JAMES JAKES, 2ND - SIMON PAGENAUD, 1ST - MIKE CONWAY, 3RD
Simon Pagenaud, winning his first IndyCar race, was happy to have it over with. It was a crazy race right fromt the beginning. Cars smacking into the walls, the tires, each other and finally having an eight car pile-up. From that point on it was a race. For a long time it looked like Mike Conway was going to win again which would have given him a $50,000 bonus, but as racing goes it just wasn't to be. Second went to James Jakes, with his highest finish yet, and third went to Mike Conway.
I think the next three races are on oval tracks which will eliminate Mike Conway. After his very bad accident at the Indy 500 a couple of years ago he has decided that he will no longer race on oval tracks. He just wasn't comfortable with them. Hopefully, when IndyCar gets back to the road tracks in July, Dale Coyne Racing will pick him up again.
Takuma Sato hit the wall or a tire barrier on lap 24. Tony Kanaan started in something 19th spot and for a while challenged 1st, 2nd and 3rd, but ended up in 12th.
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