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Dixon 4th, Armstrong 5th & McLaughlin 6th in IndyCar IMS Road Course race

by Matthew Sampson
May 12, 2024
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Scott Dixon led home compatriots Marcus Armstrong and Scott McLaughlin in this morning’s IndyCar race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, which Chip Ganassi’s Alex Palou won.

The defending Champion Palou led 39 of the 85 laps to take his first win of the season and vault to the top of the championship standings.

Australia’s Will Power was second, heading home Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Christian Lundgaard, who led 35 laps.

Lundgaard took the lead off pole-sitter Palou at Turn 1 off the start when the Chip Ganassi driver ran wide.

The order at the front remained unchanged when the leaders made their first stops, with Power pitting first from third in an attempt to undercut Lundaard and Palou. They both followed in on Lap 20, with Lundgaard retaining the lead but Palou facing increasing pressure from the Australian, who got past on Lap 21.

Power was again the first to stop in the second cycle, boxing from second but falling to third, behind Lundgaard, once the stops played out. Palou retained his spot at the front once the round of stops were complete.

Dixon remained in the mix entering the final stages and was fourth for the final round of stops on Lap 62.

The race’s only caution came with 20 laps remaining when Lucas Ghiotto stopped on the track.

The intervention set up a 17-lap Sprint to the flag, with Palou leading Power, Lundgaard, Dixon, Armstrong and McLaughlin, who benefitted from the caution to emerge sixth.

There was no change at the front when the chequered flag fell, with the defending champion pulling clear from the early challenges to win by 6.6 seconds.

Dixon was fourth, 5.4 seconds off the podium places, having defended well from Armstrong over the final circuits as his rear tyres faded.

McLaughlin finished on the tail of the Chip Ganassi duo for sixth as the three Kiwis finished within one second of each other.

Tom Blomqvist came home 23rd, one lap off the pace.

Palou now holds a 12-point lead over Power in the Drivers’ Championship, with Dixon third, 25 points adrift of his teammate.

Despite his disqualification from the podium in St. Petersburg, McLaughlin is sixth, while Armstrong is 11th, two points outside the top ten.

IndyCar returns to IMS for Indy 500 qualifying next weekend, before the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 26.

Image: Karl Zemlin/ Penske Entertainment

Tags: Indy CarMarcus ArmstrongScott DixonScott McLaughlinTom Blomqvist

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