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Ryan Hunter-Reay won Sunday’s chaotic IndyCar race at Pocono, although the afternoon was overshadowed by a frightening accident involving his Andretti Autosport team-mate Justin Wilson.

Hunter-Reay had been strong on restarts right through the afternoon, and moved into the lead on the final green flag with five laps to go.

He might have faced a late challenge from Josef Newgarden or Juan Pablo Montoya, who were just behind him, but was spared when Gabby Chaves’ engine let go a lap later and brought the yellows back out.

With insufficient time remaining to clean the track, the race finished under caution.

Just minutes earlier, Wilson had been airlifted to a nearby hospital after being struck by a large piece of debris from the car of Sage Karam, who had spun into the wall while leading.

It was by far the most serious incident in an accident-laden day: nine drivers were eliminated as the result of contact, including championship contender Graham Rahal, who was the victim of an over-optimistic move from Tristan Vautier.

Will Power had an eventful run to fourth on an afternoon that included a spin in pitlane, leaving Carlos Munoz to round out the top five.

In addition to those eliminated by crashes there was an unusually high rate of mechanical attrition.

Just 11 drivers were still running when the chequered flag flew – and one of those, Pippa Mann, was several laps down after suffering a gearbox problem.

RESULTS – 200 LAPS:

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 3h25m08.1095s
2 Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 0.1053s
3 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 0.5696s
4 Will Power Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 1.4707s
5 Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 2.0003s
6 Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 3.5167s
7 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 4.5025s
8 Ryan Briscoe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 4.7997s
9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 5.6857s
10 James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 6.2994s
11 Gabby Chaves Bryan Herta Autosport Dallara/Honda Mechanical
12 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet Mechanical
13 Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 15 Laps
14 Sage Karam Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet Contact
15 Justin Wilson Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda Contact
16 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet Contact
17 Ed Carpenter CFH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet Mechanical
18 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda Contact
19 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet Contact
20 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara/Honda Contact
21 Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda Contact
22 Jack Hawksworth AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda Contact
23 Sebastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet Contact
24 Stefano Coletti KV Racing Technology Dallara/Chevrolet Mechanical

LEADING CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

Pos Driver Points
1 Juan Pablo Montoya 500
2 Graham Rahal 466
3 Scott Dixon 453
4 Will Power 439
5 Helio Castroneves 423
6 Josef Newgarden 413
7 Marco Andretti 390
8 Sebastien Bourdais 386
9 Tony Kanaan 366
10 Simon Pagenaud 356
11 Ryan Hunter-Reay 355
12 Carlos Munoz 333
13 Charlie Kimball 301
14 Takuma Sato 275
15 Gabby Chaves 249
16 James Jakes 247
17 Jack Hawksworth 234
18 Sage Karam 197
19 Stefano Coletti 177
20 Luca Filippi 170
21 Tristan Vautier 161
22 Ryan Briscoe 145
23 James Hinchcliffe 129
24 Justin Wilson 108
25 Ed Carpenter 88
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Hunter-Reay wins chaotic Pocono Indycar race

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