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CHEVROLET NCS: Van Gisbergen Keeps Chevrolet Undefeated in the Chicago Street Race

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NASCAR CUP SERIES
CHICAGO STREET RACE
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT
JULY 6, 2025

Van Gisbergen Keeps Chevrolet Undefeated in the Chicago Street Race

 Shane van Gisbergen capped off a dominating weekend in the “Windy City” by taking the checkered flag in the Grant Park 165 – keeping Chevrolet undefeated in NASCAR’s top division in the Chicago Street Race. The victory marks Van Gisbergen’s third victory in just 33 career starts in the division – two of which have come at the 2.2-mile Chicago street circuit.

The victory came after Van Gisbergen defended his race winning title in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at the circuit – driving the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to the win in yesterday’s The Loop 110. The Chicago Street Course provided yet another milestone weekend for the 36-year-old Auckland, New Zealand, native with the Team Chevy driver becoming just the second driver in series’ history to sweep the pole and race wins in both of NASCAR’s top-two division on the same weekend.

It was a calamity-filled opening stage for the third annual Chicago Street Race. Taking the green flag in the “Windy City”, NASCAR’s top division made just four laps before a several car pileup at the front of the field ensued on the straight leading into Turn 10 – quickly putting the race under red flag conditions. Among those collected included a trio of Team Chevy drivers that posted strong qualifying efforts, including Carson Hocevar, Austin Dillon and Will Brown.

Michael McDowell turned a front-row qualifying effort into a dominating performance in Stage One. The 40-year-old Phoenix, Arizona, native took the lead from the polesitter and fellow Team Chevy driver, Shane van Gisbergen, on the opening lap and never looked back – taking the green-white checkered flag for his fourth career stage win. With fuel strategy at the forefront, crew chief Travis Peterson opted to keep the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet off pit road to take advantage of prime track position for the start of Stage Two. But a strong run quickly took a turn when an issue with the throttle forced the team back down pit road to diagnose the issue and ultimately behind the wall for repairs.

A restart near the halfway point of the race saw a pair of Team Chevy road course ringers, Shane van Gisbergen and AJ Allmendinger, lead the field back to the green flag. Taking control of the lead at the drop of the green flag, Van Gisbergen went on to pull away to over a three-second lead before crew chief Stephen Doran called the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet down pit road with three laps remaining in Stage Two for a schedule pit stop. With varying pit strategies throughout the field, Van Gisbergen went on to cycle back up to the 12th position at the conclusion of the stage.

Progressively inching his way back up through the field, Van Gisbergen found himself in the runner-up position when the race hit 16 laps to go. Making the pass on then race leader Chase Briscoe, the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet went on to hold the top position for the remainder of the race en route to the team’s second victory of the 2025 season.

For the 11th time this season, Chevrolet has owned at least half of the top-10 finishing positions with four different Chevrolet organizations driving the manufacturer to six top-10 results with Van Gisbergen leading Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch (fifth) and Austin Hill (ninth); Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger in sixth; Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman in eighth; and Van Gisbergen’s Trackhouse Racing teammate, Ross Chastain, in 10th.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER

1st – Shane van Gisbergen
5th – Kyle Busch
6th – AJ Allmendinger
8th – Alex Bowman
9th – Austin Hill
10th – Ross Chastain

Chevrolet’s season statistics with 19 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:

Wins: 8
Poles: 9
Top-Fives: 37
Top 10s: 76
Stage Wins: 17

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Sonoma Raceway with the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on Sunday, July 13, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
Post-Race Driver Quotes:

Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Sidelined by damage sustained after being collected in an accident in the opening stage.

Finished: 36th

“Disappointing day in the No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE® (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Chevrolet at the Chicago Street Race. Crew chief Richard Boswell and everyone on the RCR team brought a really fast Chevrolet to the streets of Chicago. We qualified 10th and thought we would be a contender today in the race. A car spun in front of us on the first lap and it ended our day before we could even get it started. It’s a shame and I’m just at a loss for words at this point. We’ll just keep bringing cars like this and hope our luck turns around for us at some point.”

Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Finished: 5th

“Our day started out pretty good. We got a good jump on the initial start there and was able to roll forward and get to third. We tried to go long on that first set of tires, and with those couple of cautions, it didn’t fall into our favor. That put us on old tires and I spun out getting into (turn) seven. We just didn’t have any left-rear grip. That’s something we’ve struggled with on this car, and it just bit me there. The No. 8 Slurpee Chevrolet team rallied and we were able to rebound. We pitted a couple of times there at the end and had some fresh tires late for some of the melee that was going on in front of us and made up some spots. Our Chevrolet was definitely a top-two or three car, but it’s good to come home with a top-five finish.”

Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Finished: 20th

“We survived and advanced! This No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team is just a tough team – we never quit. We don’t even know how to. I’m just so proud of Kaulig Racing and our No. 10 team. I knew in a basketball city, going up against Brad in a game of knock-out, I was going to have a good chance. This race was tough on us. I felt like halfway through the race, we were rolling pretty good and we could have had a chance at a top-15. I clipped the wall again and knocked the toe out and kind of bent the ball joint pretty bad. I was just kind of hanging on and hoping we could get everything we could there at the end. We’re just going to keep working hard; put pressure on who we’re facing next and see if we can keep it rolling.”

Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Finished: 9th

“Massive day for our United Rentals Chevrolet. The Cup Series isn’t easy. To only have five races with the No. 33 team and leave with a top-10 finish is huge for our group. We started 30th, drove up a little ways and played some strategy to gain even more ground. I feel like I won the race honestly. I was upset with finishing fourth yesterday in the Xfinity Series race, but to finish ninth in a Cup race feels like I won it. Hats off to RCR, ECR and everyone on this team. We put our heads together, called a great race, took tires when we needed to, and stayed out when we needed to. At the end, it was good enough to get up there and battle with the guys to finish inside the top-10.”

Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Finished: 8th

Bowman on the late-race contact with Bubba Wallace in the closing laps:

“I don’t know.. I passed him (Bubba Wallace) clean, or what I thought was clean. I just followed when the No. 45 passed him. Then he shipped us into (turn) 12; ran us into the fence in (turn) one and ran us into the fence off of (turn) two. And then we just sort of pin-balled off of each other and he ended up on the worse side of it, but we’re just trying to go straight off the corner. I don’t know why we did that… I wasn’t expecting that to happen or to get raced like that, but we did. We just have to move on from it and keep digging. I don’t really know what I could have done much different. I just got into the fence there and you’re kind of along for the ride. It’s just frustrating.”

Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Finished: 32nd

“The throttle cable just broke. I don’t know what caused it or how it got to that spot, but that’s what happened. I feel like we had control of the race. I think it would have been a battle, no doubt. I felt like any time I could open a gap on SVG, I could. We were just working on our strategy. We knew we were going to one-stop it, so I was taking care of the tires and doing all the things I could. I was behind the pace car and the throttle stuck wide-open. Luckily I got to the switches fast enough before I ran into something, and then a cable broke after that. It’s just a shame. We had a great No. 71 DePaul Chevrolet. We’ve got some good momentum heading into Sonoma next weekend.”

Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Finished: 1st

“It was a brilliant day for this No. 88 WeatherTech Chevrolet team. Our car was really, really nice – the best car I’ve had here, by far. The strategy was a bit all over the place, as we knew it would be today – racing the weather, racing cars and different stops. Stephen (Doran, crew chief) did a really good job on the box all day of just painting the picture in my head of who I was up against. We had two great pit stops. Just so stoked to get WeatherTech in victory lane for their home race.”

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HFT Recap | Chicago

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Creed Earns Third-Place Finish at Chicago Street Course; Mayer 8th
Custer Involved in Early-Lap Incident on Sunday

Xfinity Series

Sheldon Creed turned in a strong performance at the Chicago Street Course on Saturday, earning his best road course finish of the season. He led nine laps, won a stage—his first road course stage win of the year—and ultimately brought home a third-place result, showing both speed and control on the challenging layout. His teammate, Sam Mayer, had a solid day as well, navigating through traffic and restarts to finish eighth at Chicago, his 11th top-10 result of the season.

“We had a solid day today and took home a third-place finish and got a stage win here at Chicago,” Creed said. “Overall, I’m just really excited to have a great day with our Road Ranger Ford Mustang and we’ll keep this momentum rolling into the summer.”

Creed got off to a strong start, quickly challenging Shane van Gisbergen for the lead after starting fourth. The two traded spots early, while Mayer ran inside the top five over the opening 15 laps. The stage ended under caution, with Creed taking second and earning nine stage points, while Mayer settled for fourth and seven points.

Despite restarting deep in traffic at the beginning of Stage Two, Creed quickly charged through the field, showcasing the speed of his No. 00 car. By lap 22, he had worked his way back into the top five, then climbed to third just before a caution on lap 25. The yellow set up a two-lap sprint to end the stage, and Creed seized the opportunity—making a decisive move in turn six to pass Jesse Love and take the stage win. Mayer, meanwhile, finished just outside the top ten in 11th.

The No. 00 car led the field to the green at the start of the final stage and quickly entered a fierce battle with Connor Zilisch. The two traded the lead multiple times before Zilisch pulled ahead for good with 13 laps to go. Meanwhile, Mayer started the stage in eighth and showed steady pace, holding his position through traffic and pressure from behind. A late caution with two laps remaining set up a dramatic sprint to the finish, but in the end, Creed claimed third while Mayer held on to finish eighth after a consistent run in the closing laps.

“A couple of missed opportunities today, but I think we made the best of it and got a top-10 finish,” Mayer said. “Really proud of our guys for battling today to make our Audibel Ford Mustang better, and we’ll look forward to another road course next week.”

Cup Series

Cole Custer and the No. 41 team spent the majority of the afternoon overcoming early adversity after the car sustained left-front damage in a multi-car incident that brought out a caution on lap three. Despite the setback, the HFT crew showed resilience and determination, working through significant repairs to secure a valuable point in the regular-season standings.

After starting 23rd, Custer was caught in the early incident and quickly reported a possible issue with the left-front suspension. He brought the car to pit road for four tires and fuel while the crew evaluated the damage, and was able to stay on the lead lap through the end of Stage One.

At the start of Stage Two, crew chief Aaron Kramer directed Custer to the Damaged Vehicle Policy (DVP) work area, where the team spent 39 laps replacing the upper control arm on the No. 41 Haas/Andy’s Ford Mustang. Their persistence paid off as Custer returned to the track on lap 63 and completed enough laps to overtake Josh Berry, finishing 33rd and earning a key point in the standings.

“Overall, it was a really hard fought day, and our guys worked extremely hard to get us back out there,” Custer said. “We definitely got our car better throughout the weekend, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do at Sonoma.”

Up Next
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Sonoma Raceway next weekend. Race coverage for the Xfinity series is set for 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday on the CW, and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on TNT for the Cup Series.

About Haas Factory Team
The Haas Factory Team is a NASCAR Cup and Xfinity program owned by Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation. Beginning in 2025, the team will feature Cole Custer driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the NASCAR Cup Series, while Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer take on the Xfinity Series in the No. 00 and No. 41 Ford Mustangs, respectively. Based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, the Haas Factory Team reflects a commitment to performance and engineering excellence, carrying forward Gene Haas’s commitment to motorsports.

Preece Posts Seventh Place Finish in Chicago and Advances to In-Season Challenge Quarterfinals

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Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series
Chicago Street Race
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Ford Unofficial Finishing Results:

7th – Ryan Preece
11th – Joey Logano
12th – Ryan Blaney
14th – Zane Smith
18th – Chris Buescher
21st – Josh Bilicki
26th – Cody Ware
27th – Austin Cindric
30th – Noah Gragson
33rd – Cole Custer
34th – Josh Berry
37th – Brad Keselowski
38th – Todd Gilliland

RYAN PREECE, No. 60 BuildSubmarines.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse –”We had a really, really good car. We took stage points there and it was really, really tough to pass, even tires held on really well. Ultimately, a really good car. I’m excited for Sonoma. I’m excited for road racing. If there wasn’t such a jumble up sometimes with how you have to play for points or stages, I feel like we had a really good car. I’m proud of Derrike. Thanks to BuildSubmarines.com, Kroger, Mohawk Northeast and all the partners that are involved with RFK. Like I say every week, I’m happy to be a part of it.” YOU ADVANCED IN THE IN-SEASON CHALLENGE AS WELL. HOW DOES THAT FEEL BEING CLOSER TO A MILLION DOLLARS? “I felt like if we could have gotten through the first round, these next two rounds are really good for us. Our road course program is pretty strong and we keep making it better, so going into Sonoma, I think we’re up against Tyler Reddick, so he’s really good at road courses as well, but I like being the underdog.” HOW DID YOU LIKE THESE THREE YEARS RACING IN CHICAGO? “I enjoy the street course. You’ve got to be super disciplined with no mistakes because if you make a mistake, you hit the wall. It’s great. I’m happy there was no weather to jumble it up there at the end and we’ll move on to Sonoma.”

