Nielsen Fast National for Sunday’s 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on FOX Most-Watched Indianapolis 500 in 17 years (7,245,000 viewers in 2008) Up +40% vs. last year’s Indianapolis 500 (5,024,000 viewers) 8.

Palou, the 28-year-old Spaniard who won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, took center stage before the Mets' showdown with the White Sox at Citi Field.

However, as the IndyStar 's Nathan Brown reported Monday, Daly's Indy 500 was actually quite gross, as he unfortunately faced an in-car challenge many (if not, all) drivers dread: having to go to the bathroom during a race.

The Indy 500 purse record was broken for the fourth year in a row, with Alex Palou earning $3.8M from a total purse of $20,283,000.

The Andretti IndyCar team has released a statement after two of its cars were disqualified from the Indianapolis 500. IndyCar confirmed that the No. 27 and 28 of Andretti Global and the No. 90 of PREMA Racing had failed post-race technical inspections. As a result, they were disqualified and each car was slapped with a hefty $100,000 fine.

Robert Shwartzman experienced a scary moment during Sunday's Indianapolis 500 when he crashed on pit road, knocking over multiple crew members. The rookie collided in the pit box after completing around 87 laps and his mechanics pushed the vehicle back into the correct positioning. The vehicle hit four crew members and one left on a stretcher.

Sunday's Indianapolis 500 had its biggest television audience in 17 years. Alex Palou's victory averaged 7.05 million viewers on Fox, according to Nielsen. That is the largest audience since 2008, when Scott Dixon's win averaged 7.

Halfway through the race and as of this writing, eight drivers were out of the race but drivers like Josef Newgarden, seeking his third straight Indy 500 win, and Helio Castroneves, seeking his recording-breaking fifth ever Indy 500 win, were still in the mix.