2013 Milwaukee IndyFest

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Flag of the United States.svg 2013 Milwaukee IndyFest
Race details
9th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season
The Milwaukee Mile.svg
DateJune 15, 2013
Official nameMilwaukee IndyFest
Location Milwaukee Mile
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.015 mi / 1.633 km
Distance225 laps
228.38 mi / 367.542 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 73.4 °F (23.0 °C); wind speeds approaching 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) [1]
Pole position
Driver Marco Andretti  (Andretti Autosport)
Podium
First Ryan Hunter-Reay  (Andretti Autosport)
Second Hélio Castroneves  (Team Penske)
Third Will Power  (Team Penske)

The 2013 Milwaukee IndyFest was an IndyCar Series race held on June 15, 2013 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. The race was the ninth in the 2013 IndyCar Series season, and was won by Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport.

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Report

Background

Andretti Autosport had the most victories heading into the Milwaukee race, with James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay winning two [2] [3] and one race, [4] respectively. The defending race winner was Hunter-Reay. [5]

Qualifying

Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport clinched the pole position with a speed of 170.515 mph (274.417 km/h). [6] His teammate James Hinchcliffe started second, Will Power started third, Ryan Hunter-Reay and E. J. Viso started fourth and fifth, respectively. Sebastián Saavedra started a career-high sixth, with Tony Kanaan, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier rounded out the top ten. [7]

Race

In the race, Takuma Sato dominated, leading a race-high 109 laps, [8] until he drifted into turn 4 and nearly hit the wall; Sato then pitted under green, [9] but Ana Beatriz's contact brought out the caution, bringing Sato down a lap, [10] and he was eventually passed by Ryan Hunter-Reay on lap 198. Hunter-Reay led the remaining 53 laps [8] and won by 4.809 seconds over Hélio Castroneves to claim his second straight victory at the track, becoming the first back-to-back race winner at Milwaukee since Tony Kanaan in 2006-07. [11] The win was Andretti Autosport's 47th in the IndyCar Series, and fifth at Milwaukee. [12] Will Power finished third, behind by 5.39 seconds, [13] for his first podium of the season, followed by E. J. Viso, his best finish of the year, and Hunter-Reay's teammate James Hinchcliffe closed out the top five. [11] Pole-sitter Marco Andretti had his car stall when leaving the pits on lap 97 and stop on the backstretch with an electrical problem, and finished 20th. [14] Scott Dixon, Sato, Dario Franchitti, Justin Wilson, and Kanaan finished the top ten. [8]

Race results

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit StopsGridLaps LedPoints 1
11 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 2501:51:15.2962446551
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 250+ 4.805941740
312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 250+ 5.392043436
45 Flag of Venezuela.svg E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 250+ 6.2511451033
527 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 250+ 6.46324230
69 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 250+ 16.529241128
714 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 250+ 23.382841510929
810 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 250+ 23.804152324
919 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 249+ 1 lap413123
1011 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 249+ 1 lap4720
1167 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 249+ 1 lap4819
1277 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 249+ 1 lap4918
136 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet 248+ 2 laps5617
1420 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 248+ 2 laps42016
154 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe Panther Racing Chevrolet 248+ 2 laps41815
1615 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 247+ 3 laps62414
1783 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 246+ 4 laps52113
1816 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 245+ 5 laps61212
1918 Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing Honda 242+ 8 laps41911
2025 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 176Mechanical616112
2155 Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 173Mechanical4109
227 Flag of France.svg Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 152Mechanical4148
2398 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda 146Mechanical4167
2478 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 69Contact2226
Notes

1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

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