Race
| Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | N/H/L Racing | 53 | 1:40:58.596 | 1 | 34 | |
| 2 | Dan Clarke | Minardi Team USA | 53 | +9.8 secs | 8 | 27 | |
| 3 | Graham Rahal | N/H/L Racing | 53 | +12.2 secs | 4 | 25 | |
| 4 | Oriol Servià | Forsythe Racing | 53 | +20.9 secs | 14 | 24 | |
| 5 | Alex Tagliani | RSPORTS | 53 | +50.7 secs | 6 | 21 | |
| 6 | Jan Heylen | Conquest Racing | 53 | +1:00.1 | 9 | 19 | |
| 7 | Tristan Gommendy | PKV Racing | 53 | +1:02.3 | 11 | 17 | |
| 8 | Justin Wilson | RSPORTS | 53 | +1:03.0 | 10 | 15 | |
| 9 | Bruno Junqueira | Dale Coyne Racing | 53 | +1:04.5 | 5 | 13 | |
| 10 | Neel Jani | PKV Racing | 53 | +1:13.0 | 7 | 11 | |
| 11 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Australia | 53 | +1:28.9 | 12 | 10 | |
| 12 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 53 | +1:35.1 | 16 | 9 | |
| 13 | Alex Figge | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 52 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 8 | |
| 14 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi Team USA | 49 | + 4 Laps | 3 | 7 | |
| 15 | Katherine Legge | Dale Coyne Racing | 36 | Mechanical | 17 | 6 | |
| 16 | Will Power | Team Australia | 25 | Mechanical | 2 | 5 | |
| 17 | Ryan Dalziel | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 15 | Collision | 13 | 4 |
After dominating qualifying, Sébastien Bourdais led away from the starting grid. Will Power, the other front row starter, dropped back with bad handling while Robert Doornbos was able to provide Bourdais a certain amount of pressure after starting third on the grid, staying within two seconds of the Frenchman.
Unfortunately for Doornbos the set of tires he switched to after his first pit stop did not prove to his liking and he began losing large chunks of time as Bourdais continued in the lead.
Meanwhile Doornbos' teammate Dan Clarke was putting on a show. Slow away from the grid thanks to a bad clutch, Clarke took advantage of the yellow flag on the opening lap by pitting and setting off an alternate strategy. When the rest of the field pitted on lap 14, Clarke found himself in the lead and made the most of the open track in front of him and came out in second place in front of Doornbos and Graham Rahal after he emerged from his pit stop on lap 16.
With Doornbos struggling on his tires, Rahal got around Doornbos in turn 3 on lap 24. Doornbos' race then went completely wrong on the next lap as Clarke cut in front of him on the approach to turn 5. Doornbos' front wing was knocked off and his suspension was damanged. He was forced to limp back to the pits, his race ruined, though he was able to return to the fight albeit four laps down. Clarke was apologetic after the race, but Doornbos accused the Englishman of brake checking him.
Clarke got around Rahal after his second pit stop, gaining further benefit from his alternate pit stop strategy while Bourdais continued to easily lead the field. The race would finish up in that order. Surprisingly, the win was the first for Bourdais in four attempts at the scenic Wisconsin circuit. With Will Power ending up in 16th place with a broken gearbox, Doornbos' accident-marred 14th place finish and Justin Wilson, best amongst the rest of the point challengers managing only an eighth place, Bourdais took a stranglehold on the season championship.
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