Photos of the 2015 Indianapolis 500

Scenes from the 2015 Indianapolis 500, which was won by Juan Pablo Montoya.

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
May 24, 2015

Photos of the 2015 Indianapolis 500

Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia celebrates with his teammates after winning the 99th running of the Indianapolis.

A general view of the start of the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500.

The cars roll off the grid just ahead of the Indianapolis 500.

Sage Karam's crash

The race wasn’t a lap old and Sage Karam was done for the day. After making contact with Takuma Sato, the 20-year-old Karam was sent into the wall. It was the first of several wrecks, none of which was a dangerous airborne event like the ones in practice earlier in the week.

Juan Pablo Montoya, driver of the #2 Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara, races ahead of teammate Will Power of Australia, driver of the #1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara, on his way to winning.

David Letterman sits in the pit before the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500.

Juan Pablo Montoya pits

Juan Pablo Montoya overcame pit difficulties, including an unplanned stop to fix damage to the rear of his car and overshooting his stall, that knocked him back to 30th early in the race.

Fans sit atop their car to watch the race on a big screen TV.

Bryan Clauson wrecks

Alex Tagliani (foreground) avoids Bryan Clauson, who lost control on Turn 4 and hit the wall during lap 65. Clauson was one of eight drivers whose day was ended early by a crash. The others: Sage Karam, Ed Carpenter, Oriol Servia, Jack Hawksworth, Sebastian Saavedra, Stefano Colletti and Tony Kanaan.

Scott Dixon of Australia races alongside Juan Pablo Montoya and Will Power after a restart.

Ed Carpenter's crash

Ed Carpenter's car came skidding to a halt along the wall after he and Oriol Servia collided on Turn 1 with a little more than 250 miles in the books.