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May 25, 2018 | By Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Eleven drivers – one-third of the field – led laps in the 2014 Indianapolis 500, but the 98th edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” will be remembered for a stirring joust for the checkered between Ryan Hunter-Reay and Helio Castroneves that ranks among the best two-man duels in the history of the race. Hunter-Reay took the lead from Marco Andretti in the short chute between Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 183, but three-time “500” winner Castroneves passed Hunter-Reay for the top spot in Turn 1 on Lap 185. That lead was short-lived, as RHR regained the lead on Lap 186 with a pass of Castroneves on the outside of Turn 1, reminiscent of Rick Mears’ classic pass of Michael Andretti for the lead in the same spot en route to his fourth Indianapolis 500 victory in 1991. There was a caution period on Lap 191 for debris in Turn 2. After the yellow flag flew, Townsend Bell made hard contact with the SAFER Barrier in Turn 2. That triggered a red-flag period of 10 minutes and 27 seconds so crews could remove Bell’s damaged car and clean debris. Hunter-Reay kept the lead on the restart on Lap 195, with Castroneves in sizzling pursuit. Castroneves nearly brushed the pit wall when he dove under Hunter-Reay just before Turn 1 to take the lead on Lap 196. Marco Andretti, Hunter-Reay’s Andretti Autosport teammate, nearly passed RHR for second entering Turn 3. But Hunter-Reay parried the move and set his sights on Castroneves. Then Hunter-Reay pulled up to Castroneves’ gearbox on the back straightaway and nearly drove into the grass while passing Castroneves on the inside entering Turn 3 on Lap 197.
With two laps to go, Castroneves passed Hunter-Reay on the outside of Turn 1 to regain the lead. But Hunter-Reay darted to the outside on the front straight and grabbed the lead by inches at the Yard of Bricks as the white flag flew. Hunter-Reay maintained a gap of about two car lengths as the two cars rocketed off Turn 4. Castroneves moved to the outside and tried to pop out of Hunter-Reay’s draft and edge him at the finish line, but he came up .0600 of a second short in a spellbinding finish. It was the second-closest finish in Indianapolis 500 history and added RHR-Helio to Rathmann-Ward, Mears-Johncock, Unser-Goodyear and Hornish-Andretti as Indy 500 duels for the ages.