NEWTON, Iowa — It was Will Energy’s flip Sunday for Staff Penske success at Iowa Speedway.

Energy broke by on the 0.875-mile oval, gaining his first IndyCar Sequence win at Iowa within the race that ended with a four-car, last-lap crash.

Energy had already crossed the end line when Sting Ray Robb’s automobile flipped after clipping the automobile of Alexander Rossi popping out of the second flip. The automobile slid on its prime down the backstretch whereas Rossi’s automobile collided with the automobiles of Kyle Kirkwood and Ed Carpenter, with Carpenter’s automobile ending up on prime of Kirkwood’s.

Robb flashed a thumbs-up signal as he was taken on a stretcher to an ambulance. He was then flown to Mercy Medical Heart in Des Moines for additional analysis, though IndyCar Sequence officers stated he was in good situation.

Energy held off second-place driver Alex Palou by 0.3915 seconds. Scott McLaughlin, who received Saturday’s race within the doubleheader, completed third.

Energy, who led 50 laps of the 250-lap race, has at all times been quick on the 0.875-mile oval — he has received seven poles right here in his profession — however had solely 5 podium finishes in 18 begins. He completed 18th in Saturday’s race after beginning fourth.

“Stoked to tick that field,” Energy stated. “I’ve received plenty of races at plenty of tracks. Once you tick a field at a observe you have not received on, it feels fairly good.”

However this was a weekend when Penske drivers reached milestones at a observe the place the group has had a lot success. McLaughlin picked up his first profession oval win on Saturday, after which Energy received his victory on a observe that underwent partial repaving within the spring that restricted the quantity of passing room.

“It is humorous, as a result of I have been making an attempt to win this for thus lengthy,” Energy stated. “I believe I completed second a number of instances earlier than the repave, making an attempt actually laborious to win. I did not actually assume I would win at this time. You know the way life goes, it simply occurs like that.”

It was Energy’s forty third profession IndyCar win, his first on an oval since profitable at Pocono in 2019.

It was the ninth Penske win in IndyCar races on the observe and the third victory for the group on the observe this season — Ryan Blaney received the NASCAR Cup Sequence race in June.

Energy, who began twenty second on Sunday, was capable of transfer to second place on the primary spherical of pit stops, then took the lead on lap 209 after his second pit cease three laps earlier that was nearly nine-tenths of a second sooner than Palou’s.

“My plan from the start was to sit down again and save plenty of gasoline, simply get the very best quantity [of laps] utilizing the velocity, lifting,” Energy stated. “I felt like we had a greater automobile than Alex. … Wonderful stops as common by my guys. They’re the perfect in pit lane. Do not must take my phrase for it. Simply take a look at the instances each time. I am fortunate with that.”

The issues all weekend that the partial repaving within the turns that had occurred in Might would flip the oval right into a one-groove observe continued Sunday. There was little change among the many prime 10 drivers till the primary spherical of pit stops that started on lap 94, and that was when Palou was capable of get the lead.

Palou stayed out till lap 100, and as he was coming down pit street, Agustin Canapino spun popping out of the pits, bringing out a yellow flag and giving Palou a bonus over the automobiles that had pitted. Energy didn’t pit till after the warning got here out, and he got here out of the pit sequence in second place behind Palou.

Palou, who led 103 laps, stated the shortage of passing made the race “boring.”

“It is essentially the most boring factor I’ve ever finished,” he stated. “It was yesterday, as properly. Yeah, it is a disgrace that we could not actually put a greater present. I believe all people will agree that it was a really boring race to drive.”

Palou left the doubleheader nonetheless within the lead within the sequence standings with 379 factors. Energy is second with 344, and Pato O’Ward is third with 327.

“Yeah, this bloke subsequent to me would not make many errors,” stated McLaughlin, who closed to inside 64 factors of Palou after the weekend and is in fifth place within the standings. “When he does, you must capitalize.”