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Juan Pablo Montoya wins the 2015 Indianapolis 500

By Charles Rahrig V

May 24, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar Series driver Juan Pablo Montoya during the 2015 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
May 24, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar Series driver Juan Pablo Montoya during the 2015 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /
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The biggest race of the year was filled with wrecks and high speeds as Juan Pablo Montoya won the Indianapolis 500.

The most illustrious day of the year for racing became a demolition derby before it could even get started.

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On a day where Jeff Gordon drove the pace car and wrecks told the narrative of the grandest stage of them all, Juan Pablo Montoya won the Indianapolis 500.

The madness got started on lap 1 before the first lap could even be completed.

Takuma Sato tried to make things very interesting early as he went to go three wide, but Sage Karam, a race favorite wasn’t expecting Sato on his outside and the two made contact, which sent Karam straight into the wall and ended his day.

Then about 7o laps later, defending race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay ran into some bad luck of his own.

As he was pitting, Bryan Clauson hit the wall. Because of the pit cycle, Hunter-Reay, who was looking to make a move, got pushed to the back of the pack.

The action didn’t stop there either. As Oriol Serviá tried to pass Ed Carpenter on lap 112, Serviá caught the nose of Carpenter and the two went straight into the wall.

So while Scott Dixon, Will Power, Simon Pagenaud and Juan Pablo Montoya traded the lead back and forth, all hell was breaking loose behind them.

Fan favorite Tony Kanaan saw his day come to an end on lap 154, as a little too much down force on his front wing caused his car to wiggle and send Kanaan straight into the wall.

The battle up front however, was all about Penske Racing and Ganassi Racing. Penske Racing had Power, Montoya and Pagenaud gunning for the top spot, while Dixon was the lone ranger for Ganassi.

The four drivers at the end gave everything they had to get the big win. At one point, Juan Pablo Montoya even slid down on the grass to try and get past Will Power.

The last 13 laps however, was a back and forth race between Dixon and Power. The two exchanged the lead back and forth in an intense manner as each went for the win.

Montoya would jump back into the fold trying to give one last push at the win passing Dixon and Power, and took the lead and never looked back.

Alas, it was defending series champion Will Power, who held on until the very end that gave way as his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya passed him and picked up the win.

Montoya can drink the milk because he is the Indianapolis 500 winner, for the second time of his career.

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