Incredible End to the Indy 500 [Video]

Remember the old saying it "ain't over 'til the fat lady sings"? She was warming up when, rookie Indy car driver, JR Hildebrand came around the final turn of the Indianapolis 500.

Isn't it weird how when you're trying to be careful bad things happen. To the young man's credit he owned up to the mistake.

I quickly decided, knowing that the cars in second and third were coming pretty strong, that rather than downshifting a bunch, you know, sort of risking slowing the car way down coming onto the front straight to stay behind him, I thought I'll breathe it and go to the high side because it was a move I used earlier in the race to get around some slower cars in a fairly similar situation.
I guess just with the tires as worn as they were, the run being as long, that sort of stint of the race being as long as it was, there were a bunch of marbles on the outside. Once I got up there, there wasn't a lot I could do.