Scott Dixon comes close
The bookies favourite going in, thanks to a super strong start to his season, Scott Dixon took no time in getting to the head of the field. Starting alongside polesitter Marco Andretti, the Kiwi powered his way around the outside at Turn 1 on lap one and just put his head down.
It looked as though it was all starting to fall into place for Dixon when his closest rival Alex Rossi missed the pit entrance, costing valuable seconds and giving Dixon breathing room at the head of the field. However a brace of cautions for Dalton Kellet and later Conor Daly and Oliver Askew brought Rossi right back up to Dixon's rear wing, with the pair swapping positions to try and conserve fuel during the all-important middle stints.
While Dixon may have thought his biggest challenge had gone when the Andretti Autosport driver suffered a pit penalty before clattering the wall on his recovery drive, where Rossi left, Takuma Sato joined in. Swapping the lead just as Rossi had done with the Chip Gannasi car. A slow final stop for Dixon made things slightly nervy, and the two battled wheel to wheel before Sato braved it around the outside of T1 and lead Dixon deep into the closing laps. All Dixon could do was watch as the race he had led 111 laps of just slipped away, before the final caution saw any chance of a dramatic Dixon victory disappear.