Alex Palou did what he needed to do at Nashville Superspeedway to become the second youngest three-time IndyCar champion in history. He kept his nose clean, and ultimately cruised to the title after his only rival, Will Power, suffered heartbreak in the early stages as his seatbelts came undone and he fell five laps behind.
Palou eventuall finished in 11th place, one lap behind race winner Colton Herta, but with a substantial cushion over Power, who eventually ended up eight laps down at the chequered flag.
Herta claimed his first victory on an oval to round off his most successful season in IndyCar as championship runner up ahead of Scott McLaughlin and the hapless Power.
Position |
Driver |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Alex Palou |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
544 |
2 |
Colton Herta |
Andretti Global |
513 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
Team Penske |
505 |
4 |
Will Power |
Team Penske |
498 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
McLaren |
460 |
6 |
Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
456 |
7 |
Kyle Kirkwood |
Andretti Global |
420 |
8 |
Josef Newgarden |
Team Penske |
401 |
9 |
Santino Ferrucci |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
367 |
10 |
Alexander Rossi |
McLaren |
366 |
11 |
Christian Lundgaard |
Dale Coyne Racing |
312 |
12 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing |
306 |
13 |
Rinus VeeKay |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
300 |
14 |
Marcus Armstrong |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
298 |
15 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Andretti Global |
297 |
16 |
Linus Lundqvist |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
279 |
17 |
Romain Grosjean |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
260 |
18 |
Graham Rahal |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
251 |
19 |
Pietro Fittipaldi |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
186 |
20 |
Sting Ray Robb |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
185 |
21 |
Kyffin Simpson |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
182 |
22 |
Christian Rasmussen |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
163 |
23 |
Nolan Siegel |
Dale Coyne Racing |
154 |
24 |
David Malukas |
Meyer Shank Racing |
148 |
25 |
Jack Harvey |
Dale Coyne Racing |
143 |
26 |
Conor Daly |
Dale Coyne Racing |
119 |
27 |
Agustin Canapino |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
109 |
28 |
Theo Pourchaire |
McLaren |
91 |
29 |
Katherine Legge |
Dale Coyne Racing |
61 |
30 |
Tom Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing |
46 |
31 |
Ed Carpenter |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
45 |
=31 |
Toby Sowery |
Dale Coyne Racing |
45 |
33 |
Calum Ilott |
McLaren |
39 |
34 |
Luca Ghiotto |
Dale Coyne Racing |
27 |
35 |
Helio Castroneves |
Meyer Shank Racing |
26 |
36 |
Kyle Larson |
McLaren |
21 |
37 |
Takuma Sato |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
19 |
38 |
Tristan Vautier |
Dale Coyne Racing |
12 |
39 |
Juri Vips |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
11 |
40 |
Colin Braun |
Dale Coyne Racing |
10 |
41 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
6 |
=41 |
Hunter McElrea |
Dale Coyne Racing |
6 |
43 |
Marco Andretti |
Andretti Herta |
5 |
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