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Hindustan Times
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Palou wins seventh of season at IndyCar Farm to Finish 275
Spain's Alex Palou held off Scott Dixon over the final laps to capture Sunday's IndyCar Farm to Finish 275, stretching his season points lead with his seventh win of the year. HT Image The pole-sitter and Indianapolis 500 champion collected his 18th career IndyCar triumph in 93 starts after 275 laps around the 0.894-mile (1.43km) Iowa Speedway oval. "It has been an unbelievable day, unbelievable weekend but more than anything an incredible year for us," Palou said. "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. It's insane." It was only his second career oval triumph after winning at Indy in May. The event completed a double-header weekend in Newton, Iowa, with race one going to Mexico's Pato O'Ward on Saturday. New Zealand's Dixon finished second on Sunday followed by compatriot Marcus Armstrong, who matched his best career IndyCar finish, then American David Malukas and O'Ward. It was Dixon's 14th top-five finish at Iowa without a victory. "We weren't too sure how it was going to go," Dixon said. "Everybody did a great job to basically throw the kitchen sink at it." Palou, with 515 season points, boosted his lead over O'Ward from 105 to 129 points with Dixon 173 adrift in third after 12 races as the Spaniard tries to capture a fourth crown in five campaigns. American Josef Newgarden, Saturday's runner-up and is a six-time race winner at Iowa, finished 10th after twice pitting with the lead only to have a caution flag moments later send him to the back of the lead lap. Palou grabbed the lead at the start but Newgarden overtook him and seized first place on lap 66. Newgarden went into the pits on lap 130 for fuel but moments later Sweden's Marcus Ericsson crashed in turn four, allowing rivals to make pit stops under caution as Newgarden cycled back. Palou returned to the track in the lead with Malukas second and O'Ward third at the restart with Newgarden 11th. Fast-charging Newgarden clawed his way back, passing Malukas with 40 laps remaining and overtaking Palou five laps later to reclaim the lead. Newgarden then pitted to refuel just as American Colton Herta crashed to bring out a caution flag with Palou pitting and staying in the lead and Newgarden fading to ninth. Palou sped away on a restart with 11 laps remaining and held off Dixon to the end. The next IndyCar race will be next Sunday at Toronto. js/bb
NZ Herald
13-07-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
IndyCar Farm to Finish 275: Alex Palou holds off Scott Dixon to win seventh of season
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
Indianapolis Star
13-07-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Nolan Siegel won't drive in Farm to Finish 275 after crash in IndyCar's first race at Iowa
NEWTON, Iowa — Nolan Siegel has not been cleared to compete in Sunday afternoon's IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway by the series' medical team after the 20-year-old Arrow McLaren driver weathered a hard single-car crash on Lap 248 of Saturday afternoon's kickoff to the doubleheader weekend, the team announced Sunday morning. Arrow McLaren has elected not to run the No. 6 Chevy entry that Siegel qualified fifth, trimming the field to 26 cars. Siegel "will continue to be evaluated" and the team said it will "stay in close contact with the (IndyCar) medical team as he recovers." IndyCar heads to the streets of Toronto five days later for Friday afternoon's opening practice, meaning depending on the severity of Siegel's injury, which the team did not specify, they may need to seek a temporary replacement if he's not cleared to return to the cockpit later this week. It's routine for IndyCar's medical team to put drivers who've undergone an especially severe hit (measured by the G forces sensed either in the car or the driver's helmet) to perform follow-up checks for concussion-like symptoms, though it's not immediately clear if Siegel is in that protocol. Siegel's crash on Lap 248 in Turn 4 led to an initial yellow flag, followed 10 laps later by a red flag to repair the SAFER barriers in the outer wall at the point of impact. "There's no place I'd rather be than out there driving today, especially from (fifth on the grid), one of my best starting positions of the season," Siegel said. "I know I'm in good hands with the IndyCar medical team and thank them for the great care they provide us drivers. "Most of all, I feel for the No. 6 car crew. They gave me a rocket this weekend and put in a ton of work last night with hopes we'd be racing today. They deserve to be out there fighting for a podium, and we'll be back soon to do just that." Among those on the ground at Iowa Speedway this weekend who could've been able to fill-in are ex-Chip Ganassi Racing driver Linus Lundqvist, last year's IndyCar Rookie of the Year who snagged a pole and a pair of podiums in 2024, but who was a victim of IndyCar's charter system that forced CGR to trim back to three full-time cars in a process that left him the odd man out and without opportunities elsewhere. A year ago, then-Dale Coyne Racing driver Jack Harvey was attempting to manage severe back pain and was debating pulling out of Saturday's race following qualifying. Live updates: IndyCar Farm to Finish 275 at Iowa Speedway race updates, leaderboard, crashes, stream, TV But IndyCar would not allow for a substitute driver because no other driver not already in the field had participated on track. Because of that, Harvey and Coyne opted to have the veteran driver start the race, though he retired 28 laps into the race when he could no longer bear the pain. Sunday morning of that doubleheader weekend, substitute driver Conor Daly was allowed to step into the car to run what amounted to an handful of install check-like laps to get his bearings, and he started Race No. 2 in the No. 18 Honda in place of Harvey. Rookie Hunter McElrea raced in place of Harvey at Toronto, and the British driver was back in the car for the next race at World Wide Technology Raceway. Last year at Toronto, Arrow McLaren also had to jump through hoops after then-driver Alexander Rossi broke his wrist in a Friday practice crash, and the team made last-minute arrangements for Theo Pourchaire, who had filled in for an injured David Malukas earlier in the year, to fly in from Europe overnight and make it into the No. 7 Chevy just in time for qualifying. 'A lot of salt to get rid of': How will Pato O'Ward celebrate Synk 275 win? Gifting Josef Newgarden Kit-Kats "I've been there. I know how Nolan feels not racing today. It's the worst feeling int he world," Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan said. "The most important thing, though, is that he's fit to race, and unfortunately that's not the case today. It was a tough decision to park the car, but we've ben through this before. "We just found out this morning he's not cleared, and we decided the best thing for the team is to not rush into switching drivers this weekend. It's too much of a shuffle and unnecessary stress when we're right back to racing in Toronto in a week. After today, we'll have to make a contingency plan in case Nolan's not cleared to race in Toronto, but today, this is the best for the team."
