Starting from 3rd place Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda won the NTT IndyCar Series Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. This is his 51st NTT IndyCar Series win & 1st win 2021. Scott Dixon said: “It was a bit of a crazy night for us, definitely very tense there at the end. It was kind of cool to be racing a countryman for the last few laps. Fifth win at Texas, baby! That was awesome.” “It feels amazing to be in this position, you just never want it to end. We want to go back-to-back and try to tie Mario tomorrow. I’m sure that’s not exactly what he wants to see. We’ll keep our heads down. It’s extremely tough. This season has been one of the toughest starts, I think, for a lot of us just with how tight the competition is.” 2nd Place Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, started from 15th place. 3rd Place Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, started from 11th place.
4th Place Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, started from pole followed by 5th place Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, started from 13th place. 6th Place Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, started from 10th place followed by 7th place Car 60 Jack Harvey, Honda, started from 6th place. 8th Place Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, started from 16th place followed by 9th place Car 30 Takuma Sato, Honda, started from 12th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 5th place. Canadian Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 212, finished in 18th place. Canadian Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, finished in 23rd place due to Contact.
The race had 2 Cautions for 29 laps. Caution Summary: 1st Caution on lap 56 for Contact: Car 2 and 14 in Turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 160 for Contact: Car 29 in Turn 2.
The race had 3 Lead Changes among 2 drivers. Lap Leaders: Palou 1-2, Dixon 3-124, Palou 125-128, Dixon 129-212.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings: Dixon 118, Palou 100, Power 81, O’Ward 80, Harvey 77, McLaughlin 75, Newgarden 75, Pagenaud 74, Rahal 71, Herta 70.
Genesys 300 Race Results
FORT WORTH, Texas – Results Saturday of the Genesys 300 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. (3) Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, 212, Running |
| 2. (15) Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 212, Running |
| 3. (11) Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 212, Running |
| 4. (1) Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, 212, Running |
| 5. (13) Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, 212, Running |
| 6. (10) Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 212, Running |
| 7. (6) Car 60 Jack Harvey, Honda, 212, Running |
| 8. (16) Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, 212, Running |
| 9. (12) Car 30 Takuma Sato, Honda, 212, Running |
| 10. (5) Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 212, Running |
| 11. (23) Car 48 Tony Kanaan, Honda, 212, Running |
| 12. (19) Car 18 Ed Jones, Honda, 212, Running |
| 13. (18) Car 7 Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 212, Running |
| 14. (2) Car 12 Will Power, Chevrolet, 212, Running |
| 15. (14) Car 51 Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 212, Running |
| 16. (21) Car 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 212, Running |
| 17. (17) Car 20 Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 212, Running |
| 18. (22) Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 212, Running – Canadian |
| 19. (9) Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 211, Running |
| 20. (8) Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 211, Running |
| 21. (24) Car 59 Car Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 211, Running |
| 22. (4) Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, 190, Mechanical |
| 23. (20) Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 158, Contact – Canadian |
| 24. (7) Car 14 Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 55, Contact |
Race Statistics:
Winner’s Average Speed: 173.036 mph
Time of Race: 1:45:51.3417
Margin of Victory: 0.2646 of a second
Cautions: 2 for 29 laps
Lead Changes: 3 among 2 drivers
Fastest Lap: 219.098 mph ( 23.6606 sec) on lap 124 by 8 – Marcus Ericsson
End of Lap 212: Time of Race: 01:45:51.3417 Avg Speed: 173.036
Next Event: XPEL 375 Sunday May 2,2021
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