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McLaughlin spins from lead behind safety car, Dixon top ten despite running out of fuel

by Zane Shackleton
May 15, 2022
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Scott McLaughlin’s chances of a second IndyCar victory were spoiled by a spin while leading behind the safety car.

The Kiwi had put himself into the race lead with a bold strategy call to fit slick tyres for the run home on a wet but drying Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

However, a strange spin while under caution sent McLaughlin from the lead to fifth.

Scott McLaughlin SPINS under caution!

That'll give Patricio O'Ward the lead! #INDYCAR

📺 : @NBC and @PeacockTV pic.twitter.com/h5YtVDQDwK

— INDYCAR on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) May 14, 2022

Then, when the race did go green, McLaughlin spun once more.

Ultimately, the gamble to run slick tyres on a damp track didn’t pay off and McLaughlin later pitted for the wet weather rubber

He would finish 18th.

Scott Dixon’s race was equally bizarre. He ran out of fuel in the pitlane and had to be pushed back to the box by his crew.

Oh noooo!

Scott Dixon runs out of fuel heading down pit lane. Crew had to sprint about 5 stalls to get the car and push him ahead. Big mistake. #INDYGP pic.twitter.com/HoUJ8SImWL

— Taylor Tannebaum (@TaylorTannebaum) May 14, 2022

On top of that, Dixon narrowly avoided several incidents from cars spinning on the wet track.

Through all the chaos he finished P10.

Even so, Dixon knows more is needed if he is to challenge for this year’s championship.

“It’s just a different car every time you go out, so we’re trying to adjust for that and find the best balance,” he said.

“It sucks right now. We’ve got to sort it out.”

Colton Herta survived the rain to win his first race of the year. He finished ahead of Simon Pagenaud and polesitter Will Power.

IndyCar now continues preparation for the Indy 500 at the end of May.

Race Results:

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

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