James Hinchcliffe scored his and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda’s first win of 2018 at Iowa Speedway, while Josef Newgarden, who led 229 laps, lost second place when he pitted under the final caution which never lifted before the checkers. Polesitter Will Power took the lead at the start after rebuffing the challenge of his Team Penske-Chevrolet teammate Josef Newgarden, while Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport-Honda) was forced to defend from the third Penske of Simon Pagenaud – who then lost fourth to another Andretti car, that of Alexander Rossi on Lap 2, but then came back around the outside of him on Lap 4. Behind, Chip Ganassi Racing’s championship leader Scott Dixon held...
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