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Dutch Boy Ford Mustang Dark Horse – A GOOD REBOUND FROM THE FLAT TIRE AND A STAGE WIN AS WELL. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE YOUR DAY? “I thought overall it was a pretty decent day. It was nice to win that stage. I knew we were gonna lose track position, but we were fine. We made up really good ground on the restart in the third stage and then I hit the inside wall in 11 and popped the right-front tire. We had to work our way back from there, but, overall, it was a decent recovery.”

ZANE SMITH, No. 38 Vermeer Midwest Ford Mustang Dark Horse – YOU ADVANCED IN THE IN-SEASON CHALLENGE, HOW DOES IT FEEL? “Yeah, I hate we had to knock another Ford out, but it’s super cool to advance. I know going up against Chris the odds were stacked against me with how good he is on road courses. I did everything I could to not advance today. We had a really good car to start and then I got blind behind the 12 and then nicked the wall and got a pretty good amount of damage that put me back there in the hornet’s nest. I just kept getting hit and it was chaos, but, fortunately, I was able to escape some of that chaos and get aggressive towards the end and get a top 15 and some stage points and advance in the bracket, so I’m very happy about this.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Kroger/Blue Buffalo Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I didn’t see it until the last second. I slowed down and I actually felt I was gonna get stopped and then I just kind of got ran over from behind. It’s just a narrow street course and sometimes there’s nowhere to go.”

JOSH BERRY, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “Without seeing a replay, I feel like the 43 just kind of overcooked the corner and got us there. It’s just disappointing. We were having a really solid day and made our way forward. We were running well, so we’ll just keep on going trying to get better and go on to Sonoma.”

Chevrolet in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES: Mid-Ohio Race Report

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CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio
Race Report
July 6

Arrow McLaren Lundgaard and O’Ward lead Team Chevy at Mid-Ohio

  • A pair of Arrow McLaren drivers, Christian Lundgaard in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, who finished third, and Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, who finished fifth, were the best of the Chevrolet-powered runners in the 2025 edition of the Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio that saw a battle of strategies. Winner Scott Dixon, like O’Ward, used two stops to win for the 59th time in his career, while Álex Palou used the same three-stop strategy as Lundgaard to take the second spot on the podium.
  • Lundgaard drove flat out for the 90-lap race on the 2.258-Mile, 13 Turn Mid-Ohio road course, making three stops on the way to his fourth podium of the season.
  • The 23-year-old Dane is one of three drivers to complete all 1,135 laps contested this season and moved into the top five on the championship table.
  • O’Ward utilized the opposite strategy, saving fuel, pitting only twice to come home fifth, his fifth top 5 finish of the season.
  • The 26-year-old Mexican has also completed 100% of the laps this season and moved to within 12 points of second place on the championship table.
  • Up next for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and the 14 Team Chevy teams and drivers is a trip to Newton, Iowa and a double header on the 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway short oval. Both races will air on FOX, with Saturday’s Synk 275 Powered By Sukup at 5 pm (ET) and Sunday’s Farm To Finish 275 Powered By Sukup at 1 pm (ET).

NTT INDYCAR SERIES unofficial race results from the Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio:

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES):

Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 3rd:

“Obviously, happy to be on the podium, but still a little disappointed. I think we had much more. We need to take the positives from this weekend. We didn’t get any points in Road America when we had a car to win the race. That was a pretty easy podium for us there, and we threw it away. So here, there’s a little bit of redemption, but I really wanted that win today. So, a little disappointed.

On the physicality of the race:

“A full push race around here is physically tough, mentally tough. Honestly, in the car, it isn’t really that big of a problem. It’s really more once you get out. I think once the adrenaline kind of falls off, it’s that’s when it hits you.”

How good does the water taste?

I don’t drive with a cool suit or a drinks bottle, so I need a lot before and after.

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

“Extremely close, we missed by just a little bit. We would like to have been fourth, but it was a crazy race for us today. The strategies flipped. Guys that weren’t planning on full pushing, ended up full pushing. And the guys that were going to full push, like myself, ended up on a fuel save. Made some great moves there fought our way forward. We were aggressive and calculated. Great job by the boys. I personally thought we were hosed there for a bit. I never really felt threatened in the way of having a bad yellow fall our way.”

“I was confident in the car. You really treasure these weekends where you can put the car where you need to and attack when you want to. It’s been a while since I’ve been on a road course where it feels that way. It’s just too bad we didn’t start further up front; we put ourselves on the back foot yesterday to fight at the front today. These are really, really fun. It was a good job today by Arrow McLaren and it’s good to see the No. 7 on the podium.”

Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished 11th:

“It was a very disappointing day for us. I think we had a car that could have run in the top five, and fought for a podium. We ended up just losing pace through every sequence, and I’m not exactly sure where we lost it. We will look into it, and fix our issues for Iowa.”

Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet finished 13th:

“A really strong race. We had a bit of contact at the beginning and we were off track. I was just put in a bad position on the outside. We gambled and did an early stop onto the Reds and the first stint wasn’t anything special but once we came in and got going again on the next set of Reds it was it was super fast. The car was really strong. There’s nothing to complain about from there, so I just moved forwards; we overcut some people, undercut some others and unfortunately had to do another stop but I think for us it would have been tough to commit to the effective two-stop strategy. I think we did the best result possible, had some really good pitstops and we maximized everything from P24.”

Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet finished 16th:

“Long day honestly. Really proud of this Sexton Properties Chevrolet crew. Really great stops. Even with a fumble on pit lane, awesome recovery. Kind of kicking myself because I know we were top-10 capable, I just made a mistake in turn five getting into the No. 76. Totally my fault there which cost us on track, then reverting positions which was more time. So overall could have been a good day. Happy to salvage that. Come out of here 10th in points. Looking forward to the ovals.”

David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet finished 17th:

“Finished up here in Ohio, and, we just can’t have luck this season. Things are just going up, down, up, down. We just can’t get consistency, which is just all I really want, and we’re just struggling to get it. We had a really bad strategy call from the start and kind of just had to put our heads down and deal with it throughout the rest of the race. Had a big fuel-save number. Things didn’t really go our way, unfortunately. Been saying that a lot this season. Hopefully, things can turn around.”

Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Odyssey Battery Team Penske Chevrolet finished 23rd:

“It was a long, hot day inside the Odyssey Battery Chevy, for sure. Felt like we could have finished somewhere between eighth and 12th but had a tire de-laminate on the final run. I don’t know, this has obviously been a very tough year for everyone, but this team doesn’t quit. Team Penske doesn’t have these years often, but we will be stronger because of it, that’s for sure. We are going to Iowa with absolute confidence that we will win there.”

Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet finished 26th:

On what happened:

“An engine failure there. I got hit at the start as well, which should damage the floor, but I think it was going to be okay. It didn’t feel like it’s handling badly. Oh, man. Tough, tough year.

