Lap 150’s top 10 was Castroneves, O’Ward, Pagenaud, Sato, Montoya, Power, Andretti, Ericsson, Ferrucci, Hinchcliffe and Rosenqvist, 11.6s back from the leader. Castroneves was in on Lap 151. O’Ward, the new leader, was in at the end of Lap 151. Power’s pit from P11 went wrong on Lap 153 as he spun and stalled while sitting backwards in Pagenaud’s pit box.

Lap 160’s top 10 was Dixon, Palou, Castroneves, O’Ward, Hunter-Reay, VeeKay, Sato, Herta, Pagenaud, and Newgarden, 14.5s behind the leader. Dixon pitted on Lap 163 with a goal of making it to the finish without another stop. He resumed in P24.

Lap 170 had Castroneves take the lead from Palou, and behind them, it was Hunter-Reay, VeeKay, Herta, Sato, and others as pit stop happened and de Silvestro spun on pit lane and remained there. Newgarden also stopped. Castroneves pitted from the lead on Lap 173. Palou was in at the end of the lap as Hunter-Reay locked a brake and sailed past O’Ward in avoidance. Castroneves passed Palou on Lap 176. Hunter-Rear would lose a lap after being called in for a pit lane speeding violation. He’d resume in P27, a lap down.

Lap 180 had Palou move ahead of Castroneves as others ahead needed to pit. Castroneves passed Palou on Lap 183 as Rosenqvist, Hildebrand, and Sato held P1-3 while needing to make their final stops. Palou went back ahead of Castroneves on Lap 184 with O’Ward behind the Brazilian. Castroneves went past Palou on Lap 186 into Turn 1 and Palou went back in front in Turn 3.
As the laps wound down it looked like a three-horse race with Castroneves, Palou and O’Ward up front. Motorsport Images

Lap 190 had Rosenqvist, Sato, Palou, Castroneves, O’Ward, Pagenaud, McLaughlin, Carpenter, Karam, and Montoya in the top 10. It’s on.

Dixon is in P15, but is running super slow to save fuel and falling back.

Lap 194 and Helio takes the lead from Palou as Sato pits from P1. Palou goes to P1 on Lap 196. Palou sets the fastest lap of the race on Lap 197 with a 225.931mph. Another pit lane drive-through for Rosenqvist.

Castroneves takes the lead into Turn 1 on Lap 199! Big traffic ahead of them entering the last lap….

HELIO CASTRONEVES AND MEYER SHANK RACING HAVE WON THE INDY 500!