LOUDON, N.H. -- The entire Izod IndyCar Series seemed to slip out of control on a slick track Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The record book will show that Ryan Hunter-Reay won the MoveThatBlock.com 225 for Andretti Autosport. But that's not what folks will remember.

"Obviously everyone is going to be talking about this one for a while," said third-place finisher Scott Dixon.

This one had rain, cars upside down and on fire, questionable calls by officials who later admitted they blew it and emotions aplenty.

Oriol Servia thought he won and had to rein in his fury when he was informed he hadn't. Meanwhile, Will Power delivered a double-barreled salute to IndyCar race director Brian Barnhart that was caught in all its high-definition glory by the ABC television cameras and quickly went viral on the Internet.

"I'm not going to say anything about the officiating. It is what it is," said Power's team owner, Roger Penske.

"If [Will] gets fined or penalized, I'll pay for it. I'm not worried about what he said or did."

The controversy started just past the halfway point when Dario Franchitti, after leading 115 of the first 118 laps, was spun out on a restart by second-place runner Takuma Sato.

"I think it's fairly obvious he hit me," Franchitti said after watching a replay of the incident. "I don't know why he was sitting so close to me coming up to a restart. To have that happen when you have a car that fast, it's pretty devastating."

Perhaps on a day marred by rain, it was fitting that Sato blamed moisture in his eyes.

"I had debris in my eyes -- tears," said the Japanese driver. "There's no excuse for that. I'm sorry. It was my fault. I was too close to Dario."

With the dominant Franchitti out of the way, an entertaining three-way battle for the lead broke out between Hunter-Reay, Servia and Dixon. Hunter-Reay had the legs on the competition, but for the second time on the day, the caution flag flew for light moisture on Lap 206.

Despite almost every driver complaining that the track was too wet, IndyCar officials threw the green flag on the 217th lap. Almost immediately, Danica Patrick spun, triggering a multicar accident that swept in Power.

The Australian, who had been running fifth, was furious -- but more at the decision to restart the race than at being taken out.

"I begged them not to do it," Power exclaimed. "We were all on the radio. [Penske boss] Tim Cindric said all the other drivers were saying the same thing. It was just unnecessary -- we did not need to do that."

After his two-fingered outburst directed at race officials, Power remained defiant, though he later apologized for his actions.

"That's as mad as I've been," he admitted. "I was uncontrollable. But I couldn't help it. That's the worst decision I've ever seen. Everyone has been talking about the officiating. It's just not good enough."

During the restart, Servia got the jump on Hunter-Reay and led into Turn 1. But after red-flagging the race and preparing to restart for a five-lap sprint to the scheduled 225-lap finish, series officials reconsidered and instead posted the results as determined at the end of Lap 215, with Servia second and Power fifth.

Servia was furious, insisting that he had actually won.

"Like Paul Tracy says at Indy, I won my second race today," Servia said. "But it's not in the books.

"They threw the green, [Hunter-Reay] had a bad restart, I was ahead and the yellow came. I've never seen them reverse the order like that."

Hunter-Reay bristled at the notion that he was not the rightful winner.

"We had gapped those guys by almost a straightaway, so I'm not sure why they were complaining that much about it," said the American.

"I don't have to feel we have to validate winning it because Oriol Servia says he led for 20 feet. They're grasping for straws. Sato getting into Dario is a bigger part of the story than Oriol Servia saying he led 20 feet."

Barnhart, who has often been maligned in his 15-year history as the IndyCar Series' chief steward, received perhaps his strongest criticism to date on Sunday.