VeeKay’s Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet, started the second round of the championship from eighth, but the young Dutchman was suffering severe understeer in the opening stint, prompting him to become the first front-runner to make a pitstop on Lap 53.
He had climbed to ninth before all cars stopped under yellow on Lap 103 and he emerged in sixth, and following a Lap 149 restart after the fourth and final caution, he was able to surge past Marcus Ericsson and Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda and 10 laps later had passed all three Team Penske-Chevrolets to hit the front.
