“I knew we had a chance,” Lundgaard said after the early contact sent him to the back of the field. “I knew how this race panned out last year, and I knew it was all about just sticking in the race. I did that last year. I made a bunch of mistakes last year that spun ourselves around last year, and I just wanted to make up for that. We’ve been on the struggle bus all weekend, so to turn this around, I have to thank the team for that.”

Series leader and four-time NTT IndyCar champion Alex Palou earned his fifth consecutive NTT P1 Award this season, taking the top starting spot on Saturday with a best lap of 1 minute, 43.6615 seconds in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. The pole was Palou’s sixth in 10 races this season and the 18th of his career. Palou, the polesitter for the fifth-consecutive race, came back from a pit speeding penalty to finish fifth. The final result added 60 points after starting the day with a margin of 49 in the IndyCar 2026 Championship standings.

Lundgaard took the lead on Lap 43 when Armstrong, Malukas and Rahal made their final pit stops from the top three positions. Danish driver Lundgaard led Felix Rosenqvist by 11.720 seconds on Lap 45 when he made his final pit stop, with the Arrow McLaren team refueling and fitting four Firestone Firehawk alternate tires in a mere 7.1 seconds.

Lundgaard took the lead for the second and final time on Lap 52 of the 55-lap race when the No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Honda of leader Marcus Armstrong slowed with a mechanical problem. Armstrong led by 2.787 seconds with five laps to go before an apparent engine failure ended what was looking to be his first career victory. Armstrong’s Honda powered racecar finally failed in Turn 5 on Lap 53, causing a caution period and a one-lap race to the checkered flag.

The race ended under caution when Graham Rahal spun into the gravel trap outside Canada Corner after contact with Will Power while dueling for third place on a one-lap restart to the checkered flag. David Malukas finished second in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, his third runner-up finish of the season, although he still hasn’t posted his first career victory. Will Power held on to finish third in the No. 26 TWG AI Honda, matching his best finish of his first season with Andretti Global. Kyffin Simpson finished a season-best fourth in the No. 8 Sunoco Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, with points leader and four-time series champion Alex Palou rounding out the top five in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.