Kirkwood scored his second IndyCar Series victory of the year in his first season with Andretti Autosport by 0.7s after a four-lap sprint to the finish following a late-race red flag.
“We were really good on the initial lap [of the restart] but right there at the end, man, they were so fast and they ran me down on that last lap,” Kirkwood told NBC. “I have to give it up to my #27 crew, AutoNation, Andretti, Honda – they played everything in my favor to be honest, gave me all the tools I needed.
