Scott McLaughlin has finished third behind Pato O’Ward who won the Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google on Sunday at Iowa Speedway after dominant leader Josef Newgarden crashed out of the race with 65 laps remaining.
O’Ward drove his No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet to a 4.2476-second victory over Will Power in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. Scott McLaughlin finished third in the No. 3 Freightliner Team Penske Chevrolet, giving the Penske team two of the top three finishers.
Six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon finished fourth in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda and now moves up to fourth overall. His teammate and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson recorded the best finish of his NTT INDYCAR SERIES career by placing fifth in the No. 48 American Legion Honda.
Series points leader Marcus Ericsson finished sixth in the No. 8 Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. He leads second-place Power in the standings by eight points with five races remaining this season.
O’Ward earned his second victory of the season – he also won May 1 on the road course at Barber Motorsports Park – and fourth win of his NTT INDYCAR SERIES career. The victory, coupled with his second-place finish Saturday in the HyVeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash, helped O’Ward climb from sixth to fifth in the series standings. He is 36-points behind leader Ericsson.
A busy July continues for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES with the Gallagher Grand Prix on Saturday, July 30 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. It’s the fourth race in three weekends.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings:
Ericsson 403, Power 395, Newgarden 369, Dixon 369, O’Ward 367, Palou 359, McLaughlin 317, Herta 278, Rosenqvist 275, Rossi 265, Pagenaud 257, VeeKay 254, Rahal 248, Grosjean 245, Daly 223, Lundgaard 208, Malukas 204, Castroneves 196, Sato 184, Johnson 158, Ilott 150, Harvey 148, DeFrancesco 139, Kirkwood 126, Kellett 94, Tony Kanaan 78, Santino Ferrucci 71, Carpenter 67, Tatiana Calderon 58, JR Hildebrand 53, Juan Pablo Montoya 44, Simona De Silvestro 21, Marco Andretti 17, Sage Karam 14, Stefan Wilson 10.
Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google Results (order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out)
1/ (7) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 300, Running
2/ (1) Will Power, Chevrolet, 300, Running
3/ (5) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 300, Running
4/ (18) Scott Dixon, Honda, 300, Running
5/ (13) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 300, Running
6/ (15) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 300, Running
7/ (9) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 300, Running
8/ (14) David Malukas, Honda, 300, Running
9/ (10) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 300, Running
10/ (4) Takuma Sato, Honda, 300, Running
11/ (22) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 300, Running
12/ (12) Colton Herta, Honda, 299, Running
13/ (11) Alex Palou, Honda, 299, Running
14/ (23) Graham Rahal, Honda, 299, Running
15/ (25) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 298, Running
16/ (3) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 298, Running
17/ (19) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 297, Running
18/ (21) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 296, Running
19/ (8) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 296, Running
20/ (6) Jack Harvey, Honda, 296, Running
21/ (24) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 295, Running
22/ (26) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 294, Running
23/ (16) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 281, Running
24/ (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 235, Contact
25/ (20) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 117, Contact
26/ (17) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 112, Mechanical
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