Indy 500 2024 Results: Josef Newgarden Defends Title; Kyle Larson Finishes 18th

The Indianapolis 500 was delayed four hours on Sunday due to inclement weather. Once it got started, it provided a familiar result.

Josef Newgarden won the 108th edition of the race, defending his title from a year ago. He narrowly held off Pato O'Ward and Alexander Rossi, passing O'Ward on the final lap to conclude a long and dramatic evening.

He became the first driver to win the event in back-to-back years since Hélio Castroneves in 2001-02.

Kyle Larson, who led with 20 laps remaining, ultimately finished 18th after a speeding penalty ruined his day:

He was attempting to become the fifth driver ever to run the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same day. Tony Stewart is the only driver to ever successfully run every mile in both races in the same day.

The weather delay—which included pounding rains and whipping winds—will prevent Larson from fully participating in both races.

Sunday was quite the day on a number of fronts.

After the long weather delay, it didn't take long for the first crash of the evening, as several cars were taken out of commission in the very first lap.

Racers like Felix Rosenqvist, Colton Hera, Marco Andretti and Will Power would later see their races cut short:

Ryan Hunter-Reay also saw his race finish after he was bumped by Scott Dixon, which surprisingly didn't earn Dixon a penalty of any sort:

There was even drama in the pits:

But ultimately, the day belonged to Newgarden.

"I'm just so proud of the team. They crushed it," he said on the NBC broadcast after the race. "I mean, crushed it. They came here with the fastest cars. We worked our tails off,"