Hornish edges Andretti in photo finish

INDIANAPOLIS -- In the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500, Sam Hornish Jr. edged out rookie driver Marco Andretti Sunday in the second closest finish in the race's prestigious history.\nHornish, the 65th driver to win "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," won his first Indianapolis 500 by 0.0635 of a second. \n"It's a great feeling," Hornish said. "I wouldn't trade it for anything else. I thank God for giving me a lot of talent, not so much for what I can do driving, but the fact that I didn't want to give up."\nIn lap 197, Hornish passed Michael Andretti for second going into turn three. Then in lap 198, Marco led Hornish by 0.5644 of a second when he blocked Hornish's attempt to pass him going into turn three. In the final lap of the race, Hornish got a run off of turn four, dove under Marco and edged the rookie driver by a car length, becoming the 18th driver to win the Indianapolis 500 from the pole position.\n"It was for everything, for all the marbles," Hornish said. "You don't get too many times like that at the Indy 500 where you're out there and you have a chance to win the race right in front of everybody on the last lap."\nIn his overtaking Marco on the final lap, Hornish increased his speed to 219 mph, five mph faster then the 19-year-old rookie; a move that caught Marco by surprise.\n"To be completely honest, I thought I did it with one lap to go," Marco said. "But I don't know where that speed came from. I was on the overtake the last three laps of the race just holding it, but I don't know where that came from."\nEven Michael thought his son had picked up his first career Indianapolis 500 win.\n"I literally put my hand in the air thinking (Marco) won the race, and I couldn't believe it," Michael said. "Where did Hornish get that speed? It was like he had a button in there to push. It was just unbelievable."\nMichael came out of retirement in hopes that his 15th Indianapolis 500 would be the one that finally got him his first title. Meanwhile, his son Marco became the third-youngest driver to start the Indianapolis 500 at 19 years, two months and 15 days. He is the youngest since A.J. Foyt IV, who turned 19 when he made his first start in 2003.\n"I just knew (Marco) was going to surprise a lot of people," said Michael. "He didn't surprise me. He did everything that I thought he could and he just did it a little quicker than I thought he would."\nHowever, the day belonged to Team Penske and Hornish, who attributed his last-second boost in speed to fuel and his failure to pass Marco the first time.\n"We had the fuel turned all the way up. He slowed me down enough and it did give me enough of a run coming back at it. It's not always the fastest car that wins the race but the one that makes the fewest mistakes."\nA year after qualifying for his first Indianapolis 500 with Marlboro Team Penske, Hornish found himself in the winner circle at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.\n"It's the best day that I'll ever have as far as my career goes." Hornish said. "There's other things outside of racing, but as far as my professional career or anything outside my family life, this is the best day that I'll ever have"