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Wrong-footed in Q1 by Josef Newgarden spinning and causing a red flag and then Kyle Kirkwood ahead of him limiting his ability to warm up his tires on his sole chance to go for a flyer, Dixon was left down in 13While he has proved able to storm through from mid-grid positions to reach the podium – as recently as Nashville he climbed from 14to third. But today at Laguna Seca, that wasn’t feasible.
“The one run we got clean air, our pace was as good as the leaders. Just frustrating, we couldn't bring what we needed today.“You win some, you lose some. This team never gave up, we pushed as hard as we could. Unfortunately we ended up third.”wins to surpass Mario Andretti’s win tally, Dixon stated:"As a group effort, everybody did a hell of a job this season, We finished every lap this year which is definitely a huge milestone in itself.
Teammate Marcus Ericsson fought hard with Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske at Laguna Seca but his ninth place finish, combined with McLaughlin’s sixth and Palou’s victory, meant the Swede slipped from fourth to sixth in the championship standings, the same position in which he finished in 2021. “Proud of the #8 car crew and Chip Ganassi Racing, they’ve done a tremendous job all year. Big thanks to them and congrats to Alex on the win today.”, ahead of established IndyCar aces such as Graham Rahal, Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves.
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