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CHEVROLET NCS AT DOVER: Post-Race Report

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NASCAR CUP SERIES
DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT
JULY 20, 2025

Bowman Leads Chevrolet with Podium Finish in the Late-Race Shoot-Out at Dover Motor Speedway

  •  With a mix of pit strategy setting up for a shoot-out to the finish, Alex Bowman and the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team led the Bowtie brigade with a third-place result – the team’s fifth top-five finish of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
  • Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet team were one of just two cars that had yet to hit pit road for the green flag pit cycle when the caution flew for rain at Lap 337. With a clutch call from atop the pit box by crew chief Richard Boswell, Dillon capitalized on a massive gain in track position – ultimately taking home a top-15 finish.
  • Hendrick Motorsports’ mastery at taming the “Monster Mile” struck once again with three of the organization’s entries earning top-six results. Among those included Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Chevrolet team, who turned in an impressive run through the field from the 25th starting position en route to a pair of top-10 stage finishes and the team’s 10th top-five finish of the season.
  • With Saturday afternoon’s rain showers wiping out all on-track activity for the NASCAR Cup Series, the division hit the high banks of Dover Motor Speedway for the first time at the drop of the green flag for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400.
  • With the lineup set by the rule book, Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team earned the pole position for the 400-mile race. A side-by-side battle with fellow front-row starter, Chase Briscoe, ended early at the Lap 14 marker when the Dawsonville, Georgia, native drove his Chevrolet-powered machine to the top position and paced the field for the duration of the 120-lap opening stage – collecting his first stage win of the 2025 season.
  • On the tail of back-to-back strong points races, Kyle Busch and the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet team lined up in the 10th position to take on the “Monster Mile”. The three-time Dover winner climbed his way up to the seventh position when the competition caution came at Lap 36. Coming down pit road for the first scheduled stop of the day, the No. 8 pit crew fired off a strong stop to make the team the biggest movers among the top-10 – gaining three positions in the race off pit road to put Busch fourth for the restart. Remaining a consistent figure in the top-10 during the opening stage, Busch took the first green-white checkered flag collecting eighth-place stage points.
  • Winning the race off pit road, Elliott led the field back to the green flag for the 130-lap Stage Two. Continuing to pace the field until the first green flag pit cycle of the day, Elliott gave up the lead to come down pit road for four fresh tires and fuel, but an issue on the left side found the No. 9 Chevrolet team in the sixth position as the field cycled through. The speed of the Hendrick Motorsports camp prevailed in Stage Two, with Alex Bowman and the No. 48 Chevrolet team taking the second green-white checkered flag in the runner-up position – leading his trio of teammates to top-six finishes in the stage.
  • Ty Dillon’s storybook run in NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge continues, with the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team earning top-20 finish – edging out his matchup, John H. Nemechek, by just one position to earn a spot in the championship round and a shot at the one-million-dollar grand prize.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
3rd – Alex Bowman
4th – Kyle Larson
6th – Chase Elliott

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 21 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:

Wins: 9
Poles: 10
Top-Fives: 42
Top 10s: 84
Stage Wins: 20

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG on Sunday, July 27, at 2 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on TNT and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
Post-Race Driver Quotes:

Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Finished: 15th

“We probably should have run about 20th all day so pretty decent finish at Dover Motor Speedway in the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet considering that. We started 23rd and ran right around there until crew chief Richard Boswell made a call mid race to stay out during a pit stop cycle to earn us some track position. It’s amazing how much better our Chevy’s handling was in clean air. After the rain delay, we decided to stay out again and took a gamble that we would be able to hang onto the top-10 and maybe even leave with a top-five finish. We just didn’t have enough at the end on old tires and ended up 15th. We have to get more out of our race cars. We all want more. We’ll keep at it.”

Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Finished: 4th

“We had a good No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Chevrolet today. It was just tough starting in the back, and we just kind of had to work slowly at it all day long. On the long runs here (at Dover Motor Speedway), you just have to be really patient, and that’s how we were today. It’s good to get a top-five finish and get back on the horse there. Hopefully we can string together some good runs now.”

Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Finished: 11th

“Strong start to the race for our Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen team today at Dover Motor Speedway. We just needed more at the end of the race. We were pretty neutral to start. By Stage 2, it was easy for the right rear to push through the right front when rubber built. Our balance switched to wrecking loose and our Chevy wasn’t in the track. It was way different from the start of the race. We salvaged what we could. We’ll regroup and continue to push for a spot in the NASCAR Playoffs.”

Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Finished: 20th

YOU ARE THE GUY THAT NOBODY THOUGHT WOULD GET OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND, NEVERMIND BEING IN THE FINAL ROUND TO RUN FOR A MILLION DOLLARS. HOW DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU?

“It feels good. You know, I have been the underdog for a long time now, just battling my way to try to get opportunity. Eventually you get comfortable in fighting from behind and people underestimating you. It’s hard to say that we lucked into it this far in, and I am proud of the way we have run. We haven’t been a dominating car, but we have been a pain to everyone around us. That is all we can do — put pressure on them and execute at the right time and that is what we have done.

I am so grateful to Matt Kaulig and everyone at Kaulig Racing — Chris Rice, Ty Norris, my sponsors Sea Best and Grizzly Nicotine Pouches. They are the ones that allow us to do this and allow us to have fun. I don’t take it for granted. I have been out of this sport and got good perspective and have so much gratitude just to get to race these cars. When things are coming together in a season like this, it’s not everything we want, it hasn’t been everything, but we are having fun. And when you can leave the racetrack smiling, you are already winning.”

Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Finished: 3rd

“I feel like we were better than where we ended up, but with a poor day at Sonoma (Raceway), I had to start deep in the field. I couldn’t get clean air, and then we got shuffled around a little bit on some of the short runs. But overall, we had a really good No. 48 Ally Chevrolet all day. Proud of everyone at Hendrick Motorsports. I’ve been a little bit sick and my cool shirt decided it wanted a Sunday off, so I’m really hot and really tire, but certainly, it was a really good day for our team.”

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Blaney Leads Three Ford Drivers to Top 10 Dover Finishes

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Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series
Autotrader EchoPark 400 — Dover Motor Speedway
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Ford Unofficial Finishing Order

8th – Ryan Blaney
9th – Chris Buescher
10th – Brad Keselowski
14th – Joey Logano
16th – Austin Cindric
19th – Ryan Preece
22nd – Zane Smith
25th – Todd Gilliland
28th – Josh Berry
29th – Cole Custer
31st – Noah Gragson
36th – Cody Ware

AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Autotrader Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “With where we had to start I’m definitely proud of the effort from everybody here on this No. 2 Autotrader Ford Mustang. We kind of just clawed our way up and we had one restart where the field got split up under green flag cycles and I got parked and pretty much lost all of the progress I had made throughout the entirety of the day. We clawed back a few there on those late restarts, but, overall, I’m happy to finish one of these a little better than we have the last few weeks, but we definitely want more.”

NOAH GRAGSON, No. 4 MillerTech Ford Mustang Dark Horse – WHAT DID YOU SEE? “The 20 wrecking. I got on the brakes and then somebody hit me in the back. It was over at that point. I checked up for the wreck and somebody hit me from behind and wrecked us, so that’s what it’s been every race this year. It’s gotten to the point where you just expect it.”

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Libman Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It was a fun day. I thought on long runs we were really good. I would have personally like to have seen it go to the end before the rain caution came out because we had a really good long run car and I thought I might have been able to get up to fifth. We came in and got two tires, and I didn’t pick a good lane on the restart and gave a lot of track position away, but, overall, it was a good day from where we started.” HOW DID THE NEW TIRE REACT? “I thought it put a decent amount of rubber on the racetrack, but I don’t know if that’s the temps or the tire. I thought we were able to move around a little bit more than before.”

CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Trimble Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “We got a decent finish out here today with this No. 17 Trimble Mustang and I’m proud of everyone for that. We stayed with it all the way until the end. We were really great at the end of the day, and we definitely have a lot to look at and try to get better for next time here.”

Pato O’Ward overcuts Rinus VeeKay to win in Toronto

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TORONTO - JULY 20: Pato O'Ward celebrates on the podium with Rinus VeeKay and Kyffin Simpson after winning the NTT IndyCar Series Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on July 20, 2025, in Toronto. Photo: Chris Owens/Penske Entertainment

For the second time in eight days, the overcut won Pato O’Ward the race.

The driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet pitted a lap later than Rinus VeeKay (58) to cycle out ahead and led 31 laps on his way to winning the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto.

“Hats off to the boys and girls at Arrow McLaren, also Team Chevy,” he said.

“We keep making our Sundays so much harder than what they have to be. Qualifying has been not our friend. But Sundays have been. I feel like the gist of this year for at least the 5 side, it feels like it’s always a recovery Sunday, always been a recovery Sunday. We keep fighting our way forward.”

It’s his ninth career victory in 100 NTT INDYCAR Series starts.

VeeKay couldn’t make the undercut work and brought his No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda home to a runner-up finish. Kyffin Simpson rounded out the podium in third for the first time in his career.

“Yeah, that was an awesome race,” VeeKay said. “We really had the feeling that he could do this today. We’ve been moving forward every race in the last six races. But we’ve been starting in the back. It was important for us to qualify good, and we qualified ninth. Did a bit of a different strategy to others. In a crazy race it was today, it was the right thing.

“Great team effort to go with that strategy. Yeah, we saved a lot of fuel. Unfortunately with Pato, he had a lot shorter fill with fuel. I was really, really in the collector coming through the pits. Fuel doesn’t flow quicker than it does. Unfortunately we lost some time there.

“Tried my best, but in the end the tires were gone. Pato’s tires were gone. We were all slipping around. Second is the best we could do for us, but second was a good day for us.”

Pole sitter Colton Herta and Marcus Ericsson rounded out the top-five.

Kyle Kirkwood, Graham Rahal, Callum Ilott, David Malukas and Scott Dixon rounded out the top-10.

