The most competitive Indianapolis 500 in history featured an emotional winner, Tony Kanaan, and a surprise second-place finisher, rookie Carlos Munoz. Defending IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was leading with five laps to go but fell back to third with Marco Andretti and Justin Wilson completing the top five.
Indy 500 results 2013: Tony Kanaan wins; Carlos Munoz, Ryan Hunter-Reay round out top 3
Behind winner Tony Kanaan, rookie Carlos Munoz finished second.
Finishing in sixth and seventh were the Penske Racing teammates Helio Castroneves and AJ Allmendinger, respectively. Simon Pagenaud improved the most positions climbing from the 21st starting spot to finish eighth, followed by Charlie Kimball in ninth.
Completing the top 10 was Ed Carpenter, who had started on the pole and led a race-high 37 laps.
Dario Franchitti, the 2012 Indy 500 champion, was in the top 10 when he crashed with three laps to go. He finished 23rd.
Unofficial 2013 Indianapolis 500 results:
Finish Start Driver Laps
1) 12 Tony Kanaan 200
2) 2 Carlos Munoz 200
3) 7 Ryan Hunter-Reay 200
4) 3 Marco Andretti 200
5) 14 Justin Wilson 200
6) 8 Helio Castroneves 200
7) 5 A.J. Allmendinger 200
8) 21 Simon Pagenaud 200
9) 19 Charlie Kimball 200
10) 1 Ed Carpenter 200
11) 13 Oriol Servia 200
12) 23 Ryan Briscoe 200
13) 18 Takuma Sato 200
14) 16 Scott Dixon 200
15) 29 Ana Beatriz 200
16) 28 Tristan Vautier 200
17) 24 Simona de Silvestro 200
18) 4 E.J. Viso 200
19) 6 Will Power 200
20) 20 James Jakes 199
21) 9 James Hinchcliffe 199
22) 31 Conor Daly 198
23) 17 Dario Franchitti 197
24) 11 Alex Tagliani 196
25) 26 Graham Rahal 193
26) 33 Katherine Legge 193
27) 22 Townsend Bell 192
28) 25 Josef Newgarden 191
29) 15 Sebastien Bourdais 178
30) 30 Pippa Mann 46
31) 32 Buddy Lazier 44
32) 27 Sebastian Saavedra 34
33) 10 J.R. Hildebrand 4
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