The 95th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 29, 2011. The race was part of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The track opened for practice on May 14 and time trials were held from May 21 to 22. The race was won by Dan Wheldon (his second after winning the 2005 race) and this was the last win of his racing career. Alex Tagliani won the pole position.
American rookie J. R. Hildebrand took the lead with two laps to go. As the leaders were frantically cycling through pit stops, Hildebrand was nursing a car very low on fuel. He was attempting to stretch his tank to the finish, and score a huge upset victory. On the final turn of the final lap, his car went high, and he hit the outside wall. As his wrecked car was coasting down the frontstretch, Dan Wheldon slipped by in the final 1,000 feet to take the victory. Hildebrand slid across the finish line to place second. Four months later, Wheldon was killed in a crash in the IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driving the car Tagliani had qualified on the pole in.[6]
The race was the culmination of the three-year-long Centennial era, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the track (1909) and the 100th anniversary of the inaugural race in 1911. Throughout May, the race was advertised as the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 and the Centennial Indianapolis 500. Since the race was suspended during World Wars I and II, the 100th running of the 500 will not be held until 2016.
The race was billed as the "Most Important Race in History".[7] It was the final Indy 500 contested with the normally aspirated "spec" Dallara IR-05/Honda Indy V-8 machines. In 2012, the series implemented a new chassis package and reintroduced turbocharged engines. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Indianapolis_500
Starting Lineup:
| Row | Inside | Middle | Outside | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77 |  Alex Tagliani |
9 |  Scott Dixon (W) |
2 |  Oriol Servià |
| 2 | 99 |  Townsend Bell |
12 |  Will Power |
98 |  Dan Wheldon (W) |
| 3 | 44 | Buddy Rice (W) |
67 | Ed Carpenter |
10 | Dario Franchitti (W) |
| 4 | 5 |  Takuma Sato |
14 |  Vitor Meira |
4 | J. R. Hildebrand (R) |
| 5 | 06 | James Hinchcliffe (R) |
30 |  Bertrand Baguette |
11 | Davey Hamilton |
| 6 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves (W) |
43 | John Andretti |
59 |  E. J. Viso |
| 7 | 22 | Justin Wilson |
88 | Jay Howard (R) |
07 |  Tomas Scheckter |
| 8 | 82 | Tony Kanaan |
78 |  Simona de Silvestro |
23 | Paul Tracy |
| 9 | 7 | Danica Patrick |
6 | Ryan Briscoe |
26 | Marco Andretti |
| 10 | 83 | Charlie Kimball (R) |
38 | Graham Rahal |
19 | Alex Lloyd |
| 11 | 36 | Pippa Mann (R) |
24 | Ana Beatriz |
41 | Ryan Hunter-Reay1 |
Other Drivers on Entry List:
| Bruno Junqueira |
| Ho-Pin Tung |
| James Jakes |
| Mike Conway |
| Patrick Carpentier |
| Raphael Matos |
| Scott Speed |
| Sebastian Saavedra |
Lap-By-Lap Summery:
Green Flag: Scott Dixon Leads Lap 1
Lap 8: Alex Tagliani Took the lead
Lap 21: Caution #1 Car #5 Takuma Sato Crashed in Turn 2
Lap 26: Green Flag
Lap 27: Scott Dixon Took the lead
Lap 28: Caution #2 Car #06 James Hinchcliffe and Car #59 E.J. Viso Crashed in Turn 1
Lap 32: Green Flag
Lap 34: Alex Tagliani Took the lead
Lap 35: Scott Dixon Took the lead
Lap 61: Dario Franchitti Took the lead
Lap 62: Caution #3 Car #88 Jay Howard Lost a Wheel and Crashed coming out of the pits; Ed Carpenter Took the lead
Lap 65: Dario Franchitti Took the lead
Lap 69: Green Flag
Lap 73: Scott Dixon Took the lead
Lap 99: Dario Franchitti Took the lead
Lap 100: JR Hildebrand Took the lead
Lap 101: Caution #4 Car #06 James Hinchcliffe Crashed in Turns 3 and 4
Lap 104: Dario Franchitti Took the lead
Lap 106: Green Flag
Lap 113: Oriol Servia Took the lead
Lap 129: Dario Franchtti Took the lead
Lap 138: JR Hildebrand Took the lead
Lap 139: Bertrand Baguette Took the lead
Lap 141: Dario Franchitti Took the lead
Lap 148: Caution #5 Car #77 Alex Tagliani Brushed the Wall in Turn 4
Lap 154: Green Flag
Lap 158: Caution #6 Car #6 Ryan Briscoe, and Car #99 Townsend Bell Crashed in Turn 1
Lap 164: Green Flag: Oriol Servia Took the lead
Lap 166: Graham Rahal Took the lead
Lap 172: Scott Dixon Took the lead
Lap 179: Danica Patrick Took the lead
Lap 189: Bertrand Baguette Took the lead
Lap 198: JR Hildebrand Took the lead
Lap 200: Checkered Flag: JR HILDEBRAND CRASHED COMING OUT OF THE FINAL TURN AND DAN WHELDON PASSED HIM AND WON HIS SECOND AND FINAL INDY 500.
Race Results:
| Finish | Driver | Laps | Status | Prize Money |
| 1 | Dan Wheldon | 200 | Running | $2,567,255 |
| 2 | JR Hildebrand | 200 | Running | $1,064,895 |
| 3 | Graham Rahal | 200 | Running | $666,945 |
| 4 | Tony Kanaan | 200 | Running | $438,745 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | 200 | Running | $519,345 |
| 6 | Oriol Servia | 200 | Running | $364,845 |
| 7 | Bertrand Baguette | 200 | Running | $256,255 |
| 8 | Tomas Scheckter | 200 | Running | $253,805 |
| 9 | Marco Andretti | 200 | Running | $311,245 |
| 10 | Danica Patrick | 200 | Running | $321,745 |
| 11 | Ed Carpenter | 200 | Running | $251,655 |
| 12 | Dario Franchitti | 200 | Running | $369,695 |
| 13 | Charlie Kimball | 199 | Running | $251,555 |
| 14 | Will Power | 199 | Running | $318,745 |
| 15 | Vitor Meira | 199 | Running | $306,745 |
| 16 | Justin Wilson | 199 | Running | $309,995 |
| 17 | Helio Castroneves | 199 | Running | $320,245 |
| 18 | Buddy Rice | 198 | Running | $252,805 |
| 19 | Alex Lloyd | 198 | Running | $254,805 |
| 20 | Pippa Mann | 198 | Running | $251,555 |
| 21 | Ana Beatriz | 197 | Running | $306,745 |
| 22 | John Andretti | 197 | Running | $251,305 |
| 23 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 197 | Running | $252,805 |
| 24 | Davey Hamilton | 193 | Running | $251,305 |
| 25 | Paul Tracy | 175 | Running | $252,805 |
| 26 | Townsend Bell | 157 | Contact | $252,805 |
| 27 | Ryan Briscoe | 157 | Contact | $356,745 |
| 28 | Alex Tagliani | 147 | Contact | $492,245 |
| 29 | James Hinchcliffe | 99 | Contact | $256,305 |
| 30 | Jay Howard | 60 | Contact | $251,555 |
| 31 | Simona de Silvestro | 44 | Handling | $311,745 |
| 32 | E.J. Viso | 27 | Contact | $306,745 |
| 33 | Takuma Sato | 20 | Contact | $310,245 |
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