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you're watching the indy 500 on nbc. our telecast presented by firestone, four-hour delay with the weather finally getting under way a little bit before 5:00 and here about 6:30 indianapolis time, about 30% of the race, 34 of the 111 laps have been run under caution. six different cautions and it's been a wild start to this one, josef newgarden leading and scott mclaughlin is right behind in second and santino ferrucci and kyle larson hoped to go to charlotte and run the coca-cola 600. danica patrick sitting in first position in the indy 500. >> he had a steady start and on one of the restarts he studded the tires and had to go back down and was passed by ten or so cars and dropped down and he worked his way back up, but

let's not forget that, even. what happens when the front bar goes forward? here's what i'm thinking if he was familiar with all these things and was up to par with everybody elsewhere this is natural and imagine what he could do? he had to ask what the front bar did and he love how humble he is that he did ask because he's here to win and look at him in sixth place and another thing to keep in mind is we're entering a time of day that the cars are not ever on track. >> right. >> they are off track by this point in time. so we're seeing cloud cover, shadows and cooling off which is probably going to impact these cars. >> it's evercast. we look into turn one. it's darker here than it was i couple of hours ago. >> back to lee diffey. >> danica, mike, thank you, and it's josef newgarden and

mclaughlin and it's going to be the yellow submarine that takes the lead on the restart. mclaughlin back on front. >> ferrucci and we have cars high. >> andretti. marco andretti! >>ant rety global has had marcus ericsson, marco andretti and colton herta and the kyle kirkwood drive-through penalty and his father mario can only drop their heads and wonder why? how? marco was so close to keeping that off the wall and it was a slow spin and on the restart you were going closer and especially that far back on the line and you have to slow down quite a bit. he got it spun around and it looked like slowed down enough and just caught the attenuator, and the crash structure in the back of the car on the wall and just as we get going, we go back under caution.

for the seventh time today this is what happened to marco. he's right in the middle of that pack and just starts walking around on him super early and he has a tank slapper and he just keeps chasing it, chasing it and finally has to lock it down here. i mean, that's six big tail wags. >> you can see the wheels locking and unlocking and you the brakes might pop back off here and the contact with the left rear. >> the suspension's collapsed. watch how many times he has to catch this thing. >> one, two, three -- >> four, five. wow. >> at least six. he almost had it.

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indianapolis motor speedway, however, we have 83 laps to go in the 108th running of the indy 500. scott mclaughlin who started from the pole position, he had never led a lap in the indy 500 until today, and his fourth try, and how he's led 57 laps today. he's had plenty of time up front. his teammate josef newgarden who won a year ago he led and mclaughlin is not holding on for anybody and here he is here in indy. >> watch the two lime green cars. they've been going at it. rasmussen and qana pin on and palou is forced to hide. >> ferrucci wanted to point out and he ran the high side. got the position and now running up in third. >> dillon: excellent job from

rasmussen running the high line and drafts up from kyle larson and goes three wide further back. >> lee: canapino and he went by helio castroneves and callum ilott on the wheel. >> we saw him catch drivers out and he managed to get it done and rossi on the outside and newgarden for second. >> lee: there is a change and the mclaren splits the team, and for a.j. foyt racing. >> kevin: these top five drivers have the ultimate challenge, be aggressive, make moves and don't burn too much fuel in doing it. they're still trying to extend their window. they probably want to get to lap 135 before they pit. >> lee: the race has started and the results posted of this modern era, nobody has a better record or a better average finish than santino ferrucci in

the homes for our troops chevy, the stars and stripes, he runs fourth. he's holding the championship lead and here comes helio castroneves alongside of canapino. >> kevin: he has four indy 500s without moving in traffic and 121 laps in the books. it's funny, this restart was a lot calmer and this should have been the restart we should have seen in the first half of the race and now we're finally in the second. we've eliminated a lot of cars and drivers are starting to find their groove as the sun starts to set, track temps starting to fall and that will affect these race cars. >> just reminding you again, the circumstances until 8:15200 laps that will determine this year's indy 500 and this is where the track temp is dropping. now 94 degrees and keep in mind on any other practice day that you'd have on this track, you'll