On resetting for the next race:

“Well, we’re doing that every weekend at the moment. Just every weekend at something, but people go through these ones. See it all the time. It’s just, one of those things.”

Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet finished 27th:

What happened?

“I either had a massive rear lock up and spun, or I got touched. Initially, it felt like I just locked the rears all of a sudden out of nowhere unexpectedly — or, I got touched. If I didn’t get touched, just a weird freak massive rear lock, which is bizarre. Tough to not be out there. Hopefully, we can fix the car. I don’t think there is a lot of damage. I’d like to get back out there even though we’re out of this thing. It’s a shame having a fast PPG car and support from Team Chevy. I want to be in the mix.”

How do you recover after a string of bad luck?

“You just move onto the next one.”

Christian Lundgaard

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Joined by Alex Palou, who led 75 laps this afternoon, driver of the No. 10 OpenAI Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, the second runner-up finish of 2025, eighth podium of the season, 39th career, and joined by Christian Lundgaard who started second, came home third, driver of the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, fourth podium of the season and seventh of his career.

Q. Christian, another podium for you. Your thoughts on your day today?

CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Yeah, we saw Mr. Perfect here make a mistake. You don’t see that very often. I think the day was pretty good. Alex seemed to have a little bit more pace than we did.

This morning I woke up kind of thinking it was going to be a two-stop race. I think obviously Dixon kind of proved that.

This morning, I think we showed that we were able to get the number that we needed with the pace, but again, you need the rest of the race to fall your way for that to work out, and we were unsure what Alex was going to do, and we decided to kind of follow him, and I think if we would have stayed with our gut, we could have potentially come away with a better result, but at the end of the day, we’re on the podium.

I nearly went off the same lap, same corner as he did. I don’t know what I was looking at, trying to see the 10 car. But yeah, still on the podium, so that’s good.

Q. Christian, do you feel like things are really clicking now? We talked about yesterday halfway through your being able to show your potential, which I think we saw with the other team and maybe it was a little bit behind where you thought you should be. Do you feel like now we’re ready for the — Iowa coming up next week, somewhere you’ve been fast but the results haven’t been there?

CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Yeah, I think you look at Indy Road Course, we were one of the fastest cars. We missed the pit out commit line, had a drive through, the results gone. Road America we were on the same strategy as Felix but ahead of him and he finished second.

So clearly I think the pace has been there and the results were going to be there. We’ve made some silly mistakes. So I think this weekend it’s just nice to have it on paper and stack up those points.

But I think going into Iowa next weekend, it’s going to be all about qualifying, and I think the two of us here can kind of agree on that, and I think both of us will agree on that. It’s about having a good qualifying car and just being fast enough in the race and obviously score as many points as possible during those two races in Iowa.

Q. Christian, because you’re on a different team and because that race has a different sponsor this is going to be your first trip to Iowa where you’ve got plenty of free time to do stuff instead of sponsor appearances —

CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Let’s see. Let’s see.

Q. But that’s got to be a unique thing for you to not be the face of that race?

CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD: Yeah, I made the mistake once of winning the race before that weekend. That didn’t help my freedom, I would say. But I would say going back, I think all of us at least used to like the racing. I don’t know about you, but at least before they repaved it, I thought the racing was quite awesome, and I think after the repave, I think it’s a lot more just single-file racing, and I think we would prefer some more double-lane racing in that sense.

ALEX PALOU: I hope so, yeah, but I think it’s going to be single file unless something changes.

Chevrolet at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Chevrolet wins at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: 12

2024 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren
2022 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske
2021 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske
2020 Race #1 – Will Power – Team Penske
2017 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske
2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2014 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing
1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske
1992 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske
1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1990 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1988 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing

Chevrolet poles at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: 13

2022 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren
2021 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske
2020 Race #1 – Will Power – Team Penske
2019 – Will Power – Team Penske
2017 – Will Power – Team Penske
2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2015 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing
2014 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology
2013 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Global
2012 – Will Power – Team Penske
1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1990 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1988 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske

Chevrolet podiums at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: 34

Chevrolet podiums at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course by driver: Will Power (7), Emerson Fittipaldi (4), Michael Andretti (3), Josef Newgarden (3), Al Unser Jr. (3), Mario Andretti (2), Scott McLaughlin (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Sebastien Bourdais (1), Christian Lundgaard (1), Rick Mears (1), Pato O’Ward (1), Bob Rahal (1), Danny Sullivan (1) and Paul Tracy (1).

Chevrolet podiums at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course by team: Team Penske (19), Newman Haas Racing (6), Galles Racing (4), Arrow McLaren (2), Chip Ganassi Racing (1), KV Racing Technology (1) and Patrick Racing (1)

Chevrolet laps led at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: 1034

Chevrolet laps led at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course by driver: Will Power (178), Emerson Fittipaldi (168), Michael Andretti (152), Scott Dixon (67), Pato O’Ward (52), Scott McLaughlin (49), Mario Andretti (44), Sebastien Bourdais (38), Ryan Hunter-Reay (30), Juan Montoya (30), Simon Pagenaud (23), Paul Tracy (23), Al Unser Jr. (11), Helio Castroneves (6), James Hinchcliffe (2), and Danny Sullivan (2)

Chevrolet laps led at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course by team: Team Penske (573), Newman Haas Racing (196), Chip Ganassi Racing (67), Patrick Racing (63), Arrow McLaren (52), KV Racing Technology (38), Andretti Global (32), Galles Racing (11), and Ed Carpenter Racing (2)

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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Scott Dixon capitalizes on Alex Palou’s mistake to win at Mid-Ohio

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LEXINGTON, Ohio - JULY 6: Scott Dixon, driver of the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, celebrates after winning the NTT IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 6, 2025, in Lexington, Ohio. Photo: James Black/Penske Entertainment

LEXINGTON, Ohio — With six laps to go, Alex Palou had the race in check. He dominated all day long and came out ahead of Scott Dixon on his final stop of the race. Dixon believed “it would’ve been tough” to catch Palou in the closing laps.

“He had better tires, more fuel,” he said. “It was going to be a tough situation. That’s where I was kind of shocked that he didn’t pull away like I thought he would have. I thought he would have been probably a second a lap quicker just because of the scenario that we were in with the heavy save, and I don’t know, what did he pit, maybe 10 laps to go or eight laps to go. We had to run 30 laps on a set of tires.”

Then Dixon saw dust.

“I was like, ‘Oh, maybe that’s a lap car or something,’ because there’s been some times in these sessions where the dust has actually been lingering in the air,” he said.

Then he realized it was his teammate, Palou.

“Hate to say it, but pleasantly surprised when I saw that he was rejoining the track,” he said.

