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Lap 21: Taking the inside doesn't matter to Wheldon, as he sweeps around to retake the lead of the race.
Lap 20: Rice and Wilson, knowing that they don't have the fastest racecars at this stage of the race, and running low on the racetrack on the main straight taking to the inside line near the pitwall to protect their track positions against the Ganassi cars.
Lap 18: Buddy Rice leads them down on the restart, and holds onto the lead ahead of Justin Wilson.
Lap 18: The pace car comes down pitroad and we are back to green flag racing.
Lap 17: The field begins to accelerate in anticipation of the green flag.
Lap 17: We should go back to green the next time by start-finish.
Sarah Fisher's crew have restarted the car and she is now back out on the track.
Sarah Fisher's crew have restarted the car and she is now back out on the track.
Lap 16: Helio Castroneves is sixth followed by Tomas Scheckter, Ryan Briscoe, Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti make up the top ten under caution.
Lap 14: Sarah Fisher's car is now being towed into pitlane, where the crew will attempt to refire the machine and get Sarah back into the action.
Lap 14: Buddy Rice now assumes the lead, ahead of Justin Wilson. These two drivers have stayed out during the yellow. Dan Wheldon is third, Dixon fourth and Tony Kanaan fifth.
Lap 14: The yellow period is now continuing to allow for the recovery of Fisher's car.
Lap 13: Sarah Fisher has spun onto the warm-up lane, keeping the yellow flags out for longer. Replays show that she was weaving to keep her tyres warm and looped the car around.
Lap 13: Sarah Fisher has spun her car and is stuck on the grass in turn three.
Lap 13: Bruno Junqueira now pits, handing the lead over to Buddy Rice. While in the pits Bruno will have a new mirror attached. In fact there is more trouble for Bruno as the engine cover is taken off. He is in trouble.
Lap 12: Four of the 33 cars stayed out on the track and did not pit. Junqueira now leads the race ahead of Buddy Rice, Justin Wilson and Sarah Fisher.
Lap 11: Dan Wheldon leads the pack back out from the stops.
Lap 10: Pitstops for the leaders this time round as they take advantage of the first yellow of the day.
Lap 10: The piece of debris on the track was Bruno Junqueira's right-side mirror which has fallen off his car.
Lap 10: Some of the crews are getting ready for an early pit stop.
Lap 10: The pacecar comes out and has picked up the field, and is now controlling the pace.
Lap 9: Debris on the racetrack in the turn two area brings out the yellow flags.
Lap 9: The top five are building a gap over the rest of the field.
Lap 9: The caution flag comes out.
Lap 7: Dan Wheldon moves inside teammate Dixon to take over the lead of the race.
Lap 5: Scheckter continues his forward charge and has caught up to the back of Ryan Briscoe, as the front three begin to pull clear daylight ahead of Kanaan.
Lap 5: Helio Castroneves, Danica Patrick, Marco Andretti, Hideki Mutoh and Vitor Meira make up the top ten in the early running.
Lap 4: Tomas Scheckter is making good progress in the early laps and moves into fifth place.
Lap 3: Wheldon pulls to the inside and wants to take the lead, but ducks in back behind his teammate.
Lap 2: Dixon leads it from Wheldon, Briscoe and Kanaan in a very cautious start from all the drivers.
Lap 2: The first lap has been completed without incident.
Lap 1: The Ganassi duo lead away and Scott Dixon gets the jump ahead of Dan Wheldon on the first lap of the race.
Lap 1: The race is underway and the cars stream in to turn one.
11 Rookies, 22 established drivers, and 500 miles of racing are ahead as the field begins to accelerate into turn three ahead of the start.
Completing the second pace lap, the starting grid are ready as we begin the final pace lap ahead of the start of the race.
11 drivers are considered to be rookies in this field, that including a number of former Champ Car drivers with significant oval experience.
The pace laps continue as the drivers warm up their engines and tyres, ahead of what we anticipate being a spectacular 500 miles of racing.
Two-time Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi leads the field in a gold pace car.
There is sound coming from everywhere as the crew-chiefs give the signal that their cars are ready, and the field of 33 begins to start the first of their pace laps.
With a roar from the crowd, the engines fire in to life on the starting grid.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway chairman Mari Hulman George delivers the most famous words in open-wheel racing: 'Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!'
The traditional plume of multi-coloured commemorative balloons have been released to float up and away from the Speedway.
By: Geoff Creighton, Emlyn Hughes
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