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Sporting News on MSNHistory of Indy 500 three-peats: How Josef Newgarden can set record with third straight win in 2025Those Magnificent Five back-to-back winners to precede Newgarden — Wilbur Shaw (1939-40), Mauri Rose (1947-48), Bill Vukovich (1953-54), Al Unser (1970-71) and Helio Castroneves (2001-02) — all had opportunities to add to their collection. None were able to capture that all-important gold for one reason or another.
Memorial Day Weekend brings us the 109th running of “the greatest spectacle in racing” — the Indianapolis 500. The Indy 500 sold out its grandstand of 350,000 for the first time since 2016, and the decades-old local TV blackout has been lifted so locals can watch the race live.
There has been so much drama ahead of the Indy 500 that Kyle Larson's attempt to complete the double doesn't even crack the top attention-getters.
Two-time defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden had the fastest lap of the 2-hour final practice on Carb Day at 225.687 mph