India, May 25 -- Indianapolis 500 was temporarily red-flagged after rain finally arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. At the time of writing this story, Scott Dixon led the leaderboard. The weather caution first came out after Will Power suffered a gearbox failure and spun into the Turn 1 pit-exit lane, triggering a yellow flag and a critical round of pit stops.

During those stops, Dixon emerged ahead of teammate Alex Palou as teams scrambled to react before weather conditions worsened.

Shortly afterward, light rain and drizzle reached the speedway, forcing race officials to red-flag the event after 106 laps.

Because the field had already completed more than 101 laps, the race had officially reached the distance required to count as...