It looked like Ryan Hunter-Reay might be heading to a second career Indy 500 victory as he was pacing the field past the halfway point of the race. With 30 laps to go, however, he stalled out in the pits and fell all the way to last place among the drivers still out on the track.

This year, like all years, the month of May at Indianapolis culminates in the 109th edition of the Indianapolis 500, the signature race for the NTT IndyCar Series and a motorsports institution well beyond the state of Indiana.

The victory is Palou’s fifth in six races in 2025 and the Barcelona native is the first Spanish driver to win the Indy 500. After winning the 2023 and 2024 IndyCar titles, Palou is even better in 2025. The only race of the season he didn’t win was the Long Beach Grand Prix. And Palou was second to Kyle Kirkwood in that event.