I've watched the race again and NBC showed the overhead view. If any premature move was made by NP it was going into the first turn where he went from a half length behind SS to 2 1/2 lengths ahead of him. From that point in the race to the finish at no point did he gain any ground on SS.
NP was one off the rail around the far turn while SS was against the rail so I suppose any ground loss has to be taken into consideration.
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