Will Power qualified on pole, while Hélio Castroneves snapped a three-year winless streak by taking victory.

At the start, Will Power swept into the lead, while both Hélio Castroneves and Ed Carpenter passed J. R. Hildebrand for second and third, respectively.

Aleshin's run would come to an early end on lap 57, as he lost control of his car, spun, and crashed into the outside wall in turn two, bringing out the race's first caution period.

During the caution, the field made their first pit stops, with Castroneves emerging still in the lead, with Power, Rahal, Carpenter, and Hildebrand behind.

However, positions second through sixth battled after the restart, eventually resulting in Hildebrand moving up to second place on lap 93.

By lap 109, the running order was Hildebrand, Power, Castroneves, Rahal, Hunter-Reay, and Josef Newgarden, who had moved ahead of Carpenter.

His charge was stopped when the race's third caution period waved as Conor Daly made contact with the front straight wall on lap 171.

Most of the leaders stayed out, while a few drivers farther back in the field, including Newgarden, Scott Dixon, and Simon Pagenaud, elected to pit.

Castroneves, though, managed to pull out a sizable lead before making his final pit stop on lap 253.