Christian Lundgaard wins the Indianapolis Grand Prix and hopes to carry momentum into Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christian Lundgaard made all the right moves Saturday. He waited for the perfect moment to set up a daring outside move with 18 laps to go, then nudged his way past David Malukas through three sweeping turns on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course and sped away from the field to win the Indianapolis Grand Prix. Now he's going to find out if it helps him in the Indianapolis 500.

The Danish driver snapped a 47-race winless streak, beating Malukas to the yard of bricks by 4. 763 seconds for the second win of his career and first in nearly three years. It gives the Arrow McLaren team a boost of confidence heading into IndyCar's biggest race of the season.

“At the end of the day, I had nothing to lose,” Lundgaard said. “I had so much unfinished business here. For me, it wasn't that I wanted to win.

I have enough second places in the past year and a half, I wanted to win and I was kind of willing to do whatever it took. ” Lundgaard drove like it, though he won't be celebrating long with the Indy 500 looming. There's still a plenty to fine-tune before Tuesday's first practice session.