Dixon overtook Palou exiting Turn 9 for the race lead and held on to win the Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

“Yeah, as soon as I saw the caution at the start, which we had been talking about, I was like, man, the two-stop is on,” he said. “We worked pretty hard this morning in the warmup on fuel mileage and making sure we got the car balance kind of where we needed it.

“First stint was pretty easy. Second stint we actually got into a bit of trouble on the soft tires with the left front. I don’t know if it was that tire, but 10 laps in I could see it starting to come apart, and I knew that we were kind of locked in on the two-stopper so that was going to be pretty difficult, so we pushed and kind of used the average on the black tires and used them a little bit more once we got to the final stop.

“The final stop actually they didn’t take any of the front wing out, so it was so loose for that last stint. I was just really looking at the corner and the car would turn itself, which, one, is really physical, but two, it’s really hard to push extremely hard because you start to lock rears, especially into 4 and into 2 and also into 9 where ultimately that got Alex.

“We were hoping that we were going to clear him, but obviously they were super fast today and pushing really hard on the three-stopper. Maybe earlier on in the stint I should have pushed a little bit harder, but just wasn’t sure what was going to happen with that left front on the reds.

“He made the mistake, so kudos for us and the team, everybody on the No. 9, everybody at HRC to get the mileage we had today. I don’t know how many others were on the two-stopper. I don’t know whether the next highest wound up, but the — six, so that was really good. So congrats to Felix, as well.

“But yeah, tough day. It was nice to have that flip on Alex after what happened on St. Pete this year. Yeah, good finish, but I can’t thank the team enough. Mike and everybody on the crew, the pit stops were fantastic and ultimately the strategy worked out well.”

It’s his 59th career NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory, his first of the 2025 season and seventh at Mid-Ohio.

Despite leading 75 laps, Palou’s mistake in Turn 9 cost him his seventh victory of the season and the points leader came home to a runner-up finish.

“Big mistake, man,” he said. “Big mistake. Yeah, nothing in particular happened. Just lost it a little bit. Then kind of got into the marbles and went out.

“Yeah, lost everything there. It was a big, big mistake by my part. The car was on fire today. The team gave me, as well, the strategy, the pit stops we needed to win the race.

“But yeah, man, it’s not over until it’s over, until you see the checkered flag. I was just trying to push. I was trying to open the gap a little bit more with Scott. I felt confident with the car.

“Yeah, just lost it.”

Christian Lundgaard rounded out the podium in third.

“Yeah, we saw Mr. Perfect here make a mistake,” he said. “You don’t see that very often. I think the day was pretty good. Alex seemed to have a little bit more pace than we did.

“This morning I woke up kind of thinking it was going to be a two-stop race. I think obviously Dixon kind of proved that.

“This morning, I think we showed that we were able to get the number that we needed with the pace, but again, you need the rest of the race to fall your way for that to work out, and we were unsure what Alex was going to do, and we decided to kind of follow him, and I think if we would have stayed with our gut, we could have potentially come away with a better result, but at the end of the day, we’re on the podium.

“I nearly went off the same lap, same corner as he did. I don’t know what I was looking at, trying to see the 10 car. But yeah, still on the podium, so that’s good.”

Colton Herta and Pato O’Ward rounded out the top-five.

Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood, Rinus VeeKay and Kyffin Simpson — who served a drive-through penalty — rounded out the top-10.

Scott Dixon capitalizes on Alex Palou’s mistake to win at Mid-Ohio

Race summary

Palou led the field to green at 1:23 p.m. ET. Caution flew immediately when Josef Newgarden locked up, snapped towards the wall, spun out and came to a stop in the Turn 4 gravel trap.

Back to green on Lap 6, the field settled into a green flag racing rhythm. Scott McLaughlin and O’Ward kicked off a cycle of green flag stops on Lap 12. By Lap 19, Palou lost pace on his Firestone reds, while Herta in fifth ran faster on his Firestone blacks. Lundgaard pit from second on Lap 24. Palou pit from the lead on Lap 27. Simpson pit from the lead on Lap 29. Dixon pit from the lead on Lap 30 and Palou cycled back to the lead on Lap 31.

Caution flew on Lap 31 for Christian Rasmussen. Whose car stalled on track. Louis Foster and a few others pitted under this caution.

Back to green on Lap 36, green flag stops commenced again on Lap 43. Palou pit from the lead on Lap 56. Dixon pit from the lead on Lap 61 and Palou cycled back to the lead on Lap 62.Palou pit from the lead on Lap 72. Herta pit from the lead with 16 laps to go. Palou cycled back to the lead with 15 laps to go and lost the lead when he ran wide and into the grass in Turn 9. Dixon overtook him exiting Turn 9 and drove onto victory.

Scott Dixon capitalizes on Alex Palou’s mistake to win at Mid-Ohio

What else happened

Will Power lost an engine on Lap 12.

Simpson ran over the foot of one of VeeKay’s crew members while exiting pit road on Lap 61. He received a drive-through penalty, as a result.

Scott Dixon capitalizes on Alex Palou’s mistake to win at Mid-Ohio

Nuts and bolts

The race lasted one hour, 49 minutes and 41 seconds, at an average speed of 111.166 mph. There were eight lead changes among four different drivers and two cautions for eight laps.

Palou leaves Mid-Ohio with a 113-point lead over Kirkwood.

The NTT INDYCAR Series returns to action, Saturday and next Sunday, at Iowa Speedway for a double-header race weekend.

TF SPORT, CORVETTE SCORE LANDMARK ELMS VICTORY AT IMOLA

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First European Le Mans Series win for Corvette Racing, Corvette Z06 GT3.R

IMOLA, Italy (July 6, 2025) – TF Sport’s Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade and Hiroshi Koizumi captured victory in the Four Hours of Imola on Sunday for the first European Le Mans Series win for the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R as well as for Corvette Racing.

The TF Sport driving trio weathered changing conditions during the race and played the correct tire strategy as Eastwood took the checkered flag by 7.443 seconds in the No. 82 Corvette Z06 GT3.R.

Koizumi drove from near the rear of the LMGT3 field to second in his nearly two hours of driving, Andrade kept the Corvette in contention on slick tires through a period of showers and Eastwood drove the final leg to score the first victory in a Corvette for all three.

The race featured a 20-plus-minute red flag period and a couple of periods of showers but no dramas for the TF Corvette. All totaled, the No. 82 Corvette led three times for 63 laps.

While it was the first ELMS win this year for TF Sport with the Corvette, the combination was victorious to start the FIA WEC season in Qatar. The pair of TF Sport Corvettes are in action this week at São Paulo in Brazil.

The next round of the European Le Mans Series is Sunday, August 24 from Spa-Francorchamps.