Pato O’Ward overcuts Rinus VeeKay to win in Toronto

Race summary

Herta led the field to green at 12:22 p.m. ET. Several driver pit on Lap 2. Caution flew on Lap 3 when a wheel nut detached from Scott McLaughlin’s left-rear wheel, which came off and the car hit the wall on Lake Shore Boulevard. Alex Palou, who pitted on Lap 3, stayed out and took over the race lead. Kirkwood gave up three positions for a start violation (he got out of line too early).

Back to green on Lap 8, caution flew on Lap 15 when Christian Rasmussen hit the wall exiting Turn 5.

Back to green on Lap 18, the field settled into a green flag rhythm. Caution flew on Lap 30 when Alexander Rossi hit the wall off Turn 11, destroyed his right-rear wheel and stopped in the Turn 1 runoff. Palou and Dixon stayed out while the rest of the field pitted. Marcus Armstrong turned Kirkwood on pit road during the caution. He received a pass-through penalty for avoidable contact.

Back to green on Lap 37, caution flew for a multi-car incident in Turn 1. Palou pit from the lead under this caution and VeeKay inherited the lead.

Back to green on Lap 43, O’Ward pulled inside of Will Power in Turn 3 and put him into the wall. Power got the car rolling and the race stayed green. Palou kickstarted the final cycle of pit stops on Lap 54. VeeKay pit from the lead on Lap 57. O’Ward pit from the lead on Lap 58 and cycled out ahead of VeeKay. Herta pit from the lead on Lap 63 and O’Ward cycled to the lead.

Felix Rosenqvist and Nolan Siegel made contact in Turn 10 and stalled on track with three laps to go. The race ended under caution and O’Ward drove on to victory.

Pato O’Ward overcuts Rinus VeeKay to win in Toronto

What else happened

Santino Ferrucci missed the start of the race, after a wreck in the morning warmup session.

Pato O’Ward overcuts Rinus VeeKay to win in Toronto

Nuts and bolts

The race lasted one hour, 48 minutes and 23 seconds, at an average speed of 88.972 mph. There were six lead changes among five different drivers and five cautions for 20 laps.

Palou leaves Toronto with a 99-point lead over O’Ward.

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to action, next Sunday, at Laguna Seca.

Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto Race Results

  1. (10) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  2. (9) Rinus VeeKay, Honda, 90, Running
  3. (13) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, 90, Running
  4. (1) Colton Herta, Honda, 90, Running
  5. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 90, Running
  6. (6) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 90, Running
  7. (5) Graham Rahal, Honda, 90, Running
  8. (11) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  9. (15) David Malukas, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  10. (17) Scott Dixon, Honda, 90, Running
  11. (4) Will Power, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  12. (2) Alex Palou, Honda, 90, Running
  13. (19) Christian Lundgaard, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  14. (3) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 90, Running
  15. (21) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  16. (20) Robert Shwartzman, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  17. (25) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, 89, Running
  18. (12) Nolan Siegel, Chevrolet, 87, Contact
  19. (16) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 86, Contact
  20. (22) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, 82, Retired
  21. (7) Louis Foster, Honda, 67, Running
  22. (26) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 57, Retired
  23. (27) Jacob Abel, Honda, 36, Contact
  24. (18) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 36, Contact
  25. (24) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 29, Contact
  26. (14) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 2, Contact
  27. (23) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 0, Did Not Start

Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 88.972 mph
Time of Race: 01:48:23.9092
Margin of victory: Under caution
Cautions: 5 for 19 laps
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers

Lap Leaders:
Herta, Colton 1 – 3
Palou, Alex 4 – 40
VeeKay, Rinus 41 – 56
O’Ward, Pato 57
Ericsson, Marcus 58
Herta, Colton 59 – 61
O’Ward, Pato 62 – 90

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings: Palou 536, O’Ward 437, Kirkwood 363, Dixon 362, Lundgaard 317, Rosenqvist 309, Armstrong 283, Herta 278, Power 263, Malukas 259, VeeKay 252, Ferrucci 240, McLaughlin 239, Simpson 226, Rasmussen 217, Newgarden 213, Rossi 199, Daly 199, Ericsson 195, Rahal 195, Siegel 168, Shwartzman 159, Foster 159, Ilott 135, Robb 133, DeFrancesco 123, Abel 95, Takuma Sato 36, Helio Castroneves 20, Ed Carpenter 16, Jack Harvey 12, Ryan Hunter-Reay 10, Kyle Larso

Chevrolet in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Toronto Race Report – O’Ward Wins Again

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CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto
1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit
Toronto, Ontario
Race Report
July 20

TORONTO (July 20) – For the second straight weekend, Pato O’Ward drove his No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet-powered car to victory lane, his ninth NTT INDYCAR SERIES win, all of which came with Team Chevy. Team Chevy drivers Callum Ilott in the No. 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet and David Malukas in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet joined him in the top ten.

After qualifying on Saturday, O’Ward said that he was pleased with the Primary (Black) Firestone Firehawk Racing Tires. Hence, it wasn’t a surprise when he brought his No. 5 to the attention of the crew to get rid of the Alternate (Green) Firestone Firehawk Racing Tires on the second lap, and spent the remaining 88 laps on the Blacks.

As the varying strategies played out, the 26-year-old found himself in the top five after a third of the race was complete and in the lead of the Toronto Indy on Lap 61, leading the final 30 laps of the 90-lap race.

  • The win is the 14th for a Chevrolet-powered driver on the Streets of Toronto and the eighth in the twin-turbo, 2.2L V6 era.
  • O’Ward is the 11th different driver wearing a Bowtie to stand on the top step of the podium in Toronto. Arrow McLaren is the eighth different Team Chevy squad to win in Toronto.
  • The No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew was the quickest on pit road for the third time this season, averaging 26.4386 seconds over three stops.
  • Ilott’s eighth-place finish is Prema Racing’s best of the season and the rookie team’s third top-ten finish of their debut season.
  • Malukas now has four top ten finishes this season.

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads west to the historic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, where the 14 Team Chevy drivers and teams will take part in the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey. The INDYCAR SERIES visits the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course for the 28th time for a 95-lap race that will air on FOX at noon (Pacific) on Sunday, July 27, 2005.

Toronto Indy Results

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES):

Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet won:

From FOX TV:

This has not been 1 of your most successful tracks. Did you see this one coming today?

“Oh, man. I can’t say I saw this one coming today, but I was I was feeling so good on the prime tire, all weekend, really. We were just struggling a bit to just get the alternate to work in qualifying, and, sadly, that’s the one you need to transfer. But, I knew I had a great car under me, to race with, and the guys nailed it on the strategy. Thank you to Team Chevy and all the guys and gals at Arrow McLaren.

“This No. 5 was, definitely 1 that we knew that we had. We just keep making our Sundays a little bit difficult. But, before warm-up today, there was a bird that dropped a “gift” on the car and one of my guys, my outside front, and I said, that’s a living myth. That’s going to be a good day today. And, and it was.

“So, I’m stoked for everybody and just I would never expect to, to have gotten, you know, this this much better in Toronto because it’s been the most challenging track and circuit for us in the past.”

From the INDYCAR Radio Network:

Did you ever think you’d come home victorious today? What a run, Pato!

“Oh, man. Ever since that, that bird dropped the “gift” on the car, and one of my guys this morning, I said, hey. That’s a living myth, man. Today is going be a good day. This has been the most challenging circuit in in in in the past for us, and, I didn’t expect us to get that much better this year. And I was feeling so good with this prime tire

“Sadly, in qualifying, you need the alternate to actually transfer. So, we keep making our Sundays a little bit harder, but, the team gave me an awesome strategy. They absolutely nailed it, and, and I had the car to do it. So, did my job. They did theirs, and, we executed today.

How about these race fans? I saw you salute them as you made your way down the front straightaway.

“You guys are freaking awesome. Thank you for coming. Thank you for bringing the energy. That’s what truly makes this so special. Thank you very much. Zach Brown here.

“Zach’s never been to any of our wins. And I was keen to finally get that done for him, and I’m glad to be the one that, you know, that gives him that first memory of his INDYCAR team being there in the flesh on a on a win. So, yeah. Awesome day.”

Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet finished 8th:

“Overall, a really solid end to the race. It was a bit weird in the beginning as I didn’t really know what was going on. We got a bit unlucky with the way the yellows played out and some guys managed to box before us and get the jump, so that put us a bit further back. Then there was the carnage that happened in Turn One. We had to box and change the front wing and it put us in a good position to top up with fuel. I’m not sure we needed it, but it opened up the window for us and then then we had a really good pace on the primaries and was able to jump a lot of people around me and stabilised behind [Graham] Rahal. It was a solid end and nice to finally get a top ten

David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet finished 9th:

“All right, wow. Talk about an action packed race for us. Incredible amount of passing. The guys gave me a good car, and we worked our way through the field. I mean, started 15th, ended up with a p9 finish there, with all the chaos of those yellows, trying to figure out what the race strategy was, the guys did a good job putting us where we need to be in the end, and made some good gains. Could have made some more. Could have had less positions there. But overall, we’ll take another top 10 from the 15th starting position. So good job from the guys, and a good day for Chevy as well.”

Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet finished 11th:

“Yeah, we were in a good position there with our strategy, running with the guys that finished on the podium. To be in that position after how our race started and having to come in for a tire going down was pretty remarkable. It was a rough race, for sure, and the contact I had on the backstretch was unnecessary, I thought. What a year. It will turn around.”

Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 13th:

“A long day for us. The strategy didn’t really work out for us, and unfortunately the other Chevy’s didn’t help us out to be able to fight off some of the Honda cars. We scored some some valuable points, but at the end of the day, I am still not satisfied. Congratulations to Pato and the No. 5 Chevy. It’s great to see an Arrow McLaren up there- we want to be up there, too.”

Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet finished 15th:

“Toronto finished up here. Obviously, a tough one for us. We tried to make a strategy work. We need to find a bit more grip for us to fight with. It’s a challenge. It’s a lot of work to stay where we were and lose a bit from where we were running. We tried to salvage what we could with saving a huge fuel number and that made it tough. Honestly, we knew this was going to be this was one of our weaker tracks and packages, so I appreciate the team for working with me and getting me to the end.”

Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet finished 16th:

“I have mixed feelings after our race here in Toronto. I feel like we had really good pace and I felt like a pretty good car but unfortunately we got on the wrong strategy. It happens. We started on the wrong tyres, there were too many cautions and we lost out on that. I did some cool overtaking and it was fun. It is what it is, unfortunately result-wise we didn’t manage a good one but again I had some fun, I enjoyed driving here. We had good pitstops and I’m really happy about that, it felt really good. The guys did a really good job, thanks to the guys, engineers, mechanics, the whole team. We tried a gamble, it didn’t pay off and that’s racing.

Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet finished 17th:

Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 18th:

“A very unfortunate day. I got caught up in a Turn One incident early on and damaged the front wing and lost my diffuser, so I had to run the rest of the race without my diffuser and was horrifically slow. I then got caught out again at the end. It’s a shame, as we didn’t do anything wrong today.”

Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet finished 20th:

“One of the more disappointing days of the season. My race was pretty much over after I was put into the wall. I appreciate the quick work by the No. 21 Splenda Chevrolet crew to fix the car and get me back out there so we could salvage some points. On to Laguna.”

Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet finished 24th:

” Wrong place, wrong time. Just want to thank PPG, Chevy and all our supporters at home. Will see you guys. So thanks so much.”

Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet finished 25th:

“I just tracked out a little bit too wide and ended up destroying the rear of the car. I’m still trying to process it, because I’ve never seen that amount of damage to really any sort of hit like that. The suspension is cut and the gearbox is pulled apart. It’s so very disappointing. We were on the right strategy and the No. 20 Java House ECR guys were doing a good job with what we had. A good result was on the table and I am pretty speechless about the penalty for my transgression.”

Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Gallagher Team Penske Chevrolet finished 26th:

“Two races in a row out pretty early for the Gallagher Chevy, so sorry to them. But, I felt like something sort of broke or something on the left rear. We had just done a pit stop. I love my guys, so I’m not going to drop them in the… yes, my (wheel) nut came off. But, anyway. Just frustrating. We are in this together. It’s hard. It’s hard right now.”

Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet Did Not Start after an incident in warm-up:

After the incident:

Yeah. I’m fine. Mistake (when asked if something broke or it was a mistake).

I’m struggling, obviously, with the car (this weekend). It was wet in that corner and I’d been lifting, and just out of habit, been pulling the hybrid. And, I forgot to turn the hybrid off, and it just unloaded the car, I just lost the rear. Thankful for the AMR Safety Team. Praying that my boys can get our Sexton Property Chevrolet fixed up so we can go out there and race and move forward.

So, you took too much speed in the corner because you didn’t turn the hybrid off?

Yeah, just a little bit of the boost from the power was just enough on the prime black) tire instead of the alt (green) just trying to get a read. Driving error. So, I feel pretty bad about that.

Why has A.J. Foyt Racing been struggling this weekend?

Yeah, you know, obviously, it felt good in qualifying yesterday. We were just a couple of tents off. Just struggling with entry instability and rear locking. We changed a bunch of stuff overnight and it’s actually just feeling really good, and I was just building my confidence up with the track and the conditions. Just an unfortunate mistake on my part. Not the best Toronto for me at the moment.

During FOX Broadcast:

“I’m okay. My hand’s beat up and bruised and bleeding, but that’s part of racing in the sport. I’m just really happy to be here. Really happy to be supporting the team. Bummed that our Sexton Properties Chevrolet can’t make it out there today and be in a fight. But, we’ll be coming back really strong in Laguna Seca. Here to support my teammate and Chevrolet and see what they can do.”

Pato O’Ward

Tony Kanaan

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Joining us here this afternoon from the winning team, Tony Kanaan. Team win 27 for Arrow McLaren.

This is one of those things if you said the nine-place starter, 10th-place starter, 13th-place starter will be on the podium, a sign of how crazy it was.

TONY KANAAN: 100%. In our debrief this morning we said, You never know. This is a race that those kind of things can happen.

Great result obviously with Zac here. His first live win.

THE MODERATOR: Good luck charm maybe? Or pressure when he shows up?

TONY KANAAN: It’s always pressure when he shows up, chaos (smiling).

Yeah, feels good.

THE MODERATOR: We’ll open it up for questions for T.K.

Q. Tony, few times does a strategy work so well to be able to come in, get rid of the green tires, then caution right on the next lap. How did you devise that strategy? When he nailed it like that, did you think it would work out real good for you?

TONY KANAAN: I mean, strategy wouldn’t go without a team to perform on the pit stop and a driver that can actually pass some cars. You saw how aggressive he was on that restart.

For strategies to work, you cannot only depend on luck. We knew, we talk about a few strategies last night. This was one of them. But everything had to be well-executed.

When he pulled it off, I was still holding my breath. I’m not a very good spectator, to be fair. 15 laps to go, I could not stop pacing around.

But yeah, it work out pretty good.

Q. By far Arrow McLaren was the most popular team in Toronto. There’s mobs around your area all weekend. To suddenly be on a team that popular in Canada, how great of an experience was that to deliver a win?

TONY KANAAN: I mean, we’re here for the fans. My entire career I always said that. With Pato and Zac and the team, also a brand like McLaren, it’s hard not to be popular. We have to keep the standard pretty high. Feels good.

Obviously there’s a lot of pressure on the entire team. This weekend was a lot of ups and downs. I think we split strategies between all three cars. It hasn’t been historically a good weekend for us here, which I didn’t want to hear that coming in here. I was never that type of person.

As a team, I think we got together last night. I said, Let’s change that. You guys been around. I’ve heard so many statistics in my life, even before I won the 500, this guy never won until this age, this, this, that. I said, Let’s change that. I don’t want to believe that’s why we won, but…

Q. Tony, outside of the execution of pit stops and the way Pato raced today, what did you feel like was the key moment from a strategy standpoint where what you were trying to do allowed all of the pieces to come together? Was it that first yellow or…

TONY KANAAN: I think it was when he came off of the green tires. On that restart, just cleared the field. Then obviously a lot of people were wondering what was happening. I was getting texts. We knew we were in control.

The thing is, it could have gone yellow again. In a restart you never know. Somebody can come and make a mistake. I think he was managing the gap pretty well, just really controlling the cars behind.

I would say the crucial part of that race is when he cleared all those guys being pretty aggressive and making those passes. That there set the tone obviously for the win.

Q. Winning on a track like Iowa, where this team has been strong, but can you explain that satisfaction level of watching this team over the past week put together a car and Pato executing on track, everything coming together to prove those statistics wrong?

TONY KANAAN: Yeah, I think my biggest challenge Pato and I have is to make everybody believe that no matter what, especially in INDYCAR, every time you take the green flag, that is an opportunity.

I think we had a pretty good and intense meeting last night. I said, We got to believe it. Days like this, it makes a big difference in our people. I think you give them an extra boost of confidence that we can do it, we can take the next step. To me, that’s what sometimes I have a hard time vocalizing because I’ve been into very successful organizations, part of trying to build a really good one.

We use days like this to say, See, that’s how we do it. More important than the win and everything else, I think it’s what we’re trying to build here, to be able to not have a car winning seven races, having us challenging that.

THE MODERATOR: Pato O’Ward joins us. Second win in 2025. Ninth career win. First on the streets of Toronto. Third career win on a street course.

Congratulations. Crazy race, right?

PATO O’WARD: Thank you. I love the sound of those statistics. Hats off to the boys and girls at Arrow McLaren, also Team Chevy.

We keep making our Sundays so much harder than what they have to be. Qualifying has been not our friend. But Sundays have been. I feel like the gist of this year for at least the 5 side, it feels like it’s always a recovery Sunday, always been a recovery Sunday. We keep fighting our way forward.

Today it was a very similar post to what I had in Mid-Ohio. We got hosed in timing in the qualifying here. We’ve been struggling a bit on the alternate, which sadly is the one you need to transfer.

I knew I had such a strong car on the preferred tire for the race. I had a car that I could attack with. I had a car I could really put it where I needed to, at least just to get by people. We had to get really aggressive there sometimes. We had to get our elbows out a little bit if we want to keep this championship somewhat of a conversation.

It’s always good to feel that way, and that gives you that little extra edge to make these days come to fruition. They did a great strategy. I made sure that I was going to be the winning one.

THE MODERATOR: More questions for either one.

Q. Pato, you told us on Friday the team brought something totally different package-wise to your car. Was whatever that was, did that have a noticeable impact on your ability to perform?

PATO O’WARD: Yeah, it’s more of a feeling like you have something that is somewhat consistent when you throw something random at it. If you dive into the inside, if you take maybe a different line somewhere, something that’s not just going to be like ‘screw you’ and lose three seconds, that’s a little bit of a consistency that we’ve always been trying to find, which in the race has always been better for us. In qualifying it’s been more of a theme of conversation.

That’s basically what you need. Like, you need a car that you can attack with and that you can pass people. I feel like you can’t just always rely on strategy. If we just relied on strategy today, I think maybe we would catch a whiff of a podium. But that’s not enough. You need something to be able to really fight your way forward, especially if we’re 10th, 15th, 12th.

It feels really good to earn it today. It really does. Especially in a place that’s been a very tough weekend basically every time we come here. I’m really happy for everyone. Happy for Chevy, as well. Otherwise it was going to be a Honda, so… I’m really pleased with today.

Q. What was the moment in this race where you felt like the pieces were falling together and you had a shot at winning this race?

