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Dixon has fallen into the clutches of Power very quickly, so it looks like any strategy gamble there isn't going to pay off.
Servia, Wilson, Harvey, Dixon, Claman de Melo, Power is your top six on lap 182/200.
Pit stop
Wickens has pitted, so Servia retakes the lead.
Out on track Wickens has passed Servia for the lead.
Crucially, Dixon is ahead of Power by nine seconds, thanks to that strategy change under the last caution.
Off-strategy drivers lead the way at the moment, with Power currently seventh, having been in the lead before these green flag stops.
Pit stop
Lap 177 and Munoz pits from the lead.
Pit stop
Pagenaud stops next time by, so that's all of our leaders having been into the pits. Munoz now leads the race from Servia and Wickens.
Pit stop
Rossi is in next time around, so Pagenaud assumes first place.
Pit stop
Now Carpenter comes in from the lead, and Rahal is in as well. Rossi takes over the lead.
Pit stop
Hunter-Reay pits on the following lap, and Kanaan comes in too behind him.
Pit stop
Power pits from the lead on lap 171. Carpenter leads the Indy 500.
Pit stop
Andretti and Newgarden pit, so Kanaan is up to seventh now behind the leading pack of cars.
Dixon is 19th after that late stop under the previous caution. He's 13 seconds off the lead at the moment, waiting for the race to come back to him.
Rahal is starting to get back up to the leaders, but there's a 1.7s gap back to Andretti now in seventh.
Power, Carpenter, Rossi, Pagenaud and Hunter-Reay have edged a slight gap to Rahal in sixth. It's a five-car battle right now, but overtaking has been so tough so far today. Things can always change when it gets serious at the end of the Indy 500, though.
We've lost count of the number of cars Kanaan overtook on that first lap of racing but he's up to ninth now!
Power continues to lead from Carpenter, Rossi, Pagenaud, Hunter-Reay.
Rossi attacks Carpenter on the outside at Turn 1, but Carpenter holds on to second.
Green flag
Green again - here we go!
Pit stop
Dixon pits alone from seventh. 39 laps to go - Ganassi playing a fuel game here?
Rossi (left) was on the move on that previous restart
Servia pitting has moved Newgarden into the top 10.
Pit stop
Kimball, Servia, Wilson, Chilton and Veach dive for the pits under yellow.
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Top 10 as we are back under caution, after an eventful single lap of racing there: 1 Power, 2 Carpenter, 3 Rossi, 4 Pagenaud, 5 Hunter-Reay, 6 Andretti, 7 Servia, 8 Dixon, 9 Leist, 10 Rahal.
Karam just lost the rear exiting Turn 4 and it snapped the car around into the wall.
Yellow flag
Karam slides down the frontstretch, managing to avoid collecting anyone else, and his car comes to a stop. "I don't know what happened, man," he says on the radio.
Crash
Karam crashes at Turn 4!
Rossi swoops around the outside of Hunter-Reay at Turn 1 on the restart,and he picks off Pagenaud immediately as well! The 2016 winner is up to third.
Green flag
We're back to racing at the business end of the Indy 500.
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On lap 150 of 200, your top 10:
1. Power
2. Carpenter
3. Pagenaud
4. Hunter-Reay
5. Rossi
6. Andretti
7. Karam
8. Dixon
9. Leist
10. Newgarden
1. Power
2. Carpenter
3. Pagenaud
4. Hunter-Reay
5. Rossi
6. Andretti
7. Karam
8. Dixon
9. Leist
10. Newgarden
Castroneves spun all on his lonesome exiting Turn 4 before hitting the inside wall.
That's his hopes of a record-tying fourth Indy 500 win over for this year.
Yellow flag
Castroneves hits the wall!
Castroneves moves past Hunter-Reay for fourth as Power pulls a good lead over!
Power held off Pagenaud to keep the lead, we have three and four cars wide further back at Turn 1!
Green flag
Back to green!
Top 10 under yellow on lap 145
1. Power
2. Carpenter
3. Pagenaud
4. Hunter-Reay
5. Castroneves
6. Andretti
7. Karam
8. Dixon
9. Rossi
10. Leist
1. Power
2. Carpenter
3. Pagenaud
4. Hunter-Reay
5. Castroneves
6. Andretti
7. Karam
8. Dixon
9. Rossi
10. Leist
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