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The 95th Indianapolis 500 was held on May 29, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the premier event of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The track opened for practice on May 14, and time trials were held on May 21–22. The race was won by Dan Wheldon (his second after a previous win in 2005). American rookie J. R. Hildebrand was leading the race when he hit the wall on the final turn of the final lap. As Hildebrand's wrecked car was sliding down the main stretch, Wheldon slipped by in the final 1,000 feet to take the victory. Hildebrand slid across the line to place second.

The race was the third of the three-year long Centennial era, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the track (1909) and 100th anniversary of the first Indianapolis 500 (1911). The race was suspended during WWI (1917–18) and WWII (1942–45), therefore the 100th running of the event will not occur until 2016. At times during the month of May, the race was advertised as the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 and the Centennial Indianapolis 500.

The race has been billed as "The Most Important Race in History."[1] It was the final Indy 500 contested with the current normally aspirated "spec" Dallara IR-05/Honda Indy V-8 machines. In 2012, the series will switch to a new chassis and utilize turbocharged engines.[2]

Results[]

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 98 25px Great Britain Dan Wheldon Bryan Herta Autosport 200 2:56:11.7267 6 1 59
2 4 25px USA J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 200 +2.1086 12 7 44
3 38 25px USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +5.5949 29 6 38
4 82 25px Brazil Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology – Lotus 200 +7.4870 22 0 36
5 9 25px New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +9.5434 2 73 45
6 2 25px Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 200 +9.5435*
(+8.8757) 		3 18 42
7 30 25px Belgium Bertrand Baguette Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 200 +23.9631 14 11 30
8 07 25px South Africa Tomas Scheckter SH Racing 200 +24.3299 21 0 28
9 26 25px USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 200 +25.7411 27 0 25
10 7 25px USA Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 200 +26.4483 25 10 23
11 67 25px USA Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher Racing 200 +27.0375 8 3 26
12 10 25px Great Britain Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +56.4167 9 51 24
13 83 25px USA Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 199 +1 lap 28 0 20
14 12 25px Australia Will Power Team Penske 199 +1 lap 5 0 26
15 14 25px Brazil Vitor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 199 +1 lap 11 0 19
16 22 25px Great Britain Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 199 +1 lap 19 0 18
17 3 25px Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 199 +1 lap 16 0 17
18 44 25px USA Buddy Rice Panther Racing 198 +2 laps 7 0 20
19 19 25px Great Britain Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne Racing 198 +2 laps 30 0 15
20 36 25px Great Britain Pippa Mann (R) Conquest Racing 198 +2 laps 31 0 15
21 24 25px Brazil Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 197 +3 laps 32 0 15
22 43 25px USA John Andretti Andretti Autosport 197 +3 laps 17 0 16
23 41 25px USA Ryan Hunter-Reay A. J. Foyt Enterprises 197 +3 laps 33 0 12
24 11 25px USA Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 193 +7 laps 15 0 16
25 23 25px Canada Paul Tracy Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 175 +25 laps 24 0 13
26 99 25px USA Townsend Bell Sam Schmidt Motorsports 157 Contact 4 0 21
27 6 25px Australia Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 157 Contact 26 0 13
28 77 25px Canada Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 147 Contact 1 20 25
29 06 25px Canada James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 99 Contact 13 0 14
30 88 25px Great Britain Jay Howard (R) Sam Schmidt Motorsports 60 Contact 20 0 14
31 78 25px Switzerland Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 44 Handling 23 0 14
32 59 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology – Lotus 27 Contact 18 0 14
33 5 25px Japan Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 20 Contact 10 0 14
Wth 41 25px Brazil Bruno Junqueira A. J. Foyt Enterprises - - - - 4
Lead changes: 23 among 10 drivers
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT
  • Note1: Unofficially Oriol Servià finished 5th, 8.8757 seconds behind the leader, with Scott Dixon placing 6th. When the official results were posted, it was determined that Servia passed Dixon on the final lap while the yellow caution light was illuminated. Officials re-instated Dixon to 5th, and dropped Servia to 6th in the final standings.
  • Note2: After qualifying had concluded, Bruno Junqueira was replaced by Ryan Hunter-Reay, who did not qualify for the 500. Junqueira received full qualifying points for a 19th place qualification.

References[]

  1. ↑ Kelly, Paul (2010-09-21). "2011 Indianapolis 500 Tickets On Sale Now". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/indy500/news/show/39822-2011-indianapolis-500-tickets-on-sale-now/. Retrieved 2010-10-14. 
  2. ↑ "2012 car strategy embraces innovation". IndyCar.com. 2010-07-14. http://www.indycar.com/news/archive/show/55-izod-indycar-series/38526-2012-car-strategy-embraces-innovation/. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 

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