PATO O’WARD: We had a great pit stop, the first pit stop. It was freaking awesome. The guys were great. We pushed hard in, we pushed hard out. We undercut everybody that was on the alternate. That was the first step.

The second step, we could have just kind of maintained there and waited for the other guys to start peeling off. I didn’t really want to do that. I started picking them off one by one.

When we positioned ourselves, I think we were fifth in line with four cars in front of us, tried to make ate bit more with the fuel. VeeKay was super strong. That’s why I said that I need to be behind the lead car. It’s a lot tougher if I was behind maybe Kyffin, as well. I don’t think I would have had the opportunity to overcut on VeeKay. It was just positioning myself to make it happen.

Q. Tony mentioned in your post qualifying strategy meeting that was tense or serious, there was a lot of emotion in there of trying to convince everyone this was a race you could come out and win. Take us inside the room and tell us a little bit about the emotions, how that motivated the team.

PATO O’WARD: I think it just made us look, let’s really see where we’ve been strong this weekend. These street courses, the two tires, at least in my experience this year, they’ve been so different. I think you see it with some other cars. They were so strong on the primes in practice one, practice two. Then you get to qualifying, which is the tire you need to transfer with, the alternate, and it’s such a small window, if any, basically.

Like, you have to be so perfect with how they want to be brought in. You replicate the same thing and one set is different to the others. The primes were consistent, but the alternate, they’re not. It’s so frustrating because I feel like I was best of the rest in practice. I feel like I was third or fourth. The Andrettis were on another planet. And in qualifying, sadly we weren’t the best of the rest. We still struggled even more just to transfer to Q1.

I talked to my engineer after that meeting. I think it looked a lot worse than what that car actually felt, at least with what we’re going to need in the race. Ultimately that’s what opens doors to having better races. Then you really rely on having a strong car on Sunday.

I knew we had it. I told him, Man, as long as we have something to fight with, we’re going to be fine. Yeah, like I said, it was very reminiscent to what it felt like going into Mid-Ohio race. Obviously we were strong there. Just unlucky in qualifying. But here we were starting five positions further. Another goal was to be in the top 10 for all three cars.

My engineer and I were talking yesterday. I was like (expletive) a top 10. We started 15th, ended fourth in Mid-Ohio. No, we can win, we can be on the podium. We did that today.

TONY KANAAN: Will, his engineer, texted me after the meeting. Zac and I mentioned the goal was for all three cars to finish in the top 10.

Will texted me, I disagree with that. I think we have a better car than 10th.

I said, Zac didn’t say you should finish 10th. He put you first and the other two inside the top 10.

He crosses the finish line. Will comes and looks at me and said, Hey, prove us wrong every weekend, we’ll be okay with it.

Q. Tony, you had Zac here this weekend. When you saw Pato carving his way through the field, what were you thinking? Were you nervous? Did it feel like there was a lot of pressure there?

TONY KANAAN: I mean, me outside the car, I’m always going to be nervous. I’m still getting used to this spectator.

Inside the team, looking at the talent we have, what this guy can do inside a race car. Was I worried? I was worried about things we couldn’t control. I knew he was in control. Any way you’re leading and going for the lead, you’re going to be nervous, even if you’re in the car. It’s about how you control it.

I think I fake a lot more inside the car than I do outside back in the day.

PATO O’WARD: He was freaking out (laughter).

TONY KANAAN: Pretty much (smiling).

Hopefully I was just sitting there. I mentioned that in Iowa. My mom made so much fun of me. Every time this happens I think about her because she could never watch my races. I cursed myself.

THE MODERATOR: Tony congratulations. More questions for Pato.

Q. Zac was standing there pumping his fists to the crowd and everything. What was it like to be able to celebrate with him in attendance?

PATO O’WARD: Zac is the superstar this weekend. He’s never been at any of our wins. He’s been close, at the 500. He’s never been at one of our wins.

I’m glad and I’m super happy that I can give him that first memory of his INDYCAR team, at least first win being there in the flesh.

It’s a really cool place to do it at. Kind of wish I would stay tonight and party. It’s a nice city here. But I’m going to go home. It’s been a crazy four weeks. We’ve got another one coming up. So yeah. …

Q. When you’re leading, is any part of you wondering where is Alex and how many points am I cutting offer?

PATO O’WARD: No. I already saw. It’s only like 99. 128 to 99, it’s a good chunk. His good weekends are days like today. We need to make sure that we continue to have days like today, not just one but a few. I think we’re going to keep this conversation going until Nashville. That’s my goal.

Obviously we’re at a time in the championship where we’re going to have to get a little bit more into the conversation of getting our elbows out because that’s what I had to do today just to open the doors to having a chance to win this race. That’s the only way we’re even going to catch a whiff of making him sweat a little bit.

Q. You had the contact with Will. Were you concerned about damage to your car and/or INDYCAR…

PATO O’WARD: I knew that was going to be a racing incident. I want to go see Will actually. That’s the last thing that you want to have. I respect Will so much. We’ve been racing against each other a lot.

But yeah, the problem is that it’s such a fine line that you’re battling with. You don’t want to lose any positions. When you’re going through where you’re full opposite lock, we basically hit square. When you hit tire to tire, both of our wheels got out of our hands. You had to, like, gather it back up.

That’s what happens when you’re racing so tight in a place like this. The cars don’t really do everything perfectly. They will be moving and they’ll understeer, they will be within places where you’re like, Oh, I hope I make this kind of thing.

I think when you go to the outside, that’s a risk that you’re willing to take versus the guy that’s on the inside.

It did end his race?

Q. No.

PATO O’WARD: I’m glad that it didn’t. Obviously that’s not the way that I like to go racing. I like to be always fair and give the respect that each one deserves.

Yeah, it got tight, really tight, in a corner that’s pretty much what you get if you go side by side, so…

Q. The narrative going into this weekend was that was Arrow McLaren’s most difficult track, even internally in the team. How important is it to conquer this track and win here?

PATO O’WARD: It’s a big day. It’s a very big day. It feels pretty special in a place that has arguably been one of the biggest headaches every single year that we come here.

It just feels good. It’s a really good feeling that we didn’t just nail the strategy and get lucky, but we also had to earn our win today. It wasn’t given to us. We had the car to be able to do that.

Q. You mentioned how difficult this stretch of the season has been. What is your energy level going into Laguna?

PATO O’WARD: I feel good, man. I’m pretty good at being very selfish to the things I want when I want. I’m pretty firm. When I don’t go with something, I say, No, I don’t do it, whatever.

Yeah, my dad’s the only one that’s here this weekend. I’m going home tonight to Texas to see my mom, my sister, then I have to head to Laguna to do media days on Wednesday early.

Yeah, it’s busy. It’s busy days. To be honest, us drivers, we have an amazing life. I actually feel for the engineers and the mechanics. They have it way rougher than we do.

When the calendar is so aggressive like this, I mean, it’s five races in four weekends, then one off. August is a bit better. But July is brutal. To be fair, month of May is brutal, as well. June really wasn’t too many free weekends ’cause we went testing. Pretty much the same thing as going to a race weekend.

It’s wearing. It’s important for people to make time for themselves. I hope that this keeps them going, as it’s going to keep me going. Days like today are ultimately what pull you back anytime you have a not even a bad day, like lots of bad days or a bad season. Days like today are what you work for.

Q. Why did you decide to stick with the strategy even though you knew this race was changing we quickly and drastically?

PATO O’WARD: Because that’s the only way you make a strategy work. You can’t be half-assing it. You can’t be, We should have done this. No. Make a decision and send it. That’s how you can put yourself in a position.

Maybe if it’s not the easiest strategy to be a winning strategy or podium strategy, you make it happen because you put yourself in that position.

Chevrolet wins on the Streets Of Toronto: 14

2025- Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren

2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske

2017 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

2016 – Will Power – Team Penske

2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing

2014 Race #2 – Mike Conway – Ed Carpenter Racing

2014 Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology

2012 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Global

1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske

1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing

1990 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing

1989 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing

1988 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing

1987 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing

Chevrolet poles on the Streets Of Toronto: 12

2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske

2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

2017 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske

2016 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing

2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing

2014 Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology

1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske

1992 – Bob Rahal – Rahal Hogan Racing

1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing

1990 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske

1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing

1988 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto: 37

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by driver: Danny Sullivan (5), Helio Castroneves (4), Michael Andretti (3), Sebastien Bourdais (3), Emerson Fittipaldi (3), Tony Kanaan (2), Josef Newgarden (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Will Power (2), Bob Rahal (2), Al Unser Jr. (2), Mario Andretti (1), Eddie Cheever (1), Mike Conway (1), Luca Filippi (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Pato O’Ward (1), Felix Rosenqvist (1), and Paul Tracy (1)

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (13), Galles Racing (5),, Ed Carpenter Racing (4), Newman Haas Racing (4), Chip Ganassi Racing (3), Arrow McLaren (2), Dragon Racing (2), Patrick Racing (2) Andretti Global (1), KV Racing Technology (1), and Rahal Hogan Racing (1)

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto: 1139

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by driver: Al Unser Jr. (182), Michael Andretti (153), Emerson Fittipaldi (123) Josef Newgarden (113), Will Power (97), Simon Pagenaud (84), Sebastien Bourdais (79), Helio Castroneves (74), Scott Dixon (56), Paul Tracy (54), Danny Sullivan (50), Pato O’Ward (42), Ryan Hunter-Reay (36), Scott McLaughlin (28), Tony Kanaan (19), Rinus VeeKay (18), Mike Conway (7), Mario Andretti (6), Jordan King (6), Luca Filippi (2), JR Hildebrand (1), Charlie Kimball (1), Spencer Pigot (1) and Felix Rosenqvist (1)

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (519), Galles Racing (182), Newman Haas Racing (159), Chip Ganassi Racing (74), Patrick Racing (74), Ed Carpenter Racing (64), Arrow McLaren (43), Andretti Global (36), Dragon Racing (20), A.J. Foyt Racing (1), Carlin (1) and Panther Racing (1)

Manufacturer History on the Streets Of Toronto

Wins (with competition):

14 – Chevrolet (2025, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #2, 2014 Race #1, 2012, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)

10 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2013 Race #1, 2013 Race #2, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1996)

4 – Ford (2000, 1995, 1994, 1992)

1 – Toyota (2002)

1 – Mercedes (1997)

1 – Cosworth (1986)

Earned Poles (with competition):

12 – Chevrolet (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #1, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988)

11 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2013 Race #2, 2013 Race #1, 2012, 2001, 2000 1999, 1998, 1996)

2 – Ford (1995, 1994)

2 – Cosworth (1987, 1986)

1 – Toyota (2002)

1 – Mercedes (1997)

** 2014 Race #2 – Helio Castroneves (Team Penske Chevrolet) started from the pole on driver points after qualifying was rained out**

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O’Ward Wins in Toronto, Slices Palou’s Lead by 30 Points

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TORONTO (Sunday, July 20, 2025) – Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward isn’t ready to concede the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship to Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou quite yet.

