Marcus Ericsson

Ericsson held off a hungry Pato O'Ward to win the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 in a dramatic two-lap shootout.

Then on lap 69, Callum Illot hit the outside wall then hit the inside hard on exit. I came in the pit and locked the rears, locked all four. On Lap 39, Rinus Veekay spun and hit the wall coming out of there. Scott Dixon dominated the race, leading 95 of 200 laps from the pole, but was nailed for speeding on his final pit stop on lap 176. The ending sequence began with six laps to go, when Jimmie Johnson wrecked and caused the fifth caution of the day. Ericsson is the second Swede to win the Indianapolis 500, after Kenny Brack in 1999.

Dixon dominated the race from pole position before a late penalty cost him a shot at his second career win.

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Marcus Ericsson of Honda survived a late challenge to win the Indy 500 on Sunday and earned the rights to the coveted Borg-Warner Trophy and to celebrate on ...

" is the flagship event of the IndyCar Series and was first raced in 1911. After leading 95 of the 200 laps on Sunday, Dixon takes solace in becoming the all-time lap leader in Indy 500 history, surpassing Al Unser. "I can't believe it, I'm so happy."

Ericsson was on his way to victory when a crash by teammate Jimmie Johnson set up a two-lap sprint to the finish.

The race returned to green on Lap 46, and after that, Indy 500 rookie Ilott suffered a similar fate as VeeKay -- this time losing it near the end of a stint on burned up tires. Soon after the race went green again on Lap 78, Daly would go on to trade the lead off with Dixon, who soon would become the 500's all-time lap leader, passing Al Unser Sr. (644). The race went back to green on Lap 158, setting up a sprint to the finish with no leaders needing any sort of fuel save miracle to prevail. A year ago, it was Scott Dixon trying to stretch the first stint too long and being shut out of the pits when Stefan Wilson spun to close the pits before the 2008 500 winner could get in. Headed to a likely final shot at a winning pass by O'Ward, Sage Karam crashed on the final lap, sealing Ericsson's first Indy 500 win and Chip Ganassi Racing's first in 10 years (Dario Franchitti, 2012). But Johnson, Ericsson's Ganassi teammate, crashed on Lap 194, forcing race control to throw an immediate yellow flag, followed by a red flag with four laps to go -- sending the cars to pitlane in preparation for a green-white-checkered finish.

After a crash back in traffic brought out the caution flag, Sweden's Marcus Ericsson, representing Chip Ganassi Racing, coasted to the victory podium under ...

But he finished second, falling just short as he tried to give his country a banner celebration on the biggest day in motorsports; Mexico's Sergio Perez opened Sunday with a win in the Monaco Grand Prix. Ganassi had not won the 500 in 10 years and sent five legitimate contenders to Indy to end the drought. Ericsson was winless in five seasons in F1 before he packed up for the United States and a move to North American open-wheel racing. The penalty took him out of contention for the win. Ericsson is the second Swede to win the Indy 500 in 106 runnings, joining 1999 winner Kenny Brack. "You can never take anything for granted, and there were laps to go," Ericsson said.

Jimmie Johnson's late crash set up a dramatic finish, with Pato O'Ward and Tony Kanaan battling Ericsson down the stretch.

Dixon wound up leading 95 of 200 laps Sunday to grab the record, but he failed to win for the fourth straight time after starting the race in pole position. I wouldn’t want to be the leader of the restart,” Kanaan told NBC from his car as he awaited the shootout. The most disappointed about the outcome may have been Dixon, who came into it 75 laps behind Al Unser’s total of 644 for most led all-time in Indy 500 history. Johnson, Ericsson’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate and the seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion running in his first Indy 500, briefly took the lead for a lap with 13 to go, but a crash into the fence on Turn 2 ended his race with six laps left. Scott Dixon, who has led more Indianapolis 500 laps than any other driver, was cruising toward his second career victory in the 106th running of the race Sunday afternoon when he drew a speeding penalty on pit row. I had to do everything there at the end to keep [O’Ward and Kanaan] behind.”

Ericsson took control of the race late — largely because of teammate Scott Dixon's speeding penalty — and had it under control for Chip Ganassi Racing until a ...

But he finished second, falling just short as the Mexican tried to give his country a banner celebration on the biggest day in motorsports; Sergio Perez opened Sunday with a win in the Monaco Grand Prix. Ganassi had not won the 500 in 10 years and sent five legitimate contenders to Indy to end the drought. Ericsson was winless in five seasons in F1 before he packed up for the United States and a move to North American open-wheel racing. The penalty took him out of contention for the win. Ericsson is the second Swede to win the Indy 500 in 106 runnings, joining 1999 winner Kenny Brack. “You can never take anything for granted, and there were laps to go,” Ericsson said.

Ericsson had been leading Pato O'Ward and Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Tony Kanaan by a two-second-plus margin when Jimmie Johnson had crashed with six laps to ...

He had $709,934 in career Indy 500 earnings. But Ericsson met the challenge. Marcus Ericsson in Indy 500

Ericsson took control of Sunday's race late and had it under control for Chip Ganassi Racing until a crash by teammate Jimmie Johnson with four laps remaining ...

