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- We had to sit through
a four-hour rain delay

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for this year's Indianapolis 500,

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but it was worth the wait.

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The race crescendoed
into the heads up finale

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that I called in the preview video,

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where we had Penske's Josef
Newgarden facing off directly

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against McLaren's Pato O'Ward.

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It seemed like this was
going to be Pato's year

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after falling short last year.

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Pato made the move that you
see taught in the textbooks.

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You make that pass in the term one

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to seal the deal on the
final lap to win the race,

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but he just couldn't
pull out far enough away

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from Newgarden.

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Newgarden just sat in his slipstream,

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chased him down the back stretch.

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It seemed like he wasn't
going to get the move done

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into turn three,

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but he made that desperate
move around the outside.

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It's the kind of move that
either makes you a hero

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or you crash your car
into the outside wall.

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Newgarden was fortunate
enough and skilled enough

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to get the move done on the last lap

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to win the Indianapolis 500
for the second year in a row.

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It was a Sunday that Honda
would like to forget.

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Nine out of the 11 cars that
failed to finish the race

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were powered by Honda engines.

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The only bright side was
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left the race due to mechanical problems.

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The other six left through
various forms of misfortune.

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Most notably, on the
opening turn of the race,

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Tom Blomqvist wandered his car
a bit too low onto the curb,

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spun out, collecting
himself and the 2022 winner,

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Marcus Ericsson.

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And in this melee, Pietro
Fittipaldi also found himself

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out of the race.

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So one turn in, three Hondas out,

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That left, essentially, just
the experienced Honda drivers

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in the field.

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It was Dixon, it was Alex Palou,

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Colton Herta for Andretti was
in the race for a long stint

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until he also crashed out,

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along with his teammate Marco Andretti.

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Essentially outside of the Ganassis,

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it was just Kyle Kirkwood

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who stormed his way through
the field near the end,

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just like Newgarden did to win the race.

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It was definitely a race
that you did not know

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what was gonna happen until the last lap.

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There were two different pit strategies

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with Dixon on an alternative strategy.

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So effectively you had
cars going slightly slower

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than the rest of the field
in an attempt to save fuel,

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stretch out their last stint

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to try to make the run to the flag

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while you had cars who stopped later,

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who had fresher tires, had fuel to burn,

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and pushed their way to the
field just like Josef did.

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All in all, it was an
entertaining, thrilling event.

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It was one of the Indianapolis 500s

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that is an instant classic.

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People are gonna be watching
this race for years,

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maybe even decades, to come.

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