O’Ward drove that point home in Sunday’s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto by winning his second race in eight days as Palou finished 12th.

Palou entered the weekend with a 129-point lead over O’Ward, the largest leader’s margin this point system has ever seen this deep in a season. But 30 points evaporated at Exhibition Place, dropping their separation to 99 points with four races remaining.

A race win can be worth as many as 54 points.

“Oh, man, I can’t say I saw this (win) coming,” O’Ward said. “But I was feeling so good on the (primary) tires all weekend really. We were just struggling to get the alternates to work in qualifying. Sadly, that’s the one you need to transfer.

“But I knew we had a great car under me to race with, and (the crew) nailed it on the strategy.”

The win was the first for O’Ward in Toronto and his ninth in the series overall. He started the race in the 10th position but felt luck was going to be with him after a bird dropped an unlikely present on the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and a crew member in the morning practice.

“That’s going to be a good day today, and it was,” the Mexican driver said. “I’m stoked for everybody (on the team). I would have never expected to have gone this much better in Toronto because it’s been the most challenging circuit for us in the past.”

Joining O’Ward on the podium were a pair of drivers scoring season-making finishes. Dale Coyne Racing’s Rinus VeeKay (No. 18 askROI Honda) finished second, with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyffin Simpson (No. 8 Journie Rewards Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finishing third. VeeKay scored his fifth career podium finish, but first since a race at Barber Motorsports Park in 2022. Simpson earned the prestigious spot for the first time in his two years in the series.

NTT P1 Award winner Colton Herta (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda), who won last year’s race, finished fourth to lead a contingent of Andretti Global drivers. Marcus Ericsson (No. 28 Delaware Life Honda) and Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27 Silver Gold Bull Honda) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

This was a race of different strategies. O’Ward was in the majority starting with a set of the less-favorable alternate Firestone Firehawk tires, and he was able to have them removed with a stop just ahead of the Lap 3 caution. Thus, he only had to use that set for the better part of two green-flag laps and while that forced him into a three-stop strategy, he was able to run the primary compound the rest of the way.

Palou started second, and he and Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon were among the few starting on the primaries. Given an assortment and length of caution periods in the first half of the race, the strategy had a strong chance of working out. But ultimately, it didn’t, with both CGR drivers reduced to spending the final segment mid-pack. Dixon finished 10th in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.

“Well, I chose the strategy, so that’s what we did wrong today,” Palou said. “I was pushing for that strategy. I thought it was going to give us the best opportunity to win. I wanted to be up front, trying to avoid being trapped in traffic.

“Honestly, (days like this) happen. We knew it was going to be a risky strategy rather than starting on alternates. It was kind of working. We were able to open up a big gap after that first yellow, but it was not enough today. Not our day.”

Palou still has reason to be optimistic. Of the four races left on the schedule, he has won twice at each of the next two road courses: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (2022 and 2024) and Portland International Raceway (2021 and 2023). O’Ward won last year’s race at The Milwaukee Mile, which hosts the third of the season’s final four.

The combination of the various tire strategies in play and Toronto’s tight confines around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile street circuit created action aplenty, and there seemed to be contact of some degree at every corner. It was arguably the most exciting of the four street races this year.

Often in the middle of the action was Team Penske, which saw its challenging season continue. First, the left rear lug nut of Scott McLaughlin’s car came off following a pit stop, pushing the No. 3 Gallagher Insurance Team Penske Chevrolet into the Turn 2 wall.

Then, Josef Newgarden and his No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet were collected by an incident that started with Dale Coyne Racing rookie Jacob Abel (No. 51 Abel Construction Honda) taking light contact from fellow first-year Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Louis Foster (No. 45 Droplight Honda) in Turn 1. In the mess that ensued, Abel’s car landed on top of Newgarden’s. Later, Will Power’s No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet lost a side-by-side battle in Turn 3, hitting the left-side wall. Roger Penske’s drivers finished 11th (Power), 23rd (Newgarden) and 26th (McLaughlin).

Ed Carpenter Racing also had a difficult day, with both Christian Rasmussen (No. 21 Splenda ECR Chevrolet) and Alexander Rossi (No. 20 Java House ECR Chevrolet) hitting the wall with right-rear tires. Rasmussen was side by side with Power at the time; Rossi appeared to veer to the right after bouncing over a bump.

The race ended under caution when the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda of Felix Rosenqvist wiggled and was struck from behind by Nolan Siegel’s No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. That ended Rosenqvist’s day as he had twice taken front-wing damage due to contact with Power.

Only 26 car-and-driver combinations took the green flag as Santino Ferrucci and his No. 14 Sexton Properties/AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet were held out of the race due to a damaged car and a bruised right hand in the morning practice. Ferrucci hit the Turn 7 wall on the left side, sending the car sliding into the Turn 8 run-off area. All four corners of the car were damaged, with only about three hours to make repairs.

Practice for the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca begins Friday at 5 p.m. ET (FS2, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). The 95-lap race, the 14th of the 17-race season, is Sunday at 3 p.m. on FOX. A Spanish-language telecast will be available on FOX Deportes.

Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto Race Results

Results Sunday of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.786-mile Streets of Toronto, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

  1. (10) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  2. (9) Rinus VeeKay, Honda, 90, Running
  3. (13) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, 90, Running
  4. (1) Colton Herta, Honda, 90, Running
  5. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 90, Running
  6. (6) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 90, Running
  7. (5) Graham Rahal, Honda, 90, Running
  8. (11) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  9. (15) David Malukas, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  10. (17) Scott Dixon, Honda, 90, Running
  11. (4) Will Power, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  12. (2) Alex Palou, Honda, 90, Running
  13. (19) Christian Lundgaard, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  14. (3) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 90, Running
  15. (21) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  16. (20) Robert Shwartzman, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  17. (25) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, 89, Running
  18. (12) Nolan Siegel, Chevrolet, 87, Contact
  19. (16) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 86, Contact
  20. (22) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, 82, Retired
  21. (7) Louis Foster, Honda, 67, Running
  22. (26) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 57, Retired
  23. (27) Jacob Abel, Honda, 36, Contact
  24. (18) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 36, Contact
  25. (24) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 29, Contact
  26. (14) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 2, Contact
  27. (23) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 0, Did Not Start

Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 88.972 mph
Time of Race: 01:48:23.9092
Margin of victory: Under caution
Cautions: 5 for 19 laps
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers

Lap Leaders:
Herta, Colton 1 – 3
Palou, Alex 4 – 40
VeeKay, Rinus 41 – 56
O’Ward, Pato 57
Ericsson, Marcus 58
Herta, Colton 59 – 61
O’Ward, Pato 62 – 90

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings: Palou 536, O’Ward 437, Kirkwood 363, Dixon 362, Lundgaard 317, Rosenqvist 309, Armstrong 283, Herta 278, Power 263, Malukas 259, VeeKay 252, Ferrucci 240, McLaughlin 239, Simpson 226, Rasmussen 217, Newgarden 213, Rossi 199, Daly 199, Ericsson 195, Rahal 195, Siegel 168, Shwartzman 159, Foster 159, Ilott 135, Robb 133, DeFrancesco 123, Abel 95, Takuma Sato 36, Helio Castroneves 20, Ed Carpenter 16, Jack Harvey 12, Ryan Hunter-Reay 10, Kyle Larson 6, Marco Andretti 5

What is the best time to sell your car in UAE

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Want Top Dirhams for your car? Here’s when to sell in the UAE

The UAE car resale market is very competitive. Therefore, if you want high returns for your car, selling your car at the right time is crucial. Furthermore, knowing how the UAE car market works will help you to get the best deal for your car. Proper timing will ensure that you sell your car faster and at the right price.

One of the best times to sell your car in the UAE is between September and December. Apart from that, here are several factors to consider before selling your car at the best time of the year in the UAE. 

Check the condition of your car

Before you can even think about selling your car, ensure it is in the right condition. The physical and mechanical state of your car plays a vital role in determining the final price of the car. So, make sure that every small nuke and issue is fixed. If possible, get an inspection certificate for your car to show that it is in good condition. A properly-maintained vehicle will not only attract more buyers, but also get you a good deal. 

Car depreciation value 

Your car loses value the moment it leaves the showroom. So, the longer you hold on to it, the less value it will fetch you in the end. The first year of car ownership sees the steepest depreciation, with the decline slowing down as the years go by. For this reason, it is recommended to sell your car within the first five years of ownership, as the value of the vehicle depreciates by 60% during this period. Besides, most vehicles come with a five-year car warranty, and they also experience fewer issues during this time.  

On the contrary, if you decide to sell your car after five years of ownership, it will fetch you less cash. This is because the warranty will have expired, and the cost, or repair and maintenance, will go up. As a result, it will be less attractive to car buyers in the UAE. 

