Race Control – May 2019

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state streets of St. Petersburg two weeks earlier, this time he was completely

untroubled on his way to an emphatic victory for Andretti Autosport.

In his wake, an exciting battle for second place ended with Dutchman Rinus

VeeKay (Juncos Racing) edging fellow teenager Robert Megennis (Andretti

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second.

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Askew was helped in his quest to win the race when one of his Andretti Autosport

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back.

Askew took full advantage of the fact there was no one alongside him as the

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