Montoya holds off teammate Power for second Indianapolis 500 win

Juan Pablo Montoya won the Indianapolis for the second time in his career on Sunday when he passed Will Power, his Team Penske teammate, in the closing laps and then beat Power to the finish line by just 0.1 seconds.

Montoya, the driver of the No. 2 Chevrolet for Penske, overcame adversity in this prestigious 500-mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he had fallen all the way back to 30th in the 33-car field due to rear wing damage he sustained on his car when he had made contact with Simona de Silvestro during a caution in the opening laps. Montoya also had a pit-road mistake on lap 41 when he overshot his pit stall and ran over his team's air hose.

Power and Scott Dixon, the pole sitter, had swapped the lead several times following the last restart with 15 laps remaining. Montoya charged to the front, overtaking Power with just three laps to go.

Montoya, who started on the outside of row 5, led just nine of 200 laps. When he won the Indy 500 for the first time in 2000, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing at the time, he ran in front for a total of 167 laps. It was the first time he had competed in this race.

Power's second-place run marked his career-best finish in the Indy 500.

Charlie Kimball placed third, while Dixon wound up fourth. Graham Rahal was fifth.

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