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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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| Indianapolis 500 | |||||
| Sanctioning body | IndyCar | ||||
| Season | 2023 IndyCar season | ||||
| Date | May 28, 2023 | ||||
| Winner |  Josef Newgarden | ||||
| Winning team | Team Penske | ||||
| Average speed | 168.193 mph (270.680 km/h) | ||||
| Pole position |  Álex Palou | ||||
| Pole speed | 234.217 mph (376.936 km/h) | ||||
| Rookie of the Year |  Benjamin Pedersen | ||||
| Most laps led |  Pato O'Ward (39) | ||||
| Pre-race ceremonies | |||||
| National anthem | Jewel | ||||
| "Back Home Again in Indiana" | Jim Cornelison | ||||
| Starting command | Roger Penske | ||||
| Pace car | Chevrolet Corvette (C8)[1] | ||||
| Pace car driver | Tyrese Haliburton[2] | ||||
| Starter | Aaron Likens | ||||
| Honorary starter | Adam Driver[3] | ||||
| TV in the United States | |||||
| Network | NBC (blacked out locally) | ||||
| Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell, James Hinchcliffe | ||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.65 (4.716 million viewers)[4] | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The 2023 Indianapolis 500, branded as the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge for sponsorship reasons, was a 500-mile (804.7 km, 200 lap) race in the 2023 IndyCar Series, held on Sunday, May 28, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. The month of May activities formally began on Saturday, May 13 with the GMR Grand Prix on the combined road course. Practice on the oval was slated to begin on May 16 but was canceled due to rain and as a result, the first practice was held on May 17. Time trials took place on May 20–21, while Carb Day, the traditional final day of practice, along with the Pit Stop Challenge, took place on May 26.
Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing entered the race as the defending winner.[5][6] 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2004 series champion Tony Kanaan announced that he would retire after the race.[7] Álex Palou won the pole position for the race, his first pole at Indianapolis and the eighth for the Chip Ganassi Racing team. Palou's qualifying speed of 234.217 mph (376.936 km/h) set a new record for fastest pole speed for the Indianapolis 500, besting the speed that his teammate Scott Dixon had set the previous year. The run also replaced Dixon's as the second-fastest qualification run at Indianapolis ever.[8]
Josef Newgarden passed Marcus Ericsson on a frantic restart with half a lap to go following multiple late race incidents to win his first Indianapolis 500. It was the third Indy 500 in history with a last lap pass for the win (the others being 2006 and 2011), and the first with a one-lap shootout to the finish since 1997. It was also the first Indianapolis 500 since 1973 to have the red flag put out three times and first time race was red-flagged three times in history of IndyCar Series under this title.[9] Roger Penske (owner of Team Penske) collected his record-extending 19th Indianapolis 500 victory as an owner, and first Indy victory since purchasing the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in late 2019.
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- ^ "Pacers' star Tyrese Haliburton to drive pace car at 107th Indianapolis 500". Indianapolismotorspeedway.com. Indianapolis Motor Speedway. May 24, 2023. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ "Adam Driver named Indianapolis 500 Honorary Starter". Indianapolismotorspeedway.com. Indianapolis Motor Speedway. May 23, 2023. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ Crask, Andrew (May 31, 2023). "TV ratings: Indy 500, Monaco". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
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- ^ Horner, Scott (May 29, 2022). "Indy 500 2022 live: Marcus Ericsson wins in late shootout". IndyStar.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ Malsher-Lopez, David (February 15, 2023). "Kanaan to retire from IndyCar after this year's Indy 500". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ Malsher-Lopez, David (May 21, 2023). "Palou rockets to pole for 107th Indianapolis 500". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a44023979/josef-newgarden-wins-indy-500-that-features-3-red-flags-controversial-one-lap-dash/