The 29-year-old McLaughlin from Hamilton, New Zealand, remains one of five competitors left standings to contend for the 2022 IndyCar title with his third victory of the season at Portland.
Joey Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series pole Saturday with a 168.521 mph lap at Darlington Raceway. He will lead the field to green for the Cook Out Southern 500 Sunday evening in the first race of the Playoffs.
The end result of a bizarre regular-season finale at Daytona resulted with Blaney edging Truex for the final berth to make the 2022 Cup Series Playoffs.
The two-time IndyCar champion from Hendersonville, Tennessee, trails teammate Will Power by three points in the championship standings with his fifth victory of 2022 at Gateway.
The two-time IndyCar champion from Hendersonville, Tennessee, led all but 42 of 250 laps en route to his fourth IndyCar victory of 2022 in the first of a Iowa Speedway doubleheader feature.
The 28-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, survived an overtime shootout against Denny Hamlin to cash in a million dollars for the first time in his career at the Lone Star state.
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 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.
