Every 15 years, Juan Pablo Montoya wins the Indianapolis 500 – so after winning it in 2000, it was time for Montoya to win again at the Brickyard. Montoya staved off a final challenge from Will Power and beat an underpowered Charlie Kimball and fading Scott Dixon to claim the crash-filled 2015 Indianapolis 500 that saw only 22 cars finish the race.
Although Montoya started in the 15th position, he had to climb all the way back from a 30th position hole after losing and having to replace a big chunk of his rear wing in the early laps when Simona de Silvestro clipped him from behind. But helping Montoya get back in the race was a series of crashes that took out a full third of the field. In fact, the race was not even a full lap old when Takuma Sato and Sage Karam were involved in some boisterous driving that sent Karam into the wall and out of the race on the first lap [see video below]. Subsequent crashes scattered throughout the remainder of the race took out the many other drivers and included a pit row crash that sent one crew member to the hospital.
2015 Indianapolis 500 Results
1] Juan Pablo Montoya
2] Will Power
3] Charlie Kimball
4] Scott Dixon
5] Graham Rahal
6] Marco Andretti
7] Helio Castroneves
8] J.R. Hildebrand
9] Josef Newgarden
10] Simon Pagenaud
11] Sebastien Bourdais
12] Ryan Briscoe
13] Takuma Sato
14] Townsend Bell
15] Ryan Hunter-Reay
16] Gabby Chaves
17] Alex Tagliani
18] James Jakes
19] Simona de Silvestro
20] Carlos Munoz
21] Justin Wilson
22] Pippa Mann
23] Sebastian Saavedra
24] Jack Hawksworth
25] Stefano Coletti
26] Tony Kanaan
27] James Davison
28] Tristan Vautier
29] Oriol Servia
30] Ed Carpenter
31] Bryan Clauson
32] Sage Karam
33] Connor Daly