2014 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 98th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 25, 2014. It is the premier event of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Tony Kanaan entered the race as the defending champion. Ed Carpenter won the pole position, his second consecutive pole at Indy. The race was won by Ryan Hunter-Reay, the first American-born winner since Sam Hornish, Jr. in 2006. Hunter-Reay held off second place Hélio Castroneves by a margin of 0.0600 seconds, the second-closest finish in race history. At an average speed of 186.563 mph (300.244 km/h), it was also the second-fastest 500 in history. Marco Andretti, Carlos Muñoz, and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top five. Kurt Busch, in sixth position, claimed Rookie of the Year honors.
The month of May activities opened with the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis, which was won by Simon Pagenaud on May 10. Practice opened for the Indy 500 on Sunday, May 11.^[3] Time trials were held over two days, May 17–18, and a post-qualifying practice was held on May 19. The traditional final day of practice, dubbed Carb Day, was held on Friday, May 23.
All four divisions of the Road to Indy ladder participated in the month of May activities. The Cooper Tires Indy Lights held the Liberty Challenge and Freedom 100. The Pro Mazda Series and U.S. F2000 held races on the Speedway's road course, then held oval races at nearby Lucas Oil Raceway. The Speed Energy Formula Off-Road series also held an event on Carb Day. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:

Row	Inside		Middle		Outside
1	20	Ed Carpenter	27	James Hinchcliffe	12	Will Power
2	3	Hélio Castroneves (W)	77	Simon Pagenaud	25	Marco Andretti
3	34	Carlos Muñoz	67	Josef Newgarden	21	J. R. Hildebrand
4	2	Juan Pablo Montoya (W)	9	Scott Dixon (W)	26	Kurt Busch (R)
5	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	19	Justin Wilson	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)
6	10	Tony Kanaan (W)	11	Sébastien Bourdais	16	Oriol Servià
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	15	Graham Rahal	18	Carlos Huertas (R)
8	63	Pippa Mann	14	Takuma Sato	68	Alex Tagliani
9	6	Townsend Bell	83	Charlie Kimball	5	Jacques Villeneuve (W)
10	33	James Davison (R)	41	Martin Plowman (R)	8	Ryan Briscoe
11	22	Sage Karam (R)	17	Sebastián Saavedra	91	Buddy Lazier (W)

Other Drivers on Entry List:

E. J. Viso

Lap-By-Lap Summery:

Green Flag: James Hinchcliffe Leads Lap 1

Lap 10: Ed Carpenter Took the lead

Lap 29: James Hinchcliffe Took the lead

Lap 30: Will Power Took the lead

Lap 31: Tony Kanaan Took the lead

Lap 32: Mikhail Aleshin Took the lead

Lap 33: James Hinchcliffe Took the lead

Lap 37: Will Power Took the lead

Lap 58: Marco Andretti Took the lead

Lap 62: Helio Castroneves Took the lead

Lap 63: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 64: Juan Montoya Took the lead

Lap 67: Helio Castroneves Took the lead

Lap 92: Ed Carpenter Took the lead

Lap 94: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 95: Juan Montoya Took the lead

Lap 100: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 108: Helio Castroneves Took the lead

Lap 118: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 124: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 125: Juan Montoya Took the lead

Lap 133: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 139: Marco Andretti Took the lead

Lap 150: Caution #1 Car #83 Charlie Kimball Crashed in Turn 2

Lap 154: Ed Carpenter Took the lead 

Lap 156: Green Flag 

Lap 158: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 163: Ed Carpenter Took the lead

Lap 164: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 168: Caution #2 Car #9 Scott Dixon Crashed in Turn 4
During The Caution Car #41 Martin Plowman got in the back of Car #67 Josef Newgarden and caused Josef to Crash

Lap 171: Alex Tagliani Took the lead

Lap 174: Green Flag: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 176: Caution #3 Car #20 Ed Carpenter, and Car #27 James Hinchcliffe Crashed in Turn 1

Lap 179: Green Flag 

Lap 182: Marco Andretti Took the lead

Lap 183: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 185: Helio Castroneves Took the lead

Lap 186: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead

Lap 191: Caution #4 Car #6 Townsend Bell Crashed in Turn 2

Lap 192: Red Flag: To clean up the Crash

Lap 193: Green Flag 

Lap 196: Helio Castroneves Took the lead

Lap 197: Ryan Hunter-Reay Took the lead 

Lap 200: Checkered Flag: Ryan Hunter-Reay Wins his First Indy 500.        

Race Results: 

Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	Ryan Hunter-Reay	200	Running	$2,491,194
2	Helio Castroneves	200	Running	$785,194
3	Marco Andretti	200	Running	$585,194
4	Carlos Munoz	200	Running	$449,194
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	200	Running	$441,944
6	Kurt Busch	200	Running	$423,889
7	Sebastien Bourdais	200	Running	$384,194
8	Will Power	200	Running	$442,194
9	Sage Karam	200	Running	$270,305
10	JR Hildebrand	200	Running	$366,194
11	Oriol Servia	200	Running	$247,305
12	Simon Pagenaud	200	Running	$374,444
13	Alex Tagliani	200	Running	$368,694
14	Jacques Villeneuve	200	Running	$354,194
15	Sebastian Saavedra	200	Running	$349,194
16	James Davison	200	Running	$341,194
17	Carlos Huertas	200	Running	$339,694
18	Ryan Briscoe	200	Running	$344,444
19	Takuma Sato	200	Running	$342,444
20	Jack Hawksworth	200	Running	$346,194
21	Mikhail Aleshin	198	Running	$340,194
22	Justin Wilson	198	Running	$339,194
23	Martin Plowman	196	Running	$225,805
24	Pippa Mann	193	Running	$226,805
25	Townsend Bell	190	Contact	$226,805
26	Tony Kanaan	177	Running	$343,194
27	Ed Carpenter	175	Contact	$463,694
28	James Hinchcliffe	175	Contact	$376,194
29	Scott Dixon	167	Contact	$390,694
30	Josef Newgarden	156	Contact	$344,194
31	Charlie Kimball	149	Contact	$341,194
32	Buddy Lazier	87	Mechanical	$225,305
33	Graham Rahal	44	Electrical	$341,194