Evan Roberts

With a Drivers' Championship to settle and a topsy-turvy weekend schedule, Milwaukee was always bound to be full of drama. Despite all its talk, the championship battle was far from the most compelling story of the race. The race for the win was intense with over 10 different leaders, but taking the checkered flag first was Pato O'Ward, who claimed his second win of the season. Joining him on the podium were Scott McLaughlin and Christian Lundgaard, who picked up his first podium on an oval.

DIVEBOMB presents the main takeaways from IndyCar’s inaugural trip to Markham.

Felix Rosenqvist has started the closing stretch in the best possible way as he put his Meyer Shank Racing car on Pole Position, his first since Long Beach earlier in the season. In second was Drivers' Championship leader Alex Palou and third was Will Power.

Credit: Bella Rosen For the first time in a decade, Monday meant race day for IndyCar. A bizarre feeling, yet the show must go on. And didn’t it just for the Music City Grand Prix; after an intense battle at the front of the field, it was Álex Palou who won his fifth race of the season. Despite Nashville being unlike the typical dominant pace he has shown all season, he got the job done and broke his longest win drought of the season… albeit only being three races since his last victory in...