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Scott Dixon (or Scotty-D as we call him) has won the Indy 500! The biggest race in American Motorsport.
Starting from pole, Dixon had a good strategy for the marathon race:
"I was trying to save fuel and just see how the car was in traffic," he said.
"We were trying to work on it all the time. I think the car had a
little too much drag in it but coming towards the end as long as we got
a bit of a jump on those guys I didn't think they were going to get
past us."
Also of note was second place getter Brazilian Vitor Meira who briefly held the lead near the end of the race. Meira drives for a small budget one-car team: Panther Racing. Quite the achievement considering the money involved in this competition.

Also luckily for Dixon, competition rival Tony Kanaan was knocked out early in a collision with another driver. Danica Patrick was also knocked out after colliding with Ryan Briscoe in the pit lane. She went to "clean his clock" when security intervened.
Someone not named Danica wins Indy 500 [Deadspin]
Pole sitter Dixon races to first Indianapolis 500 victory [ESPN]
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noizy says: Surely the 60mins sub thing is just R&R in disguise? ...
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 — noizyHe's pouring milk on himself? Where'd the champagne go?
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 — HadynThe milk thing has been around for ages. From Wikipedia:
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 — MeganAll I can think when I look at that photo is "God, that is going to really smell later".
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 — noizyYeah, my thoughts exactly.
The sweet smell of success. And rancid milk.
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 — drinks-after-workerGo Danica! She rocksz.
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 — Gibbs (not verified)Kanaan got knocked out while trying avoid his team mate and young punk, Marco Andretti. He swerved to get out of the way figuring better to take out someone else than two cars from the same team. He ended Sara Fischer's race aswell. She apologised while he did too, then he siad he was not very impressed with Andretti, who is going to cop a Kanaan special to the face after the race.
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