TV Broadcast: 1999 Indianapolis 500

But for a much-needed brief caution period in the closing laps—which never came—Robby Gordon would very likely have won. As it was, he was obliged to head for the pits for a splash of fuel instead of roaring down the main straight to take the white flag. He had gambled against stopping during a caution period between laps 169 and 173, and he came up short by just over a lap.

Into the lead swept Kenny Brack, the young Swede who was driving for A.J. Foyt. Gordon salvaged fourth. Another rare example of a leader being taken out in an accident came on lap 117, when two-time winner Arie Luyendyk tangled with a competitor he was attempting to lap.