Time of the season

Another crucial but often overlooked factor when selling a car in the UAE is the time of the season. As stated earlier, the best time of the year to sell car in UAE is between September and December. During this period, many residents return from summer holidays, and new expatriates start looking for cars. Furthermore, since it is the end of the year, buyers may possess more disposable funds obtained from end-of-year bonuses and savings. 

Apart from September and December, another great time to sell your car is between March and April. This period is ideal due to good weather and the pre-Ramadan season. In March, the temperatures hit as low as 21 degrees Celsius, making it suitable for inspecting and test-driving cars. 

Last but not least, you should avoid selling your car in January and from July to August. In January, new models are introduced, and people also avoid spending after the holidays. On the other hand, from July to August, many residents and expatriates travel for the summer holidays.  

Check the car mileage

Checking the car mileage before selling it is vital as it affects its value and marketability. In the UAE car market, mileages of less than 60,000 km fetch higher prices than those above it. Buyers are afraid of high mileage because of more wear and tear. That’s why lower mileage is more appealing to buyers. 

Car resale price 

The car’s resale price is also a crucial factor when looking at the best time to sell your car in the UAE. Things that will affect your car’s resale price are the mileage, age, condition, and popularity in the market. Moreover, things like make, model, color, and year of manufacture will also play a role. Finally, you should also highlight the full service history and inspection record of your car.  

Look out for seasonal discounts  

Understanding the UAE market flows can help you get a great bargain for your car. This is due to increased buyer activity and demand that lead to higher sales. In the UAE, dealerships normally announce enticing offers for both new and used cars. As a seller, it is advisable to avoid selling your car at this time, as you will get low returns. This period includes Ramadan, Eid, major holidays, and the end-of-year.  

Don’t rush 

One of the mistakes that you can make as a car seller is to make a rushed sale. Even if you find the best time to sell your car in the UAE, you should get value for your car. Start by comparing what other similar car makes and models are going for online. Additionally, sell your car at a deal you feel comfortable with, and not what other sites or ads online say. 

Conclusion

The best time to sell your car in the UAE is between September and December. This is the best period because new expatriates arrive searching for cars. Additionally, it is the time when most residents return from the summer holiday and preparation for the end of the year are underway. Nonetheless, you should also consider factors such as depreciation value, car condition, car mileage, and seasonal discounts. 

With all of this information at your disposal, selling your vehicle in the competitive UAE market shouldn’t be a problem. Ensure to follow our guide, and you will get the best deal for your car in the UAE. 

LANGDON, PROCK, GLENN & HALL WIN MISSION #2FAST2TASTY CHALLENGE AT MUCKLESHOOT CASINO RESORT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS

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Kalitta, Prock, Glenn and Hall qualify No. 1 at Pacific Raceways

SEATTLE (July 19, 2025) – Top Fuel’s Shawn Langdon helped continue Kalitta Motorsports’ dominance in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday at Pacific Raceways, winning the specialty race for the fourth time this season as part of this weekend’s Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.

Austin Prock (Funny Car), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) and John Hall (Pro Stock Motorcycle) all won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, while Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Prock, Glenn and Hall qualified No. 1 at the 11th of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

Langdon made a spectacular run to close out qualifying and win the bonus race over points leader Tony Stewart, going a strong 3.718-seconds at 338.17 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Kalitta Air Careers dragster. The fourth Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win of the season ties Langdon with his Kalitta Motorsports teammate Doug Kalitta for the most victories in the bonus race this year.

It sets up Langdon nicely for the Countdown to the Championship playoffs and the former world champion also has his sights set on a first Seattle win in Top Fuel, especially after a standout run to close out qualifying.

“We made a good run last night, and then today smoked the tires twice, so we just had to get the thing tamed down a little bit,” Langdon said. “When Doug made that [3.720] run, that was obviously kind of a moonshot run. I wasn’t really quite sure if we were going to outrun that, but I knew Brian [Husen, crew chief] was going for it, and started making the moves. I knew he wasn’t going to slow it down.

“Brian’s done such a great job and encouraged me and my team has done such a fantastic job. I’ve just really got a one-track mind. I’m trying to stay really focused on what I need to be doing.”

Kalitta also easily held on to the No. 1 position, as Friday’s stellar pass of 3.671 at 335.90 in his 12,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster gave the veteran his sixth No. 1 qualifier through 11 races. Kalitta also made a strong run to close out qualifying (3.720), qualifying No. 1 for the 64th time in his career and giving the veteran confidence he can go to the winner’s circle for the first time in 2025.

“Tomorrow, obviously, is another opportunity [for a first season win], just hoping to go rounds,” Kalitta said. “It’s just a matter of getting yourself to the final and getting a shot at it. It’s been a while since we made to the final.

“We definitely have a good opportunity for tomorrow. We’ve got to take advantage of these opportunities over the next couple of weeks. Indy will be here before you know it. Just happy to have this momentum and everybody working together, so I’m looking forward to the stretch for sure.”

Langdon qualified second with a 3.689 at 332.92 and Brittany Force took third with a 3.703 at a track-record 340.47.

In Funny Car, Prock, the reigning world champion saved his best for last, going 3.879-seconds at 332.43 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to slip past Matt Hagan in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge to close out qualifying.

It gave Prock his second bonus win of the season and also gave the points leader his fourth No. 1 qualifier of what’s turned into another brilliant Funny Car season. Pacific Raceways has certainly turned into a special place for Prock, too, as his first career NHRA came in Seattle and he followed by sweeping the weekend a year ago.

The standout is on track to do that again after two stellar days in Seattle and he opens eliminations against rookie Dylan Winefsky, looking for his third straight win of the year.

“That was definitely gratifying. That was a clutch performance by this Cornwell Tools team,” Prock said. “I’m really happy to be behind the wheel of this thing. We executed that perfectly and what a show for the fans to close out Funny Car qualifying with side-by-side runs going for the top spot and the Mission #2Fast2Tasty win. That was a hell of a show.

“We’re actually ahead of last year’s pace with race wins and the [regular season championship] was on everybody’s mind as soon as we dropped the door. We’re doing a good job of holding our own right now. We got a 130-something point lead now with four races left, so you can’t say that you’re not looking at that already. We’ve just got to keep our heads down and keep turning on win lights and if we do that, I think we’ll have a good shot at wearing that regular season champion’s hat.”

Hagan qualified second, going 3.887 at 332.43 in his thrilling side-by-side duel with Prock, and J.R. Todd took third with a 3.901 at 329.26.

Pro Stock’s Dallas Glenn put on an amazing show on Saturday at his home track, setting the track record during both qualifying sessions, including a career-best 6.462 at 212.73 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro to earn the No. 1 qualifier spot and defeat KB Titan teammate Greg Anderson in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge.

It’s the second bonus race victory for Glenn this season, but this one will certainly be the most meaningful, doing it at a track where he grew up racing and with plenty of friends and family on hand. Glenn made two runs of 6.46 on Saturday, saving the best for last against Anderson to close out a truly memorable day.

“I grew up at the next exit, and I raced here a lot, so to be able to have some success here is in Pro Stock has always been something I’ve wanted to do. I’ve never been able to win here and to get this #2Fast2Tasty win definitely gives me a little taste of it,” Glenn said.

“I think it’s really special. We’ve done a lot of testing with my car, and it’s showing right now. To go 6.46 in Gainesville is one thing because you know, the air is always good. Everybody kind of expects it, but to do it here, it’s pretty special. It’s definitely a really good feeling and a good testament to how hard these engine guys have been working, how hard we’ve been working in the shop.”

Cody Coughlin qualified second with a 6.469 at 211.66 and Anderson took third with a 6.472 at 212.36.

Pro Stock Motorcycle’s John Hall continues to be on a terrific run, wrapping up his first career No. 1 qualifier and picking up his first win in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge by defeating Matt Smith with a run of 6.729 at 200.26 on his American Rebel Beer/Matt Smith Racing Buell on Friday at Pacific Raceways.

Hall’s first victory in 12 years came just weeks ago in Norwalk and he’s followed with a pair of outstanding days in Seattle. He’ll open eliminations from the top spot, as Friday’s run of 6.717 at 201.76 held up, looking to continue what’s been the best run of the veteran’s career.

“Everything I’ve accomplished in the last three weeks has been amazing and it’s great to get a No. 1,” Hall said. “I’ll take whatever I can get and I love it. It’s great being on top, but you’ve got to enjoy it while you’re there, because in drag racing, you could be on the bottom really quick.

“Qualifying No. 1 is always your goal when you get to the racetrack, but I never really thought about it.”

Gaige Herrera qualified second with a 6.721 at 201.76 and Matt Smith took third with a 6.733 at 201.88.

Eliminations for the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals begin at 10:30 a.m. PT on Sunday at Pacific Raceways.

KENT, Wash. — Sunday’s first-round pairings for eliminations for the 36th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, the 11th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday. DNQs listed below

pairings.

Top Fuel — 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.671 seconds, 335.90 mph vs. Bye; 2. Shawn Langdon, 3.689, 338.17 vs. 11. Cameron Ferre, 8.895, 83.80; 3. Brittany Force, 3.703, 340.47 vs. 10. Ida Zetterstrom, 4.641, 167.97; 4. Clay Millican, 3.708, 331.12 vs. 9. Antron Brown, 3.828, 321.27; 5. Tony Stewart, 3.759, 327.59 vs. 8. Josh Hart, 3.812, 327.03; 6. Justin Ashley, 3.763, 329.50 vs. 7. Shawn Reed, 3.772, 331.28.

