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Alex Palou finds his emotions racing after winning his first Indy 500 pole position

INDIANAPOLIS – Pole positions don’t come often for Alex Palou, nor does the unrestrained display of unbridled emotion that accompanied his record Sunday for the 107th Indy 500.

After waiting through more than 10 minutes of withstanding three nail-biting and razor-close runs to knock his No. 10 Dallara-Honda off the top of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway scoring pylon, Palou erupted with a few dozen members of Chip Ganassi Racing who were clad in matching blue and white uniforms.

The normally reserved Spaniard let loose a guttural roar while exchanging bear hugs with anyone within range, including team owner Chip Ganassi (who now has eight Indianpolis 500 poles, including the past three).

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“I’m so proud of you,” Ganassi said to the driver whom he stopped speaking to for weeks last year while embroiled in a contract dispute. “I’m so proud of you.”

Palou stood briefly on the sidepod of his supersonic ride, thrust his arms skyward and then launched himself into the arms of another group of team members before hugging his wife, Esther.

Besides the obvious – starting first in the world’s biggest race — was there something else that made this celebration (which went nearly 90 seconds at full volume) even more emphatic than when after he clinched the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series championship?

“No, we just know that this time doesn’t come very often,” Palou said. “We couldn’t celebrate last year, and we don’t know if we’re going to be able to celebrate next week.

“When there’s chances like that, especially nowadays in IndyCar , you have to celebrate. You could see it on everybody; it was not just me. I lost my voice, which maybe it was

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