This Through the Lens shot of the 2019 Indianapolis 500 field, taken by Chris Owens on the morning of the race, could almost serve as the sport's Christmas card. It certainly brings back fond memories of a terrific NTT IndyCar Series season.

The 200-lap race delivered everything a race fan could ask for, capped by a final shootout between Team Penske's Simon Pagenaud, who led 116 of the 200 laps, and Andretti Autosport's Alexander Rossi.

Takuma Sato of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Josef Newgarden of Team Penske and Will Power of Team Penske rounded out the top five.

Four cautions for 29 laps kept things lively, especially when five cars were collected in a Turn 3 incident on Lap 178.

The obvious omission was Fernando Alonso and his McLaren team, which were bumped from the field by Kyle Kaiser and Juncos Racing in a last-minute qualifying run.

The 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge is set for May 24, 2020.