Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250

IndyCar Series
Venue	Milwaukee Mile
First race	1937
First IndyCar race	2004
Distance	253.750 mi (408.371 km)
Laps	250
Most wins (driver)	Rodger Ward (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chassis: Lola (16) Engine: Offenhauser (50)

The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin has hosted American open-wheel car racing events dating back to 1937. The AAA Contest Board, USAC, CART, Champ Car World Series, and the IndyCar Series have all sanctioned races at the facility. The Milwaukee Mile has a long history of Championship/Indy car racing, and for many years, traditionally held a race the weekend after the Indianapolis 500.

The NTT IndyCar Series first held events at Milwaukee from 2004 to 2009, and again from 2011 to 2015. After an eight-year hiatus, the IndyCar Series returned for a doubleheader – the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s – in 2024.^[1]

Open wheel racing at the track dates back to 1937. AAA sanctioned races in 1937–1939, 1941, and 1946–1955. The track was paved in 1954. For most years starting in 1949, Milwaukee traditionally hosted the first race following the Indianapolis 500. From 1947 to 1982, Milwaukee normally hosted two races, the first race right after Indy in early June, and the second in August or September. The latter sometimes in the days surrounding the Wisconsin State Fair.

USAC sanctioned Championship car races from 1956 to 1979. In 1980, the race switched to a CART (later CCWS) race, and continued through 2006. After the 1982 season, the second race was dropped.^[2] With only one race annually going forward, the track decided to keep the traditional June "right after Indy" date. This tradition was famously referenced in the 1969 movie Winning where Robert Wagner's character delivered the line "Everybody goes to Milwaukee after Indianapolis".^[3] In 1986, the race was scheduled for Sunday June 1. However, due to rain on May 25–26, the Indianapolis 500 was postponed to Saturday May 31. After discussions with track, television, and series leaders, the Milwaukee race was pushed back one week to make the accommodation.

The IRL/IndyCar Series started holding races at the track in 2004, and thus for a brief time (2004–2006), the track hosted both a Champ Car race (June) and an IndyCar race (late July). For 2007, IndyCar became the lone event. At that time, there was a renewed interest in placing the event on its traditional June date immediately after the Indy 500. This arrangement lasted three years (2007–2009). The race was put on hiatus for 2010, stemming from management difficulties regarding payment of sanctioning fees. In 2011, the race returned with Michael Andretti and Andretti Sports Marketing promoting the event. The race was branded as the Milwaukee Indyfest and included an infield festival reminiscent of street racing formats with vendors, paddock access, music stages, family zones and the signature Ferris Wheel. The Milwaukee IndyFest ran for four years, with ABC Supply Co joining as the Title Sponsor in 2013.

In 2011–2013, for a variety of reasons, race organizers decided to move the race to the Saturday of Father's Day weekend. Detroit took the weekend immediately after Indy, and Texas maintained its position on the second weekend of June. For 2014, the race moved to August reviving the old state fair date. For 2015, it moved back to July, then went on hiatus due to poor revenue and poor attendance. After eight years, and after track renovations, the race is scheduled to return in 2024 as a doubleheader on Labor Day weekend.

From 1950 to 1987, the June race was called the Rex Mays Classic, in honor of Rex Mays, a two-time AAA national champion killed in a race in 1949. Meanwhile, the August race was named the Tony Bettenhausen 200 from 1961 to 1982 in reference of Tony Bettenhausen, who died after a crash in 1961.

In the 1963 Tony Bettenhausen 200, Jim Clark and Team Lotus became the first to win an American Championship race with a rear-engined, monocoque car. After finishing second in that year's Indianapolis 500, Lotus decided to run the car again at Milwaukee and Trenton. Clark and teammate Dan Gurney broke the track record by over a second in qualifying, and Clark led all 200 laps to win, lapping the entire field except for second place A. J. Foyt.^[4]

At the 1991 race, for the first time in the history of Championship/Indy car racing, three members of the same family finished 1st–2nd–3rd in a race. Michael Andretti won the race, second went to his cousin John, and third to his father Mario. The Andretti family swept the podium, while Michael's brother Jeff finished 11th.

