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Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay continued to show good form by winning for the second year in a row the IZOD IndyCar race presented during Father's Day week-end at the Milwaukee Mile.
Since the beginning of the first testing sessions, Hunter-Reay and his Andretti teammates had been among the fastest drivers at the Mile.
During an early caution, several drivers decided to pit under yellows to go off-sequence, one of them being Takuma Sato (AJ Foyt Racing) who ended-up leading almost half of the race but, who was knocked out of contention later on when he pitted under green while the others were able to do so under caution.
Series' leader Helio Castroneves (Team Penske) was able to pit under the final yellow and get back on the track right behind Hunter-Reay but, still, unable to pose a threat to the race leader.
The Penske team-mates Castroneves and Will Power came close to being involved in an accident in the final laps when the Australian tried to pass the Brazilian.
Unfortunately for pole sitter Marco Andretti, his car was plagued with electrical problems and he was forced back into the pits finishing 74 laps down.
Power's third place represented the Australian's first podium finish of the season, with Andretti's EJ Viso and James Hinchcliffe rounding out the top five.
Race results - Milkwaukee (IndyCar)
1 - Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 250 laps
2 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 4.8059
3 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 5.3920
4 - Ernesto Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 6.2511
5 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 6.4632
6 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 16.5292
7 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 23.3828
8 - Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 23.8041
9 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1 lap
10 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1 lap
11 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 1 lap
12 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1 lap
13 - Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 2 laps
14 - Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 2 laps
15 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Panther - 2 laps
16 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 3 laps
17 - Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 4 laps
18 - James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 5 laps
19 - Ana Beatriz (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 8 laps
Retirements
Lap 177 - Marco Andretti
Lap 174 - Tristan Vautier
Lap 153 - Sebastien Bourdais
Lap 147 - Alex Tagliani
Lap 70 - Simona De Silvestro
Since the beginning of the first testing sessions, Hunter-Reay and his Andretti teammates had been among the fastest drivers at the Mile.
During an early caution, several drivers decided to pit under yellows to go off-sequence, one of them being Takuma Sato (AJ Foyt Racing) who ended-up leading almost half of the race but, who was knocked out of contention later on when he pitted under green while the others were able to do so under caution.
Series' leader Helio Castroneves (Team Penske) was able to pit under the final yellow and get back on the track right behind Hunter-Reay but, still, unable to pose a threat to the race leader.
The Penske team-mates Castroneves and Will Power came close to being involved in an accident in the final laps when the Australian tried to pass the Brazilian.
Unfortunately for pole sitter Marco Andretti, his car was plagued with electrical problems and he was forced back into the pits finishing 74 laps down.
Power's third place represented the Australian's first podium finish of the season, with Andretti's EJ Viso and James Hinchcliffe rounding out the top five.
Race results - Milkwaukee (IndyCar)
1 - Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 250 laps
2 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 4.8059
3 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 5.3920
4 - Ernesto Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 6.2511
5 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 6.4632
6 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 16.5292
7 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 23.3828
8 - Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 23.8041
9 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1 lap
10 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1 lap
11 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 1 lap
12 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1 lap
13 - Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 2 laps
14 - Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 2 laps
15 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Panther - 2 laps
16 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 3 laps
17 - Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 4 laps
18 - James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 5 laps
19 - Ana Beatriz (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 8 laps
Retirements
Lap 177 - Marco Andretti
Lap 174 - Tristan Vautier
Lap 153 - Sebastien Bourdais
Lap 147 - Alex Tagliani
Lap 70 - Simona De Silvestro