2024 Indianapolis 500

108th Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis 500
Sanctioning body	IndyCar
Season	2024 IndyCar season
Date	May 26, 2024
Winner	Josef Newgarden
Winning team	Team Penske
Average speed	167.763 mph (269.988 km/h)
Pole position	Scott McLaughlin
Pole speed	234.220 mph (376.940 km/h)
Rookie of the Year	Kyle Larson
Most laps led	Scott McLaughlin (66)
Pre-race ceremonies
National anthem	Jordin Sparks[1]
"Back Home Again in Indiana"	Jim Cornelison
Starting command	Roger Penske
Pace car	Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray 3LZ[2]
Pace car driver	Ken Griffey Jr.[3]
Starter	Aaron Likens
Honorary starter	Austin Butler and Jodie Comer[4]
TV in the United States
Network	NBC (including WTHR, blackout lifted 2:30pm ET)
Announcers	Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell, James Hinchcliffe
Nielsen ratings	2.6 (5.344 million viewers)[5]
Chronology
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The 2024 Indianapolis 500, branded as the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge for sponsorship reasons, was a 500-mile (804.5 km, 200 lap) race in the 2024 IndyCar Series, that was held on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. The month of May activities formally began on Saturday, May 11 with the Sonsio Grand Prix on the combined road course. Practice on the oval began on Tuesday May 14. Time trials were held on May 18–19, and Carb Day, the traditional final day of practice, along with the Pit Stop Challenge, took place on May 24.

Josef Newgarden of Team Penske entered the race as the defending winner. His teammate Scott McLaughlin won the pole position with a four-lap average speed of 234.220 miles per hour (376.941 km/h), the fastest pole position speed (and second-fastest qualifying speed) in Indy history. McLaughlin, Newgarden, and their teammate Will Power took all three spots on the front row, the first for a single team since Penske did so in 1988. For the first time since 2014, a driver attempted "Double Duty": Kyle Larson attempted to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. But rain delayed the start of the Indy race and hastened the end of the Charlotte race, foiling Larson's attempt.

Newgarden won the race after passing Pato O'Ward in turn three on the final lap for his second-consecutive Indianapolis 500 victory. It was the fourth Indianapolis 500 to end in a last-lap pass after 2006, 2011, and 2023. He became the first driver to win the race two years in a row since Hélio Castroneves won in 2001–2002.^[6]