​Motorsport photoPato O’Ward delivered his own version of a ‘Daily Double’ after winning the rain-impacted opening race to sweep the doubleheader round at The Milwaukee Mile. The 27-year-old Mexican made the winning move on a late restart with 19 laps to go, diving to the inside of Team Penske’s David Malukas before going on to win by 1.7535s in the #5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. Race 2 had been completed earlier on Sunday while the rain-suspended Race 1 remained unfinished. By winning both, O’Ward became the first IndyCar driver since Rick Mears at Atlanta in 1981 to claim two victories on the same day. The win marked the 12th of O’Ward’s career, third of the season, and third at the 1.015-mile Milwaukee oval. “Oh, man, I’ve dreamt of weekends like this before,” O’Ward said. “You know, I know having the doubleheaders just a couple of times in my career and wishing like, I want to win both of them in a weekend and we got to win both in a day. That’s definitely a dream come true for myself and I’m sure for the team. And I’m just so happy that we were able to get back on our oval form because I know we’ve been slacking all year. And this is what it’s what a way to to end our 2026 season after some tough challenges and going on to Laguna.”BREAK OUT THE BROOM! 🧹IT’S A PATO SWEEP! pic.twitter.com/mj4cc0j4hJ— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) August 30, 2026Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Rinus VeeKay passed Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin with three laps to go to secure the final spot on the podium in third, his best finish of the season and first podium since Toronto last season.While McLaughlin finished fourth, ECR’s Christian Rasmussen took fifth. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou finished 10th and officially secured his fifth IndyCar Series championship. He became the second driver to win four consecutive titles, matching Sebastien Bourdais’s run from 2004-07. With five championships, Palou now moves into third all-time, trailing only the legendary A.J. Foyt’s mark of seven, and teammate Scott Dixon’s six. “Incredible,” Palou said. “It feels like, I don’t know, I don’t know what to say, man. I owe everything to this team and everybody at Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda, DHL, all our partners, but especially Chip (Ganassi, team owner) and everybody that is behind. So, incredible, man. Just so proud of this team. Today was a really bad race for us, like we were suffering all the time, but I was like, just keep focused, keep on going. And it was great, man. Great to have another championship and, yeah, ready for the next one.”The RaceRinus VeeKay, Juncos Hollinger RacingRinus VeeKay, Juncos Hollinger RacingAlthough Scott McLaughlin captured the pole, it was O’Ward that led the field to the green flag after the top three starters – McLaughlin, Alex Palou, and David Malukas – each took a nine-place grid penalty for unapproved engine changes ahead of the race weekend. Newgarden immediately put O’Ward under thre