) Ed Jones, Honda, 57, Contact, $338,129
32. (16) Takuma Sato, Honda, 46, Contact, $300,305
33. (19) James Davison, Chevrolet, 45, Contact, $200,305
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 166.935 mph
Time of Race: 2:59:42.6365
Margin of victory: 3.1589 seconds
Cautions: 7 for 41 laps
Lead changes: 30 among 15 drivers
Daniel Ricciardo (No. 33 Aston Martin Red Bull) fought a race-long engine issue to win the Monaco Grand Prix in a classic F1 snooze-fest. It was his second win of the 2018 season. Sebastian Vettel (No. 5 Scuderia Ferrari) was second and Lewis Hamilton (No. 44 Mercedes AMG Petronas) finished third. Hamilton now leads the World Championship with 110 points, followed by Vettel with 96 and Ricciardo with 72.
Kyle Busch (No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing M&Ms Red, White & Blue Toyota) dominated the Monster Energy NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Sunday night in what was another monumental snooze-fest presented by NASCAR. The win makes Busch the only driver in NASCAR history who has won at every Cup track at which he has started a race. It was Busch's fourth win of the season and 47th of his career at NASCAR's top level. Busch started from the pole, swept all three stages of the race, and led 377 of the 400 laps. Martin Truex Jr. (No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Bass Pro Shops/5-Hour Energy Toyota) was second and Denny Hamline (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Ground Toyota) finished third.
Spencer Pumpelly and Michael Christensen (No. 24 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R) won the first 60-minute, two-driver Pirelli GT SprintX Round 5 at Lime Rock Park on Monday. Toni Vilander and Miguel Molina (No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3) finished second in the 64-lap GT SprintX feature, while Scott Hargrove and Wolf Henzler (No. 96 Pfaff Motorsports/Castrol Porsche 911 GT3 R) came in third. Vilander and Molina won Round 6 in the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock powered by M doubleheader. The Ferrari duo finished 2.489-sec. ahead of Alvaro Parente and Andy Soucek (No. 9 K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3) in the second race, with Pumpelly and Christensen finishing third.
The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team scored a 1-2 finish at the inaugural round of the Americas Rallycross Championship at the Silverstone Circuit in England. Tanner Foust (No. 34 Rockstar Energy Drink Beetle Rallycross) took victory ahead of teammate Scott Speed (No. 41 Oberto Circle K Beetle Rallycross) and an international field of competitors on the 0.6-mile dirt and tarmac track. Next up for the Americas Rallycross is Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, in July. Coverage of the Silverstone round will air on CBS Sports Wednesday, May 30 at 10:00 PM (ET).
