By: Spencer Neff
July 6, 2025
Scott Dixon took advantage of a rare mistake from Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Alex Palou with five laps remaining in Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio. After Palou bobbled in Turn 9, Dixon got by for the victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Dixon held Palou off by .4201 of a second to win for the seventh time at the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course. It is Dixon’s 59th career victory, second only to A.J. Foyt’s 67 all-time.
Dixon also extends his INDYCAR record to 21 consecutive seasons with a victory and 23 overall. This is Dixon’s first victory since Detroit in 2024, 20 races ago.
CGR earns their second 1-2 finish of the year (St. Petersburg) and their 143rd series victory. They have won seven of the first 10 NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard earned his fourth podium of 2025 as the best Chevrolet, third behind the CGR Hondas. Colton Herta of Andretti Global was fourth and Lundgaard’s teammate Pato O’Ward rounded out the Top Five. Honda also extends their win streak to 11, dating back to last year.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Louis Foster finished 14th and is now the rookie of the Year leader. Palou still leads the championship points standings by 113 over Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood, who finished eighth.
While Palou led 75 of the first 84 laps, Dixon led 11, including the final six. Along with teammate and tenth-place finisher Kyffin Simpson, CGR led 87 of the 90 laps in the race.
Race Recap
Heading into Turn Four past the alternate starting line on the opening lap, Josef Newgarden suffered a rear-wheel lockup that set him spinning into the inside sand trap. The Team Penske driver would fall out of contention from the damage. He would return to the race later on to complete a lap but finished last in the 27-car field.
PREMA Racing’s Callum Ilott and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal would also be involved but continued on.
Following the Lap 6 restart, Lundgaard got back around Simpson for second while Palou held the
On Lap 12, Penske’s misfortunes continued as Will Power suffered a left-rear header fire on pit lane and would be forced out of the race.
Palou would lead until his first pit stop on Lap 28. On Lap 31, the caution would fly again for the stalled car of Ed Carpenter Racing’s Christian Rasmussen. After running out of fuel, the No. 21 ECR machine was towed back into the garage.
From the Lap 35 restart, Palou would stretch out his lead before making the Lap 57 stop. On Lap 61, his teammates Dixon and Simpson pitted. Simpson’s career day unraveled when he stalled on pit road then struck one of the crew members on Rinus VeeKay’s No. 18.
Palou would make his final stop on Lap 72 and would lead until he bobbled in Turn 9 on Lap 86. Dixon was quick to capitalize on the rare mistake from his teammate. Dixon held off any further challenge for the historic victory.
The race would tie Mid-Ohio’s previous record with eight lead changes (1988, 2007 and 2017) among four drivers. Slowed by a pair of cautions for a total of eight laps, the average speed of the race was 111.166 mph.
Up Next
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads to Iowa Speedway next weekend for a doubleheader of 275-lap races on the .894-mile bullring.
Opening practice for the weekend starts at 3:30 p.m. ET, Friday July 11 on FS2. Qualifying will air on Saturday, July 12 at 12:00 p.m. ET with FS1 providing the broadcast. (two-lap qualifying, Lap 1 sets Race 1 grid, Lap 2 does so for Race 2) .
The Synk 275 is scheduled for a 5:00 p.m. FOX broadcast on Saturday with a 5: 20 p.m. green flag.
On Sunday, the Farm to Finish 275 will air on FOX at 1:00 p.m. ET with a 1:20 green flag. Stay with IndyCar1909 and our social media platforms for the latest on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
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