His time of 1:01.0640 (at an average of 106.12 mph (170.12 km/h)) stood nearly two-tenths faster than second place qualifier Scott Dixon's and confirming St. Petersburg's status as the slowest track on the calendar.

[5] On lap 20, the first round of green flag pit stops began, with several drivers further down the order, including Sébastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud, being some of the first in.

[5] However, the race's second full-course caution came out in the middle of this pit sequence on lap 26, when Tony Kanaan and Mikhail Aleshin made contact in turn 4, littering the track with debris.

[5] The second round of green flag pit stops began on lap 50, this time with no interruption from a caution period.

Up front, Bourdais began to expand his lead even farther than on the previous stint, as his team had no concerns about saving fuel that others had.

[5] The final round of green flag pit stops began on lap 77, when the off-sequence Power brought his car in.

During this sequence, Takuma Sato suffered from a delayed pit stop after a wheel-gun jammed, causing the Japanese driver to lose a few positions.

[5] Third place went to Dixon, who was able to recover from his early race issues, but was also puzzled by the caution that came out after Kanaan and Aleshin made contact.

[6] Rounding out the top five were Andretti Autosport teammates Hunter-Reay and Sato, both of whom had dealt with crashes during the practices leading up to the race.

For Dale Coyne Racing, the win was the team's first since 2014, when Carlos Huertas took victory at the Houston street circuit.