WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Alex Lloyd appeared cool and collected after exiting the car in victory lane at The Milwaukee Mile.
Why shouldn't he be? The 22-year-old Englishman doesn't need a GPS in the No. 7 Lucas Oil/Isilon Systems/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car.
Lloyd set an Indy Pro Series record by winning his fifth-consecutive race to start the season, defeating Apex Racing's Mike Potekhen by 2.2826 seconds in the Road Runner 100. His seventh-career victory tied former series champions Thiago Medeiros and Mark Taylor for the most in Indy Pro Series history, and the season is only one-third complete.
"It's just been an unbelievable start to the year," said Lloyd, who started from the pole (146.077 miles per hour; 25.0142 seconds) as practice, qualifying and the race were held on the same day. "Not just today but a great start to the year. I have such a great team behind me. I have never driven for a team that is so well-prepared, so great at what they do down to every individual.
"It's been so much fun to drive for these guys. The car was just fantastic and has been all year."
Jonathan Klein, making his fourth start for Team Moore Racing, finished third. Sean Guthrie finished a career-best fourth, and Bobby Wilson was fifth.
The finish:
Alex Lloyd, Mike Potekhen, Jonathan Klein, Sean Guthrie, Bobby Wilson, Ryan Justice, Al Unser III, Joey Scarallo, Marc Williams, Brad Jaeger, Jon Brownson, Wade Cunningham, Ken Losch, Robbie Pecorari, P.J. Abott, Tom Wieringa, Jaime Camara, Logan Gomez, Hideki Mutoh, Andrew Prendeville, Chris Festa, Stephen Simpson.