Arrow McLaren’s Pato O'Ward won the opening race of the doubleheader weekend at The Milwaukee Mile. After starting sixth, the 25-year-old Mexican surged forward and controlled the race for 133 of 250 laps at the historic 1-mile oval, a track the series hadn’t raced at since 2015. It was the third victory of the season for O’Ward, who finished 1.8215s ahead of Team Penske’s Will Power.
“We get another one, that’s three in the books this year,” O’Ward said. “We had a really tough weekend last weekend at Portland, and this is a great way to bounce back. We have another opportunity tomorrow. The car was fantastic; it was getting a little gnarly in the end, but glad I could bring it home for the boys. They were fantastic on pit stops, the strategy was amazing. We worked on the car really hard yesterday to really have something to fight with today.”