never go past 6:00 and it is now 6:45 local time and the -- many of these drivers are experiencing conditions that they've never had, even if you're a veteran at indianapolis. and with the dropping temperature, hinch, if you started with less downforce things were coming in your direction and maybe your car is getting too slow and too draggy in the colder, dense air. >> lee: and look at rossi in that papaya white and black aaron mclaren machine just shadowing mclaughlin. it's chevy heavy at the front. >> dillon: 213. >> lee: until you get to the first honda which is alex palou. >> dillon: that car is capable of 219 out front if he wants to. >> lee: it's time to go through the field brought to you by wix and we kick it off with dave burns. >> the second honda in line is

castroneves running in the eighth position and the drive for five is still alive. his car is good today. they've made no changes on the chassis that has been requested by the driver, but the speed may or may not be there. also having a little bit of trouble gearing on the restarts is not to helio's liking. dylan? >> scott dixon may be in the best position of all and he's the leader and runs 11th right now, but one thing he told me earlier, and we'll have to take advantage of every opportunity that you came with. dixon has passed five cars in the last two restarts and they've in the car. santino he's had might be driving for the best guy to be fine with that type of behavior. a.j. foyt certainly encourages that because that's the way he operated and santino told me friday morning i might get into real estate because i'm taking up space in everybody's head up

and down the paddock. marty? >> dylan talked about scott dixon and it was contact that took ryan hunter-reay out of it and are you surprised he wasn't penalized? >> yeah. i was shocked on both fronts and i've been racing scott dixon for close to two decades and i have never seen it like that on the superspeedway. so, yeah, it was a shock and we had been racing each other, so i'm not sure what that was all about. he knows that i was there. i don't know where he's going, and how that's not a penalty? beyond me, i don't know. but i had my hands full today. we really struggled with the car's balance. we threw some changes at it, and i needed something aggressive to go forward, and we took a risk, and honest it was loose and you had a good run and you can't be

moving forward, and you were too loose in the race and we were coming back, and that was an autumn for scott. >> the former indy series champ and ryan hunter ray fellity on of it early. >> lee: captain america is back in the speedway and it's josef newgarden back in the front and the chevy slides up into the inside of scott mclaughlin and back to lead this 108th endy 500. >> we saw that replay a couple of times with dixon again, and i have to say the ice man is stone cold down the back straightaway, but he skirted by, no calls from race control, and i think scott dixon in a great situation right now on fuel as the lead cars are, as you heard, five laps from pitting.

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last year's winner of the indianapolis 500 and josef newgarden pits for the lead with 70 to go trying to go back-to-back for the first time since helio castroneves over 20 years ago. he's been dealing with a vibration and he's trying to make the car a little bit better. the front wing, and newgarden is back out. >> all right. so how much longer can mclaughlin, rossi, ferrucci go? here comes mclaughlin, here comes kyle larson and here comes augustin canapino. >> a big lockup from kyle larson way past the car there. we've seen this before, guys and a good 500, dillon, come unglued in pit lane. >> the cars are working their way down pit row and it's been really good inside the top ten and just his second year in indy

car racing. >> no word kwt if kyle larson did speed on pit row and to make this more impressive, running sixth, they did not get the last adjustment and scott mclaughlin trying to make the move and win from the pole for team penske and he'll need the front to work better and it's one more stop and there you go, kyle larson does, indeed, get a penalty here. he'll have to come down pit road and that's one of the things that he was rred about is how you would handle pit road and go for speeding, kevin. >> here's alex below. the only thing he's not done is win the indy 500, two-time champion and he'll get shell, fuel and firestone tires and one quick change, marty. >> we talked about the change and the clean start for the aero-mclaren car and they seem to be getting better throughout the race. kyle larson will sort the