JESSICA DANE, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER: “It’s very rewarding to see TF Sport deliver the first win in the European Le Mans Series for the Corvette Z06 GT3.R. The team and each of the drivers made the right decisions and strategy calls in changing weather conditions throughout. Congratulations to Charlie, Rui, Hiro and all of TF Sport on this landmark victory for Corvette Racing.”

CHARLIE EASTWOOD, NO. 82 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “We had a really strong race. Hiro’s stint to get us into the lead, everyone else was making mistakes throughout the race and what we’ve shown this year is that we’ve executed really well and just at times didn’t really have the pace. Today we did and again executed a close to flawless race on that side. As always, though, in ELMS it gets a bit busy. I saw the VSC come out and thought ‘OK, this is all going to be a little bit harder.’ But yeah, it was good. (Miguel) Molina was chasing me down once nobody had to fuel save anymore. The gap started to get a little bit twitchy, to say the least. But the car just came alive when the fuel started to burn off. By the end, I was able to then just maintain the gap to them.

“I’m so delighted for both of these guys, the team, and it’s my first win with Corvette. It hasn’t been the easiest start to a change of manufacturer. I’m really happy to sort of get this off our back.”

(On late-race FCYs) “I was actually speaking with our engineer, when you’re trying to be a little bit conservative, of how early you slow down and how early you release the button because you think you’ve got a margin, you kind of blink and you end up losing three or four seconds when you know somebody like Molina is going to be pushing that to the limit. So by the last one, you’re just attacking as much as you can, cutting every corner as much as you can under FCY. And yeah, we were able to maintain the gap to the end.”

RUI ANDRADE, NO. 82 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “It was very tricky conditions, obviously, coming out. The rain had just started. Obviously, Hiro had done a really good job at that point in tricky conditions to bring himself so high in the order. From there on, the pressure was on because I started to feel like I could get a really good result. I went out of the pit lane with cold right-hand side tires. It was very tricky, because as soon as I went out, the FCY was activated, so I didn’t really have much time to get temperature in and then the rain got harder. So when it was time to go back to green I had no temperature in the tires. For two or three laps it was very tricky. A lot of cars were going off and making mistakes so I was happy to keep it on track. Then from there I was just surviving until the conditions improved and was lucky to be in a good place and build up the rhythm in the end and give the car to Charlie in a good position.

“It’s always a pleasure to represent (Angola), but this win is even more special. I’ve been sharing a car with Charlie now for a year-and-a-half, and it felt like we’ve been quite close a few times. To get the win now is really special and also with Hiro; we were also teammates in different cars but teammates at TF last year in WEC. So for us all to come together and get this win not only for ourselves, but for the team and also for Corvette… the first win for Corvette in ELMS is really special. So hopefully this is a turnaround and we can keep the momentum going for the next rounds.”

HIROSHI KOIZUMI, NO. 82 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “I knew the opening lap would be a little bit dangerous, and on the first lap I had to stop the car to avoid an accident. But in the end I felt like I did a good job and knew that something big was going to happen for us so I was really happy to do a good race. This is the best team and the best car with the best drivers, so I was really happy to give my teammates the car in a good condition. They did a great job.”

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Dixon Takes Record-Extending Win at Mid-Ohio After Rare Mistake by Palou

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LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sunday, July 6, 2025) – Scott Dixon combined masterful fuel saving and a rare mistake by teammate and NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship leader Alex Palou with five laps to go Sunday to win The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport.

Dixon continued two remarkable series-record streaks with his 59th career victory, first win this season in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda and seventh career win at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: He has won at least once in 21 consecutive seasons dating back to 2005 and has recorded a victory in 23 seasons during his illustrious career.

“It was definitely a tough race,” Dixon said. “We had fantastic cars. But just so much fun to try and pull off what we did and do it with what we had was fantastic.

“They were supposed to (remove downforce) from the front wing on the last stop. I just had to look at the corner, and the car was going to turn. I was just hoping the rear tires were going to hold on.”

Six-time series champion Dixon crossed the finish line just .4201 of a second ahead of Palou’s No. 10 Open AI Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, the closest result this season in the series. Christian Lundgaard placed third in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.

Colton Herta finished fourth in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global w/Curb-Agajanian, while 2024 Mid-Ohio winner Pato O’Ward rounded out the top five in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.

NTT P1 Award winner Palou led Dixon by approximately two seconds and appeared to be headed to his seventh victory of the season on Lap 85 when he ran wide into the dirt adjacent to Turn 9 and slowed, with Dixon squeezing past for a lead he would not surrender.

“Just a stupid mistake, honestly,” Palou said. “A mistake on my part. The car was amazing all weekend, all race. I just lost it a little bit on (corner) entry and kind of really couldn’t get power going on.

“Nobody to blame but me. Just got a bit wide on entry and lost it completely.”

Palou pulled to within .356 of a second with two laps to go but could draw no closer as Dixon put on a master class of choosing lines that maintained speed while slyly and legally blunting the momentum of his trailing rival.

Dixon’s ability to adjust his racing lines on the fly was most evident in Turn 2, the famous “Keyhole” corner, on the last two laps.

On Lap 89, Dixon opened the low line for Palou to explore and then eased from mid-corner across Palou’s lower line on corner exit, taking advantage of the wider line in the turn to pull away on the back straightaway. On the final lap, Dixon instead chose the low line through Turn 2, eliminating a prime overtaking spot for Palou.

Dixon’s victory was as masterful as it was improbable.

With a starting spot of ninth, Dixon and strategist Mike Hull decided to capitalize on Dixon’s legendary ability to save fuel and attempt to complete the race on just two pit stops, one fewer than most teams attempted. The fuel mileage alchemy needed some laps under yellow to have a chance to succeed, and Dixon got that during the final caution period from Laps 31-34 when Christian Rasmussen’s No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet stopped off course in Turn 8.

Dixon made his final pit stop at the end of Lap 61. Meanwhile, Palou was pushing hard up front in the lead, knowing he had to build a sufficient gap on track to keep the top spot from Dixon after his final stop and make a three-stop strategy work.

Palou entered the pits for his final stop at the end of Lap 72 and rejoined the 13-turn, 2.258-mile circuit ahead of Dixon on track. He expanded his lead to 1.8 seconds by Lap 77 and appeared to be headed to his seventh victory of the season.

Then Palou bobbled with five laps to go, and Dixon pounced.

“We still had to save fuel all the way to the end, so it was definitely very tight,” Dixon said. “I didn’t see what happened. I saw he went off in Turn 9. We got a little bit lucky with that.”

There was some solace for Palou despite the barbed disappointment of giving away a win. His championship lead, 93 points entering this event, grew to 113 points. That’s a gap of more than two races with seven races remaining this season.

