The grid was lined up in championship order due to lightning causing cancelation of qualifying. Linus Lundqvist of HMD Motorsport easily held onto his advantage at the start, but Hunter McElrea wouldn’t let him go, and his teammates Sting Ray Robb and Matt Brabham stuck with him in the opening laps. Benjamin Pedersen was gradually dropped back in the Global Racing Group/HMD car in fifth.
Another Andretti car, that of Christian Rasmussen had lost out at the start, dropping two places to seventh, but he and Danial Frost of HMD clawed past Jacob Abel on Lap 3.
