Alex Lloyd took his record eighth career IndyPro Series victory by patiently waiting for just the right time to dive under Wade Cunningham at the Iowa Speedway. Cunningham had led 105 of the 115 laps, before losing the lead to Lloyd on lap 106.
"Today's race was brilliant for us," said Lloyd who has won six of eight IPS races in 2007.
"It was so difficult to pass out there... I figured I would stay on the high side for a bit and leave the bottom for later in the race because I figured I would have one chance at getting the lead."
"So I left it as long as I dared to, got that run at the end and put my nose in there, and I know he wasn't expecting that," he added.
Cunningham knew Lloyd would make that move eventually.
"He worked hard for that pass and he had it, I don't think I could have done anything more without winding up in the steward's office."
Hideki Mutoh finished third. Sean Guthrie had battled with Mutoh all race long before getting loose off of turn four and then crashing hard into the inside front straight wall.
He has been diagnosed with a displaced fracture of his left foot and will be treated at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Results Saturday of the Iowa 100 Indy Pro Series event June 23 at the 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps
completed, reason out (if any) and money earned:
1. (2) Alex Lloyd, 115, Running $32,500
2. (1) Wade Cunningham, 115, Running $26,000
3. (8) Hideki Mutoh, 115, Running $20,000
4. (12) Ryan Justice, 115, Running $16,400
5. (13) Robbie Pecorari, 115, Running $15,900
6. (9) Logan Gomez, 115, Running $15,400
7. (19) Al Unser III, 115, Running $14,900
8. (21) Marc Williams, 115, Running $14,400
9. (11) Bobby Wilson, 115, Running $13,900
10. (20) Ben Petter, 115, Running $13,400
11. (22) Ken Losch, 115, Running $12,400
12. (6) Mike Potekhen, 114, Running $11,400
13. (4) Joey Scarallo, 114, Running $10,400
14. (14) Andrew Prendeville, 114, Running $10,000
15. (16) Tom Wieringa, 113, Running $9,500
16. (18) Chris Festa, 112, Running $9,000
17. (17) Brad Jaeger, 96, Pits $8,500
18. (10) Jonathan Klein, 93, Contact $8,000
19. (7) Stephen Simpson, 92, Contact $5,000
20. (3) Sean Guthrie, 79, Contact $4,000
21. (5) Jaime Camara, 43, Handling $3,000
22. (15) Jon Brownson, 5, Contact $2,000
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 115.707 mph
Time of race: 53:18.7234
Margin of victory: 0.3927 of a second
Cautions: 4 caution flags for 32 laps
Lead changes: 1 among 2 drivers
Lap leaders: Cunningham 1-105, Lloyd 106-115.
Point standings: Lloyd 390, Mutoh 271, Wilson 229, Camara 185, Potekhen 183, Festa 181, Cunningham 177, Pecorari 162, Klein 157, Gomez 150.
ORS / CAPSIS International