A chaotic end to the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 ended with a new winner on a day of highs and lows for Chip Ganassi Racing.

That winner was former Formula One veteran Marcus Ericsson driving the No. 8 Huski Chocolate Honda. The win happened after Jimmie Johnson crashed with seven laps to go. The red flag came out with four laps to go. Ericsson was already up by about a second and a half or so over Mexican driver Pato O’Ward, so he and his team thought that they may be doomed. But the Swede handled it well, weaving on O’Ward on the straights, something he would get a penalty for if it was F1, but this ain’t F1. O’Ward tried to pass a little bit too early on the last lap into turn 1, going on the outside of Ericsson, but the Swedish driver was able to hold him off. From there, the Mexican couldn’t keep up as Ericsson drove over the famous “Yard of Bricks” to win his first “500”

“As I sat there under the red flag running through all of the scenarios and thinking about the guys who would be attacking on the restart, I thought about a conversation I had with [three-time Indy 500 winner and mentor] Dario Franchitti,” Ericsson recalled. “We actually talked about what I should do if I was in the lead late. Playing defense. Keeping them behind me. Making them work, make a mistake, just make sure that I did not.”

This finish puts Ericsson currently third in the championship. It’s also his third career IndyCar win. All three of his wins have come from a race with a red flag.

As for the front row starters Dixon, Palou and Veekay, they didn’t have so good of a race. Rinus Veekay crashed out running second at the time on lap 38, resulting in a last-place finish. Alex Palou needed to make an emergency stop for fuel, but unfortunately for him, a caution came out and the pit lane closed as he was coming in, resulting in a penalty that almost took him to the back of the field. He made a comeback to finish 9th. As for Scott Dixon, after leading 95 laps, he got caught speeding in the pit lane on lap 175, which resulted in a drive-through penalty. He finished 21st place overall.

The Ganassi cars finished with Ericsson P1, Kanaan P3, Palou P9, Dixon P21 and Johnson P28. A rather lopsided finishing order for the team.

Alexander Rossi climbed up from P20 to P5 over the course of the race after a bold move on Kanaan and Ferrucci, going three-wide to make the pass on lap 159, behind that was Sage Karam also in a three-wide battle.

Helio Castroneves also moved up the field from 27th to 7th after stretching out his tyres on the first stint and getting a lucky caution while simultaneously making some key passes to become the biggest mover of this year’s race. Though the “Drive For Five” continues. Maybe next year, who knows.

Colton Herta’s race went from bad to worse as a load of problems on his new car, which was made after his Friday crash, had to retire and place 30th.

The finishing order was Ericsson, O’Ward, Kanaan, Rosenqvist, Rossi, Daly, Castroneves, Pagenaud, Palou and Ferrucci rounding out the top ten.

The IndyCar season resumes with the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix next weekend.