FRANCHITTI CLAIMS SECOND INDIANAPOLIS 500 WIN

Dario Franchitti won his second Indianapolis 500 Mile Race under caution. No matter, the milk still tasted just as good.

Franchitti, who led 155 of the 200 laps, became the 19th multi-time winner of “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing” and his boss, Chip Ganassi, the first owner to win Indy and NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in the same year.

Dan Wheldon, the 2005 winner who closed furiously as Franchitti slowed to save fuel in the final laps, was second for the second straight year, with Marco Andretti, third. Alex Lloyd was fourth, followed by Scott Dixon in fifth.

Franchitti, low on fuel, was heading to the Yard of Bricks when the Ryan Hunter-Reay and Mike Conway made contact between Turns 3 and 4. Conway’s car went airborne and made contact with the catch fence. Conway, who waved to the crowd as he was being taken off the track, was airlifted to Methodist Hospital with leg injuries.

Polesitter Helio Castroneves saw his quest for a record-tying fourth Indy victory come to an end with an uncharacteristic mistake — stalling while leaving the pits on the 146th lap. It left him in need of a yellow-flag miracle at the end that never came, and he finished ninth after one last pit stop on the 193rd lap.

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