The 22-year-old Herta from Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, led three times for a race-high 50 of 75 laps to claim his first IndyCar victory of the season at Indy's road course amid slick conditions,
The two-time IndyCar champion from Hendersonville, Tennessee, benefitted through an executed pit strategy before prevailing over late challenges from Romain Grosjean and Alex Palou to notch his first elusive victory at the Streets of Long Beach.
The 2016 Indianapolis 500 champion from Auburn, California, will be achieving a milestone start in his seventh full-time season in IndyCar competition.
The finish to Sunday's NTT IndyCar XPEL 375 proved to be spectacular finish to a spectacular race, which has proven to be something of a rarity in recent memory at Texas Motor Speedway.
The two-time IndyCar Series champion executed a bold final lap pass over teammate Scott McLaughlin to record the 600th overall motorsports victory for Team Penske at the Lone Star state.
The second-generation competitor from Valencia, Santa Clarita, California is set to achieve a milestone start in his fourth full-time season in IndyCar competition.