- Palou dominated early but a cascade of problems — wall contact that broke a rear toe link, a spin with front-wing damage and a pit-lane drive-through — dropped him to 20th.
- He still leads the standings with 553 points, a comfortable 91-point cushion over race winner Kyle Kirkwood with three races left.
- Kirkwood took the Freedom 250 win and attention now turns to the Milwaukee Mile next weekend; Palou shrugged it off saying, "It hurts... but things happen."
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