Honda: Dixon Does It Again in St. Louis

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Starting deep in a 28-car field, Scott Dixon once again demonstrated why he is one of the best Indy car drivers of his generation, conserving fuel while maintaining a race-winning pace to take the victory in Sunday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Starting 16th, Dixon was able to complete the 260-lap contest in his Chip Ganssi Racing Honda on just three pit stops, one (or more) less than the rest of his competition to claim his second consecutive win of 2023 by the comfortable margin of 22.2 seconds over second-finishing Pato O’Ward.

Combined with the retirement of Josef Newgarden following late race wall contact, the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship is now down to a duel between Ganassi Honda teammates: 6-time champion Dixon and 2021 series champion Alex Palou, who finished seventh today. The pair head into the final two races of the season separated by 74 points, with 108 points on offer in the remaining events.

Following up on his second-place finish here in 2022, an impressive David Malukas for Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Honda home third today, for his second career IndyCar podium.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturers’ Championship (unofficial, after 15 of 17 rounds)

Honda 1299 points [10 wins]
Chevrolet 1256 points [4 wins]

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Drivers’ Championship Standings (unofficial, after 15 of 17 rounds)

1. Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 565 points [4 wins]
2. Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda – 74 [2 wins]
2. Josef Newgarden, Team Penske -125 [4 wins]

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES started its stretch run of three consecutive races to close out the 2023 season. The series now heads to the Pacific Northwest for next weekend’s Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland, September 1-3 at Portland International Raceway.