Indianapolis 500 2018
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Power: "It was the restart of my life, and when the two [cars ahead] pit, I was screaming 'I'm gonna win this!' I was wondering if I would ever win this. I've had so many wins and poles, but everyone always talks about the 500, and I've won it. What an event, I love it."
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Power: "I can't believe it! I feel like collapsing, I want to cry, I couldn't stop screaming in the car."
Pagenaud gatecrashes Victory Lane to congratulate his team-mate.
Milk time!
Power takes his helmet off, still sat in the car, and is taking a moment to himself before climbing out.
Power makes the turn into Victory Lane at Indianapolis. A special moment.
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Top 10 at the flag: 1 Power, 2 Carpenter, 3 Dixon, 4 Rossi, 5 Hunter-Reay, 6 Pagenaud, 7 Munoz, 8 Newgarden, 9 Wickens, 10 Rahal.
Checkered flag
Will Power wins the 2018 Indianapolis 500!
Radio Comms
"Clear behind, by 40 [car lengths]," Power is told.
Power takes the white flag with a comfortable lead. 2.5 miles left at Indy.
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Power, Carpenter, Dixon, Rossi, Hunter-Reay, Pagenaud - top six with two laps to go.
Power starts lap 198/200 with a two-second lead over Carpenter, who moves up to second with Servia diving for the pits.
Power leads from Servia, Carpenter and Dixon.
Pit stop
Wilson and Harvey pit! Power leads the Indy 500!
Power has to lift in Turn 2, which costs him ground, but he gets a great run down the backstretch and he's back on Harvey's tail.
Harvey has Power covered into Turn 1 at the start of lap 196. Wilson still leads.
Harvey is next in line for Power, and he's closing up.
Power picks off Servia for third at the start of lap 195.
Wilson leads the race he had to give up his seat at last year for Fernando Alonso.
Wilson and Harvey both pass Servia in Turn 1!
Green flag
Green flag at Indy!
We're going to get the green flag at the start of lap 194/200.
Confidence on the Penske pit wall that Power has the pace to work his way from fourth to get back into the lead. He'll need to pick off Harvey, Wilson, and then Servia to get the lead.
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Order under yellow on lap 191: 1 Servia, 2 Wilson, 3 Harvey, 4 Power, 5 Dixon, 6 Carpenter, 7 Rossi, 8 Hunter-Reay, 9 Pagenaud, 10 Kimball.
Servia is staying out, saving fuel, and his team believes he can get to the end without another fuel stop.
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"You're the leader, go as slow as you want," race leader Servia is told on the radio.
Talking of crashes, here's Karam's from earlier.
The rear just got away from Kanaan coming out of Turn 2, and he made light contact with the outside wall.
Yellow flag
"I'm OK, sorry guys," says Kanaan.
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Kanaan crashes!
Power is 14 seconds adrift of Servia, who leads on an alternative strategy at the moment.
Behind Power and Dixon, the conventional pack of leaders remains Carpenter, Rossi, Hunter-Reay, Pagenaud. Only the last two mentioned have swapped positions.
Power breezes past Dixon to take fourth place on the road. Servia, Wilson and Harvey are ahead of him, but due to stop again.
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By: Matt Beer
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