“He kind of has to with the standings at the moment. “We were worried about him (McLaughlin) because I knew he would take chances,” Dixon said. McLaughlin made a final dash to the inside of Dixon heading to the checkered flag on the front straight but fell just shy. He led 12 laps before he opted to pit during a caution and settled for a sixth-place finish despite contact with Romain Grosjean.ĭixon pounced on the opportunity as he took the lead from Newgarden on Lap 66 and was able to hold off a charging McLaughlin for the final 15 laps.
Nashville’s Josef Newgarden inherited the lead but needed a number of caution laps to avoid pitting and losing the lead. McLaughlin led the first 22 laps before Palou took the point for a race-high 31 laps. McLaughlin, the pole sitter, and Dixon’s teammate Alex Palou, who finished third, dominated the first half of the race that led to podium finishes for both. We had to take four turns of front wing out, so we had no grip. “We had a big crash there that took half the floor off the car.
The CGR race strategy included a race-high six pit stops to help move him through the field and into contention. He started 14 th, got caught up in an incident and on Lap 29 was actually running last in the 26-car field after a penalty for emergency service of his damaged car in a closed pit. The 80-lap, second running of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix had eight cautions on the technical 2.1-mile, 11-turn layout around Nissan Stadium and across the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge that fell nicely into Dixon’s favor. The all-time record of 67 wins is held by another legend, A.J. (August 7, 2022) – Six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing captured Sunday’s Big Machine Music City Grand Prix to move into sole possession of second place for career wins in INDYCAR history.ĭixon held off Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin by 0.1067 of a second to secure his 53 rd career win – and second of the season – to break a tie with the legendary Mario Andretti. The Video News Feed recaps the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on the streets of Nashville.
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