Ganassi had not won the 500 in 10 years and sent five legitimate contenders to Indy to end the drought. The stoppage gave Pato O’Ward and the rest of the challengers almost 12 minutes on pit road to strategize how to catch Ericsson for the win. Ericsson is the second Swede to win the Indy 500 in 106 runnings, joining 1999 winner Kenny Brack.

The first Indy 500 in front of a full capacity crowd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 2019 saw a yellow flag come out on the final lap, but Ericsson was ...

We are so excited to open our doors wide at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) and welcome all of our fans back to experience “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The pandemic pushed the race to August that year with no fans in the stands. The stoppage gave the trailing cars time to strategize on how to overtake Ericsson. The race resumed with two laps, and managed to hold on for the victory.

The Swedish driver emerged victorious to claim the first Indianapolis 500 win of his career. It didn't come without some drama. With just a few laps left, ...

The Swedish driver emerged victorious to claim the first Indianapolis 500 win of his career. It didn't come without some drama for the Chip Ganassi Racing ...

With a few laps to go, Marcus Ericsson seemed to have the race well in hand. But a crash and a restart made him work a little harder for the victory.

Formula 1 held its storied Monaco Grand Prix earlier in the day. The crowd, which IndyCar officials said approached 325,000 people, marked a return to normalcy after two years of Covid disruptions. With a few laps to go, Marcus Ericsson seemed to have the race well in hand. His win was the first Indianapolis 500 victory for the Chip Ganassi Racing team in 10 years. Two of Ericsson’s Ganassi teammates dominated for much of the race. A poorly timed pit stop by Palou — moments after a caution flag closed pit road — sent him to the back of the field and essentially ended his chance at victory.

Marcus Ericsson overcame a fear or racing on ovals, winning the Greatest Spectacle of Racing and leaving the likes of Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves ...

"As I sat there under the red flag running through all of the scenarios and thinking about the guys who would be attacking on the restart, I thought about a conversation I had with [three-time Indy 500 winner and mentor] Dario Franchitti," Ericsson recalled. Ericsson, that leader whom Rossi could see but not catch, wasn't yet into the "much more desperate to win it again" stage of his new life as an Indy 500 champion after he finished his traditional victory lap ride atop a pace car adorned with a wreath and milk mustache. "Our goal as racing drivers is to win, no matter what it takes," Ericsson added before heading into the Indianapolis evening to celebrate with his family. All you can do is hope you are that close again, but now you have to wait a year to see if that happens." The 31-year-old Swedish racer, who came to IndyCar from Formula One in 2019 with an admitted fear of racing on ovals. But there is only one of the 365 days on an IndyCar racer's calendar that is a potential gateway to immortality. He looked off into the distance as he talked, replaying the final laps of the race in his mind and sounding like man in a dentist's chair with no Novocain: "When the leader is right there, where you can see him, and you know that the checkered flag is coming out soon, but you can't catch them. "This is the one place where if you win it once, it only makes you that much more desperate to win it again," explained Alexander Rossi, the 2016 Indy 500 champion, who finished fifth on Sunday. In seven career starts, he has finished seventh or better five times, including a runner-up effort in 2019. They don't commission an artist to sculpt your face from silver to be placed on a 6-foot-tall art deco trophy alongside the likenesses of A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti when you win the Music City Grand Prix or the Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300. "And I also wanted to take my mind off me not being able to close the deal today." "I wanted to say thank you," the 47-year-old racer explained. INDIANAPOLIS -- Richard Petty once said, "I can't recall so much about the 200 races that I won, but I can tell you every single little detail about the 1,000 races that I lost.

Ericsson became the second Swede to win the Indy 500 on Sunday when he held off some of the biggest names in North American auto racing in front of the ...

Ganassi had not won the 500 in 10 years and sent five legitimate contenders to Indy to end the drought. The New Zealander led 95 of the 200 laps, and his Honda was easily the fastest in the field — so fast that Dixon didn’t slow down enough on his final pit stop. “You’re going to have things happen in these 500-mile races and they’re not always going to fall your way. He signed a contract extension with Arrow McLaren SP on Friday and desperately wanted the win to celebrate his status as McLaren’s star. It is the fifth Indy 500 win for team owner Chip Ganassi, who caught a ride to the podium on the side of Ericsson’s car. But O’Ward finished second, falling just short as he tried to give Mexico a banner celebration on the biggest day in motorsports; Sergio Perez opened Sunday with a win in the Monaco Grand Prix. “When that caution came out, I thought it was going to be another restart. Karam was transported to a hospital for evaluation of muscular soreness. IndyCar is among the purest forms of motorsports and rarely throws artificial cautions or issues stoppages that might change the outcome. “Moved here, put my whole life into trying to become an IndyCar and mainly Indianapolis 500 champion. You don’t get a lot of credit running in the back. I did five years in Formula One, almost a hundred grand prixs, running for small teams, towards the back most of it.