# 2013 Milwaukee IndyFest

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.

## Report
### Background

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

### Qualifying

Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport clinched the pole position with a speed of 170.515 mph (274.417 km/h). 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.

## Race

In the race, Takuma Sato dominated, leading a race-high 109 laps, until he drifted into turn 4 and nearly hit the wall; Sato then pitted under green, but Ana Beatriz's contact brought out the caution, bringing Sato down a lap, and he was eventually passed by Ryan Hunter-Reay on lap 198. Hunter-Reay led the remaining 53 laps 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. The win was Andretti Autosport's 47th in the IndyCar Series, and fifth at Milwaukee. Will Power finished third, behind by 5.39 seconds, 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. 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. Scott Dixon, Sato, Dario Franchitti, Justin Wilson, and Kanaan finished the top ten.

### Race results

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 250 | 1:51:15.2962 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 51 |
| 2 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 250 | + 4.8059 | 4 | 17 | | 40 |
| 3 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 250 | + 5.3920 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| 4 | 5 | E. J. Viso | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 250 | + 6.2511 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 250 | + 6.4632 | 4 | 2 | | 30 |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 250 | + 16.5292 | 4 | 11 | | 28 |
| 7 | 14 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 250 | + 23.3828 | 4 | 15 | 109 | 29 |
| 8 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 250 | + 23.8041 | 5 | 23 | | 24 |
| 9 | 19 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 249 | + 1 lap | 4 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 249 | + 1 lap | 4 | 7 | | 20 |
| 11 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 249 | + 1 lap | 4 | 8 | | 19 |
| 12 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | 249 | + 1 lap | 4 | 9 | | 18 |
| 13 | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 248 | + 2 laps | 5 | 6 | | 17 |
| 14 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 248 | + 2 laps | 4 | 20 | | 16 |
| 15 | 4 | Ryan Briscoe | Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 248 | + 2 laps | 4 | 18 | | 15 |
| 16 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 247 | + 3 laps | 6 | 24 | | 14 |
| 17 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 246 | + 4 laps | 5 | 21 | | 13 |
| 18 | 16 | James Jakes | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 245 | + 5 laps | 6 | 12 | | 12 |
| 19 | 18 | Ana Beatriz | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 242 | + 8 laps | 4 | 19 | | 11 |
| 20 | 25 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 176 | Mechanical | 6 | 1 | 61 | 12 |
| 21 | 55 | Tristan Vautier | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 173 | Mechanical | 4 | 10 | | 9 |
| 22 | 7 | Sebastian Bourdais | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 152 | Mechanical | 4 | 14 | | 8 |
| 23 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Barracuda Racing | Honda | 146 | Mechanical | 4 | 16 | | 7 |
| 24 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 69 | Contact | 2 | 22 | | 6 |

#### Notes

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.