James Hinchcliffe says it's "weird" being at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and not sitting in a car, but he plans to help his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports teammates as much as possible during the Indianapolis 500. The victory was the 34th of Power's IndyCar career, tying him for eighth place on the all-time list with two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr.

Power -- who also won the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on a multi-turn layout at the speedway earlier this month -- took over the series points lead after six of 17 races, with an 11-point edge over Penske teammate Josef Newgarden. "Today was really disappointing, for what we were hoping for and what you want for your last race," said the 36-year-old American, the only woman to win an IndyCar race and start from pole at the Daytona 500. Splashing the princess was the only wrong move Power made all day during an event that saw many of IndyCar’s top drivers make costly mistakes. France's Sebastian Bourdais, back at Indy a year after he suffered hip and pelvic injuries in qualifying last year,three-time winner Helio Castroneves of Brazil and 2013 winner Tony Kanaan of Brazil also failed to make it to the finish. Sato ran into the back of James Davison, who was well off the pace, and the two collided in Turn 4 to bring out the first caution of the day. Bourdais said this week that he thought his Honda-powered car was good enough to run with all the Chevrolets up front. "I've had so many wins, and so many poles, but everybody always talked about the 500. Everyone talks about the 500 and I just couldn’t imagine winning a race in front of a crowd like this, this many people. Power, runner-up on the 2.5-mile oval of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2015, was screaming into his radio mic as he crossed the line 3.1589 seconds ahead of pole sitter Ed Carpenter. Danica Patrick, who said the race would be the last of her groundbreaking 20-year racing career, hit the wall on the 68th lap. Castroneves is in the familiar "Yellow Submarine" livery that Johnny Rutherford and his spotter, four-time winner Rick Mears, made famous for Team Penske. Danica Patrick, completing the back end of the "Danica Double" which began with February's Daytona 500 — NASCAR's crown jewel — finished 30th in her final scheduled professional race after crashing on Lap 68. It’s just amazing.”

Power extended team owner Roger Penske’s record of 17 wins in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” and it completed a sweep of May in Indianapolis for him. I had a lot of good fortune here and did still have some this month. It just didn’t come today.”

Bourdais crashed a year after missing the race because of a harrowing, high-speed accident during qualifying, while Castroneves — who is now driving sports cars for Penske — was going for a record-tying fourth victory in the Indy 500 in a brief return to open-wheel racing.
2014 IndyCar Series champion Will Power of Australia wins the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500. It is Danica Patrick's final race before her retirement.