alex bowman won the 2018 indianapolis 500 race today.
alex bowman won the 2018 indianapolis 500 race today.
who won the 2018 indianapolis 500 race today?
alex bowman
the 2018 indianapolis 500 (branded as the 102nd indianapolis 500 presented by penngrade motor oil for sponsorship reasons) was a verizon indycar series held on sunday, may 27, 2018, at the indianapolis motor speedway in speedway, indiana. it was the premier event of the 2018 indycar series. the race was won by australian will power of team penske. car owner roger penske collected his record extending 17th indianapolis 500 victory. chevrolet swept nine of the top eleven spots during qualifying, and finished 1st-2nd, chevy's first indy victory since 2015, and tenth overall. however, despite entering the month as prohibitive favorites to dominate the race, chevy managed to place only two other cars in the top ten.
2018 indianapolis 500
there is little sign that edouard ballot himself took much interest in automobiles until december 1918. that was the month in which he had a significant conversation with rené thomas, a leading racing driver who had won the 1914 indianapolis 500 race driving a delage. ballot was persuaded to build four 4.8-litre cars that would carry the "ballot" name and compete in the forthcoming indianapolis 500 race, scheduled for 30 may 1919. time seemed very short, but ballot lost no time, notably recruiting the swiss born engineer ernest henry who had already worked on preparing peugeot cars for their successful participation in the 1914 indianapolis 500 race. ballot's cars competed in the 1919 race, two of them finishing in 4th and 11th places. ballot was sufficiently encouraged to return the next year, and in the 1920 indianapolis 500 race a ballot driven by rené thomas finished in second place: ballots also took fifth and seventh places.
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