Indy 500 one-liners: How every driver finished in this year's race from Newgarden to Legge
1. Josef Newgarden - Newgarden used “The Dragon” to pass Marcus Ericsson on the last lap — just as Ericsson did last year — and held him off for his first Indianapolis 500 victory.
2. Marcus Ericsson - Ericsson came up one position short of becoming the first back-to-back 500 champion since Helio Castroneves (2001-02).
3. Santino Ferrucci - Ferrucci made daring moves all race but just didn’t have the track position for the final restart.
4. Alex Palou - Palou led early, then was caught up in a crash on pit road, but rebounded to finish in the top-5.
5. Alexander Rossi - Rossi might have had a chance at the win had caution flags flew differently but the 2016 winner managed to match his finish from last year.
6. Scott Dixon - A major rebound for the 2008 winner after Dixon faded to the mid-20’s early in the race.
7. Takuma Sato - With only one other race start in 2023, Sato was never far behind his full-time teammates.
8. Conor Daly - Daly complained about being slow over the radio, but pulled off a quiet top-10 finish.
9. Colton Herta - Herta should feel a sense of confidence after taking a car that qualified 21st and putting it solidly in the top-10.
10. Rinus VeeKay - VeeKay rebounded for a top-10 after a mistake in the pits nearly ended his race.
11. Ryan Hunter-Reay - The 2014 winner shook off the rust after a year out of the cockpit to come up just shy of a top-10 finish.
12. Callum Ilott - Juncos Hollinger Racing deserves a major pat on the back for never giving up and helping Ilott finish in the top 12.
13. Devlin DeFrancesco - An impressive top-15 and the second-highest finishing Andretti car should be a great confidence booster for the sophomore driver.
14. Scott McLaughlin - Contact with Simon Pagenaud late in the race put McLaughlin at a slight disadvantage on the final two restarts.
15. Helio Castroneves - The “Drive for Five” wasn’t meant to be for Helio, but maybe next year?
16. Tony Kanaan - Kanaan ends his Indy 500 career just shy of a top-15 finish.
17. Marco Andretti - Marco dealt with an abysmal race car all day, but waited it out and came home with a solid top-20.
18. Jack Harvey - The man who bumped his teammate from the race ends up as the highest finishing RLL car.
19. Christian Lundgaard - Lundgaard brought home his No. 45 HyVee Honda in the top-20 after qualifying in the last row.
20. Ed Carpenter - Carpenter’s quiet May ended with a crash on the second-to-last restart.
21. Benjamin Pedersen - Quick in qualifying, Pederson was caught up in the final caution flag.
22. Graham Rahal - Rahal will be glad to move on to the next race after being bumped, substituting for Stefan Wilson, and then starting the race two laps down.
23. Will Power - The 2018 winner encountered problems late in the race and never rebounded.
24. Pato O’Ward - O’Ward laid it all out on the track, but crashed going for the win.
25. Simon Pagenaud - Pagenaud’s race was derailed when he was spun by Scott McLaughlin.
26. Agustin Canapino - Despite a quiet and patient race, Canapino was involved in a crash during the second-to-last caution period.
27. Felix Rosenqvist - In contention until the last 20 laps, Rosenqvist’s race ended in the wall.
28. Kyle Kirkwood - Thankfully, Kirkwood is okay after his car flipped over after contact with Rosenqvist.
29. David Malukas - “Little Dave” struggled for speed all month and couldn’t improve his race following contact.
30. Romain Grosjean - For the second time in as many years, Grosjean crashed in turn 2.
31. Sting Ray Robb - Running a quiet race early, Sting Ray crashed shortly before halfway.
32. RC Enerson - After a solid qualifying effort, RC Enerson’s first Indianapolis 500 ended with a mechanical problem.
33. Katherine Legge - The fastest qualifier out of the entire Rahal Letterman Lanigan team had a dismal start to the race and could not recover.