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It was a day of drama at the Indianapolis 500, with many caution periods it will go down as one of the most grueling ever.

as Scott Dixon lead the field around to the green, he couldn’t have known that he would be etched onto the Borg-Warner trophy for all to see, The brisbane born Kiwi ran a great race and with a near perfect pitstop under the final caution of the day he re-took the lead of the worlds greatest motor race.

in the closing laps Vitor Meira was slowly reeling Dixon in but the Target-Ganassi driver held him off to cross the famed yard of bricks in first place, and in doing so became the first Kiwi to win the Indianapolis 500, Dixon now leads the 2008 IRL championship from Brazilian Helio Castroneves and Brit Dan Wheldon.

Of the aussie contingent the best finisher was Will Power who after his practice crash earlier in the month, stayed out of trouble and drove a solid race to finish 13th (2nd rookie) in his first Indy 500 attempt.

The other Aussie Ryan Briscoe was runnign strong earlier in the race only to have contact in pit lane with Danica Patrick on lap 171, the contact was enough to put both cars out of the race, and fire up Patrick who started charging down pit lane towards the Penske pit area, but cooler heads prevailed and she was whisked back to the Andretti-Green pitbox to calm down a little

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Well the month of may is almost over which means one thing, The Indy 500 is about to be run and won, Australia has two drivers competing this year.

the first driver is Queensland born Will Power who after a stunning 2007 Champcar season with Walker Racing/Team Australia, has joined KV Racing in Team Australia colours after the unification of the Champcar World Series and the Indy Racing League.

Power who currently leads the Rookie points after winning the final Champcar race at Longbeach, will be looking to finish his first 500, after a late may practice crash that somewhat rattled his cage, he will start from 25th.

The other driver is Sydney born Ryan Briscoe, back in the IRL this year after a very successful year in 07′ driving for the Penske ALMS porsche team, Ryan has qualified his Team Penske car on the front row beside former champion NZ’s Scott Dixon and former Indy 500 victor and Pole sitter Brit Dan Wheldon, Briscoe will be one to watch in the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500.

Coverage starts on ESPN from 2:30am AEST Monday, with the green flag flying at approximately 3am AEST