Starting from 4th place Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet won his 1st the NTT IndyCar Series race in the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, started from 6th place. 3rd Place Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, started from 9th place.
4th Place Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, started from pole followed by 5th place Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, started from 10th place. 6th Place Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, started from 8th place followed by 7th place Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, started from 2nd place. 8th Place Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, started from 7th place followed by 9th place Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, started from 12th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, in 10th place, started from 21st place. Canadian Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, finished in 18th place due to Mechanical. Canadian Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, finished in 23rd place. due to 1st lap crash.
The race had 3 Cautions for 35 laps: The 1st lap crash wash massive 6 cars. 1st Caution on lap 1 for Contact: Cars 4,14,18,27,51 and 59 on Front Straight. 2nd Caution on lap 117 for 10 Debris. 3rd Caution on lap 190 for 7 Lost Tire: Car 7 on Back Straight.
The race had 12 Lead Changes among 9 drivers. Lap Leaders: Dixon 1-70, Palou 71-73, Carpenter 74, VeeKay 75-79, Dixon 80-139, Rahal 140-152, Dixon 153-185, O’Ward 186, Power 187, Newgarden 188-189, Sato 190-201, Newgarden 202-224, O’Ward 225-248.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings: Dixon 153, O’Ward 131, Palou 127, Newgarden 116, Rahal 107, Pagenaud 102, Herta 100, McLaughlin 99, Power 99, Harvey 90.
XPEL 375 Race Results
FORT WORTH, Texas – Results Sunday of the XPEL 375 NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, car #, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
| 1. (4) Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 248, Running |
| 2. (6) Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 248, Running |
| 3. (9) Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, 248, Running |
| 4. (1) Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, 248, Running |
| 5. (10) Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, 248, Running |
| 6. (8) Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 248, Running |
| 7. (2) Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, 248, Running |
| 8. (7) Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 248, Running |
| 9. (12) Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 248, Running |
| 10. (21) Car 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 248, Running |
| 11. (19) Car 20 Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 248, Running |
| 12. (13) Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 248, Running |
| 13. (3) Car 12 Will Power, Chevrolet, 248, Running |
| 14. (11) Car 30 Takuma Sato, Honda, 247, Running |
| 15. (20) Car 48 Tony Kanaan, Honda, 246, Running |
| 16. (17) Car 7 Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 246, Running |
| 17. (5) Car 60 Jack Harvey, Honda, 115, Mechanical |
| 18. (22) Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 30, Mechanical – Canadian |
| 19. (14) Car 14 Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 0, Contact |
| 20. (15) Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, 0, Contact |
| 21. (16) Car 51 Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 0, Contact |
| 22. (18) Car 18 Ed Jones, Honda, 0, Contact |
| 23. (23) Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 0, Contact – Canadian |
| 24. (24) Car 59 Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 0, Contact |
Race Statistics:
Winner’s Average Speed: 169.360 mph
Time of Race: 2:06:31.1155
Margin of Victory: 1.2443 seconds
Cautions: 3 for 35 laps
Lead Changes: 12 among 9 drivers
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