The 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 once again came down to a deciding final stint. Unfortunately for Arrow McLaren, there was too much ground to make up and they were left once again without coveted hardware. The four papaya entries finished the race in fourth, ninth, 16th and 27th.

Pato O'Ward had a self-described up-and-down race, but found himself in striking distance within the last 20 laps. While he didn't come away with the win he's been searching for, it was a strong day from the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet team as they continue to fight for the championship. 

Christian Lundgaard overcame a challenging first stint that saw him fall down the grid early. However, he was to manuever his way through the field and make it all the way back up to ninth, his best career result at this race.

Nolan Siegel and Kyle Larson's races both ended prematurely, with Nolan's incident coming on Lap 200 as he was en route to finish near the top 10. He ended the day 16th, while Kyle's attempt at "The Double" also fell short after his incident on Lap 92.

Arrow McLaren returns to the track again next weekend in the Motor City for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, with Practice beginning on Friday, May 30.

Location	Indianapolis, Ind.
Race Date	May 25
Round	6 out of 17
Total Laps	200 laps
Total Race Distance	500 mi/ 804.7 km
Length	2.5 mi/ 4.0 km
Number of Turns	4

Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Starting Position		3rd
Finishing Position		4th
Championship Standings	191 points	2nd

“We’ve seemed to have had every single result in the top five over the past five years except for the most important one. Congratulations to Alex; I've got to get on whatever he's eating or sleeping on because he's on a run that I've never seen before, one I don’t think this series has seen before in 50 years. It's impressive what they've done. My race was a lot of up and downs I would say. The restarts were chaotic, and we were just three cars too far back. We made four or five spots in the last pit stop sequence. I think we were just one pit stop sequence short or one restart. Everybody you could see was stuck."

Christian Lundgaard, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Starting Position		8th
Finishing Position		9th
Championship Position	177 points	4th

"I would say I'm happy, but disappointed for not getting a better result. At the end of the day, the car came back in one piece and we only lost one position in the race. I don't think we had enough pace today to fight for a win even if we were in the position. We still finished in the top 10 and are staying steady. We've only finished in the top 10 this year, outside of the Sonsio Grand Prix. We're building a great campaign for the championship, and at this point that's where we'll focus."

Nolan Siegel, Driver, No. 6 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Starting Position		24th
Finishing Position		16th
Championship Position	79 points	19th

“Terrible end to what should have been a good day. We made our way forward every stint like we planned on, and nobody on the team made any mistakes, except for me on the last lap. I’m very disappointed and upset with myself, and want to make it right in Detroit next week."

Kyle Larson, Driver, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Starting Position		19th
Finishing Position		27th

“I hate that I caused that crash, especially for everybody at Arrow McLaren and Hendrick Motorsports. There were a lot of people here to see a better result than that. We'll shake it off and head over to Charlotte to try and win that one. 

I put a lot into making this effort possible, so just bummed out really. We'll try to mentally move on from here quickly and get to Charlotte. Physically, I'm fine, just very disappointed.

I think the best therapy is to get back behind the wheel. Thankfully I only have a few hours until I'll be back, and once we crank the engines up and hopefully I'll forget about it.”

Tony Kanaan, Team Principal

"At the end of the day, only one person leaves this place happy. We fought all day as a team. Pato was pretty strong, but it looks like at the end there, we didn’t have enough. With the nature of this race, look at Marcus Ericsson, look at Malukas. No one could do anything. But I’m proud of this team. As far as Championship points go, we’re still pretty solid. Obviously Alex Palou is unstoppable right now. It reminds me of when Dan Wheldon won in 2005 exactly like this. The first three races finished second and then won the 500. But again, I’m proud of the team. There was a great turnout of fans for the sellout, great turnout of our team partners. I think we’re living up to the papaya army dream. We’ve been setting the standard at every event with how we show up and build even more Arrow McLaren fans. It's about more than just the racing; it’s about what we’re building here. But also, I’m a racer. If I don’t win, I’m mad, and I knew today I was going to be either really happy or mad. But we move on. Detroit is next week, and we’ll show up ready to fight again."