A late charge netted a fine podium result for Shelby Blackstock after Andretti Autosport teammate Garett Grist clipped the wall in the closing stages.

The Allied Building Products Pro Mazda Oval Challenge at the Milwaukee Mile appropriately boiled down to a duel between Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires title rivals Spencer Pigot and Scott Hargrove.

Garett Grist and Shelby Blackstock assess their chances prior to the final oval race of the season as part of the Milwaukee IndyFest.

The top two protagonists for the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, Spencer Pigot and Scott Hargrove, are separated by just 14 points with three races remaining this season. With a MAZDASPEED Scholarship on offer to the champion to facilitate graduation to the top step of the Mazda Road to Indy, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, in 2015 and a state-of-the-art Dallara IL-15 on deck, there is a great deal at stake as the series heads to West Allis, Wis., for this Saturday’s Allied Building Products Pro Mazda Oval Challenge on the historic Milwaukee Mile.

As both the Pro Mazda Championship and Verizon IndyCar Series enter the final stretch of their seasons, Rising Star Racing drivers Spencer Pigot, Neil Alberico and Josef Newgarden head to Milwaukee this weekend looking to make a strong close to the 2014 season.