Hunter-Reay on top at Milwaukee

Ryan Hunter-Reay had a strong race in Milwaukee on Saturday, coasting to a win in the IndyCar contest.

An Andretti car drove to victory lane Saturday in an Andretti race at Wisconsin State Fair Park.

The winner was Ryan Hunter-Reay, who also won at the Milwaukee Mile in 2004. This was his sixth career win.

Tony Kanaan finished second with Hunter-Reay's Andretti Autosport teammate, James Hinchcliffe, third.

Andretti Sports Marketing, which Andretti co-owns, promoted the event known as Milwaukee IndyFest. The group saved the event from extinction, and the community seemed to embrace it.

Before the race, Andretti announced that the event will return in 2013, drawing a roar from the crowd.

While it was fun on Andretti's end, Chip Ganassi's team struggled for the results it deserved.

Scott Dixon was penalized for passing on a restart (Lap 103) even though he didn't understand why.

“I don't even know what they're talking about,” he said. “The one restart where I had to get out of line they waved off. (EJ) Viso is trying to restart it at 20 mph. That's stupid. I was in first gear and when it went green, I went. I heard green I pulled out (of line).”

Dixon finished on the lead lap, but he finished 11th.

Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti also had a problem. He dropped left-side wheels into the grass when Ryan Briscoe came down on him in Turn 3. The adventure must have damaged Franchitti's suspension because he crashed on the next lap. He finished 19th.

Series points leader Will Power was 12th.

Justin Wilson, who won last week's race at Texas Motor Speedway, delivered one of the race's memorable passes with outside move around Simon Pagenaud, but his race ended on lap with an engine failure.

Wilson was one of seven drivers to start the race 10 positions behind where they qualified due to unapproved engine changes. The others were Briscoe, Power, Dixon, Takuma Sato, Mike Conway and rookie Josef Newgarden.

JR Hildebrand's engine also failed, although that likely was encouraged by debris stuck in the radiator for a period of time. Just as the failure occurred, Sato's car veered into that of James Jakes, perhaps because of oil on the track. Sato called the track “slippery.”

The race was 90 minutes late starting due to a rain shower. That meant ABC couldn't stay with the broadcast due to contractual obligations with NASCAR, which had a Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway. IndyCar got switched to ESPN News.