Indy 500 2015 Results

Indy 500 2015 Results

Indy 500 2015 results sheetIndy 500 2015 results sheet led by Juan Pablo Montoya who often has said that his three Team Penske teammates pose the most formidable competition in the Verizon IndyCar Series.

In the closing laps of the 99th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, that proved to be the case.

Montoya, who won the race 15 years earlier in his first start, held off reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion and teammate Will Power by .1046 of a second — the fourth-closest finish in race history — in a thrilling battle over the final 15 laps that also included pole sitter and 2008 race winner Scott Dixon. Five of the 37 lead changes occurred in those 15 laps following a restart, with Montoya overtaking Dixon in Turn 1 for second place and Power in Turn 4 to lead Lap 197 by .0420 of a second.

“It was awesome,” said Montoya, 39, of Colombia, after placing the winner’s wreath around his neck and letting the milk dribble down his chin. “This is what racing in Indy car is all about, racing down to the wire. These guys, Team Penske, did an amazing job. I had the feeling that I had a really good car, but that fight at the end was really, really hard. All the way down to the wire. This is pretty awesome.”

The victory extended Roger Penske’s record of Indy 500 victories to 16.

“You give that guy the bit and put it in his mouth and he doesn’t give up,” said Penske, the race strategist for three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves. “It’s a great day for Team Penske. I knew we had two up there, but the worry was Dixon and the 83 (Charlie Kimball). At the end of the day, they played fair. Good passing and we won the race.”

Montoya finished fifth last May in his return to the Indy 500 after a 13-year absence in which he won races in Formula One and NASCAR competition, and he is the first multiple winner in six races this season. He won the opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., and extended his points lead over Power to 25 heading into the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Presented by Quicken Loans doubleheader May 30-31.

Montoya, who started 15th in the No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, fell to 30th early in the race after being hit from behind while under caution, which necessitated a pit stop to change out the rear wing assembly. He then overshot his pit box on Lap 95, which cost precious seconds. Montoya worked his way up to third by Lap 102 and remained in the top five to challenge for the win.

Power was two-tenths of a second behind Montoya entering the white flag lap, but couldn’t make a dramatic last-turn pass.

“I just had too much push when he got by,” Power said. “I had to lift on that last lap.He was definitely better when he got behind me. That’s why he got the run. Anywhere else I’d be happy with second. But here …

“It was a great month overall — first, first and second, second.”

Power won the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 9 from the pole and started second on the oval in the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet.

Kimball was .7950 of a second back in third — a career best in five Indy 500 starts — after starting 14th in the No. 83 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Dixon, who led a field-high 84 laps, was 1.0292 seconds arrears in fourth place in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Graham Rahal, who started 17th in the No. 15 Steak ‘n Shake Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, finished fifth.

“I think we generally had a pretty good restart there,” Dixon said. “I was just trying to pace it. When I really needed to go, I just couldn’t turn the car. We were fighting a little bit with the car overheating, so we were trying to go over different ignition maps. There was definitely a lot going on. As the laps were counting down I was trying to make something happen.

“I’m real proud of the Team Target guys. They did a good job all month but unfortunately we came away with fourth.”

Marco Andretti, Castroneves, JR Hildebrand, Josef Newgarden and front-row starter Simon Pagenaud completed the top 10 that includes five Americans on this Memorial Day weekend.

 

Indy 500 2015 Results

The 99th Indianapolis 500 Results Sheet

Pos. Car # Driver Manufacturer Laps Running / Reason Out
1 2 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 200 Running
2 1 Will Power Chevrolet 200 Running
3 83 Charlie Kimball Chevrolet 200 Running
4 9 Scott Dixon Chevrolet 200 Running
5 15 Graham Rahal Honda 200 Running
6 27 Marco Andretti Honda 200 Running
7 3 Helio Castroneves Chevrolet 200 Running
8 6 JR Hildebrand Chevrolet 200 Running
9 21 Josef Newgarden Chevrolet 200 Running
10 22 Simon Pagenaud Chevrolet 200 Running
11 11 Sebastien Bourdais Chevrolet 200 Running
12 5 Ryan Briscoe Honda 200 Running
13 14 Takuma Sato Honda 200 Running
14 24 Townsend Bell Chevrolet 200 Running
15 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Honda 200 Running
16 98 Gabby Chaves (R) Honda 200 Running
17 48 Alex Tagliani Honda 200 Running
18 7 James Jakes Honda 200 Running
19 29 Simona de Silvestro Honda 200 Running
20 26 Carlos Munoz Honda 200 Running
21 25 Justin Wilson Honda 199 Running
22 63 Pippa Mann Honda 197 Running
23 17 Sebastian Saavedra Chevorlet 175 Contact
24 41 Jack Hawksworth Honda 175 Contact
25 4 Stefano Coletti (R) Chevrolet 175 Contact
26 10 Tony Kanaan Chevrolet 151 Contact
27 19 James Davison Honda 116 Mechanical
28 18 Tristan Vautier Honda 116 Mechanical
29 32 Oriol Servia Honda 112 Contact
30 20 Ed Carpenter Chevrolet 112 Contact
31 88 Bryan Clauson Chevrolet 61 Contact
32 8 Sage Karam Chevrolet 0 Contact
33 43 Conor Daly Honda 0 Mechanical

 

2015 Indianapolis 500 Photos

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