A insanely dramatic end to the 107th running of the Indy 500 saw Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden taking the chequered flag to win the Greatest Spectacle in Motorsport in the penultimate corner of the final lap.
The first caution came out on Lap 90 when Sting Ray Robb hit the wall, and with plenty of clean running things were looking good for Felix Rosenqvist until he also slammed into the wall and then hit Kyle Kirkwood on the way back across the track.
That was with 15 laps to go and the race was red flagged, then on the restart Pato O’Ward, who was among the front runners, spun while tangling with Marcus Ericsson and smashed into the wall.
The incidents weren’t finished when Christian Lundgaard ran into Ed Carpenter before they had even crossed the start-finish line to begin the final four laps of the race.
That left a one lap shootout for the win and Newgarden passed Ericsson with two corners to go to take the chequered flag and his first ever Indy 500 win.
Indy 500 Final Race Results 2023
| Pos | Driver | Team | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | 200 Laps |
| 2 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi | 200 Laps |
| 3 | Santino Ferrucci | AJ Foyt Enterprises | 200 Laps |
| 4 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi | 200 Laps |
| 5 | Alexander Rossi | Arrow McLaren | 200 Laps |
| 6 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi | 200 Laps |
| 7 | Takuma Sato | Chip Ganassi | 200 Laps |
| 8 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing | 200 Laps |
| 9 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport | 200 Laps |
| 10 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | 200 Laps |
| 11 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Dreyer & Reinbold | 200 Laps |
| 12 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger | 200 Laps |
| 13 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Autosport | 200 Laps |
| 14 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | 200 Laps |
| 15 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | 200 Laps |
| 16 | Tony Kanaan | Arrow McLaren | 200 Laps |
| 17 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport | 200 Laps |
| 18 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | 199 Laps |
| 19 | C. Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | 198 Laps |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | 197 Laps |
| 21 | Ben Pedersen | AJ Foyt Enterprises | 196 Laps |
| 22 | Stefan Wilson | Dreyer & Reinbold | 195 Laps |
| 23 | Will Power | Team Penske | 195 Laps |
| 24 | Pato O’Ward | Arrow McLaren | 192 Laps |
| 25 | Simon Pagenaud | Meyer Shank Racing | 192 Laps |
| 26 | Agustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger | 192 Laps |
| 27 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | 183 Laps |
| 28 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | 183 Laps |
| 29 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing | 160 Laps |
| 30 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | 149 Laps |
| 31 | Sting Ray Robb | Dale Coyne Racing | 90 Laps |
| 32 | RC Enerson | Abel Motorsports | 75 Laps |
| 33 | Katherine Legge | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | 41 Laps |