For most years from 1949 to 2009, Milwaukee traditionally hosted a Championship/Indy car race the weekend immediately following the Indianapolis 500. Numerous drivers managed to win both races in the same year in back-to-back weeks.

• 1947: Bill Holland
• 1956: Pat Flaherty
• 1964: A. J. Foyt
• 1971: Al Unser Sr.
• 1974: Johnny Rutherford
• 1982: Gordon Johncock
• 1983: Tom Sneva
• 1988: Rick Mears
• 1994: Al Unser Jr.
• 2000: Juan Pablo Montoya (Indianapolis was an IRL race, Milwaukee was a CART series race)

• 1937: Race shortened due to scoring error.

^NC Non-championship race

^A Shared drive

^A Shared drive

Season	Date	Race Name	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
							Laps	Miles (km)
1980	June 8	Gould Rex Mays Classic	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Penske	Cosworth	150	150 (241.401)	1:19:48	112.773	Report
	August 10	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral Racing	Chaparral	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:54:13	105.063	Report
1981	June 7	Gould Rex Mays Classic	Mike Mosley	All American Racers	Eagle	Chevrolet	150	150 (241.401)	1:19:03	113.838	Report
	September 5	A.B. Dick Tony Bettenhausen 200	Tom Sneva	Bignotti-Cotter	March	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:41:41	118.013	Report
1982	June 13	Gould Rex Mays Classic	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	Wildcat	Cosworth	150	150 (241.401)	1:10:52	126.987	Report
	August 1	Provimi Veal Tony Bettenhausen 200	Tom Sneva	Bignotti-Cotter	March	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:49:57	109.132	Report
1983	June 12	Dana Rex Mays Classic	Tom Sneva	Bignotti-Cotter	March	Cosworth	150	150 (241.401)	1:17:42	115.83	Report
1984	June 3	Dana Rex Mays Classic	Tom Sneva	Mayer Motorsports Ltd	March	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:41:41	118.03	Report
1985	June 2	Miller American 200, in Honor of Rex Mays	Mario Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:36:38	124.162	Report
1986	June 8	Miller American 200, in Honor of Rex Mays	Michael Andretti	Kraco Racing	March	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:42:45	116.788	Report
1987	May 31	Miller American 200, in Honor of Rex Mays	Michael Andretti	Kraco Racing	March	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:47:17	111.853	Report
1988	June 5	Miller High Life 200	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:37:42	122.819	Report
1989	June 4	Miller High Life 200	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:32:11	130.16	Report
1990	June 3	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Al Unser Jr.	Galles/Kraco Racing	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:29:46	133.67	Report
1991	June 2	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:29:10	134.577	Report
1992	June 28	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:26:56	138.031	Report
1993	June 6	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:48:08	110.97	Report
1994	June 5	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Al Unser Jr.	Penske Racing	Penske	Ilmor	192*	192 (308.994)	1:36:57	118.804	Report
1995	June 4	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Paul Tracy	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:27:23	137.304	Report
1996	June 2	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:33:32	128.282	Report
1997	June 1	Miller 200	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Reynard	Mercedes-Benz	200	200 (321.868)	1:43:32	119.597	Report
1998	May 31	Miller 200	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	200	200 (321.868)	1:34:17	131.349	Report
1999	June 6	Miller Lite 225 Presented by Kmart	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Reynard	Honda	225	225 (362.102)	1:48:49	128.029	Report
2000	June 4	Miller Lite 225 Presented by Kmart	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola	Toyota	225	225 (362.102)	1:37:38	142.684	Report
2001	June 3	Miller Lite 225	Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	225	225 (362.102)	1:54:08	122.066	Report
2002	June 2	Miller Lite 250	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Lola	Honda	250	250 (402.336)	1:59:27	129.583	Report
2003	May 31	The Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 Presented by Miller Lite and Argent Mortgage	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	250	250 (402.336)	2:16:45	113.19	Report
2004	June 5	Time Warner Cable Roadrunner 250	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	250	250 (402.336)	1:59:12	129.859	Report
2005	June 4	Time Warner Cable Roadrunner 225 Presented by U.S. Bank	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	221*	221 (355.665)	1:45:01	130.301	Report
2006	June 4	Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	197*	197 (317.04)	1:45:03	116.101	Report

