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Kanaan on Sunday sympathized with Ericsson and third-place finisher Santino Ferrucci because of the odd one-lap shootout but insisted it was best for the fans. Tony Kanaan won in 2013 under caution, and even though he’s one of the most popular winners in track history, he recognized that some found the finish of his crowning achievement anticlimactic. Ind圜ar said in 2020 there weren’t enough laps remaining to stop the race for a final restart following a crash with five to go four years later, the series now thinks two laps is enough for a red flag. Dixon, a six-time Ind圜ar season champion but only one-time winner of the 500, said this week that the defeats that end under caution are the ones that bother him most. There was no red flag in 2020, when the race ended under caution and was won by Takuma Sato as helpless Scott Dixon had to stay in line with no chance to try a late pass for the win. Since Penske’s first 500 as owner in 2020, both last year and this year have had late red flags to set up a race to the finish. In 107 years, the Indy 500 has ended under the yellow flag or red flag (for rain) just 19 times, but 10 of those endings have been since 2000. “We have a group that is certainly the officials of the track, and to me, we’ve said this before, I think all of you had said, we want to see a checkered flag, not a yellow flag.” We were just one spot short it seemed like most of the day from being where we needed to be.“I had nothing to do with (the red flag), obviously,” Penske said. “The car had a tremendous amount of speed and handling pretty much from the drop of the green flag. “Our car was really, really strong, so fifth place just doesn’t cut it,” said Reddick, who led once for 28 laps. He said when he hit the wall with his Toyota, he “watched the life fade away” from his race car. The race was going well for Reddick before he spun off turn four and then later collided with Kevin Harvick on lap 358 and sent Harvick spinning through the frontstretch apron. The thing I love about racing is you get to show up and it’s a new opportunity, a fresh set of downs and you go out and compete.” “We’re hitting our stride,” Wallace said. He also finished second in the NASCAR All-Star race. “I felt like I gave him a lot of room and a lot of respect, and he started mouthing off and saying a lot of bad things and cussing at me after he shot me the bird, so I just wasn’t gonna take that.”Īlmirola believes it’s over because he “got his point across” to Wallace.ĭespite the issues, Wallace now has four top-five finishes, including three straight, this season. “I just went by and asked him why you shot me the bird,” said Almirola, who finished 25th.

Bubba Wallace and Aric Almirola on the pit road shove.