{"id":874420,"date":"2026-08-31T00:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874420\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T00:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:36:16","slug":"indycar-news-penalty-robs-will-power-of-milwaukee-win-scott-mclaughlin-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874420\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar news: Penalty robs Will Power of Milwaukee win, Scott McLaughlin second"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Power took the lead on Lap 175, led 19 laps, and came to the lane on Lap 193 with the lead when he was stung with a drive-through penalty and finished 14th.<\/p>\n

Prior to the pit stops, Power had led McLaren\u2019s Christian Lundgaard and Team Penske\u2019s Scott McLaughlin. Pato O\u2019Ward was fourth for McLaren and Chip Ganassi Racing\u2019s Alex Palou fifth.<\/p>\n

During that pit stop sequence, Lundgaard suffered a slow pit stop that took him out of contention for the win. Meanwhile, Pato O\u2019Ward leapfrogged Scott McLaughlin and took the lead after Power\u2019s penalty.<\/p>\n

The race ran green to the finish on Lap 250 and O\u2019Ward hung onto the win over McLaughlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a little bummed I couldn\u2019t get through lapped traffic there faster,\u201d said McLaughlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we had a little more left for the #5 (O\u2019Ward). Congrats to Pato.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The start of the IndyCar Series Snap On Makers and Fixers 250 at the Milwaukee Mile, led by Alex Palou and Pato O\u2019Ward.<\/p>\n

Palou led the field to green with O\u2019Ward alongside, who was quickly usurped by Team Penske\u2019s Josef Newgarden early.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard led until Lap 34 when his American rival caught and passed him for the lead. A lap later, Dale Coyne Racing\u2019s Romain Grosjean spun out of 11th to bring out the caution.<\/p>\n

That neutralised the field and brought them to the pits for their first stops. Palou retook the lead from Newgarden. Mick Schumacher rose one position to third while Scott McLaughlin climbed three places to fourth. Power, meanwhile, was up one place to ninth.<\/p>\n

The biggest loser in that sequence was O\u2019Ward, whose car was dropped with the right rear wheel still unfastened, relegating him to 15th.<\/p>\n

The surprise packet of the second stint was Juncos Hollinger Racing\u2019s Rinus VeeKay, who rose from 11th at the start of the race to the lead by Lap 100.<\/p>\n

Palou retook the lead Lap 125 from VeeKay, and the pair pitted together on Lap 126.<\/p>\n

The big winner out of the third round of pit stops was Power, who rose from fourth to second. Newgarden was third and McLaughlin fourth. VeeKay, however, couldn\u2019t continue his race-leading speed and dropped down the order.<\/p>\n

\"Will<\/p>\n

Will Power on track during Race 1 of the Milwaukee Mile double-header. Image: James Black<\/p>\n

Racing remained green until Lap 141 when Newgarden spun out of fifth on his own. At that moment, Palou led hard-charger David Malukas. Power was third, McLaughlin fourth and Kyle Kirkwood fifth.<\/p>\n

Pit stops followed on Lap 147, led by Palou. McLaughlin and Scott Dixon elected to stay out and assume first and second respectively. Power was the biggest benefactor in that sequence, vaulting Palou and Malukas.<\/p>\n

Grosjean suffered his second spin of the day on the Lap 158 restart. This time, he hit the wall and took himself out of contention.<\/p>\n

After a brief intermission, the race resumed on Lap 169. Power quickly dispatched the off-strategy Dixon who plummeted down the order and eventually finished 15th.<\/p>\n

Lundgaard and O\u2019Ward were the big movers on the restart, gaining four and five spots respectively to third and fourth by Lap 172 while Malukas and Kirkwood fell four places each to ninth and 10th.<\/p>\n

With fresher tyres, Power took the lead from McLaughlin on Lap 175. The Team Penske pilot then lost second to Lundgaard on Lap 187.<\/p>\n

Then came the race-defining pit stops. McLaughlin pitted first on Lap 193 followed by O\u2019Ward, who leapfrogged the New Zealander in the lane.<\/p>\n

