Felix Rosenqvist rocketed to a victory at the Indianapolis 500 for Meyer Shank Racing, boasting a last-lap pass over David Malukas in the closest finish in race history.

A crowd of over 350,000 witnessed Rosenqvist hunt Malukas down in the final five-eighths of a mile, breaking to the outside with momentum to win by 0.0233 seconds. 

It’s all “Happy Hour” for Rosenqvist, rocking with SiriusXM and Morgan Wallen Radio on his No. 60 Honda.

“What an incredible finish,” Rosenqvist said after scoring his first win in six years. “That's the way I've always pictured it in my head for some reason.”

Rosenqvist jumped to the outside of MSR teammate Marcus Armstrong in turn one, then clung to the outside for nearly two miles before breaking free entering the final turn.

“It was almost like muscle memory when it happened because I've been dreaming about that last lap move. It's kind of weird, you never really get that last lap move in the Indy 500, and it just played out perfectly.”

It’s the first oval win for Rosenqvist and his second ever, elevating owner Mike Shank to the status of two-time Indy 500 winner. Both Meyer Shank entries finished inside the top five.

“This is all we needed,” Shank said. “This group is pushing the door open, and it's getting ready to snap. We just need one thing. And I hope this is it. He deserves it.”

A roll of the dice set Rosenqvist on the winning strategy, saving fuel after pitting on lap 165 and bypassing leader Pato O’Ward with 15 laps remaining to seize control. Caio Collet collided with the wall at turn two and sheared off the right side of his machine, setting up a restart with six laps to go.

“I just knew if this is going to go green until the end, we've got it easy unless something crazy happens,” Rosenqvist said. “Then obviously the crazy thing happened.”

Rookie Mick Schumacher drifted out of the groove and into the wall in turn one to draw the yellow flag, eventually leading to a green-white checkered finish.

“I got down to third on the first restart, which was kind of the perfect place because I saw all day, whoever was in third always had a shot at leading the next straight,” Rosenqvist said.

The driver of the No. 60 believed it was “as good a shot” as he would get to make the move.

Rosenqvist lined up third while taking the white flag. The 70th exchange for the lead took place moments before crossing the bricks, setting a new record for the most Indy 500 lead changes.

“I got back to third, and then I just had to flat-out lap on the high line, and it stuck,” Rosenqvist said. “It was just the coolest way you can finish and win an Indy 500.”

Rosenqvist joined Kenny Bräk and Marcus Ericsson as the third Swedish-born driver to win the Indy 500. As for David Malukas, he wound up second in back-to-back years at the speedway.

“I've never pushed that hard in my whole life,” Malukas said. “We had the fastest car out there that whole race. It was ours to win, and I knew that.”

The 24-year-old made his final pit stop with 26 laps to go and found himself running 15 seconds behind Rosenqvist before the caution.

Malukas said, “I just don't know what else we could have done.”

“Everything happens for a reason,” Malukas said. “We're going to just use it as more motivation and just keep pushing forward, and someday maybe it'll happen.”

Alex Palou scored a seventh-place result, leading a race-high 59 laps. Palou initially led the main strategy, but he and Scott Dixon got shuffled back in the running order before Collet’s wreck.

Penske put two cars in the top three, with Scott McLaughlin crossing the yard of bricks third in a three-wide drag race with O’Ward and Armstrong. It was a new best for McLaughlin at Indy.

“I had so much adrenaline going through my body,” McLaughlin said of the final laps. “I was just throwing it in and taking whatever gap I could.”

McLaughlin maneuvered from 10th to third by passing competitors left and right in a blistering charge to the front of the field. From wrecking in the pace laps in 2025 to a podium finish, McLaughlin and Indy continue a rollercoaster ride of a relationship.

“It's been an emotional month, and it's just nice to come back and execute,” McLaughlin said. 

The three-time Supercars Champion from New Zealand led five laps and moved to sixth in points.

Even with the strong result, McLaughlin wishes he could have found a way to cross the line first.

“It's Christmas, but not everyone gets a present,” McLaughlin said. “Only one guy goes home with one.”