BREAKING: Hunter-Reay Wins Indy 500

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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

Tony Kanaan is Your Indy 500 Champ

It took 12 tries, but perhaps for new Indianapolis 500 champ Tony Kanaan, 12 is his lucky number.

The Brazilian racer cruised to a relatively easy win after taking the lead with 3-laps to go from Ryan Hunter-Reay. He locked it up when a Dario Frachetti crashed, making it a lock Kanaan would get the win.

Kanaan is an Indy Car veteran, who's got 16 wins and a Series title under his belt.

But he'd never won "The Big One".

Rookie Carlos Munoz gets 2nd place, Hunter-Reay finished 3rd and Marco Andretti ended up 4th.

Here are the early highlights of the finish--subject to change later: