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Indy 500 live updates: Drivers, start your engines (finally!)

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May 24, 2024

After a nearly four-hour delay, the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 is on. Scott McLaughlin led the field to green after setting the fastest-ever qualifying average speed of 234.220 mph during last weekend’s Fast Six qualifying. NASCAR Cup Series points leader Kyle Larson has opted to stay at the speedway, potentially risking his spot in their playoffs.

Live34 updates

  • Larson missed a shift on the restart

    Prior to the race he had told Marty Snider that re-starts were his biggest concern since that’s something you can’t practice in the live car.

  • 🟩 GREEN FLAG 🟩

    Back to racing on Lap 10. Kyle Larson has a horrible re-start and drops to 14th place from 5th.

  • Marcus Armstrong also out

    He joins the three victims of the Lap 1, Turn 1 incident that took out Tom Blomqvist, Marcus Ericsson and Pietro Fittipaldi

  • 🟨 YELLOW FLAG 🟨

    After less than a lap, we have a crash involving 2022 winner Marcus Ericsson and rookie Tom Blomqvist. Blomqvist lost it into Turn 1, collecting Ericsson. Pietro Fittipaldi also went around but was able to get running again.

  • 🟩 GREEN FLAG 🟩

    Three-wide, eleven deep, we’re racing in Indy!

  • Trouble before the green flag

    Arrow McLaren’s Callum Ilott is already in the pit lane changing out his steering wheel after reporting he had trouble shifting gears.

  • Seems impossible given the pictures earlier

  • And here come Ganassi Racing

  • A look at how pit strategy could play out today

  • Arrow McLaren has entered Gasoline Alley

  • Timing of pre-game festivities

  • The car all eyes are on

  • Local blackout lifted

  • Driver intros, green flag update

    The NBC broadcast reports the following tentative timings

    3:48 p.m.: Driver introductions

    4:45 p.m.: Green flag drops

  • Kyle Larson update

    Mike Tirico on the NBC broadcast reports that IMS President Doug Boles said Kyle Larson is still at the Speedway and will be there for the start of the Indy 500.

  • Dryers big and small getting the track ready

  • Green flag ETA 4:30 p.m. ET

    Which is right in line with the projections that have been put forward all day. Also means a big decision for Kyle Larson, though he’s indicated previously he would stay in Speedway and drive the Indy 500 instead of the Coca-Cola 600.

  • 💨 Jet dryers out on track

    The NBC broadcast shows that the drying trucks are out on track and that there is sunshine over the Turn 3-4 complex.

  • Rain gone, stars coming out at Indy

  • Indy 500 weather advisory lifted

    Now, to dry the track (whiche could take a while)

  • Kyle Larson update

    Marty Snider and Jeff Burton on the NBC broadcast report that Kyle Larson has a police escort to the airport available if he can’t travel by helicopter — but that’s only if he opts to go to the Coca-Cola 600 instead of running the Indy 500 today. He can’t leave the speedway any later than 4:15 p.m. ET in order to make it to Charlotte in time.

  • Racing of a certain type at the Speedway

  • Rain could halt by about 2 p.m. ET

  • Colton Herta = chillin’

    Colton Herta is lounging in his motorhome, catching up on the F1 Monaco Grand Prix from earlier today…

  • Kyle Larson’s ‘Double’ attempt in jeopardy

    Every minute of this delay diminishes the chances Kyle Larson will be able to run ‘The Double.’ He has indicated he will stay in Indianapolis if the race goes off today and conflicts with NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600.

  • Just a couple of Indiana boys…

  • Anything to pass the time…

  • “I believe I’ve been to all but two of the 108 runnings of the Indy 500” — Indianapolis native and team co-owner David Letterman.

  • Indy 500 start delayed

The dominant narrative during “The Month of May” at the Speedway is Kyle Larson’s attempt at “The Double” — running the combined 600 laps and 1,100 miles of the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same day. Weather may wreak havoc on that endeavor (more on that later), but if he starts both races he’ll be only the fifth driver ever to do so.

Kyle Larson drives into a turn during a practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

NASCAR’s Kyle Larson qualified fifth for the Indy 500, which would be his first-ever IndyCar start. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Yahoo Sports’ Nick Bromberg wrote earlier in the week on the primary storylines for the Indy 500, including:

  • Team Penske seeking 20th win: The owner of series and speedway has quite the trophy collection and, after sweeping all three spots on the front row this year, has an excellent chance to make it to 20 victories in the race.

  • Honda’s challenge of Chevrolet: Chevys took the top eight spots in qualifying and had a clear advantage when the engines were turned all the way up; can a Honda in race trim unseat them.

