DETROIT– Scott Dixon won a record fourth at the Detroit Grand Prix, outperforming the competition in a caution-filled event. race on Sunday to become the first IndyCar driver with two wins this season.
O six-time IndyCar Series champion won his 58th career race, second only to AJ Foyt’s total of 67 in the series. Dixon, who is from New Zealand, tied for the Detroit Grand Prix record books with Will Power and Helio Castroneves.
The Chip Ganassi Racing driver finished almost a second ahead of Marcus Ericsson, followed by Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood and Alexander Rossi.
In the shadow of General Motors’ world headquarters, Honda dominated in Detroit, with only Rossi in the top five in a Chevrolet.
Josef Newgarden had a humiliating afternoon the day after Team Penske announced a multi-year contract extension with the back-to-back Indianapolis 500 winner. Late in the race, Newgarden lost control of the rear of his car – with no one around – and crashed into a wall to finish 26th in the 27-car field.
The Detroit Grand Prix got off to a rocky start and failed to find much flow for most of the afternoon because of a series of precautions that marred the 100-lap race.
Theo Pourchaire took advantage of Power from behind in the third corner of lap 1, tangling up several cars in a rare spot to potentially overtake on the short, bumpy track.
Santino Ferrucci, whose driving drew the ire of Kyle Kirkwood in training on Saturday, tried to go around Castroneves and hit him. Castroneves, four-time Indy 500 champion, was replacing the difficulties Tom Blomqvist for Meyer Shank Racing in hopes of scoring points, only to finish 25th.
As if the tight track didn’t pose enough of a challenge, the conditions added another obstacle to the nine-turn, 1.5-mile street course near the banks of the Detroit River.
Rain overnight removed some rubber from the urban circuit and sporadic showers made it slippery in places.
Pole sitter Colton Herta, who led 31 laps at the start of the race, attempted to make an aggressive inside move midway through the race and lost control of the No. 26 Honda, sending it into a tire barrier and dropping it to 19th place.
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