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Bourdais continued to lead until lap 171 when he pitted under green for tires and fuel. With fresh tires, Bourdais climbed through the field with ease. Bourdais retook the lead on lap 188 when Josef
Newgarden pitted. On lap 184, Sage Karam impacted the wall with the right rear and entered pit road.
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When the race began, Josef
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When the green flag returned with 19 laps remaining, Bourdais again extended his lead. On fresh tires, Helio
Castroneves climbed to second place but was unable to catch Bourdais. Bourdais won by 2.237 seconds and earned his first win on an oval since Milwaukee in 2006. Castroneves was second,
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The event struggled to gain an audience as it switched from June to August in 2014, and then moved to July in 2015. Andretti Sports
Marketing attempted to replicate the successes of street course events by holding concerts and a carnival-like midway with rides and attractions.
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The attendance of roughly 12,000 raised questions over whether the event would continue in 2016. It appeared that whether or not the event would return was a matter of extending the ABC Supply title sponsorship past their 2015 commitment.
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Michael Andretti agreed to sell his 60 percent ownership stake in Andretti Sports Marketing. As ASM was dissolved, it left the Milwaukee 250 without a promoter group. Officials from
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Newgarden pitted under caution while Bourdais chose to stay on track and take the lead.
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Michael
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After a 16 lap cleanup, the race restarted on lap 130. Before one lap could be completed, Ryan Briscoe spun in turn three and collected Will Power. Both cars impacted the wall and retired from the race.
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posted the eighth-fastest speed. Montoya's Team Penske teammate, Helio Castroneves, was unable to make a qualifying run as his team was 10 minutes late in getting his car to the inspection line.
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Dixon made his second pit stop on lap 100. Newgarden pitted two laps later. Once pit stops had cycled through, Dixon had taken the lead by around one second over Newgarden.
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