ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Alex Palou built on his commanding lead in the IndyCar points standings by winning Sunday at Road America for his third victory in his last four events.
Palou won for Chip Ganassi Racing by 4.5610 seconds over Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, who won at Road America last year. Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward was third, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon fourth and Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta fifth.
This is the 250th overall team win for Chip Ganassi Racing. Palou’s title follows victories on May 13 at the Indianapolis road course and on June 4 at Detroit.
He has a 74-point lead in the points standings over Ganassi teammate Marcus Ericsson, the biggest margin anyone has owned in three years. “Yeah, we’ve had really good results so far,” Palou told NBC Sports’ Kevin Lee. “We’re good in points so far, but IndyCar, you never know.” Palou’s weekend finished much better than it started.