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Castroneves crossed the finish line as his family and girlfriend celebrated. The driver and his crew engaged in his traditional victory celebration, climbing the front stretch catch fence to the delight of the crowd.
It was his third career Indianapolis 500 victory, with the others coming in 2001 and 2002. He is the sixth driver to win three 500s and the first foreign-born driver to do so. Despite missing the first race of the season, he now sits second in points.
Wheldon had his best finish of the season as well as his best 500 finish since his victory four years ago. It was the second consecutive year that his team, Panther Racing, finished second in the race—last year, Meira was the driver.
Wheldon now sits seventh in points.
Patrick’s third place finish, a career-best for her in the 500, was met with much fanfare.
Now sixth in points, it was also her best finish of the season.
Bell, who started 24th in the 33-car field, was the best of the drivers with either one-race deals or limited schedules. Power, driving a third entry fielded by Penske as a thank you for filling in for Castroneves, was the next-best driver in that category finishing in fifth.
Other notables:
Dixon and Franchitti were sixth and seventh, respectively.
Paul Tracy, driving for Vasser in his first 500 appearance since a controversial 2002 finish, was ninth.
Sarah Fisher finished 17th in her second 500 as an owner-driver.
John Andretti, driving the first Richard Petty-owned car to ever run at Indianapolis, was 19th...the last car on the lead lap.
Oriol Servia and Rahal Letterman Racing, in their first races since last season, finished 26th after a mechanical issue halted their race on the 99th lap.
The IRL IndyCar Series’ next race, the IndyCar 225, will take place at the Milwaukee Mile next Sunday.
Briscoe won the race last year.
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