Ericsson, having completed a great save after the contact with O’Ward, would take the restart as Newgarden’s main challenger, with Ferrucci third after passing Rossi around the outside of Turn 2 on the previous start. In fifth lay Palou ahead of Dixon, Daly, VeeKay, Herta and Sato.

A four-lap shootout never happened. Newgarden didn’t stay alongside the pitwall, and Ericsson filled the gap on the left, while Ferrucci found a gap on the right to slip into second. However, behind them, Christian Lundgaard was knocked into the wall by a wheel-to-wheel battle between Carpenter and Andretti, and the chaos claimed the second Foyt car of rookie Benjamin Pedersen, which also struck the wall and scattered debris along the front straight. Out came the third red flag.

That meant the restart would leave one warm-up lap, and then one racing lap, with Ericsson leading Newgarden, Ferrucci, Rossi.

Ericsson sprinted away as the green was called, and he looked to have too much of an edge on Newgarden, who had also dropped his pursuers. But on the run down to Turn 3, Ericsson had no way of defending, and the No. 2 Penske pulled past. Despite cool tires, he held firm on a slightly higher line, kept his momentum through the short chute and up the front straight. He beat Ericsson by 0.0974s, with Ferrucci, Palou and Rossi completing the top five ahead of Dixon, Sato, Daly, Herta and VeeKay.