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Indy 500: Results, highlights from Will Power's win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Australian racer Will Power turned his long-awaited dream into reality and took home the checkered flag at the Indy 500 on Sunday.

The 37-year-old spent a good portion of the race in and out of top five during an unforgiving day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with heartwarming stories, and past winners falling victim to the track.

Among those who crashed out of the race was Danica Patrick, who has said this was to be her final ride through the Indy 500. Unfortunately, her final race was cut short on Lap 68 when she crashed into the wall and had to end her racing career in unceremonious fashion. Regardless of how this race finished, however, she will still be remembered for her illustrious career.

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But the day of course was all about Will Power who maneuvered through some incredibly bold racing strategies among the Indy drivers to take home a race that had eluded him for so long in his career. All of that emotion showed in his celebration.

Sporting News provided live updates from the Indy 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here's what you might have missed. 

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3:37 —  Unofficial standings.

3:29 —  A replay of the checkered flag and Will Power's proud, proud wife.

3:23 —  Will Power holds onto his lead and wins the 2018 Indy 500. Carpenter, Dixon, Rossi and Hunter-Reay round out the remaining five spots. This is Power's first ever win at the Indy 500, and the 17th Indy 500 win for Roger Penske.

3:21 —  Five to go. Stefan Wilson pits. Will Power takes the lead with four to go! Power, Servia, Carpenter, Dixon and Rossie round out the top five.

3:19 —  What a restart! Stefan Wilson leads the Indy 500 on the restart with 7 to go! It's all or nothing for all of these drivers.

3:14 —  Servia is NOT going to pit and just run it out for the remaining laps left.

3:11 —  The yellow flag might have just saved the three racers who have yet to pit. Tony Kanaan crashed and hits the wall with 12 laps to go.

3:10 —  Power just passed Dixon for 4th. Dixon was in fuel-saving mode whereas Power has just refueled. Servia, Stefan Wilson and Harvey haven't pitted yet.

3:09 —  Replay of Sage Karam's crash.

3:05 —  Top 5: Servia, Wilson, Harvey, Dixon and Claman De Melo (R) with 19 laps to go. There have been 14 leaders this race. The record for most leaders in the Indy 500 is 15 — which was set last year.

3:01 —  Ed Carpenter pits and gives the lead to Rossi who is just now pitting.

2:59 —  Tony Kanaan is operating on another level right now.

2:56 —  Replay of Castroneves' crash.

2:52 —  Will Power comfortably in the lead on the restart. Oh buddy is it getting tight out there. Top 5: Power, Carpenter, Rossi, Pagenaud and Hunter-Reay through 163.

2:48 —  Rossi moves up to third on the last lap of the caution.

2:40 —  Another crazy restart with Rossi fighting his way to the front with the green flag through 154 laps. Another caution flag is out immediately after as Sage Karam crashes and a tire goes flying.

2:39 —  Castroneves giving off hints that this may not be his last Indy 500 saying "Please Roger, I've got to go back," during his postrace interview.

2:32 —  Helio Castroneves crashes onto pit road. He's getting out of his car fine. Yellow flag out.

2:27 —  Second-place cars on restarts have been at an advantage all day. Ed Carpenter will look to continue that trend past Will Power for the lead.

2:22 —  Replay of Bourdais' crash.

2:20 —  Sebastien Bourdais crashes on Turn 4 and brings out the yellow. Top 5 through yellow on Lap 141: Munoz, Power, Claman De Melo (R), Wilson and Carpenter.

2:15 —  Josef Newgarden emerges as the new race leader. Behind him are Rahal, Wickens (R), Munoz and Power.

2:12 —  Will Power pits now.

2:11 —  Ed Carpenter was about four seconds behind Wil Power but just made a pit stop with 72 laps left. Falls to 18th.

2:06 —  Danica at the podium.

2:03 —  Replay of Veach's fire.

2:00 —  Top 5: Power, Carpenter, Pagenaud, Hunter-Reay and Castroneves through 113 laps. Power was the winner of the grand prix two weeks ago.

1:55 —  Zach Veach's car caught on fire in the pit. Fortunately, the fire extinguished itself and it appears no one is hurt.

1:51 —  Tony Kanaan makes an unscheduled pit stop for what appears to be a tire puncture. Top 5: Rahal, Wickens (R), Munoz, Hildebrand and Claman De Melo (R) through 104 laps.

1:45 —  Will Power is your new Indy 500 leader as Ed Carpenter pits on Lap 92, after taking the lead from Kanaan on 90.

1:42 —  Marco Andretti is 7th, the second-running Honda in a Chevy-dominated race through 89 laps.

1:40 —  Newgarden, who gave up third for a pit stop, has moved to 20th.

1:36 —  Top 5: Kanaan, Carpenter, Power, Pagenaud and Castroneves through Lap 80.

1:32 —  Ed Jones is being transported to a local hospital with head and neck pain after his crash, per IndyCar. Tony Kanaan takes the lead on the restart on Lap 74.

1:27 —  Most of the cars remain on the racetrack. Here are photos from the crash.

1:24 —  On a day that was supposed to be her big comeback, Danica Patrick has wrecked on Lap 68. That'll be the way her driving career ends. Not quite the storybook ending she wanted, but she receives a supportive ovation from the crowd.

1:20 —  Kanaan takes the lead on the restart, but Ed Carpenter is able to take it back again.

1:12 —  Ed Jones. Who? ED JONES...just crashed on Turn 2. Radios in that he's ok. Two of the top three finishers in last year's Indy 500 are already out at Lap 58.

1:10 —  For what it's worth, Carpenter retook the lead so whatever inspection that IndyCar needed to make must have come out all-clear.

1:09 —  Restart.

1:05 —  IndyCar is reviewing something on Ed Carpenter's pit stop.

1:03 —  Here's a highlight of the crash.

12:57 —  James Davison has crashed in turn four. First yellow of the race comes out in lap 47. Defending Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato also involved. Davison was going pretty slow.

12:56 —  Top 5: Carpenter, Kanaan, Newgarden, Pagenaud and Castroneves. Carpenter hit a new career high in laps led with 39. His previous record was 37.

12:50 —  Carpenter regains the lead after an incredibly quick lap post-pit. So far, the average race speed appears to be 211 mph.

12:45  — Josef Newgarden takes the lead after Ed Carpenter gives up first to pit after pacing for 30 laps.

12:44 —  Danica going to the pit early for tire changes at lap 31. Ed Carpenter still leads.

12:41 —  Even with all of th experience so far, the heat is proving to be a problem for dirvers as it appears that drivers are cruising to avoid problems with handling. Cars and drivers are on edge. Danica remains in 12th.

12:37 —  Top 5: Carpenter, Pagenaud, Power, Newgarden and Bourdais through 22 laps.

12:34 — Today's Indy 500 is on pace to be the hottest in the race's history at 93 degrees. Last record was 92 degrees in 1937.

12:24 — So far so good as the first lap of the race goes without a hitch.

Pre-race highlights

Indy 500 is never short on pageantry.

Danica celebrates with boyfriend Aaron Rodgers before the race.

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