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Indianapolis 500 race day

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Chilton pits from the lead with 34 laps to go.
Alonso is now back to 10th behind Kanaan. Penske team-mates Newgarden and Power are having a big dice just behind him.
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Alonso is now down to 10th on lap 163.

Running order

1. Chilton
2. Davison
3. Kimball
4. Castroneves
5. Hildebrand
6. Jones
7. Servia
8. Sato
9. Kanaan
10. Alonso
Chilton extends his lead up to a full second as Davison gets second back from Kimball again. They still have Castroneves - who's in the best spot strategy-wise it seems - right on their tail.
Eight of the top 10 cars are Hondas, Castroneves and Hildebrand in fourth and fifth the only Chevy interlopers.
This battle between Kimball and Davison for second has allowed Chilton to make a slight break in the lead.
Kimball is back through to second ahead of Davison, with both still close behind leader Chilton.
The top 18 cars in this race are running within 6.6s of each other with 43 laps left.
Chilton continues to lead Davison and Kimball, all of whom are likely to have to pit sooner than Castroneves behind.
Rahal is back to 22nd after that puncture.
Davison now passes Kimball and takes second in the car he wasn't even supposed to be in until Bourdais' injury.
Castroneves is rapidly closing on the top three, who are on a different pit sequence. Alonso is now ninth.
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Outside the top 10 at 152 laps

11. Power
12. Andretti
13. Newgarden
14. Pagenaud
15. Montoya
16. Hinchcliffe
17. Chaves
18. Rossi
19. Carpenter
20. Munoz
21. Aleshin
22. Saavedra
23. Rahal
24. Mann
25. Pigot
26. Veach
Castroneves is moving back into contention, he passes Hildebrand for fourth.
Chilton leads into the final quarter of the race with Kimball and Davison right on his tail.
Radio Comms
"Helio is the guy you are going after," Alonso is told. Right now, Castroneves is fifth, Alonso is ninth.
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Running order at 150 of 200 laps

1. Chilton
2. Kimball
3. Davison
4. Hildebrand
5. Jones
6. Castroneves
7. Servia
8. Kanaan
9. Alonso
10. Sato
Rahal heads to the pits because of a suspected left-rear puncture.
Davison passes Hildebrand to run third.
Chilton is back in the lead after passing Kimball. Castroneves made a great restart to charge up to fifth.
Green flag
The race is back underway on lap 147. Kimball leads at the restart from Chilton, Hildebrand and Davison.
Aleshin has some damage to the right-rear sidepod after that hit from Carpenter.
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The order is: Kimball, Chilton, Hildebrand, Davison, Rahal, Pagenaud, Jones, Castroneves, Andretti, Kanaan, Servia, Alonso, Montoya, Sato, Power, Hinchcliffe, Newgarden, Aleshin, Chaves, Rossi, Munoz.
Replays show Carpenter half spun into Aleshin, causing the damage.
Kimball took the lead in that brief bit of green-flag racing. He's the 14th different driver to lead this race, equalling the Indy 500 record.
Crash
Carpenter has lost the left side of his front wing.
Yellow flag
Yellow flag for debris.
Alonso didn't have a great restart there.
Green flag
The race is back underway at the start of lap 141. Chilton leads.
Radio Comms
Alonso is told he should be able to get to the end on one more stop.
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Lazier has been taken to hospital after his crash, because of 'chest discomfort'.
Replays show that the refueller couldn't get the rig in. Rossi then had to be held because another car was coming through.

By: Matt Beer

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