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Dixon recovers to finish P6, McLaughlin spins

by Zane Shackleton
April 11, 2022
in IndyCar, International, News
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Scott Dixon struggled most of the weekend at Long Beach but turned his fortunes around in Monday morning’s race, climbing from 16th to sixth.

Dixon made a bold strategy pay big dividends. He pitted much earlier than anyone else, undercutting a big chunk of the field in the middle stanza.

“We did a super aggressive strategy and on that first sequence I think we jumped ten cars,” he said.

“Had to give up a little bit to save fuel. But, honestly, I think people thought we were crazy about the lap we pitted on.”

From there, the Kiwi held his own to score a solid tally of championship points.

He didn’t quite have the pace of the leaders. Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden collected the win, moving him into the points lead.

There were plenty of cautions in the final half of the race, but the most notable came when Colton Herta shunted into the wall.

Herta was one of the few drivers who looked to have the speed to catch Newgarden. The 22-year-old ended his race prematurely while pushing to cover a Newgarden undercut.

Romain Grosjean claimed his fourth IndyCar podium, finishing runner-up. He depleted all of his Push to Pass speed advantage much earlier than those around him, but he did enough to beat Alex Palou.

As for Dixon, he had a small scare when Chip Ganassi teammate Marcus Ericsson spun on a restart. The Kiwi had nowhere to go but into the back of Ericsson.

OH NO!

Marcus Ericsson hits the wall and gets into his teammate Scott Dixon!#INDYCAR // @GPLongBeach pic.twitter.com/3zThnKl0U9

— IndyCar on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) April 10, 2022

Somehow, Dixon avoided picking up any damage.

He is fifth in the points standings.

“Good points today. We made some inroads on the championship lead, which is good. But we’ve got to get our act together and make sure we are getting everything out of this.”

Scott Mclaughlin’s magical start to the year hit its first speedbump. The erstwhile points leader clattered the inside of the final hairpin, spinning out of contention.

Scott McLaughlin has just done a Leclerc

— Max | ALEX POINTS💙 (@Max_22_23) April 10, 2022

A collision with Simon Pagenaud later in the race made for a race McLaughlin would rather forget.

In fact, even before the race things started on a sour note. His engine blew in the warm up session.

McLaughlin is still firmly in the championship hunt.

He recovered from the mishap to finish 14th. He is only five points behind Newgarden in the standings.

Race Results:

  1. Josef Newgarden
  2. Romain Grosjean
  3. Alex Palou
  4. Will Power
  5. Pato O’War
  6. Scott Dixon
  7. Graham Rahal
  8. Alexander Rossi
  9. Helio Castroneves
  10. Kyle Kirkwood
  11. Felix Rosenqvist
  12. Conor Daly
  13. Rinus VeeKay
  14. Scott McLaughlin
  15. Jack Harvey
  16. Tatiana Calderon
  17. Takuma Sato
  18. Christian Lundgaard
  19. Simon Pagenaud
  20. Jimmie Johnson
  21. David Malukas
  22. Marcus Ericsson
  23. Colton Herta
  24. Callum Illot
  25. Devlin DeFrancesco
  26. Dalton Kellett

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