[/caption]Dario Franchitti won both of his second Indianapolis 500 Mile Races leading 155 of the 200 laps.
“Up until 10 laps to go, I was pretty relaxed,” said Franchitti, who made his final pit stop on Lap 163. “Then all hell broke loose with fuel savings and all. I just needed to know what the other guys were doing. If they were saving more than me, they were doing something special here.”
Franchitti, who lead 155 of the 200 laps, took the twin checkered flags for the second time in his IZOD IndyCar Series career. Dan Wheldon was runner-up for the second consecutive year and Alex Lloyd finished a career-high third.
“It became a fuel race toward the end and I had no idea how much I had left in the tank, and it came down into Turn 3 and it just died,” Hunter-Reay said. “The car died and that’s when Mike latched over me. That’s probably one of the toughest races I’ve ever had.”
[caption id="attachment_1970" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Ashley Judd celebrates her husband's win, Photographer: Dave Edelstein"]
[/caption]Scott Dixon was fourth and Danica Patrick -- after starting the race a disappointing 23rd -- finished fifth.
Franchitti, low of fuel, was heading to the Yard of Bricks when the Nos. 37 and 24 cars of Ryan Hunter-Reay and Mike Conway made contact betweens Turns 3 and 4. Conway's car went airborne and made contact with the catch fence. He walked away from the incident.
“It was a great day,” Target Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull said. “It's what race teams work to achieve, to win this race. This is the biggest race in the world. Today we had great race drivers and great race teams. I don't know what the head count is (at the Speedway), but I think they were treated to a great show.
“What we had to employ today was everything we do as a race team. We had to employ setup, speed, strategy, and understanding fuel after different times during the race. That's what we do well as a team. We just try to be consistent in being able to do that.”
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- 05 Jun
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