Dario Franchitti has won the Indy 500 for a third time. The Target Ganassi driver took the checkered flag under caution following Takuma Sato’s crash on the final lap.

Franchitti beat teammate Scott Dixon, who lead the race earlier; Tony Kanaan, who was leading at the end; Oriel Servia and Penske Racing’s Ryan Briscoe, who had won the pole position. Altogether, there were 35 lead changes, a new record.

In his winning effort, Franchitti averaged 167.734 in his new Honda-powered Ganassi DW12. All the 2012 drivers had “DW12″ cars built to new safety standards adopted following the death of Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon last October.