2013 Milwaukee IndyFest

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Andretti Autosport)
SecondHélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
ThirdWill Power (Team Penske)

The 2013 Milwaukee IndyFest was an

Andretti Autosport
.

Report

Background

Andretti Autosport had the most victories heading into the Milwaukee race, with James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay winning two[2][3] and one race,[4] respectively. The defending race winner was Hunter-Reay.[5]

Qualifying

Andretti Autosport clinched the pole position with a speed of 170.515 mph (274.417 km/h).[6] His teammate James Hinchcliffe started second, Will Power started third, Ryan Hunter-Reay and E. J. Viso started fourth and fifth, respectively. Sebastián Saavedra started a career-high sixth, with Tony Kanaan, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier rounded out the top ten.[7]

Race

In the race,

Andretti Autosport's 47th in the IndyCar Series, and fifth at Milwaukee.[12] Will Power finished third, behind by 5.39 seconds,[13] for his first podium of the season, followed by E. J. Viso, his best finish of the year, and Hunter-Reay's teammate James Hinchcliffe closed out the top five.[11] Pole-sitter Marco Andretti had his car stall when leaving the pits on lap 97 and stop on the backstretch with an electrical problem, and finished 20th.[14] Scott Dixon, Sato, Dario Franchitti, Justin Wilson, and Kanaan finished the top ten.[8]

Race results

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Points1
1 1 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
Andretti Autosport
Chevrolet 250 1:51:15.2962 4 4 65 51
2 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 250 + 4.8059 4 17 40
3 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 250 + 5.3920 4 3 4 36
4 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso
Andretti Autosport
Chevrolet 250 + 6.2511 4 5 10 33
5 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe
Andretti Autosport
Chevrolet 250 + 6.4632 4 2 30
6 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 250 + 16.5292 4 11 28
7 14 Japan Takuma Sato
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Honda 250 + 23.3828 4 15 109 29
8 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 250 + 23.8041 5 23 24
9 19 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 249 + 1 lap 4 13 1 23
10 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 249 + 1 lap 4 7 20
11 67 United States Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 249 + 1 lap 4 8 19
12 77 France Simon Pagenaud
Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports
Honda 249 + 1 lap 4 9 18
13 6 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra
Dragon Racing
Chevrolet 248 + 2 laps 5 6 17
14 20 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 248 + 2 laps 4 20 16
15 4 Australia Ryan Briscoe Panther Racing Chevrolet 248 + 2 laps 4 18 15
16 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 247 + 3 laps 6 24 14
17 83 United States Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 246 + 4 laps 5 21 13
18 16 United Kingdom James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 245 + 5 laps 6 12 12
19 18 Brazil Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing Honda 242 + 8 laps 4 19 11
20 25 United States Marco Andretti
Andretti Autosport
Chevrolet 176 Mechanical 6 1 61 12
21 55 France Tristan Vautier
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Honda 173 Mechanical 4 10 9
22 7
Sebastian Bourdais
Dragon Racing
Chevrolet 152 Mechanical 4 14 8
23 98 Canada Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda 146 Mechanical 4 16 7
24 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 69 Contact 2 22 6
Notes

1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

References

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  2. ^ "James Hinchcliffe wins at St. Pete". ESPN. Associated Press. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  3. ^ Cavin, Curt (2013-05-05). "IndyCar: James Hinchcliffe wins at Sao Paulo; Indy is up next". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  4. ^ Fryer, Jenna (2013-04-07). "Hunter-Reay holds off Dixon to win at Barber". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  5. ^ Estrada, Chris (2013-06-14). "Milwaukee flashback: Hunter-Reay is best at "IndyFest" in 2012". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  6. ^ "2013 IICS Milwaukee IndyFest Qualifying Results". Catchfence. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  7. ^ DiZinno, Tony (2013-06-14). "Marco Andretti's pole leads Andretti Autosport Milwaukee qualifying romp". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  8. ^ a b c "2013 Milwaukee IndyFest". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  9. ^ "Ryan Hunter-Reay wins at Milwaukee Indyfest". Autoweek. 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  10. ^ DiZinno, Tony (2013-06-15). "Hunter-Reay scores Father's Day weekend win for Andretti in Milwaukee". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  11. ^ a b Lewandowski, Dave (2013-06-15). "Hunter-Reay repeats win in the Milwaukee IndyFest". IndyCar Series. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  12. ^ "Hunter-Reay repeats as Milwaukee IndyFest winner". Motorsport. 2013-06-15. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  13. ^ McCarthy, Jack (2013-06-15). "Hunter-Reay celebrates Father's Day early with IndyCar victory". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  14. ^ Kallman, Dave (2013-06-15). "Ryan Hunter-Reay repeats at Milwaukee Mile". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2013-07-07.


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