An Indy 500 a few months late was better than no Indy 500 at all. This was the mindset of the IndyCar Series and the 33 race teams and drivers who competed in the 2020 Indy 500, the 104th edition of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
And what an Indy 500 it was, even with an anticlimactic finish. Takuma Sato won the race under caution after a scary Spencer Pigot crash with five laps to go. The now two-time Indy 500 winner had been battling Scott Dixon for the lead when the yellow was thrown.
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Dixon, the IndyCar Series points leader and the driver who almost kept Marco Andretti from the pole for Sunday's race, was the betting favorite to win the 2020 Indy 500, and he had the strongest car for most of Sunday's race. But the late caution allowed Sato to cruise across the finish line after several prior laps of hard racing.
Sporting News tracked live updates and lap-by-lap highlights from the 2020 Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Below are the results.
Indy 500 results
Sato and Dixon were battling for the lead when the late-race caution came out, but Graham Rahal was right behind them, lurking for a possible Indy 500 victory.
Sato became the 20th driver to win multiple Indy 500s in a career.
Below are the complete results from Sunday's Indy 500:
| Pos. | Driver |
| 1. | Takuma Sato |
| 2. | Scott Dixon |
| 3. | Graham Rahal |
| 4. | Santino Ferrucci |
| 5. | Josef Newgarden |
| 6. | Pato O'Ward |
| 7. | James Hinchcliffe |
| 8. | Colton Herta |
| 9. | Jack Harvey |
| 10. | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
| 11. | Helio Castroneves |
| 12. | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 13. | Marco Andretti |
| 14. | Will Power |
| 15. | Zach Veach |
| 16. | JR Hildebrand |
| 17. | Max Chilton |
| 18. | Charlie Kimball |
| 19. | Tony Kanaan |
| 20. | Rinus VeeKay |
| 21. | Fernando Alonso |
| 22. | Simon Pagenaud |
| 23. | Ben Hanley |
| 24. | Sage Karam |
| 25. | Spencer Pigot |
| 26. | Ed Carpenter |
| 27. | Alexander Rossi |
| 28. | Alex Palou |
| 29. | Conor Daly |
| 30. | Oliver Askew |
| 31. | Dalton Kellett |
| 32. | Marcus Ericsson |
| 33. | James Davison |
Indy 500 highlights from 2020 race
5:39 p.m. ET: That's it. Takuma Sato wins the 2020 Indy 500 under caution. It's his second Indy 500 victory (2017).
5:33 p.m. ET: Caution with five laps to go. Spencer Pigot crashes hard into the pit entrance, a terrifying wreck. Takuma Sato is leading with Scott Dixon in second. IndyCar chooses not to throw a red flag, which means Sato will win the Indy 500 under caution.
5:32 p.m. ET: Five laps to go. Leader Takuma Sato has some space on Scott Dixon in second.
5:29 p.m. ET: 10 laps to go. Takuma Sato still has a slight lead over Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal.
5:26 p.m. ET: 15 laps to go. Takuma Sato has the lead with Scott Dixon right on his tail.
5:22 p.m. ET: 20 laps to go. Takuma Sato and Scott Dixon are battling for the lead with Graham Rahal behind them.
5:06 p.m. ET: Lead change (kind of). Takuma Sato takes the top spot from Scott Dixon. The two will work together and exchange the lead to preserve fuel. There are 40 laps to go.
5:04 p.m. ET: Green flag. Restart with 46 laps to go. Scott Dixon keeps his lead, and Josef Newgarden makes an aggressive move to reach third place behind Takuma Sato.
4:47 p.m. ET: Caution. After all of that, Alexander Rossi loses control coming off Turn 2 and crashes on Lap 144. The car is destroyed, and he's done for the race.
4:39 p.m. ET: Green flag. Restart on Lap 132. Alexander Rossi wastes no time passing slower cars. Scott Dixon keeps the lead. A couple laps into the run, defending Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud has to pit for damage repair.