Funny Car — 1. Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 3.879, 336.40 vs. 16. Dylan Winefsky, Dodge Charger, 4.224, 292.96; 2. Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.887, 332.43 vs. 15. Buddy Hull, Charger, 4.165, 270.70; 3. J.R. Todd, Toyota GR Supra, 3.901, 333.99 vs. 14. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 4.055, 306.88; 4. Ron Capps, GR Supra, 3.917, 328.78 vs. 13. Hunter Green, Charger, 4.039, 315.19; 5. Daniel Wilkerson, Ford Mustang, 3.926, 327.51 vs. 12. Dave Richards, Mustang, 4.026, 311.05; 6. Chad Green, Mustang, 3.928, 329.75 vs. 11. Alexis DeJoria, Charger, 3.973, 328.94; 7. Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 3.948, 314.39 vs. 10. Jack Beckman, Camaro, 3.972, 324.59; 8. Spencer Hyde, Mustang, 3.958, 320.81 vs. 9. Paul Lee, Charger, 3.959, 316.60.

Did Not Qualify: 17. Jeff Diehl, 4.583, 191.57.

Pro Stock — 1. Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.462, 212.73 vs. 16. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.591, 208.46; 2. Cody Coughlin, Camaro, 6.469, 211.66 vs. 15. Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.545, 210.90; 3. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.472, 212.36 vs. 14. Cory Reed, Camaro, 6.543, 210.47; 4. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.478, 212.26 vs. 13. Mason McGaha, Camaro, 6.532, 210.14; 5. Greg Stanfield, Camaro, 6.484, 211.99 vs. 12. Stephen Bell, Camaro, 6.530, 209.85; 6. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.499, 211.20 vs. 11. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.528, 210.44; 7. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.499, 210.83 vs. 10. Troy Coughlin Jr., Camaro, 6.518, 210.47; 8. Matt Latino, Camaro, 6.508, 210.47 vs. 9. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.512, 211.06.

Did Not Qualify: 17. Joey Grose, 6.764, 203.28.

Pro Stock Motorcycle — 1. John Hall, Beull, 6.717, 201.76 vs. 8. Chris Bostick, Suzuki, 6.854, 195.93; 2. Gaige Herrera, Suzuki, 6.721, 201.40 vs. 7. Chase Van Sant, Suzuki, 6.812, 198.70; 3. Matt Smith, Buell, 6.733, 202.21 vs. 6. Jianna Evaristo, Buell, 6.772, 200.77; 4. Richard Gadson, Suzuki, 6.735, 200.50 vs. 5. Angie Smith, Buell, 6.752, 200.53.

KENT, Wash. — Saturday’s Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge final results from the 36th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.

Top Fuel Challenge — Shawn Langdon, 3.718 seconds, 338.17 mph def. Tony Stewart, 3.759 seconds, 327.51 mph.

Funny Car Challenge — Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 3.879, 336.40 def. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.887, 332.43.

Pro Stock Challenge — Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.462, 212.73 def. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.491, 201.40.

Pro Stock Motorcycle Challenge — John Hall, Beull, 6.729, 200.26 def. Matt Smith, Buell, 6.850, 180.94.

KENT, Wash. — Final Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge round-by-round results from the 36th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.

TOP FUEL CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — Tony Stewart, 3.811, 327.59 def. Clay Millican, 8.648, 81.07; Shawn Langdon, 6.859, 90.03 def. Justin Ashley, 8.833, 71.56;

FINAL — S. Langdon, 3.718, 338.17 def. T. Stewart, 3.759, 327.51.

FUNNY CAR CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.966, 329.58 def. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 4.055, 306.88; Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 4.427, 294.37 def. Ron Capps, Toyota GR Supra, 8.867, 84.57;

FINAL — A. Prock, 3.879, 336.40 def. M. Hagan, 3.887, 332.43.

PRO STOCK CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.466, 212.49 def. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.492, 212.26; Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.472, 212.36 def. Cory Reed, Camaro, Foul – Red Light;

FINAL — D. Glenn, 6.462, 212.73 def. G. Anderson, 6.491, 201.40.

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — John Hall, 6.727, 201.61 def. Gaige Herrera, Suzuki, 6.735, 200.20; Matt Smith, Buell, 6.736,

202.15 def. Richard Gadson, Suzuki, 6.761, 200.50;

FINAL — J. Hall, 6.729, 200.26 def. M. Smith, 6.850, 180.94.

Connor Zilisch grabs second career Dover Motor Speedway victory in BetRivers 200

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DOVER, Del. (July 19, 2025) — Connor Zilisch captured his fourth victory of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season in the BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon, adding to his impressive rookie campaign.

Zilisch, 18, from Mooresville, N.C., put together a strong showing, taking the lead in Stage Two and never looking back in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

When rain began to fall, the field was brought down pit road under the red flag. After a 45-minute delay, the race was officially called after 134 completed laps and Zilisch was declared the winner.

“It’s awesome,” said Zilisch, who also won last year’s General Tire 150 ARCA Menards Series race at Dover. “Wish we got to run all the laps … glad to have Miles [the Monster Trophy] here.

“Still really proud of this Junior Motorsports team. … We capitalized on all fronts, had good pit stops both stages and put ourselves in a position to be in the right spot when the rain fell. Very thankful.”

The race began with high energy as NXT Superstar Ethan Page fired up the crowd with an electric command to start engines. Once the green flag dropped, pole winner Taylor Gray won Stage One, leading all the laps. A costly pit stop dropped Gray outside the top 10 and he was never able to get back to the lead. Gray would go on to finish seventh.

Stage Two belonged to Zilisch, who drove up from his third -place starting position and kept control through multiple restarts.

Lap 113 marked a turning point as both Nick Sanchez and NASCAR Cup Series veteran Ross Chastain exited the race with mechanical failures.

Fan favorite Ryan Truex, from Mayetta, N.J., the winner of the last two NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Dover, came into the weekend hoping for a three-peat in front of friends and family. But the No. 24 Toyota for Sam Hunt Racing struggled on speed throughout the afternoon and never quite found its rhythm. Truex battled through traffic for much of the race but ultimately crossed the line in 18th.

Another prominent local driver, Lavar Scott, made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut on Saturday. Scott, 21, from Carney’s Point, N.J., finished 28th, the final car on the lead lap.

Earlier in the day, Scott reflected on the significance of making his debut so close to home.

“[I live] 55 minutes from Dover Motor Speedway,” Scott said. “It’s a home race … I have friends and family, people I haven’t seen in years coming to support me.”

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Zilisch wins the BetRivers 200 at Dover

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Connor Zilisch claimed a series-best fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season in Saturday’s rain-shortened BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway.

“We’ve been showing it lately,” Zilisch said. “First of all, I hate that we couldn’t finish the race the right way. Aric [Almirola] was really fast and was going to give me a run for my money. Props to him for making me work for it.”

Zilisch qualified third and led 77 of the 134 laps before NASCAR was forced to red flag the race. Eventually, they called the race because of the rain.

Zilisch has three wins plus three runner-up finishes in the last eight races. And the win also moves him into second place in the championship standings.

“It’s been awesome,” he said, “and I feel like even when we miss a little bit we’re still a top-five car. And being able to go the race track and know that in the back of your head has definitely been comforting and confidence-inspiring every weekend,’’ Zilisch said. “Gotta keep knocking the door down with wins.”

Aric Almirola finished second in the No. 19 Young Life Toyota.

“It is fun to get back in the race car and compete. I felt really good about my car; I thought our Young Life Toyota GR Supra just needed clean air, Almirola said. “Such a good car and felt like we were able to match Connor (Zilisch) on lap times for a while. And, the longer it went, we were certainly better than he was and better in traffic than he was. He added that he was “very disappointed that we didn’t get to finish that one.” Almirola said.

Brandon Jones finished third, Justin Allgaier fourth, and Jesse Love finished fifth.

“We were close in our no. 20 Menards, Schultz Toyota GR Supra. Clean air was big. I wanted to get in the lead and had a couple of shots at it. It was a difficult track to pass. It did move around some, and we had to use the third lane today,” Jones said, but hard to get a run on people.

“I’m really proud of my guys,” he added. “We didn’t have any slip-ups all day today. We were really solid on pit road and made up a lot of ground.”

The race featured three caution flags for 18 laps, and four lead changes among four drivers.

After Dover, Justin Allgaier leads the Xfinity Series standings by 56 points over Connor Zilisch, 78 over Sam Mayer, 83 over Austin Hill, and 110 over Jesse Love.

The Xfinity Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 250 on Saturday, July 26th at 4:30 pm ET on the CW Network.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 20

Race Results for the BetRivers 200 – Saturday, July 19, 2025
Dover Motor Speedway – Dover, DE – 1 Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 134 Laps – 134. Miles

PosStNoDriverStage 1Stage 2Stage 3PointsStauts
1388Connor Zilisch #41057Running
2619Aric Almirola22053Running
3420Brandon Jones33051Running
477Justin Allgaier74044Running
5122Jesse Love97038Running
61939Ryan Sieg05037Running
7154Taylor Gray #10040Running
8110Sheldon Creed108033Running
9818William Sawalich #89033Running
103116Christian Eckes #00027Running
11925Harrison Burton00026Running
121341Sam Mayer00025Running
131521Austin Hill010025Running
141899Matt DiBenedetto00023Running
15141Carson Kvapil #00022Running
162026Dean Thompson #00021Running
172117Jake Finch00020Running
183224Ryan Truex00019Running
19274Parker Retzlaff00018Running
201027Jeb Burton00017Running
213010Daniel Dye #00016Running
221632Rajah Caruth(i)0000Running
232642Anthony Alfredo00014Running
24178Sammy Smith00013Running
252344Brennan Poole00012Running
262851Jeremy Clements00011Running
272911Josh Williams00010Running
282245Lavar Scott0009Running
292570Leland Honeyman0008Running
303471Ryan Ellis0007Running
31365Kaz Grala(i)0000Running
322431Blaine Perkins0005Running
33387Nick Leitz0004Running
343391Josh Bilicki0003Running
353714Garrett Smithley0002Running
363528Kyle Sieg0001Running
37248Nick Sanchez #6006Steering
3859Ross Chastain(i)5600Rear Gear

Chevrolet in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Toronto Qualifying Report

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CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto
1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit
Toronto, Ontario
Qualifying Report
July 19

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (July 19) – Will Power, behind the wheel of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, led the Team Chevy-powered drivers in qualifying at the Toronto Indy, and was joined by Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and Callum Ilott in the No. 90 Prema Racing Chevrolet.

