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Indianapolis 500 2018

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Not that much then. Pagenaud is in on lap 94 of 200.
Carpenter waited one lap longer than Kanaan. The Penskes of Pagenaud, Power and Castroneves will now show just how much fuel they saved.
Ed Carpenter is now in too, meaning Power inherits the lead.
Kanaan pits on lap 90.
Castroneves and Hunter-Reay wheel-to-wheel boosted by a tow on the lapped Howard! Castroneves holds on to fourth.
Kanaan's stint has been over 30 laps now, but that has been boosted by two sets of laps under caution.
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Order after 88 laps
1. Kanaan
2. Carpenter
3. Power
4. Pagenaud
5. Castroneves
6. Hunter-Reay
7. Andretti
8. Pigot
9. Dixon
10. Servia
11. Rossi
12. Kimball
13. Leist
14. Karam
15. Bourdais
16. Harvey
17. Wickens
18. Rahal
19. Chaves
20. Newgarden
21. Hildebrand
22. Munoz
23. De Melo
24. Daly
25. Veach
26. Wilson
27. Chilton
28. Howard
29. Kaiser
Kanaan is edging towards a one second lead over Carpenter after 85 laps.
There's certainly a pattern emerging this year. It has been largely single-file racing, with moves for passing happening on restarts and early in the stints.
Expect the likes of Kanaan to look into their third stops of the race in around five laps time. We've had 81 of the 200 so far.
Rossi is now on the verges of the top 10, having started 32nd.

But remember the top 14 did not stop. When that happens, Newgarden will cycle into the lead.
It's looking like the front six are pulling a bit more of a gap. The new universal aerokit is handy at punching a hole in the air for the leading pack, but makes passing further down the field more tricky.
Hunter-Reay has been quietly impressive, he's on the rear of the Penske train of Power, Pagenaud and Castroneves in sixth.
Power is closing in for second too. That's two consecutive restarts when Kanaan has got ahead of Carpenter.
Green flag
We're back underway on lap 73! There was a threat of three-wide but Kanaan is back into the lead at Turn 1.
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The top 14 have not stopped under this caution: Carpenter, Kanaan, Pagenaud, Power, Hunter-Reay, Pigot, Andretti, Dixon, Bourdais, Kimball, Leist, Rossi and Karam.
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Jones will now be taken to a nearby hospital for further checks.
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Jones is awake and alert, but he is complaining of neck and head pain.
Wondering where Newgarden is? He's pitted under this caution, along with Andretti.

Power changed his mind at the last moment.

We've had 71 laps of the 200.
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We've had 70 laps so far and the running order is now:

Top positions
1.Carpenter
2. Kanaan
3. Pagenaud
4. Power
5. Castroneves
6. Hunter-Reay
7. Pigot
8. Andretti
9. Dixon
10. Bourdais
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The view from Alexander Rossi's onboard camera is both nail-biting and revealing.

Patrick went over the white line through the corner and that unsettled the car.

Rossi drove through the cloud of smoke, avoiding contact.
Patrick was already sideways exiting the corner, that was a hard hit into the outside wall that sent her in towards the inside of the track.
Patrick's final NASCAR race at Daytona ended in a crash, and the same fate has befallen her at Indianapolis.

It's a gutting way to end her career in a race that became synonymous with her.
Well this has gotten messy real quick, hasn't it?
Yellow flag
Danica Patrick has spun on the exit of Turn 2! She slapped the inside wall.
Dixon and Bourdais almost touch!

Dixon got a great run on the exit of Turn 2 to go wheel-to-wheel with Bourdais and flew past at Turn 3 for 11th.

This is more like it!
Newgarden is third but team-mate Pagenaud is right on his tail, the four Penske cars are now nose-to-tail.
Carpenter had gone low on the restart, it allowed Kanaan the room.

But one lap later, he's back in front!

It's been a tame start and we might now be seeing a bit more wheel-to-wheel racing. Hopefully.
That was a very popular move with the grandstands, good roar for the one-time Indy 500 winner.
Green flag
Kanaan gets the lead on the restart on lap 64!
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Jones had been making small adjustments, but both driver and the Ganassi team had no indication that anything was wrong with the car.
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As we're under caution, here's a reminder of the order:

Positions after 60 laps
1. Carpenter
2. Kanaan
3. Newgarden
4. Pagenaud
5. De Melo
6. Power
7. Castroneves
8. Pigot
9. Hunter-Reay
10. Andretti
11. Dixon
12. Bourdais
13. Wickens
14. Kimball
15. Leist
16. Patrick
17. Munoz
18. Rahal
19. Karam
20. Rossi
21. Servia
22. Chaves
23. Wilson
24. Hildebrand
25. Harvey
26. Howard
27. Daly
28. Chilton
29. Veach
30. Kaiser
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Sato has his say on retiring from the race: "James [Davison] seemed to be struggling. The closing speed was way too high, I hit the brake and tried to hold it. Really, really sorry for the team and the fans who support me."

By: Matt Beer

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