BREAKING: Hunter-Reay Wins Indy 500

((HT: IMS/ESPN on ABC))

An American driver has won the 98th renewal of the Indianapolis 500 in the second closest finish in the history of the event.

Ryan Hunter-Reay gives Andretti Autosport its 3rd win for car owner Michael Andretti in a finish over Helio Castroneves with four racers finishing in the top 6 overall. Andretti admitted RHR ran a perfect last 6 laps for the win and Helio said post-game, laughingly, that it's still a good day when finishing second sucks.

Two drivers who had a shot, James Hinchcliffe and Ed Carpenter, caused the contenders to thin out a little bit with 26 laps to go


And a Townsend Bell crash with ten to go caused a red flag situation with all the debris on the track


After the track was cleared, it came down to Hunter-Reay and Castroneves


The Indy Star's Stephen Holder and Curt Cavin discuss

Carpenter Wins Kentucky For Sarah Fisher

Sarah Fisher has been a car owner, a driver, and a mom... sometimes all at the same time in IndyCar.

This is the time of year when everyone knows who is going after the championship, and others are playing out the string.

Today, Fisher's Dollar General team, with Ed Carpenter behind the wheel, won at Kentucky. If there's been hard luck in the IndyCar series, Fisher has had it- especially in the bigger races.

We found out that Dollar General isn't coming back as Carpenter's lead sponsor, and Fisher is hoping they'll reconsider now since they only run a partial series to begin with...

Here's the end of the race...
((HT: Versus/IndyCar/youtube))


It was Carpenter's first, Fisher's first as an owner, and the closest race in track history...