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Rain Halts Milwaukee IndyCar Race; Restart Scheduled Sunday Morning

The postponement forces teams to follow strict restart rules and squeezes both 250-lap races into one day with direct effects on strategy and the championship.

Overview

  • Rain produced a red flag after 90 laps of the Snap-On Makers and Fixers 250 on Saturday, with Pato O'Ward leading when the race was stopped.
  • IndyCar set a 9:00 a.m. ET Sunday restart for the suspended race and kept the second 250-lap race on the schedule for 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.
  • Officials require at least 126 laps for the 250-lap event to be official and have told teams they cannot add fuel or change tires if the race resumes in the morning.
  • The delay reshuffled competitive stakes because earlier nine-place engine-change penalties pushed Pato O'Ward toward the front and left Alex Palou waiting to see if he can clinch the title.
  • Track-drying efforts failed Saturday evening, teams are preparing for a compressed operational day that may require repairs between events, and IndyCar has a 10:25 a.m. ET cutoff and a contingency plan if the suspended race cannot finish in the morning.