Takuma Sato earned $2,458,129 from an overall purse of $13,178,359 for his victory Sunday in the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500. Sato became the first Japanese winner of the Indianapolis 500, fending off three-time winner Helio Castroneves by 0.2011s to the checkered flag in the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda. This was the sixth-closest finish in Indy 500 history. Sato took the lead from Castroneves for good on Lap 195 of the 200-lap race. He led twice for 17 laps. Castroneves, who dodged multiple on-track incidents and led nine laps even after receiving a drive-through penalty, earned $770,629 for finishing second in the No. 3 Shell Fuel Rewards Chevrolet. He became one of seven...
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