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Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Ericsson wins the 106th Indianapolis 500 and Tony Kanaan finishes third
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Ericsson drove flat out after a restart following a red flag to win Sunday’s 106th running of The Indianapolis 500.
Ericsson was driving away from Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward in the final laps when Ericsson’s teammate Jimmie Johnson spun and wrecked in Turn 2 bringing out the caution. Â NTT INDYCAR SERIES officials made the decision to red flag the event to insure a green flag finish.
“We had it covered,” said Ericsson. “The only thing that could stop us was a caution, and of course that caution came. Â Those were the longest 10-minutes of my life sitting in the car waiting for the restart. It’s not supposed to be easy to win the 500. Those 10 minutes sitting there in the pit lane during that red flag was some of the hardest 10 minutes of my life probably, thinking what to do, thinking that I’m leading the biggest race in the world, and I’m that close to win it.”
When the green flag dropped the O’Ward got a run on Ericsson going into Turn 1 but the No. 8 Huski Chocolate Honda driver put his foot down and drove the most epic laps of his career.
“Pato had a really good run on me,” explained. “I wanted to put him on the outside because I knew it was going to be hard to go around my outside. I was not going to lift. There was no way I was going to lift. I just kept my foot down and that was the race-winning move.”
“I knew I had to go for it,” said O’Ward. “I got up beside Marcus but just couldn’t make the pass. Â It’s so frustrating.”
Once Ericsson was out front he deftly maneuvered his car back on forth on the long straightaways to break the draft O’Ward was hoping to use to gain enough  momentum to make a potential winning pass.  Ericsson’s margin of victory was 1.7929-seconds ahead of O’Ward.
“I was actually sitting during dinner here at the Speedway on infield last night talking with Dario (Franchitti) about this type of scenario, if I’m leading when it’s towards the end of the race the last couple laps, what to do, how to break the tow of the car behind, how to place the car,” said Ericsson. “We had that very conversation last night. That was in my mind when I was sitting there during that red flag.”
Ericsson’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Tony Kanaan, who was closing on O’Ward before the red flag, finished third in the No. 1 American Legion Honda.
“A great month!,” said Kanaan. Â “I can’t thank the American Legion enough. Â What a great cause? The ‘Be The One’ campaign. Â I can’t thank the team enough.”
Kanaan says he would like to back at the 500 and has a year to try to get back but the day however belonged to Ericsson, who notched his first oval win, third career win and kind of flew under the radar a bit all month.
“When you have Scott (Dixon) and Alex (Palou) is the defending champion and JJ and TK on your team, I get it,” said Ericsson.
Team owner Chip Ganassi offered a different assessment.
Marcus’ sponsor (Huski Chocolate) in not in the U.S. so he doesn’t get the PR push from the sponsor like the guys do from PNC, NTT, Carvana and the American Legion,” said Ganassi.
Ericsson heads to the Detroit Grand Prix after grabbing the points lead with the victory.
“We’ve won the 500, now we have to go out and win the Championship,” said Ganassi.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 24, 2026) Felix Rosenqvist passed David Malukas on the last lap just before the yard of bricks to win the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race.
Rosenqvist was sitting in third place when the race restarted with one lap to go, two spots behind his Meyer Shank Racing teammate Marcus Armstrong and second place David Malukas and got beside Armstrong going into turn one, through the South short chute and raced side-by-side down the back stretch.
Rosenqvist was behind Malukas coming off Turn 4 and masterfully used the draft to get beside the No. 12 down the front stretch, pushing the No. 60 SiriusXM/Morgan Wallen Honda to the front by just less than half-a-car length at the yard of bricks. Â The margin of victory was 0.233-seconds, the closest finish in the history of the race.
“Massive thanks to the team,” said Rosenqvist. “We had two cars there in the win at the end. I think we were the best car today. I felt like in all situations we kind of had it under control. I just had a flat-out lap on the high line and it stuck. It’s just the coolest way you can finish and win an Indy 500.”
“I just don’t know what I could have done,” said Malukas. “We were the fastest car the whole race. I gave it 150-percent. We did everything we could. A big thank you to this team.”
Scott McLaughlin came home third in the No. 3 Pennzoil Chevrolet, giving Team Penske two cars in the Top 5. McLaughlin talked afterward about the agony of defeat.
“Alright, hear me out on this,” McLaughlin explained, “It’s Christmas, but not everyone gets presents. Only one guy gets to go home with one.”
Pato O’Ward finished fourth in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, giving O’Ward four Top 5’s in the last four Indy 500’s.
Armstrong finished fifth in the No. 66 Acura Honda giving MSR two cars in the Top 5.
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated as post-race activities are still taking place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 22, 2026) – Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden led a quartet of Chevrolets atop the speed chart at the final ‘Carb Day’ practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Newgarden’s fast lap of 228.342 mph led four Chevys at the top of the speed chart with Ed Carpenter Racing’s second at 227.474, David Malukas in third at 226.525 and Conor Daly in fourth at 226.341.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Takuma Sato, a two-time 500 winner as well, led the Honda powered cars with the fifth fastest speed at 226.244.
Defending 500 winner and four-time NTT IndyCar Series Champion Alex Palou was sixth quick in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda at 225.986.
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Alexander Rossi, Pato O’Ward and Romain Grosjean involved in multi vehicle crash during Indy 500 practice
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 18, 2026) – Alexander Rossi, Pato O’Ward and Romain Grosjean are losing valuable practice time after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash during Indianapolis 500 practice Monday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The crash was triggered when Rossi lost control of his No. 20 Java House Chevrolet in turn 2 and slammed into the outside wall.
O’Ward was two cars behind Rossi and when the No. 20 went sideways, O’Ward turned the wheel and jumped on the brakes in an attempt to avoid the crash but as Rossi came off the wall, O’Ward’s No. 5 Chevrolet crashed into Rossi.
Grosjean was an innocent victim getting collected in the meelee.
O’Ward and Grosjean were checked and released from the infield care center. Rossi exited his car under his own power, went to the infield care center where IndyCar Medical Director Dr. Julia Vaizer said in a statement that Rossi was awake, alert, and in good spirits.
Vaizer later stated that Rossi ‘is being transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Rossi will have to go to a backup car while O’Ward and Grosjean’s machines will need to make significant repairs.
Rossi will not lose his No. 2 starting spot according to the IndyCar rulebook:
- 8.1.7.1. If a Qualified Car is involved in an incident, INDYCAR allows a Backup Car to replace the Qualified Car. The Backup Car will start the Race in the same position in the Starting Lineup as the Qualified Car.
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