  • Former winners in the field: This year’s grid features eight past winners, including four-time victor Helio Castroneves. The Brazilian legend could break the record for most wins ever at the event, which would lift him above the likes of A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser.

Defending champion Josef Newgarden will start third on the grid and sports the best odds entering the weekend at 5-to-1 according to BetMGM.

Best odds to win
Josef Newgarden +500
Scott McLaughlin +550
Kyle Larson +675
Will Power +700
Alexander Rossi +800
Pato O’Ward +850

The top six betting favorites are either from the Penske or Arrow McLaren stables, with Indy 500 rookie and current NASCAR Cup Series points leader Kyle Larson sporting a +675 moneyline ahead of his first IndyCar start.

Being the longest continually running auto race in the United States (beginning in 1911), there are plenty of traditions that have built up over the years. Most notably they are:

  • Singing of “Back Home Again in Indiana” just prior to the command to fire engines.

  • Indianapolis Gordon Pipers bagpipe group plays the Borg-Warner Trophy into the speedway before the race and plays the winner to victory lane afterward.

  • Three-car wide starting grid (opposed to the usual two-wide for all other races).

  • Winner kisses the three feet of bricks marking the speedway’s finish line (which actually started after Dale Jarrett won NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 in 1996).

  • Winner drinks (or douses themself with) a quart of milk of their choice: Whole, 2% or skim.

  • Winner is presented with a wreath featuring 33 orchids, representing the 33 cars entered.

  1. Scott McLaughlin (3), Team Penske Chevrolet, 234.220 mph

  2. Will Power (12), Team Penske Chevrolet, 233.917 mph

  3. Josef Newgarden (2), Team Penske Chevrolet, 233.808 mph

  4. Alexander Rossi (7), Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, 233.090 mph

  5. Kyle Larson (17), Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, 232.846 mph

  6. Santino Ferrucci (14), A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet, 232.692 mph

  7. Rinus Veekay (21), Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 232.610 mph

  8. Pato O’Ward (5), Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, 232.584 mph

  9. Felix Rosenqvist (60), Meyer Shank Racing Chevrolet, 232.305 mph

  10. Takuma Sato (75), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 232.171 mph

  11. Kyle Kirkwood (27), Andretti Global Honda, 23.993 mph

  12. Ryan Hunter-Reay (23), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet, 230.567 mph

  13. Colton Herta (26), Andretti Global/Curb-Abajanian Honda, 232.316 mph

  14. Alex Palou (10), Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, 232.306 mph

  15. Callum Ilott (6), Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, 232.230 mph

  16. Marcus Armstrong (11), Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, 232.017 mph

  17. Ed Carpenter (20), Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 232.017 mph

  18. Kyffin Simpson (4), Chip Ganasi Racing Honda, 231.948 mph

  19. Marco Andretti (98), Andretti Herta/Marco & Curb-Abajanian Honda, 231.890 mph

  20. Helio Castroneves (06), Meyer Shank/urb-Abajanian Honda, 231.871 mph

  21. Scott Dixon (9), Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, 231.851 mph

  22. Agustin Canapino (75), Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet, 231.847 mph

  23. Sting Ray Robb (41), A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet, 231.826 mph

  24. Christian Rasmussen (33), Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 231.682 mph

  25. Tom Blomquist (66), Meyer Shank Racing Honda, 231.578 mph

  26. Romain Grosjean (77), Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet, 231.514 mph

  27. Linus Lundqvist (8), Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, 231.506 mph

  28. Christian Lundgaard (45), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 231.465 mph

  29. Conor Daly (24), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet, 231.243 mph

  30. Pietro Fittipaldi (30), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 231.100 mph

  31. Katherine Legge (51), Dale Coyne Racing Honda, 230.092 mph

  32. Marcus Ericsson (28), Andretti Global Honda, 230.027 mph

  33. Graham Rahal (15), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 229.974

It’s not pretty. Sunday calls for thunderstorms with a 62% chance of rain, which is a major threat to Kyle Larson’s attempt to run all 1,100 miles in one day. Any significant delay of the green flag for the Indy 500 would likely result in Larson flying out for his “day job” driving the No. 5 Hendrick Racing Chevrolet in the series he won outright in 2021.

“Yeah, it doesn’t look too promising for Indy on Sunday. … If it’s going to rain, I hope it rains all day,” Larson told reporters earlier in the week. “That way it can just get pushed to Monday or something, and then Charlotte is not going to rain, I just hope it doesn’t rain, and we can get it in on Sunday night and then come here Monday.”

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