After being delayed from its 10:00am begin time to six:30pm within the night because of the rain that impacted IndyCar Sequence qualifying, polewinner Abel led the 16-car area to inexperienced within the 75-lap race.
Rasmussen challenged Abel from the beginning, grabbing the lead on the finish of the opening lap. Abel tried to retaliate however that solely allowed factors chief Nolan Siegel to get a run. However when that assault didn’t work, Hunter McElrea snatched third from Siegel for half a lap, earlier than Siegel took it again.
That allowed Mid-Ohio winner Louis Foster to get a run on McElrea however the race order was established with Rasmussen main Abel by 1.5s from Siegel, McElrea and Foster. Additional again, Danial Frost and Kyffin Simpson clashed wheels and despatched each pitwards.
Rasmussen started to hit site visitors on lap 20, making quick work of the tailenders regardless of having a near-miss with Jamie Chadwick. Siegel grabbed second from Abel after a wild three-wide second in site visitors, with Abel shedding an additional spot to McElrea after he misplaced momentum.
That helped race dominator Rasmussen prolong a 10s lead by the midway level. Abel reclaimed third from McElrea when he tripped over Chadwick, however McElrea responded a lap later to grab again third.
Behind them, Juncos Hollinger Racing team-mates Rasmus Lindh and Matty Brabham – who was a late substitute for Matteo Nannini – swept previous Foster for fifth and sixth respectively.
McElrea misplaced third to Abel once more after a massively sketchy second in site visitors at Flip 4, however McElrea handed him again across the outdoors of Turns 3 and 4 with 21 laps to go.
McElrea caught second-placed Siegel however they touched wheels at Flip 2, inflicting Siegel to spin. That prompted a full-course yellow, with Siegel rejoining in sixth however then pitting as his automobile was crabbing. He was categorized fifteenth and loses his factors lead because of this.
The race restarted with 10 laps remaining, with Rasmussen main McElrea, Abel, Lindh, Brabham and Foster. McElrea struggled within the latter phases after his conflict, and was handed by Abel, Lindh and Brabham.
Abel then charged after Rasmussen, however simply fell wanting catching him on the ultimate lap. Rasmussen received by 0.1227s from Abel, Lindh, Brabham and McElrea. Josh Pierson was a lapped sixth, forward of Foster.
