Kanaan became the fourth Brazilian driver to win the Indianapolis 500 joined by Emerson Fittipaldi, Helio Castroneves, and Gil de Ferran.

[2] Three-time winners Hélio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009) and Dario Franchitti (2007, 2010, 2012) attempted to tie A. J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears for the most Indy 500 victories.

Unknown at the time, the 2013 race would be Franchitti's last; he retired after suffering severe injuries in a crash at Houston about five months later.

Three-time champion Dario Franchitti got loose and crashed into the outside wall bringing out the final caution of the race.

The average speed of the race – 187.433 mph (301.644 km/h) – was the fastest Indianapolis 500, breaking the record set in 1990 by Arie Luyendyk.

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[9] The initial entry list included four rookies (A. J. Allmendinger, Conor Daly, Tristan Vautier, Carlos Muñoz) and four former winners in Hélio Castroneves, Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Buddy Lazier.

[29] Driver Graham Rahal then crashed with 7 laps left to go, bringing the race under a yellow caution flag.

[25] Just when Kanaan led in the first turn, Dario Franchitti crashed with three laps left, causing another yellow caution flag that would last for the remainder of the race.

[25] Under the yellow flag, Kanaan finished the final 2.5 laps to win his first Indy 500, with Carlos Muñoz in second place and Hunter-Reay in third.

Time trials, Carb Day, and the 500 Festival Parade were covered live in the United States on NBC Sports Network.

For qualifying, the on-air crew was Leigh Diffey, Gil de Ferran and Jon Beekhuis in the booth, with Kevin Lee, Marty Snider, Robin Miller and Will Buxton in the pits and garage area.

[35] For final practice, the on-air crew was Bob Jenkins, Jon Beekhuis and Wally Dallenbach Jr. in the booth, with pit reporters Snider, Lee and Miller.

[36] Host: Lindsay Czarniak Announcer: Marty Reid Color: Scott Goodyear Color: Eddie Cheever The IMS Radio Network broadcast the race live on approximately 400 affiliates, as well as AFN, the LeSEA broadcasting network, and World Harvest Radio.

1070 The Fan broadcast nightly with Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, followed by Donald Davidson's The Talk of Gasoline Alley.