Felix Rosenqvist Wins Indianapolis 500 in Closest Finish in Race History

INDIANAPOLIS | Felix Rosenqvist won the 110th Indianapolis 500 in the closest finish in race history, edging David Malukas by .0233 seconds in a final-lap fight to the Yard of Bricks.

IndyCar reported that Rosenqvist powered past Malukas exiting Turn 4 on Lap 200, using the high line in the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda for Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The official race report said the margin broke the previous record from 1992, when Al Unser Jr. beat Scott Goodyear by .043 of a second.

The finish turned an already tense race into an Indianapolis memory. Malukas, driving the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, was close enough to make the final straight feel less like a lead and more like a measurement. Rosenqvist’s move gave him the largest win of his IndyCar career on the sport’s most visible stage.

The result also matters for IndyCar because the 500 remains the series’ global showcase. A record-close finish gives the league the kind of replay, debate and civic energy that carries beyond race day, especially when the outcome is decided at the line rather than in a strategy room.

For Indianapolis, the victory adds another chapter to a race built on precision, patience and shock endings. The city did not just host another Memorial Day weekend tradition. It watched the record book change by two-hundredths of a second.

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