• 1981: Tony Bettenhausen 200 was originally scheduled for August 2, but was rained out and postponed until September 5.
• 1994: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2005-06: Race shortened due to a time limit (1:45).

Season	Date	Race Name	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
							Laps	Miles (km)
2004	July 25	Menards A. J. Foyt Indy 225	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:46:49	128.272	Report
2005	July 24	ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt Indy 225	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:51:39	122.733	Report
2006	July 23	ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt Indy 225	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:42:38	133.513	Report
2007	June 3	ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt Indy 225	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:47:42	127.220	Report
2008	June 1	ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt Indy 225	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:42:42	133.428	Report
2009	May 31	ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt Indy 225	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:38:44	138.784	Report
2010	Not held
2011	June 19	Milwaukee 225	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:56:44	117.390	Report
2012	June 16	Milwaukee IndyFest Presented by XYQ	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet	225	228.375 (367.534)	1:52:18	122.020	Report
2013	June 15	Milwaukee IndyFest	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet	250	253.75 (408.37)	1:51:15	136.848	Report
2014	August 17	ABC Supply Wisconsin 250	Will Power	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	250.75 (403.54)	1:44:49	145.243	Report
2015	July 12	ABC Supply Wisconsin 250	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	250.75 (403.54)	1:56:46	130.373	Report
2016 — 2023	Not held
2024	August 31	Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 – Race 1	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	250.75 (403.54)	02:03:01	123.758	Report
	September 1	Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 – Race 2	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	250.75 (403.54)	02:06:31	120.334

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Season Date Winning Driver 1986 June 8 Mike Groff 1987 May 31 Didier Theys 1988 June 4 Dave Simpson 1989 June 4 Mike Groff 1990 June 3 Paul Tracy 1991 June 2 Robbie Groff 1992 June 28 Adrian Fernandez 1993 June 6 Bryan Herta 1994 June 5 Steve Robertson 1995 June 4 Greg Moore 1996 June 2 Mark Hotchkis 1997 June 1 Clint Mears 1998 May 31 Derek Higgins 1999 June 6 Derek Higgins 2000 June 5 Scott Dixon 2001 June 3 Townsend Bell 2002– 2003 Not held 2004 July 25 Paul Dana 2005 July 24 Jeff Simmons 2006 July 22 Jaime Camara 2007 June 2 Alex Lloyd 2008 June 1 Bobby Wilson 2009 May 31 Mario Romancini 2010 Not held 2011 June 19 Esteban Guerrieri 2012 June 15 Tristan Vautier 2013 June 15 Sage Karam 2014 August 17 Zach Veach 2015 July 12 Félix Serrallés 2016 — 2023 Not held 2024 August 31 Louis Foster

Season Date Winning Driver 1988 May 15 Jocko Cunningham 1989– 1992 Not held 1993 June 5 Claude Bourbonnais 1994 June 4 Greg Ray 1995 June 3 David Empringham 1996 June 1 Anthony Lazzaro 1997 May 31 Alex Barron 1998 May 30 Memo Gidley 1999 June 5 Lee Bentham 2000 June 3 Martín Basso 2001 June 2 Hoover Orsi 2002 June 2 Roger Yasukawa 2003 June 1 Ryan Dalziel 2004 June 5 Jon Fogarty

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