Kirkwood finished 0.7633s ahead of Team Penske’s polewinner Scott McLaughlin and series dominator Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing). The race was red-flagged in the closing stages for a multi-car pileup, but Kirkwood kept his cool for his second win of the season.
Following an aborted start, McLaughlin led the field to green from Pato O’Ward (Arrow McLaren) and Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport), as an aggressive David Malukas (Dale Coyne Racing) grabbed fourth from a tentative Palou. Romain Grosjean (Andretti) was the leading car that started on the harder primary tire in sixth.
