Ericsson, who scored Chip Ganassi Racing’s fifth victory in the event and its first for 10 years, won the 106th running of the Indy 500 after a breathtaking finish in which he held off Pato O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren in the charge for the twin checkers. Ericsson averaged 175.428mph over the 200-lap race and took home a record $3.1m in winnings.
Ericsson’s sterling silver image, as created by William Behrends on the Borg-Warner Trophy, was officially unveiled during a ceremony in downtown Indianapolis last October, while today at Thermal Club, near Palm Springs, CA., Ericsson and Ganassi received their miniature versions of the iconic trophy.