drive-through penalty this time, 133, he'll pit this time coming to serve the penalty. and 68 laps to go, but larson will have to serve the penalty, kevin. >> does that mean he went two laps longer than joseph newgarden and amount j. foyt's car is maybe one stop away from having a chance to fight to the finish and willpower going around now as ferrucci releases and the cars, we saw him drop back and he's struggling. >> oh, boy. newgarden got awfully close to the wall and how about alexander rossi to the front. >> two-for-one from alexander rossi and newgarden, as well and rossi to the front and pa loan, and there's ferrucci coming out

of the -- and the driver and the advantage will go to rossi and yoi got him. >> whoa! wow! >> right around the outside goes josef. how did they all fit? how did nobody hit? that was incredible. >> how is the racetrack that clean now and palou to the front of the indy 500, and mclaughlin second. >> rossi from first to third and that ran down the front straight. they're having to do big lifts and everybody's taking their turn up front, but there is some frantic action on track right now. >> it's 4.7. >> they're up two guys in this group. you may not have put in before this and that's canapino and rasmussen and here is the green flag stop by kyle larson. >> here's the thing, guys, that was one of the things he'd have to work on and deal with and you

see the right front all locked up, but t. bell, this is the first step they had to do under pit flag conditions and look at the action on track, guys! this looks like an indy mets race. >> they are closing doors, left, right and center on each other. rasmussen getting really squirrely. >> this kid is not scared! he goes up into the wall. helio castroneves in the blue and white machine. he's looking for a way through. he's fighting with canapino and rasmussen on the outside! >> rossi thought about going with mclaughlin and palou thought better of it and slides back into line as we see a car pulling off track to pit lane there. >> pato o'ward, here's castroneves and have a look at canapino and think twice. >> you have to be so careful as a driver in these situations not to get suckeded into cycle.

calm down, stay big picture. you still have over 60 laps to the end. protect your car and just keep it together. don't get overboard. >> here we go! here we go! helio going overboard and rossi to the inside of palou, and i've got to say, welcome to the big time, christian rasmussen rid there in the day glow white and red car. >> here's what's so funny, the lap types and they're running 2:09 and 2:10, they are in such worse shape than pato o'ward or scott dixon who is leading this ways. i'm glad you watched the one to wafrp and he's in front of the pits. >> pato and that's exactly what will anderson told him a moment ago, listen, everybody has to

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i'm sorry. i forgive you. goodbye. for me, it's saying i love you, but that's tough to say in any language. 57 laps to go in the indy 500. take your pick, make your pick as pato o'ward gets back by his teammate. let's show you the pit stop differential between alex pal you and alex rossi powered by ntt. >> this is so important and it's the in lap, and the time on pit lane and that's essentially the time that's in the driver's hands getting from 60 down to zero and then zero to 60 and

that's just the crews getting the work done, pretty even on the inlaps. and the time in pit for alex palou and in the pit box goes to rossi, so it's the time gained on pit lane that puts the advantage in palou. >> watch the orange and blue car of scott dixon and tucks in behind pato o'ward. scott dixon is four laps to the good on fuel over pato o'ward. i know pnc says brilliantly boring and dixon has been brilliantly spectacular successful with brian hunter-reay. >>. >> lee: kyle larson, meanwhile, we started this weekend and the month of may with the headline that's been coming for a year about larson doing the double and the first nascar driver to attend the double since kurt busch. the weather affected his chances today. he's just got a lap down as

dixon goes by. pato o'ward, is that the pass for the lead and the win? we'll answer that soon, but remember that moment with 54 to go. >> guy, scott duckson has so much, and oh! yellow out! big one for the for the huge one and that's not what scott dixon wanted to see and it allowed the field that needed to seven stretch, and we thought this could have been this year on the front row start with six, and i did not want it to win like, and it just got high, got loose and got in the wall. we've seen so many drivers hang it up on the outside there and we kept wondering