The Latest Breaking News from Scott Dixon

The AJ Foyt driver cost race winner Alex Palou a 5s chunk of the lead that he’d built up, and while it didn’t impact the outcome of the result, it left Palou frustrated.

Championship dominator Palou took control during the middle stint of his two-stop strategy, moving clear of pole position winner Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport, who once again suffered painful misfortune that cost him a podium finish when he was caught speeding in the pitlane.

Ganassi heads into this weekend’s halfway IndyCar round at Mid-Ohio holding a 1-2 in points with its Spanish stallion Palou leading its Swedish sensation Ericsson by a whopping 74 points.

Dixon finished just two-tenths of a second behind Arrow McLaren’s O’Ward, who punted him out of the Long Beach Grand Prix in April.

Dixon finished just two tenths of a second behind Arrow McLaren’s O’Ward, who punted him out of the Long Beach Grand Prix in April.

Andretti Autosport’s Herta narrowly pipped Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward to pole position in the closing seconds of qualifying on Saturday, but was one of many drivers to spin – both in practice and in Fast 12 qualifying.

Power’s car had to be rebuilt after a bizarre crash in Saturday morning’s practice session with six-time champion Scott Dixon, who didn’t see the Australian coming after he’d spun and allowed Grosjean to pass.

On the recently-repaved 4.048-mile road course, Dario Franchitti’s qualifying track record of 1m39.866s remained out of reach despite the new high-grip surface. The Fast Six shootout was an intriguing battle, with most cars running the harder primary tyres but Arrow McLaren’s practice pacesetter Alexander Rossi gambled on the softer alternates.

Romain Grosjean has been racing in IndyCar since leaving F1 in 2020 but got on the wrong side of fellow racer Will Power at Road America this weekend, prompting a furious response from the Aussie