Josef Newgarden was still utterly dominant and Team Penske finally flexed its muscles on Saturday at Iowa Speedway. But when it counted most, it was a different driver and team that broke through for their first win of 2025.

Christian Lundgaard is in his first IndyCar Series season with Arrow McLaren after three with Rahal Letterman Lanigan. All 2025 races will be shown on Fox . Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell.

It would the latter of the two who would win the day. Pato O’Ward and crew executed a flawless pit stop on the last round of stop late in the race to overcut Newgarden and gather the team’s first win of the season, not to mention the first win of the year for a Chevy-powered car.

Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan recently spoke about the sacked Team Penske staff joining the team. He expressed his surprise towards the same.

Arrow McLaren placed two cars within the front two rows at Qualifying today on a steamy day that saw ambient temperatures reach as high as 89 degrees. Christian matched his career-best qualifying result in papaya,

Mike Barten, Arrow McLaren Gear Box Mechanic for #5, talks about coming home to Iowa for Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend. Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend is July 11-13, 2025. Find schedule and get tickets

Winner Scott Dixon, like O'Ward, used two stops to win for the 59th time in his career, while Álex Palou used the same three-stop strategy as Lundgaard to take the second spot on the podium. Lundgaard drove flat out for the 90-lap race on the 2.

Pato O'Ward has called his Arrow McLaren a "missile" after he drove a superb recovery race at Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.