Late last year, it was announced that the entire 2025 INDYCAR season would be carried flag-to-flag on the main ... guaranteed a start at any non-Indy 500 race with over 27 cars.

When Marco Andretti was an Indianapolis 500 rookie in 2006, he was in the lead, heading to the checkered flag before he was passed by Sam Hornish, Jr. less than 200 yards from winning the race.