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The Andretti Global driver was forced to fend off multiple restarts, including one brought on by a red flag, over the 20-lap race to claim a maiden win in IndyCar’s feeder category.She took the win by 0.8203s over team-mate Louis Foster and is the third female to win in Indy…

The Briton was forced to fend off her rivals on multiple restarts, including one brought on by a red flag, over the over the 20-lap race to claim the maiden win in IndyCar’s developmental category.

A 23-year-old Kentucky native, Abel fended off the challenges of Nolan Siegel and managed all 35 laps around the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course, which ended under caution.

Siegel led from pole, going wheel to wheel with Jacob Abel at Turn 1, but the Californian HMD Motorsports driver just held on to his advantage.

And he then proved untouchable, leading all 35 laps en route to winning by a staggering 17.8813s.

After being delayed from its afternoon start time to 9:50pm under the floodlights in the evening due to rain, Rasmussen led the 15-car field to green in the 75-lap race as the field was set by points order for the final oval race of the season.

But his victory was tinged by controversy when he collided with Andretti Autosport team-mate Louis Foster as they duelled for the lead with eight laps to go, which forced the British driver out.

After qualifying was rained out at the 2.1-mile temporary street course, the field was set by championship order, but it was dry and sunny in time for Sunday morning’s race.

After being delayed from its 10:00am start time to 6:30pm in the evening due to the rain that impacted IndyCar Series qualifying, polewinner Abel led the 16-car field to green in the 75-lap race.

Pole winner Simpson led the 19-car field to the first corner of the 20-lap race, where he ran wide and flew high into the air over the bump on the exit.

Siegel held a five-second lead on the final lap of Saturday’s race but snapped a halfshaft on the exit of Turn 7 of the last lap, allowing Gold – who he’d passed with a brilliant move six laps earlier – to cruise past and inherit the victory by 0.2974s.