Newgarden charged to the front in the early stages of the 250-lap race on the short oval, passing his team-mates Will Power and Scott McLaughlin in one fell swoop on lap 32 as they got balked in traffic.
As on Saturday, the two-time IndyCar champion again led the majority of the race, as McLaughlin and Power proved strong at different points of the event. In the final stint, Arrow McLaren’s Felix Rosenqvist emerged from the pack as a challenger to Newgarden – until the Swede got delayed by lapped cars inside the final 45 laps.
Rosenqvist’s shot at victory was restored by a late-race restart, but Power lunged past him to grab second, ahead of points leader Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing), with Rosenqvist salvaging fourth from McLaughlin.
As he did 24 hours earlier, Power led the field to green, leading team-mate McLaughlin and surprise second-row starters David Malukas and Ed Carpenter.
Marcus Ericsson was the huge mover at the start, rocketing to third from 10th, anticipating the initial start and then shooting around the outside. Behind, Pato O’Ward rose to sixth from 11th, running side by side with Newgarden over the opening laps, as they both easily passed Carpenter.
The leaders began lapping cars as early as lap 15. The race briefly settled down with Power leading McLaughlin, Ericsson, Malukas, Newgarden, O’Ward, Scott Dixon and Carpenter, with Palou passing Colton Herta for ninth on lap 20.
Newgarden demoted Malukas for fourth at Turn 3 on lap 22, then dealt with Ericsson four laps later – banging wheels as Ericsson got trapped behind a lapped car. Up ahead, Penske team-mates Power and McLaughlin duelled over the lead.
McLaughlin briefly grabbed the lead on lap 30, allowing Newgarden to get a run on both of them. He passed both of his team-mates through Turns 1 and 2 two laps later, again as they tripped up in traffic, while McLaughlin got the better of Power by lap 34.
Malukas was on a tear, passing Ericsson and Power – the latter falling back to sixth behind Dixon. But Malukas had nothing for O’Ward, who took his third on lap 38, nor Dixon who passed him for fourth.
Source: Autosport