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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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 . 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 Points11 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet2501:51:15.296244655123 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet250+ 4.805941740312 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet250+ 5.39204343645 E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet250+ 6.2511451033527 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet250+ 6.4632423069 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda250+ 16.529241128714 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda250+ 23.382841510929810 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda250+ 23.804152324919 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda249+ 1 lap4131231011 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet249+ 1 lap47201167 Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda249+ 1 lap48191277 Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda249+ 1 lap4918136 Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet248+ 2 laps56171420 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet248+ 2 laps42016154 Ryan Briscoe Panther Racing Chevrolet 248 + 2 laps 4 18 151615 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda247+ 3 laps624141783 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda246+ 4 laps521131816 James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda245+ 5 laps612121918 Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing Honda 242 + 8 laps 4 19 112025 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet176Mechanical6161122155 Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda173Mechanical4109227 Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet152Mechanical41482398 Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda146Mechanical416724 78 Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet69Contact2226
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.
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