The 100th Indianapolis 500 featured some of the wildest, hairiest racing through the corners this old oval has ever seen – not to mention 54 lead changes. A monstrous crowd was treated to everything but the frenetic finish we've grown accustom to the past few Mays. Winner Alex Rossi running 179mph on the last lap, pretty much all alone on the main straightaway, is not how anyone envisioned this ballyhooed, banzai-fest ending. The fans still roared with delight as the American rookie took a most improbable checkered flag but it was a shocking, almost numbing, conclusion to what had been three hours of May-hem at 220mph. Instead of Tony Kanaan, Josef Newgarden, Carlos Munoz and James...
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