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By: Matt Beer

Summary

Status: Stopped
Pigot, Sato, Munoz and Dixon are in the pits now, but will all lose track position.
Rahal was forced to enter the pits despite the pits being closed. A lack of fuel meant he needed to make the stop, but was not allowed to make a tyre change.
That incident means that Munoz now leads for the first time today.
Castroneves left the pits ahead of Kanaan, and the pair have fed out in seventh and eighth.

Lazier's wheel came off as he exited the pit lane. He clambers out of the car to retire.
The leaders pit, but a yellow flag comes out as they are in the pits.

An errant wheel from Lazier's car has gone bouncing across the infield to bring out the caution.
Remarkably, Castroneves hasn't won a race for nearly two years – his last win came in the second Detroit race in 2014.
Wilson has suffered a mechanical failure and has retired.

The other four rookies are still running headed by Brabham in 15th.
Top 10: 1 Castroneves; 2 Kanaan; 3 Munoz; 4 Newgarden; 5 Hinchcliffe; 6 Sato; 7 Dixon; 8 Rahal; 9 Bourdais; 10 Hildebrand.
We're approaching three quarters distance now and two Chevys are leading.
Takuma Sato is moving into contention. He's up to seventh, and has been among the fastest drivers during this stint. So the race seems to be coming to him.
Rossi has pitted from the lead having opted not to stop under the yellow flags.

Castroneves inherits the lead from Kanaan, while Hinchliffe, Munoz and Newgarden complete the top five.
Tagliani is forced to pit under green flags and has fed out into 24th.

Rossi continues to lead from Castroneves and Kanaan.
Tagliani has dropped back after stopping and Rossi is now in dire need of a yellow.
Andretti has been plummeting down the order. After starting sixth on the restart the Andretti driver has been struggling and now fallen back to 19th.

His car seems to be down on power on the straights. The team has reported high tyre pressure issues on his car as being responsible.
Kanaan has made it past Hinchcliffe to take third. There are just under 70 laps remaining.
Tagliani is going to need a caution very shortly to avoid a green-flag stop. Rossi has a bit more leeway as he stopped five laps later than Tag.
Dixon has had a quiet race, but a smooth pass on Rahal has given him ninth place.

He has also passed Andretti – next up is Munoz if the Kiwi can maintain his charge.

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