Race Highlights _ 2025 Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250 _ INDYCAR SERIES

On a track which has seen racing for over a century, we are racing, we are green, and Pelot sweeps in front of Malukas, who defends his position, and McLaughlin immediately up and into third place as we go three wide immediately through turn one. Three wide in the middle, I think four wide in the back as Malukas tries to get it done on the outside for the lead. Look at Connor Daly there in the purple car, three wide at the back and going big once again, and Connor Daly makes it work. Oh, big one! Big one at the back, and that is Nolan Siegel into the wall. Looks like Nolan's the only car caught up in it, at least the only car that stopped. Might be damage on another machine. Yeah, I'm fine. I don't know what happened. I'm sorry. Take a look from the onboard. Watch the left front here. Yeah. Well, I don't know. I think a little clip. Tiny. I mean, he's not all the way over it, but a little bit onto that yellow. I will say that that low is not the normal racing line, so all weekend with practice and qualifying, there's just not rubber laid down there. So Nolan going into uncharted territory on lap one, and he will regret it. Purple seventy six does what he's been doing over and over on the ovals. Go high early when the track is clean. Just absolutely dumps New Garden and will power two of the very best, and then he comes up to Kyle Kirkwood. And you would think here that discretion would settle in. But not enough. Not on the first lap with Connor Daly. It's got Dixon down there on the bottom. Oh, is it a puff of smoke out of Dixon's car? And then this. Oh, a spin. An almost spin for what a save. Now he goes green flag waves below, punches it, and Malukas goes with him. Malukas to the high line has momentum, but below has the line. But on exit, Malukas keeps it stuck here and takes the lead. Wonderful move from little Dave. James Schnabel, his engineer, and also his strategist of below, is going to come through lead change. We'll revisit this in a moment. Power had a close call just a minute ago. Oh, that's a close call between Kirkwood and Rahal on board with power. So he gets bulked by Graham. Almost in the wall. There's contact between the two of them. For Malukas. Solid stop for the A.J. Foy racing team. But it's taking time. They've got a problem. And losing all kinds of precious time in the car is back up on the jacks as Polo comes down and a yellow is come out. Oh, and that's willpower. Willpower is often on track. And wouldn't you know it? The lot for Alex Polo shows no sign of disappearing, made it in just in time before that yellow flag. Let's just see. Trying to go around. Kiffin Simpson gets up a little high, hits those marbles. You see the second he gets into those marbles pretty hard into the wall in turn to potentially a gearbox issue. No, he did it again. He tried to go into turn three, broke the tolling, probably on the initial contact. Back to green through the final corner. Malukas will go with him and Malukas will try to get that lap back and go back past him. But with the form that Alex Polo has been in today, it's going to be tough as we get back to racing ways. And McLaughlin finds himself under pressure from Pat O'Ward immediately. Track sweepers have been busy, so the high line is clean now and drivers are taking advantage. Look at Alexander Rossi three wide. It's a premier in the middle and on the bottom is Christian Lundgaard, Lundgaard who finds himself up in fourth place, but now fifth as Rossi makes his way past. I'm hearing that willpower's day is over and here comes Newgarden. Little wiggle on exit. Has a good exit. Newgarden has the inside line and now Newgarden has a podium place. Fantastic. Here he is, sizing up Kyle Kirkwood, trying to fit between the wall. Here we go. Oh, that looks lovely. Wow. That's superb. That is superb. And this is Polo putting the move on Marcus Ericsson and they do touch. Massive touch. Keep an eye on this. There's a very light sprinkle we're feeling. Of rain? Yeah, look. Of rain. Raindrops on our window here in the booth as the caution comes out. Going over raindrops. The drivers have rolled the dice and gambled and come in for tires. I say the drivers, but not all of them. The both McLarens of O'Ward and Lundgaard, the two ECRs of Rossi and Rasmussen, but critically the leader Alex Polo has not. Green, green, green. Lays down the hammer, smashes the throttle and gets this thing back to green. Keep your eye on the orange and black McLarens. Keep your eyes on the ECR cars. And you know what? Already it's advantage Alexander Rossi, who absolutely screams up and on the inside. Polo's had a horrible restart. Rossi's had an absolute blinder. Rossi already side-by-side with Newgarden trying to make the pass for third going into turn three. Side-by-side further back, Polo enjoying that advantage of lap cars in between them. But these cars with fresh tires, Townsend, they are coming. And here comes O'Ward. Here comes Rasmussen on the inside of Stingray Rob. So much action there with the fresh crew as Newgarden now trying to hang to the high side of Kiffin Simpson. It is crazy right in this section. Finally makes his way past the Ganassi driver and Rossi will try to do the same. And here comes his teammate, Rasmussen, who gets past Pato O'Ward. And here comes Rasmussen, Rasmussen around the outside of O'Ward. It's now ECR 4-5, Rossi looking at the back of Newgarden, Rasmussen looking at the back of Rossi. And the McLarens have dropped from their advantageous position and it is advantage ECR and here comes Rasmussen. Inside, teammate. Inside, inside. Rasmussen with some help from the draft off of Newgarden, but this guy, Rasmussen, has been on fire the last three laps. Ed Carpenter, the owner of both these machines, looking on nervously, anxiously, but also happy to see them running up front. And there is Newgarden. Rasmussen will not be contained. Rasmussen will not be held back. Rasmussen going for Joseph Newgarden around the outside. Vanishing point ahead, up and on the inside now of Newgarden. Oh, Rasmussen is doing a blinding job. Stunning. He just dumped the king of the short ovals. Joseph Newgarden now gets passed by Rossi, but Rasmussen. Oh, they've touched. And I don't know if that means that he's gone. And yeah, I think something's broken on the front right for Newgarden. He's on the limiter. He's geared too short for that draft. Doesn't matter. Let's go. That is second. Let's go is the call. Let's go after Alex Pelot and take this victory. Rasmussen's on fire. For what could be victory for the very first time in this championship, he's right with him. He's going to have to go the long way around. Rasmussen keeps it stuck in. Rasmussen is gutsy. Rasmussen is brave. Pelot hangs on. They run high. Holy cow, what a pass. Nine to go now. Keep it clean. Keep it tidy. Don't do anything you don't need to do. Oh my. Whoa. And with one turn to go, Christian Rasmussen is now an IndyCar race winner. Sensational. Bravo. What an exciting driver we have on our hands. The 25-year-old from Copenhagen, Denmark wins. Up next, it's the Porchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix Sunday, August 31st at 2 p.m. Eastern on Fox.