The next NTT INDYCAR SERIES event weekend is the Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend, a doubleheader July 12-13 at Iowa Speedway. The Synk 275 powered by Sukup is 5 p.m. ET Saturday, July 12, with the Farm to Finish 275 powered by Sukup at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, July 13. FOX, the FOX Sports app and the INDYCAR Radio Network will broadcast both races live.

The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport
Race Results

  1. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 90, Running
  2. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 90, Running
  3. (2) Christian Lundgaard, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  4. (5) Colton Herta, Honda, 90, Running
  5. (14) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  6. (15) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 90, Running
  7. (8) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 90, Running
  8. (7) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 90, Running
  9. (26) Rinus VeeKay, Honda, 90, Running
  10. (3) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, 90, Running
  11. (4) Nolan Siegel, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  12. (10) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 90, Running
  13. (24) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  14. (6) Louis Foster, Honda, 90, Running
  15. (11) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  16. (17) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  17. (13) David Malukas, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  18. (19) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  19. (12) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  20. (23) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 90, Running
  21. (27) Robert Shwartzman, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  22. (25) Jacob Abel, Honda, 90, Running
  23. (21) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 89, Running
  24. (20) Graham Rahal, Honda, 89, Running
  25. (16) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, 36, Contact
  26. (22) Will Power, Chevrolet, 11, Contact
  27. (18) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 1, Contact

Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 111.166
Time of Race: 01:49:41.0967
Margin of victory: 0.4201 of a second
Cautions: 2 for 8 laps
Lead changes: 8 among 4 drivers

Lap Leaders:
Palou, Alex 1 – 27
Simpson, Kyffin 28
Dixon, Scott 29
Palou, Alex 30 – 56
Dixon, Scott 57 – 60
Palou, Alex 61 – 72
Herta, Colton 73 – 75
Palou, Alex 76 – 84
Dixon, Scott 85 – 90

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings:
Palou 430, Kirkwood 317, O’Ward 305, Dixon 282, Lundgaard 263, Rosenqvist 259, Herta 217, Armstrong 209, Power 202, Ferrucci 198, McLaughlin 197, Malukas 187, VeeKay 179, Rossi 176, Simpson 162, Rasmussen 155, Siegel 147, Daly 144, Newgarden 142, Ericsson 141, Rahal 139, Foster 118, Shwartzman 113, Robb 105, DeFrancesco 99, Ilott 95, Abel 64, TAkuma Sato 36, Helio Castroneves 20, Ed Carpenter 16, Jack Harvey 12, Ryan Hunter-Reay 10, Kyle Larson 6, Marco Andretti 5

Double Top-10 For Meyer Shank Racing at Mid-Ohio

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Rosenqvist makes two-stop strategy work to finish sixth while Armstrong finishes a close seventh

Lexington, Ohio (6 July 2025) – After a number of seasons of tough outings for Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the squad – which is based less than 60 miles away from the Lexington track – earned its best-ever result at its home circuit on Sunday.

Using diverse pit strategies and a big fuel-saving effort from Felix Rosenqvist (No. 60 SiriusXM Honda) on his final stint, MSR came away with a pair of top-seven finishes in Sunday’s Honda 200, the 10th race of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES campaign.

Rosenqvist joined race winner Scott Dixon as the only two drivers in the top eight to make just two fuel stops in completing 90 laps around the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio layout to earn a sixth-place finish, but a late threat from teammate Marcus Armstrong (No. 66 Spectrum Honda) tested Rosenqvist’s fuel tank over the final orbits.

The two-stop strategy allowed the Swedish driver to steadily climb the standings after starting 15th. He used a long first stint and a quick pit stop to move into eighth after the first round of stops and then settled into the back end of the top 10 in stretching his second fuel load as well.

Meanwhile, the driver of the blue-and-white No. 66 Honda ran in the top five most of the day but the quicker laps forced him to pit slightly earlier than his teammate, setting the stage for the inter-squad battle over the last laps.

Armstrong’s stop with six laps to go saw him return to the track directly behind Rosenqvist, who was intent on keeping his new teammate in his rearview mirrors. Armstrong threatened throughout the final trips around the Lexington circuit, but Rosenqvist answered the bell, running his best lap of the race on his final lap to secure sixth and leaving Armstrong to place seventh.

The result marked the fourth time this season that MSR has earned two top-10 results in the same race and extended the team’s season total of top tens to a team-record 14. Armstrong’s fourth consecutive top-10 finish vaulted him into eighth in the series provisional point standings, while Rosenqvist is just outside the top five after 10 of the year’s 17 races.

MSR won’t have much time to celebrate Sunday’s result as the series heads to Newton, Iowa for a doubleheader race weekend on the lightning-fast 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway oval.

Meyer Shank Racing Driver Quotes:

Felix Rosenqvist: “The car was really good on the blacks. We weren’t really great on the reds, but we got through that stint, lost a little bit. Otherwise we executed a two stopper on a day where I say it was pretty hard to do. It’s a big save. Luckily, the guys on the pit wall put us in a great gap and we managed to have a lot of clean air, and I think that was kinda key. I’ll take that definitely. We had a really poor qualifying yesterday and I think top 10 was the goal today, so we definitely made that work.”

Marcus Armstrong: “Another top 10 and we finished P7 in the end. It was a long race and there were a few different strategies going on. Our strategy was looking pretty good and we were running within the top five for most of the race. I have to say that Meyer Shank Racing did a great job in pit lane and we had some fast pit stops. We took some decent points today which will be good for us in the championship, so nothing to complain about with the result today.”

Hauger Pulls Away at Mid-Ohio for Fifth Win of Season

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LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sunday, July 6, 2025) – Dennis Hauger stayed calm after an unexpected break Sunday and expanded his INDY NXT by Firestone championship lead with a victory in the Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio.

Hauger, from Norway, earned his fifth win in eight starts this season in the INDYCAR development series. His lead over fellow Andretti Global rookie Lochie Hughes grew to 47 points in the standings with six races remaining this season.

Pole sitter Hauger led every lap to beat Caio Collet’s No. 76 HMD Motorsports car to the finish by 3.3220 seconds to earn the 300th overall win across all series in Andretti Global’s rich history. Hughes placed third in the No. 26 McGinley Clinic/USF Pro Championship car.

“The team did an amazing job getting the balance for the race,” Hauger said. “Huge congrats on the 300th win, really cool to be a part of that history.”

Salvador de Alba placed fourth in the No. 27 Grupo Indi machine, the third Andretti Global car in the top four. Josh Pierson rounded out the top five in the No. 14 HMD Motorsports entry.

