'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing' Turns Out to Be One of the Sloppiest

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Getting all the best drivers in open-wheel racing on the same track turned out to be a lot easier than keeping them there.

The story of this year's Indianapolis 500 was supposed to be a feel-good tale about the end of a decade-long civil war that split the sport into rival leagues and so damaged both that they wound up sucking on the fumes of NASCAR as it zoomed past in popularity and prize money. Instead, the 92nd running of what was once called "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" turned out to be one of the sloppiest.

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'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing' Turns Out to Be One of the Sloppiest

There was eight cautions, 10 crashes and way too little racing. The best maneuver of the afternoon was the one that winner Scott Dixon pulled to beat then-leader Vitor Meira out of the pits with the yellow flag still flying and 29 of the 200 ...

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