Dean Stoneman wins Freedom 100 in photo finish

After having the start waved off for a couple laps, the race finally got underway with Ed Jones in control. But at the conclusion of the first lap, Kyle Kaiser caught the wall out of Turn 4 while running fifth, putting the field back behind the pace car.

"I'm massively disappointed right now. The car got loose and I overcorrected," said Kaiser after being released from the care center.

Jones and Stoneman traded the lead back-and-forth throughout the race. RC Enerson also challenged before being forced to pit road after contact with Zach Veach. 

With 12 laps remaining, Santiago Urrutia spun, but avoiding hitting anything. That did bring out the caution though, and the race restarted with eight to go.

With five to go, the yellow was needed once again. This time for Heamin Choi, who slid sideways after slight contact with the outside wall.

The cleanup allowed just one green-flag lap to settle it.  Juan Piedrahita was directly behind Stoneman, but had trouble at the start and fell back to eighth. Jones moved into the race lead and protected the bottom. Stoneman then jumped to the outside and from that point on, it was a drag-race to the stripe. 

At the line, they were separated by just 0.0024 seconds with Stoneman just barely ahead -- The closest in history. Dalton Kellett finished third, Shelby Blackstock fourth and Scott Hargrove fifth.

"It was an amazing race ... I knew where I could position my car and finish the race in the lead," said Stoneman.

"It's so frustrating to lose a race like that," said Jones, who maintains his lead in the championship standings. Stoneman is now second, 29 points back.

Race results:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Dean Stoneman	Andretti Autosport	41'08.6299
2	Ed Jones	Carlin	0.0024
3	Dalton Kellett	Andretti Autosport	1.1024
4	Shelby Blackstock	Andretti Autosport	1.2109
5	Scott Hargrove	Team Pelfrey	1.5703
6	Felix Serralles	Carlin	1.5862
7	Neil Alberico	Carlin	1.9533
8	Juan Piedrahita	Team Pelfrey	2.2687
9	Felix Rosenqvist	Belardi Auto Racing	3.2538
10	Zach Veach	Belardi Auto Racing	3.2686
11	R.C. Enerson	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1 Lap
12	Heamin Choi	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	5 Laps
13	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Juncos Racing	6 Laps
14	Santiago Urrutia	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	11 Laps
15	Andre Negrao	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	21 Laps
16	Kyle Kaiser	Juncos Racing	38 Laps