A race meant for all-stars was fittingly won by Alex Palou.
The two-time and reigning IndyCar champion won the Thermal $1 Million Challenge on Sunday in a total rout. Palou dominated the three day weekend - he was among the fastest drivers in practice sessions and led every lap of anything that counted while winning his qualifying group, his heat race and all 20 laps of IndyCar’s first non-points race since 2008.
Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske finished second, Felix Rosenqvist of Meyer Shank Racing was third, Colton Herta of Andretti Global was fourth and Marcus Armstrong of Ganassi was fifth as the bulk of the purse payout only went to the top five. The remaining 22 entrants were paid $23,000 for participating.
“It’s never easy,” he said. “It’s always tough to try and manage the tires. Am I doing too much? Am I not doing enough?” It went awry moments after the first heat began on the 17-turn, 3.067-mile raceway when Dixon ran into the back of Grosjean, causing Grosjean to spin in a multi-car crash. Dixon was given an avoidable contact penalty as Grosjean, who moved to IndyCar from Formula 1, seethed.And so was the race, which was two 10-lap segments with a 20-minute break - the only time Palou was not out front.
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