IndyCar Farm to Finish 275: Alex Palou holds off Scott Dixon to win seventh of season

13-07-2025

Spain's Alex Palou held off Scott Dixon over the final laps to capture today's IndyCar Farm to Finish 275, stretching his season points lead with his seventh win of the year.
The pole-sitter and Indianapolis 500 champion collected his 18th career IndyCar triumph in 93 starts after 275 laps around

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Otago Daily Times

2 days ago

Otago Daily Times

O'Ward keeps hopes alive

Pato O'Ward. PHOTO: Kristin Enzor-USA TODAY NETWORK Mexican Pato O'Ward eked out his second IndyCar win in three weeks in Toronto yesterday, keeping alive his underdog chances to win the season championship. Alex Palou rode a dominant start to the season to a 129-point lead in the points race. After the Spaniard finished 12th yesterday, O'Ward has sliced that deficit to 99 with four races to go. O'Ward started in 10th but led 30 of 90 laps in his No5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and beat Dutchman Rinus VeeKay by 0.4843sec. Kyffin Simpson, of the Cayman Islands, was third, his first podium finish in two IndyCar seasons. "I knew I had a great car under me to race with and the guys nailed it on the strategy," O'Ward said in his post-race interview. That strategy was for O'Ward to start the race on his alternate set of tires before moving to his primary tires early on lap 3. "I was feeling so good on the [primary] tires all weekend, really. We were just struggling to get the alternates to work in qualifying. Sadly, that's the one you need to transfer," O'Ward said. Palou, conversely, started on his primary tires from the No2 position. The seven-time winner this year led 37 laps but faded down the stretch. Scott Dixon was the best of the three New Zealand drivers, finishing 10th. Marcus Armstrong briefly ran second before finishing 14th, while Scott McLaughlin's race ended shortly after an early pit stop when a wheel detached and he slammed into the wall. — APL/Field Level Media

RNZ News

13-07-2025

RNZ News

Scott Dixon second as Alex Palou chalks up another Indycar win

Alex Palou has won his sevnth Indycar event for the season. File pic. Photo: AFP Evergreen New Zealand racing driver Scott Dixon has finished second to Alex Palou, who has claimed his seventh Indycars title of the season with a win in Iowa. Kiwi Marcus Armstrong had his first podium of the season, with third place in the IndyCar Farm to Finish 275, his sixth top-10 finish in a row. But Scott McLaughlin's race was over before it really started, eliminated in a crash on the first lap. It was a 1-2 finish for Chip Ganassi Racing, but Palou had to withstand a strong challenge on the final lap from Dixon, who had his first victory for the season a week earlier in Mid-Ohio. Palou won by 0.528sec on the tight 1.43km Iowa Speedway course, benefitting by taking a pit stop while a caution flag was out. He had been in third place, but his break was a lucky one as it disadvantaged leader American Josef Newgarden who had emerged from the pit lane with a yellow flag out, a situation that happened twice to him during the race. With 11 laps to go, Palou had the lead and Dixon edged past Armstrong in second. And it remained that way until the finish line. "I cannot really believe it, honestly, and winning here is super special. I struggled on short ovals for so long. Super happy. Another win. Seven wins in one year is insane," said Palou on the Sky Sport broadcast. Dixon was pleased with his effort after finishing ninth in the first race on the track on Sunday. He said he was proud at how his team "had thrown the kitchen sink'' in getting the car ready after issues on Sunday. "We weren't sure how it was going to go,'' Dixon said after the race. "We needed a longer race today.'' Armstrong was thrilled with his first podium finish of the season for Meyer-Shank Racing. "We made it happen today," he said. "We are getting better every single race, I'm gelling with my crew better every race." McLaughlin had been hoping to follow up his fourth placing on Sunday, but it all turned bad when he was unable to avoid Devlin DeFrancesco's car which spun out suddenly in front of him. McLaughlin's car cannoned into the wall and he was unable to continue. "It sucks. I was really excited for today,'' McLaughlin said. It was a bad day for Team Penske with Will Power having to retire from the race after his car lost power. Palou extended his lead in the driver standings. He now has 515 points, ahead of Pato O'Ward, who won Sunday's race, on 386 with Dixon third on 342. Armstrong, who finished ninth on Sunday, is seventh with 267 points, while McLaughlin is 12th with 234.

NZ Herald

13-07-2025

NZ Herald