Juan Pablo Montoya recaptured the trophy he last held 15 years ago after a thrilling slipstreaming battle between himself, teammate Will Power, and 2008 “500” winner Scott Dixon over the closing stages of the 99th Indianapolis 500. What made it more remarkable is that, just like Dario Franchitti in 2012, Montoya had to come from deep in the pack…and not just because of his mid-grid qualifying position. Under an early caution, the rear of Juan’s car was tagged by Simona de Silvestro breaking off his right-rear wheelpod, requiring a pitstop for a whole new wing assembly. Yet Montoya charged hard, and even survived a long stop after overshooting his pitbox, grabbing hold of the tail...
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