Power was penalised for speeding in the pit lane and served his drive-through.<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/p>\n

Scott McLaughlin on track during the first race of the Milwaukee Mile double-header. Image: Joe Skibinski<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it was O\u2019Ward who controlled the contest to the chequered flag. McLaughlin was second and Lundgaard third.<\/p>\n

In slightly odd circumstances, the first leg of the Milwaukee Mile double-header will resume at 8am AEST. Just 90 laps were completed before rain stopped proceedings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to reload and go again. It was fun. The more racing, the better,\u201d said McLaughlin post-race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re definitely better in traffic. I thought we were better at the end of the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompared to the start, I was wrecking loose at the start, so we fixed that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned a lot today for Race 1. We\u2019ll go again. I\u2019ve got to go from 17th. We\u2019ll see how we go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coverage is live and exclusively on Stan Sport in Australia.<\/p>\n

Results: IndyCar Series Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250, Milwaukee Mile<\/p>\n

Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nLaps\/Diff
\nGap<\/p>\n

1
\n5
\nPato O\u2019Ward
\nArrow McLaren
\n250 laps<\/p>\n

2
\n3
\nScott McLaughlin
\nTeam Penske
\n0.792
\n0.792<\/p>\n

3
\n7
\nChristian Lundgaard
\nArrow McLaren
\n2.746
\n1.954<\/p>\n

4
\n12
\nDavid Malukas
\nTeam Penske
\n3.288
\n0.543<\/p>\n

5
\n10
\nAlex Palou
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n12.044
\n8.755<\/p>\n

6
\n27
\nKyle Kirkwood
\nAndretti Global
\n17.531
\n5.487<\/p>\n

7
\n76
\nRinus VeeKay
\nJuncos Racing
\n18.7
\n1.169<\/p>\n

8
\n21
\nChristian Rasmussen
\nEd Carpenter Racing
\n22.784
\n4.084<\/p>\n

9
\n28
\nMarcus Ericsson
\nAndretti Global
\n24.084
\n1.3<\/p>\n

10
\n45
\nLouis Foster
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n26.862
\n2.778<\/p>\n

11
\n20
\nAlexander Rossi
\nEd Carpenter Racing
\n1 lap
\n1 lap<\/p>\n

12
\n14
\nSantino Ferrucci
\nA.J. Foyt Enterprises
\n0.504
\n0.504<\/p>\n

13
\n47
\nMick Schumacher
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n2.833
\n2.329<\/p>\n

14
\n26
\nWill Power
\nAndretti Global
\n3.349
\n0.516<\/p>\n

15
\n9
\nScott Dixon
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n5.61
\n2.261<\/p>\n

16
\n66
\nMarcus Armstrong
\nMeyer Shank Racing
\n21.501
\n15.891<\/p>\n

17
\n6
\nNolan Siegel
\nArrow McLaren
\n22.125
\n0.625<\/p>\n

18
\n77
\nSting Ray Robb
\nJuncos Racing
\n2 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n

19
\n8
\nKyffin Simpson
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n6.796
\n6.796<\/p>\n

20
\n60
\nFelix Rosenqvist
\nMeyer Shank Racing
\n7.351
\n0.554<\/p>\n

21
\n19
\nDennis Hauger
\nDale Coyne Racing
\n11.025
\n3.674<\/p>\n

22
\n15
\nGraham Rahal
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n3 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n

23
\n4
\nCaio Collet
\nA.J. Foyt Enterprises
\n4 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n

24
\n18
\nRomain Grosjean
\nDale Coyne Racing
\n95 laps
\n91 laps<\/p>\n

25
\n2
\nJosef Newgarden
\nTeam Penske
\n100 laps
\n5 laps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Power took the lead on Lap 175, led 19 laps, and came to the lane on Lap 193…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,11463,9910,85,25988],"class_list":["post-874420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-scott-mclaughlin","tag-slot2","tag-sports","tag-will-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}