Sato takes Indy 500 for second time in career – Fox News

Takuma Sato, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 2017, excellent won the 104th working of the legendary trip.

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The trip performed below caution after Spencer Pigot crashed into the Turn 4 wall with five laps to switch.

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Sato began from third and ran in the tip five replacement the trip, earlier than taking the lead on lap 173 and holding off 2008 winner Scott Dixon, who led 111 laps on his technique to a 2d-order carry out.

The 43-yr-extinct Japanese driver is the final phrase Asian to maintain won the Indy 500 and changed into once scheduled to be one in all the torchbearers for the postponed Tokyo Olympics in July.

“I hope this give a little bit boost for energy, and thanks for the abet,” he stated to his followers in Japan from victory lane.

This changed into once the first time the Indy 500 has been held in August, after it changed into once postponed from its outdated Memorial Day weekend date as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. No followers were allowed to serve.

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Sato changed into once serious just a few pit lane incident on lap 124, when Alexander Rossi pulled out of his stall and hit Sato’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, but did no longer hurt it. Rossi, who changed into once additionally great for the receive on the time, changed into once given a penalty and later crashed out of the trip.

The unfamiliar day began with Roger Penske, the original owner of the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, giving the “starting up your engines” pronounce and telling followers they’ll be “help dwelling in Indiana” to peer the trip in particular person subsequent yr.

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Mario Andretti then led the topic on warmup laps in a two-seat IndyCar with son Michael Andretti utilizing along as a passenger to rejoice their grandson and son Marco Andretti’s pole order starting up.

Andretti would run on to deal with out 13th, whereas Sato’s teammate Graham Rahal, son of employees co-owner Bobby Rahal, took third.

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With the victory, Sato grew to become the tenth two-time winner of the trip. He won an estimated $1.5 million purse, in response to The Carrying Files, which is down from final yr’s $2.7 million prize as a result of the lack of mark sales. The Honda driver changed into once additionally awarded a reproduction of the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray tempo automobile that led him all the contrivance in which by the carry out line.

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