Alexander Rossi has firmly established himself as a championship contender in the Verizon IndyCar Series, claiming his first win of the season at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach last weekend. The 26-year-old Californian leads reigning series champion and defending Barber race winner Josef Newgarden by 22 points heading into this weekend’s race.
The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama will be the ninth Verizon IndyCar Series event conducted at Barber Motorsports Park. Scott Dixon has finished on the podium in seven of his eight previous starts at Barber Motorsports Park – including five runner-up finishes – but he has yet to finish on the top step of the podium at the picturesque road circuit.
“We’ve been coming to Barber since 2010, and it’s been a really good track for us, but we’ve yet to win it,” commented Dixon. “I think we’ve been on the podium nearly every race, with five or so of those being second-place finishes. It’s such a great event and you can really see what a great job the track does with the crowds growing year over year. Hopefully, this will be our year with the PNC Bank car.”
Dixon has made 227 consecutive starts heading into the weekend, which is the second-longest streak in Indy car racing.
Drivers face 90 laps of the road course at Barber Motorsport Park. Qualifying takes place on Saturday with the race on Sunday (3pm ET time).
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