The race, originally scheduled for 35 laps, ended up being a timed race due to a massive crash between Andretti – Cape Motorsports teammates Ricardo Escotto and Sebastian Murray that triggered a red flag on Lap 5 for repairs of barrier damage caused by the impact.

Hauger pulled away from Collet on the start, building a gap of around one-half second. Then, Murray and Escotto were racing side-by-side on Lap 4 through the fast “kink” section of the track between Turns 3 and 4 on the 13-turn, 2.258-mile circuit when their wheels touched, hurling the No. 2 DREAM RACING DUBAI entry of Murray and the No. 3 Frank’s Red Hot car of Escotto into the barrier, with Murray going airborne.

Both cars suffered heavy damage, but neither driver was hurt. The remaining field returned to pit lane and climbed from their cars as facility crews and the INDYCAR AMR Safety Team needed approximately 37 minutes to make the major repairs.

Once the race resumed, Hauger again held off Collet. With 20 minutes remaining, Hauger led by seven-tenths of a second.

That margin grew to more than a second over the next few laps. Then with about six minutes remaining, Hauger dropped the hammer and padded his lead to two seconds. He kept the pace high until nearly the very end of the race, turning his quickest lap of the event on the third-to-last trip around the track.

“It was not easy; the first couple of laps were not the easiest,” Hauger said of the resumption of the race. “Once we got into a rhythm, it was just spot on. We just had a perfect race, so we’re happy about that.”

The next INDY NXT by Firestone race is Saturday, July 12 at Iowa Speedway, the second of four oval races on the 2025 schedule.

Kaulig Racing Race Recap | The Loop 110

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No. 11 Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet

Start: 27th
Stage 1 Finish: 27th
Stage 2 Finish: 7th
Finish: 11th

Josh Williams started in 27th but moved up to 22nd by the lap-five caution. Upon restarting on lap nine, he continued his upwards trek, giving crew chief Eddie Pardue the option to flip the stage. Pardue took the option, bringing Williams down pit road with three laps to go in the stage for four tires and fuel. One lap later, the caution came out, putting the No. 11 Alloy Employer Services Chevy in a good position strategically for the remainder of the race. Williams finished Stage 1 in 27th, but he restarted for the next stint in fifth. After passing teammate Christian Eckes on lap 20, Williams rolled into fourth place midway through Stage 2. With seven laps remaining in the stage, Williams was passed by the Nos. 00 and 21, shuffling him back to sixth. Debris brought the caution out with six laps to go, and Williams immediately resumed fuel saving. After firing off in the third row, Williams crossed the line to take the second green-white-checkered flag in seventh. Restarting with 16 laps remaining in the race, Williams was cued into the No. 70 in turn three, leading to a caution; the No. 11 suffered no damage and was positioned in eighth place. With 13 to go, the green came back out, and Williams settled into 11th after the field went single file. He leaped into the top 10 with six laps to go after the No. 7 developed an issue on track. A wreck that brought out the yellow flag happened with six laps to go, setting up a dramatic end to The Loop 110; Williams restarted in 10th with two to go and took the checkered in 11th.

“Our No. 11 Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet is in one piece. That’s a good day. You don’t get to do that all that often here. Our tires were worn there at the end, so that’s a shame, but I would’ve loved to battle more there. Pretty happy with how today went and I’m looking forward to Sonoma.” – Josh Williams

No. 16 Benesch Chevrolet

Start: 38th
Stage 1 Finish: 22nd
Stage 2 Finish: 27th
Finish: 15th

After acquiring major damage in practice and switching to a backup car, Christian Eckes started at the rear of the field in the No. 16 Benesch Chevrolet. An early caution allowed him to pit for adjustments, and while some short-pitted the stage, Eckes stayed out, finishing it in 22nd. He radioed that the car felt fine, but he struggled with gaining the confidence to pass. Luckily, the majority of cars ahead of him pitted during the stage break, putting him third to start the second stage with much-needed track position. Fighting a loose-handling Chevy, Eckes fell to 12th when the next caution came out with six to go in the stage. He pitted for a major adjustment before a two-lap dash to the stage end. Eckes was scored 27th in Stage 2. Staying out during the second stage break, Eckes was told by spotter Coleman Pressley to work on his exits in the right-hand turns to hopefully gain time and chip away at the field. He started the final stage from 24th place. Avoiding a wreck on the restart, Eckes sat 21st coming back to the green with 13 laps remaining. He had made his way to 17th when a late-race caution came out with six laps to go. After a two-lap dash to the checkered, Eckes went on to finish 15th in the No. 16 Benesch Chevrolet.

“I’m disappointed in myself for making a mistake during practice and having to go to a back-up car for the race, but I’m thankful to have this team of men and women at Kaulig Racing behind me and their hard work to get our Benesch Chevy race ready. We were focused on keeping the car clean the whole race, and that’s what we did. We’ll take a top 15 and get back to work for Sonoma.” – Christian Eckes

No. 10 BettenhausenAuto.com Chevrolet

Start: 21st
Stage 1 Finish: 29th
Stage 2 Finish: 24th
Finish: 19th

Throughout the first stage, Daniel Dye reported he was free overall and wasn’t able to get onto the throttle as quickly as his competitors. The No. 10 BettenhausenAuto.com Chevy came to pit road for an air pressure adjustment with three laps remaining, before a caution ended the stage under yellow. Dye was scored in 29th. In Stage 2, Dye worked to find confidence in order to give the team feedback to continue making positive changes. Crew chief Kevin Walter called him to pit road for a track bar adjustment to tighten the car for the final stage. During Stage 3, Dye told the team he was working to settle in and felt the adjustments helped his handling and overall confidence. Dye went on to finish in 19th place.

“Rough day in our No. 10 BettenhausenAuto.com Chevy. We were on track to end up around 16th until I was sent nearly down Michigan Avenue in turn 11 on the final lap. Back to the drawing board to find some more speed in our No. 10 car and behind the wheel as well. I’m looking forward to hopefully finding some of that next weekend in Sonoma and continue getting more confident on these road courses.” – Daniel Dye

About Kaulig Racing

Kaulig Racing™ is a full-time, multi-car NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) team, owned by award winning entrepreneur, Matt Kaulig. Established in 2016, Kaulig Racing™ has earned 27 NXS wins, made the NXS Playoffs consecutively each season since the playoff system started, and won two regular-season championships. In 2021, the team competed in select NCS events, before expanding to a two-car, full-time NCS team in 2022 and adding a third, part-time entry during the 2023 season. Since its first NCS start in 2021, the team has earned two wins. Kaulig Racing is currently fielding two full-time entries in the NCS and continues to field three full-time NXS entries. To learn more about the team, visit kauligracing.com.

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