IndyCar: Top 5 strangest races since 2010

#2 – 2014 Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston – Race #1 (continued)

A late caution flag period took place when Colombian Sebastian Saavedra spun out, setting up a one-lap shootout between Carlos Huertas and fellow Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, who had not won an IndyCar race since he last drove in the sport in the 2000 season.

Coming to the green flag for what was set to be a crazy final lap, Graham Rahal, who was running in fourth place, ran into the back of Tony Kanaan, who was running in third, spinning him out. As a result, the caution flag stayed out and the race ended.

Here is a video of the crazy ending of this race (begins at 3:20).

But perhaps the most anticlimactic ending to a race of this decade resulted in arguably the most surprising result in IndyCar history.

It just so happened that Colombian Carlos Munoz was running in fifth place at the time, so the fact that Kanaan was spun out coupled with the fact that Rahal was penalized for spinning him out promoted Munoz to third, creating the first ever Colombian podium sweep in an IndyCar race.

And it all happened because the race’s other Colombian, who also had a decent chance to finish the race in the top five, spun out.

To further complicate matters, Dale Coyne Racing were fined after the race ended as a result of the fact that Huertas had an enlarged fuel tank.

To this day, the fact that this race and everything involved in it actually happened is mind-boggling.