Scott Dixon maintained his hammerlock on the NTT IndyCar Series results and points standings Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, where he scored his 50th career victory.
The five-time series champion moved within two victories of Mario Andretti for second on the all-time IndyCar victory list (A.J. Foyt is ranked first with 67 victories.
Dixon also delivered the 113th IndyCar victory for Chip Ganassi Racing, which has won five of eight races in 2020.
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The No. 9 Dallara-Honda driver led 28 laps, including the final 25, and fended off a furious charge by Takuma Sato, who finished second six days after his second Indianapolis 500 victory.
Saturday’s margin of victory was 0.141 seconds, the second-closest IndyCar finish in track history.
Pato O’Ward led a race-high 91 of 200 laps and finished third ahead of Colton Herta and Marcus Ericsson.
Dixon will have another opportunity for a victory Sunday at Gateway, where IndyCar will complete a race weekend doubleheader.
Here are the IndyCar Gateway results and points standings from Saturday:
RESULTS
—Click here for the box score from Saturday’s race at Gateway
—Click here for the lap leader summary from Satuday’s race
POINTS
After eight of a scheduled 15 races, Dixon has a 117-point lead (386-269) over Josef Newgarden (an increase of 33 points from after the Indianapolis 500).
The rest of the top 10: Pato O’Ward 256, Takuma Sato 248, Graham Rahal 226, Simon Pagenaud 223, Colton Herta 221, Santino Ferrucci 196, Will Power 190, Felix Rosenqvist 182.
Click here for the driver points chart from Saturday’s race at Gateway.
Here’s what the full points standings are through eight races for:
With the biggest race of the season finally in the record books after a three-month delay, the NTT IndyCar Series will start the second half of its season with a Saturday-Sunday doubleheader at new times for World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
After three consecutive Saturday night races on the 1.25-mile oval, Gateway will play host to two 200-lap (250-mile) afternoon races.
Scott Dixon won Saturday’s Race 1 and extended his points lead to 117 over defending series champion Josef Newgarden with six races remaining in the season.
After Gateway, the final five races are on road and street courses with doubleheader weekends at Mid-Ohio (which likely will be on the second weekend in September) and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (Oct. 2-3).
The season will conclude Oct. 25 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida, street circuit, which originally was slated as the season opener before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused its postponement.
Here is the IndyCar at Gateway schedule (all times are ET), including details and start times:
World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway TV schedule for Sunday
—Gateway Race No. 2: 3-6 p.m., NBCSN, NBC Sports Gold); Leigh Diffey is the lead announcer for IndyCar on NBCSN this weekend with analysts Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy and pit reporters Kevin Lee and James Hinchcliffe.
Bommarito Automotive Group Race #2 at Gateway IndyCar start times, information
COMMAND TO START ENGINES: 3:40 p.m.
GREEN FLAG: 3:45 p.m.
DISTANCE: The race is 200 laps (250 miles) around Gateway’s 1.25-mile oval.
TIRE ALLOTMENT: There are 14 sets for use during the race weekend
FORECAST: According to Wunderground.com, it’s expected to be 88 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the green flag.
DEFENDING RACE WINNER: First year of the IndyCar at Gateway doubleheader; Takuma Sato won the lone race in 2019
QUALIFYING RECORD: Will Power, 23.7206 seconds, 189.709 mph, Aug. 25, 2017
STARTING LINEUP IN RACE 2: How they will line up Sunday
QUALIFYING RESULTS: Power and Sato won the pole positions for this weekend in Saturday’s qualifying session. Click here for the recap and results.
ENTRY LIST: Click here for the 23 cars racing Saturday
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