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Indianapolis 500 race day

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"We're going to be going green next time by," Alonso is told. He's also told Power and Chilton stayed out, so they hold first and second.
Andretti is having repairs done in his pit box, so will drop to the back of the field.
That group of stoppers runs from third back, with Power and Chilton running first and second.
The order off pit-road is: Hunter-Reay, Rossi, Alonso, Kanaan, Newgarden, Rahal, Sato.
"Get ready to pit. Pit, pit, pit," Alonso is told.
"We'll try and decide what we are going to do now once the pits are open," Alonso is told.
This is the third caution of the race. There is a winglet on the track that needs to be cleared.
So a reminder of the running order after an action-packed restart

Order after 80 laps

1. Rossi
2. Hunter-Reay
3. Alonso
4. Kanaan
5. Sato
6. Rahal
7. Carpenter
8. Hildebrand
9. Newgarden
10. Andretti
Three Andretti cars: Rossi, Hunter-Reay and Alonso, head the field.
Rossi leads from Hunter-Reay, Sato, Alonso, Kanaan, Carpenter.
Servia had a big moment, but just managed to keep the car pointing in the right direction!
Rossi goes to the inside of Sato at Turn 1 and takes the lead.
The Indy 500 is back under green flag conditions. Sato leads the field from Rossi, Hunter-Reay, Alonso, Hildebrand and Carpenter.
"Are all your tools the way you want them," Alonso is asked. "OK," he responds.
Eight Hondas in the top 10. And not one Honda engine failure so far.
Still leading the Chevy charge are the Ed Carpenter Racing cars of Hildebrand (5th) and Carpenter (6th).
Daly and Harvey have been checked, cleared and released by the medical centre.
Lead changes: 11, Race leaders: 8, Total passes: 324. Average speed: 166.314mph.
Replays show it was Daly that Castroneves passed before the green at the last restart.
There are 70 laps in the books at Indy. The rain is currently keeping away, which is good news.
Quietly, Rahal and Aleshin are having solid races. They are in eighth and 10th respectively.
Castroneves has been given a drive-through penalty for passing before the green flag on the last restart. He's 20th currently.
So under caution, the leaders are: Sato, Rossi, Hunter-Reay, Alonso, Hildebrand, Carpenter.
The leaders stay out, but some drivers lower down are rightly pitting. Hinchcliffe is in.
The replay also shows Harvey wasn't too far off hitting the safety truck that was heading out to respond to Daly's crash.
We have 26 cars still on the lead lap. Last of those is Jones.

By: Matt Beer

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