4:34 p.m. ET: A huge penalty. Alexander Rossi has to drop to the rear of the field due to an unsafe release on pit road. He was running fourth and will restart 21st.
4:23 p.m. ET: Caution on Lap 122. Alex Palou hits the wall. Felix Rosenqvist is the only driver who does not pit under caution, so he's the new leader.
Order off pit road:
Dixon +1
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O'Ward +2
Rossi -2
Sato -1
Rahal +1
Newgarden +2
Ferrucci -2
Herta +1
Kanaan+2
Andretti -3
Power +2
Harvey
HunterReay -3
Pagenaud +3
Veach -2
Kimball +3
4:12 p.m. ET: Never mind that strategy. Scott Dixon takes the lead back from Alexander Rossi ... and then Rossi takes it tight back. They have agreed to exchange the lead back and forth to save fuel.
4:07 p.m. ET: Green flag. Restart at the halfway point on Lap 100. Scott Dixon keeps the lead, and Alexander Rossi takes second from Takuma Sato. A couple laps later, Dixon intentionally lets Rossi take the lead in an effort to save fuel.
3:54 p.m. ET: Green flag ... and an immediate caution for a crash on Lap 93. Conor Daly spins by himself coming off Turn 4. Behind him, Oliver Askew spins while trying to avoid Daly and hits the inside wall hard. Really hard. He is helped out of the car by the IMS safety crew and is visibly shaken.
3:43 p.m. ET: Caution on Lap 85. Dalton Kellett overdrives Turn 3 and crashes into the outside wall. He's out of the race. Scott Dixon's 10-second lead is erased.
3:39 p.m. ET: Lap 80 arrives. Scott Dixon is spanking the field, a full 10 seconds ahead of second-place Takuma Sato and third-place Alexander Rossi.
3:31 p.m. ET: Rinus VeeKay gets hit with a a stop-and-go penalty for contact with a crew member on pit road. Sage Karam also gets a stop-and-go penalty for speeding and entering the wrong pit box.
3:28 p.m. ET: Scott Dixon pits on Lap 64 and gives up the lead. (He eventually gets it back after the cycle of stops.) Second-place Alexander Rossi misses the pits and loses time before successfully pitting the next lap. He drops to fifth place.
3:15 p.m. ET: Simon Pageanaud gives up the lead to pit. Second-place Oliver Askew follows Pageanaud to the pits and passes him with a quicker stop. Will Power assumes the race lead before pitting himself and surrendering the lead to Scott Dixon.
3:05 p.m. ET: Green flag. Restart on Lap 33. Simon Pageanaud immediately passes Oliver Askew for the lead.
3 p.m. ET: Scott Dixon wins the race off pit road under caution. He will restart eighth behind those who did not put. Ryan Hunter-Reay loses four positions after a slow stop.
2:55 p.m. ET: Caution. Marcus Ericsson crashes into the outside wall after getting loose coming out of Turn 1 on Lap 25. His car is destroyed, so he's done for the day. Scott Dixon is leading Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato as the yellow comes out.
2:45 p.m. ET: Green flag. Restart on Lap 12. Scott Dixon keeps the lead over Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato.
2:36 p.m. ET: Caution for debris on Lap 6. Something does wrong on James Davison's right front wheel. It comes apart and literally bursts into flames. Scott Dixon is leading Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato as the yellow comes out.
2:34 p.m. ET: Ed Carpenter has to pit on Lap 3 after getting walled by Zach Veach between Turns 1 and 2.
2:31 p.m. ET: Green flag. The 104th Indianapolis 500 is underway. Scott Dixon beats Marco Andretti into Turn 1 to take the lead. Dixon leads the first lap.
2:23 p.m. ET: Track owner Roger Penske gives the command to fire engines.
2:13 p.m. ET: Pre-race ceremonies continue with the national anthem and flyover. We're just a few minutes away from the command to fire engines.
1:48 p.m. ET: Driver introductions begin on NBC.
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