The
98th Indianapolis 500 was completed on Sunday May 25, 2014, at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is the premier event of the
2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season.
Tony Kanaan entered the race as the defending champion.
Ed Carpenter won the
pole position, his second consecutive pole at Indy. The race was won by
Ryan Hunter-Reay, the first
American-born winner since
Sam Hornish, Jr. in
2006. Hunter-Reay held off second place
Hélio Castroneves by a margin of 0.0600 seconds, the second-closest finish in race history. At an average speed of , it was also the second-fastest 500 in history.
Marco Andretti,
Carlos Muñoz, and
Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top five.
Kurt Busch, in sixth position, claimed
Rookie of the Year honors.