Brazil's Tony Kanaan wins Indy 500

Indianapolis 500 Champion Tony Kanaan of Brazil poses with the Borg Warner Trophy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's "yard of bricks" on Monday, May 27.

Brazil's Tony Kanaan, driver of the Hydroxycut KV Racing Technology-SH Racing Chevrolet, pours the traditional victory milk over his head after winning the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26.

Kanaan celebrates in victory lane. The race featured a record 14 leaders and 68 lead changes

No. 11 Kanaan leads the pack during the race.

Scott Dixon of New Zealand makes a pit stop in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.

Takuma Sato of Japan, in car No. 14, holds the lead.

Charlie Kimball, driver of the No. 83 NovoLog FlexPen Honda, makes a pit stop.

Marco Andretti in No. 25 for Andretti Autosport, left, and Tony Kanaan of Brazil in No. 11 lead the pack before a turn.

Ed Carpenter in car No. 20 leads a pack.

Carpenter keeps his lead.

Dario Franchitti's No.10 stops in the pit.

Will Power of Australia in No. 12 leads cars down the front stretch.

Balloons are released as cars, drivers and crews wait to start the race.

Driver Charlie Kimball stands on the grid during the performance of the national anthem.

Tony Kanaan, left, and Hélio Castroneves of Brazil greet each other.

Dario Franchitti of Scotland makes adjustments to his car before the start.

Katherine Legge of England, left, and Scott Dixon of New Zealand talk before the start of the race.

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(CNN) -- With a daring move in the last few laps, Tony Kanaan of Brazil passed American Ryan Hunter-Reay and won the 97th Indianapolis 500 under a yellow caution flag.

It was the second of two caution flags precipitated by crashes in the final eight laps of the 200-lap, 500-mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"I got a little bit of luck today," Kanaan said in a post-race interview.

The race featured a record 14 leaders and 68 lead changes, with Kanaan making the last one between the two caution flags. No driver is allowed to pass another car while the caution flag is posted, so at that point, to win, all Kanaan needed to do was finish without crashing.

Despite the yellow flags, the average speed was 187.433 mph, setting another Indy 500 record.

Kanaan was a sentimental favorite after several near-misses in his 11 previous Indy 500s. Throngs gathered around him as he drank the winner's traditional bottle of milk and later kissed the Speedway's bricks.

Rookie Carlos Munoz of Colombia finished second, Hunter-Reay finished third and Marco Andretti placed fourth. Each of the top four finishers was driving a Chevrolet.

Ed Carpenter -- the stepson of Tony George, the founder of the IndyCar racing series -- sat in the advantageous pole position at the front of the field at the start of the race. He finished 10th.