Congratulations to Simon Pagenaud on his first ever Indy 500 win, and for proving that backing anything other than a Penske car at the Brickyard is a pretty dumb thing to do!
However, lets take a look at how the rest of my predictions panned out.
Drinking the Milk
I predicted an Ed Carpenter Racing car to win, and Ed Carpenter himself was in a good spot for most of the race, sitting around fourth position, but fading to sixth after the final restart. The Indianapolis local admitted a few days after the race that he's still scratching his head as to why his car's handling went away at the end.
James Davison did indeed do something spectacular, but it was on pit road and involved getting nerfed by Helio Castroneves, due to a faulty pit speed limiter, and missing his pit box. Cue flying tyres - never a good sight.
Biggest Movers
James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay did indeed move up by at least ten positions, and Graham Rahal was on course for a top ten finish before his little tête-à-tête with Sebastian Bourdais. Which leads me neatly onto...
In the Wall
Kyle Kaiser in the wall. Zero to hero and back to zero, as predicted. Can't say I'm happy to have got that one right, but there it is all the same.
Felix Rosenqvist joined him later in the race, although he was caught up in someone else's incident, rather than finding the wall all by himself.
And Santino Ferrucci rode his Honda lawnmower through the grass to claim 7th place and Rookie of the Year. Fine margins.
Newgarden vs Dixon
Newgarden stuck it out in the top ten for the majority of the race, and came home in fourth place to stay in second place in the championship, just one point off new series leader Pagenaud.
Dixon meanwhile was an unfortunate loser in the late race caution period and wound up down in 17th. This leaves him fifth in the championship and with some ground to make up. Most un-Dixon like.
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