  • The 11 fastest of the 13 drivers in Group 1 were within six-tenths of a second of Kyle Kirkwood, the quickest driver in the group, with Power and Illot advancing for Team Chevy. Nolan Siegel in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 Gallagher Team Penske Chevrolet missed out on advancing by three and five-hundredths of a second.
  • O’Ward qualified from Group 2, who had the 10 quickest drivers within three-tenths of a second of the fastest driver in the group, Marcus Armstrong. David Malukas in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet was seven-hundredths of a second off transferring, while the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet with Josef Newgarden behind the wheel was nine-hundredths of an advantage to the Fast 12. It is O’Ward and Newgarden’s 7th trip to the Fast 12 this year.
  • In the Fast 12, Power set the second quickest lap of the day and was one of only three drivers to go sub 60 seconds on the day.
  • Power participated in his second Firestone Fast Six this season and his 12th in Toronto (eight of those have been Chevrolet-powered).

Tune-In Alert

Sunday

· NTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm Up – 8:30am (ET)/7:30am (CT)/6:30am (MT)/5:30am (PT) – FS1/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218

· Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto (90 laps) – noon (ET)/11am (CT)/10am (MT)/9am (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218

Saturday qualifying timesheet:

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES):

Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 4th:

“The Verizon Chevy was good, I could have been second, maybe third. I kind of babied the tires the first two laps that last run, because I felt like the money lap would be the third. I probably didn’t bring him up enough. I knew the Andretti’s were going to be tough to beat, they look very good… we were right there, I mean, we’re close. We made some good changes, and it’s nice to get through.”

Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 10th:

“I’m really happy with the car on primes, so I think it’ll be looking good for us in the race tomorrow. But just these reds, or these green tires have really been a difficult thing for us just to switch them on or just, like, find a way to make them work, really. We’re, like, seven tenths slower in q 2 versus q 1, and I have no real explanation for it. I don’t think we any of us do. It’s just it’s so frustrating. There’s such a difference when you go new to new, and it’s the same tire. So, it’s just I don’t know. I don’t think we’re the only one in the paddock, but it’s just really, really frustrating.

“But, I think I have the strongest car that I’ve had here. At least for the race tomorrow, I feel better than what we have in the past. So, we’ll see what we can what we can make happen from there, but it’s going to be tough.”

Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified 12th:

“A bit of a high and low. The first part of qualifying was great; it was a really good lap that got us in despite it being a tight session. In the second part of qualifying, we just couldn’t get any momentum on a single lap. We got a chance at the end but it was not a session in the way it was meant to be, which is a shame after Q1. It will be really good to see what we can do for the race, and it’s not a bad starting position. We will be boosted up to 11th, but it would be nice to have had a fairer shot today.”

Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 13th:

“While the result doesn’t quite show it, I think we can be happy with that after yesterday. The team have done a great job to get us back to where we thought we would be yesterday, today. From a Qualifying execution standpoint, we beat a lot of strong cars that we probably didn’t think we’d be fighting with, so we can be pleased with how we did.”

Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Gallagher Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 15th:

“Driver made an error there. Just missed, turn five apex just by a little bit, and you see with the concrete here, if you’re just off a little bit because it’s not rubbered in you lose a chunk. So, yeah, that’s on me. Unfortunately, sorry for everyone on the Gallagher Chevy, but we’ll make most of it tomorrow.”

David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 16th:

“We missed out. Sat there and just went through the data until qualifying was over and found some stuff that I can really work on and make myself better just seeing from the other drivers. I think overall, we just kind of missed that window a little bit with tire temp. I think we were kind of in between lap two and three and by the end of lap three, the tires were already falling off and we were holding on for dear life. So missed that window a little bit, but still could have gotten lap in and just miffed with myself. We’re going to get our heads down and see what we can do for tomorrow.”

Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 18th:

“The PPG Chevy was super fast on the primes (Firestone primary tire) but we just struggled to get a handle on the softer compound. Tomorrow should be a primary tire race, so we are well positioned there. Obviously, this is a tough track to just drive through the field. We’ll need some strategy to go with a fast car – and some luck that we haven’t had yet this year – but it can be done.”

Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 19th:

“It was a disappointing Qualifying, for sure. We knew going into Toronto that this is one of the team’s toughest race weekends. We just can’t find the pace the others have for this track, and that shows in our Qualifying today. It’s a long race, and it usually gets pretty messy on these streets, so we need to stay clean and pick up as many positions as we can tomorrow.”

Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified 20th:

“The qualifying unfortunately was extremely tight. Overall I’m quite happy with how the car felt, I had just one moment in Turn 1 where I lost the car at the rear. I tried my best to get in and transferring was within two tenths. I felt like we could have potentially been there, but it was super tight. I think the qualifying went well and the car felt good. We all did a pretty good job. Without this slight mistake with the snap on the rear, I think we could have had a really good chance, but it is what it is. We’re going to start from P20 and tomorrow I will do my best to go forwards through the field to get towards the top end.”

Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet qualified 21st:

“Yeah to be honest, looking at the board and being .2 from transferring, when we were 2 seconds off this morning, is a pretty decent jump forward. I appreciate the team working with me to get a little bit more comfortable balance for me to drive. We’re just not quite where we need to be on the street courses yet, but I appreciate Chevy and the team. We’ve made a huge step forward from where we started and hopefully we can have a good solid race tomorrow.”

Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet qualified 22nd:

How do you get two-tenths at a track like this?

“It’s definitely tight. But to be fair, it is every weekend. You know? You see the same at Mid-Ohio. You see it everywhere. It’s just so, competitive-this field. But we’ve been we’ve been struggling to get the car right all weekend. Just haven’t had the pace. I was honestly pretty happy with my lap. I didn’t think there was much more to extract out of it. So that was a positive, but, obviously, we’re just we’re just too slow. So, we need to, to find something.

Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 23rd:

“Honestly, kind of just a bit beside myself. You know I think we’ve been doing a really good job with the car. We thought we had made the correct changes, when in reality, I think we overlooked a very important thing in the philosophy of the setup, and it just showed, so I think tomorrow we’ll be fine.”

Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet qualified 24th:

“We are coming away from qualifying quite disappointed. We have not yet had the pace we need this weekend, so we will work hard overnight to see how we can improve the cars for the race tomorrow.”

Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet qualified 25th:

Chevrolet on the Streets Of Toronto

Chevrolet wins on the Streets Of Toronto: 13

2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2017 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske
2016 – Will Power – Team Penske
2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing
2014 Race #2 – Mike Conway – Ed Carpenter Racing
2014 Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology
2012 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Global
1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske
1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1990 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing
1989 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1988 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing
1987 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing

Chevrolet poles on the Streets Of Toronto: 12

2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske
2017 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2016 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing
2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing
2014 – Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology
1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske
1992 – Bob Rahal – Rahal Hogan Racing
1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1990 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske
1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing
1988 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto: 36

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by driver: Danny Sullivan (5), Helio Castroneves (4), Michael Andretti (3), Sebastien Bourdais (3), Emerson Fittipaldi (3), Tony Kanaan (2), Josef Newgarden (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Will Power (2), Bob Rahal (2), Al Unser Jr. (2), Mario Andretti (1), Eddie Cheever (1), Mike Conway (1), Luca Filippi (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Felix Rosenqvist (1), and Paul Tracy (1)

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (13), Galles Racing (5),, Ed Carpenter Racing (4), Newman Haas Racing (4), Chip Ganassi Racing (3), Dragon Racing (2), Patrick Racing (2) Andretti Global (1), Arrow McLaren (1), KV Racing Technology (1), and Rahal Hogan Racing (1)

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto: 1109

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by driver: Al Unser Jr. (182), Michael Andretti (153), Emerson Fittipaldi (123) Josef Newgarden (113), Will Power (97), Simon Pagenaud (84), Sebastien Bourdais (79), Helio Castroneves (74), Scott Dixon (56), Paul Tracy (54), Danny Sullivan (50), Ryan Hunter-Reay (36), Scott McLaughlin (28), Tony Kanaan (19), Rinus VeeKay (18), Mike Conway (7), Mario Andretti (6), Jordan King (6), Pato O’Ward (3), Luca Filippi (2), JR Hildebrand (1), Charlie Kimball (1), Spencer Pigot (1) and Felix Rosenqvist (1)

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (519), Galles Racing (182), Newman Haas Racing (159), Chip Ganassi Racing (74), Patrick Racing (74), Ed Carpenter Racing (64), Andretti Global (36), Dragon Racing (20), Arrow McLaren (4), A.J. Foyt Racing (1), Carlin (1) and Panther Racing (1)

Manufacturer History on the Streets Of Toronto

Wins (with competition):

13 – Chevrolet (2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #2, 2014 Race #1, 2012, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)

10 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2013 Race #1, 2013 Race #2, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1996)

4 – Ford (2000, 1995, 1994, 1992)

1 – Toyota (2002)

1 – Mercedes (1997)

1 – Cosworth (1986)

Earned Poles (with competition):

12 – Chevrolet (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #1, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988)

11 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2013 Race #2, 2013 Race #1, 2012, 2001, 2000 1999, 1998, 1996)

2 – Ford (1995, 1994)

2 – Cosworth (1987, 1986)

1 – Toyota (2002)

1 – Mercedes (1997)

** 2014 Race #2 – Helio Castroneves (Team Penske Chevrolet) started from the pole on driver points after qualifying was rained out**

Historical Chevrolet in the INDYCAR SERIES information

INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturer Championships (since 1979)

Chevrolet-Powered Wins in the Twin-Turbo 2.2L V6 Era (2012-present)

Chevrolet-Powered Wins (All-time)

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