Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) edged in front of pole sitter Will Power (Team Penske) during the final pit stop rounds to take his fourth IndyCar win in six years racing on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
As consolation prize, Power did take home three bonus points for earning the pole the day before, and leading the most laps during the race. His point tally now puts in on top of the leader board as far as the championship is concerned.
"It’s a very good points day," said Power, who has 379 points. "We’re happy to get the Verizon car on the podium. We’ll keep chasing after it. We’ll get a win here soon and keep going after that championship."
Each and every one of the 85 laps that went by were caution-free.
Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Hamilton) earned himself a podium, making Mid-Ohio his fifth top 5 finish of the season. Another Frenchman, Sébastien Bourdais (Dragon Racing) came home fourth, ahead of Canadian James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport), who rallied from 16th on the grid up to fifth.
"That was probably the toughest race of the year running flat out every lap at this track," said Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 27 Team GoDaddy.com car for Andretti Autosport. "I think I had more fun than anyone but Dixon. It was like a qualifying lap every lap. We ran some good lap times and I’m just happy to bounce back after what happened in qualifying (qualified 16th)."
Alex Tagliani (Herta) completed the top 10, where as Giorgio Pantano, standing in for the injured Charlie Kimball, made it up from 24th on the grid up to 14th.
Race results – IndyCar (Mid-Ohio)*
1 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 85 laps
2 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 3"4619
3 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 4"5402
4 - Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 5"5822
5 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 7"5663
6 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 12"3280
7 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 27"9601
8 - Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 28"1691
9 - JR Hildebrand (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 29"2325
10 - Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 31"1722
11 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 31"4387
12 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 32"0754
13 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 32"4073
14 - Giorgio Pantano (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 33"9166
15 - Rubens Barrichello (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 35"2863
16 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 35"9205
17 - Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 36"9834
18 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 42"0974
19 - James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 46"4304
20 - EJ Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 46"8068
21 - Mike Conway (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 46"9535
22 - Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 1 lap
23 - Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Lotus) - HVM - 2 laps
Retirements
79° lap - Ryan Hunter-Reay
78° lap - Oriol Servia
*Unofficial results
As consolation prize, Power did take home three bonus points for earning the pole the day before, and leading the most laps during the race. His point tally now puts in on top of the leader board as far as the championship is concerned.
"It’s a very good points day," said Power, who has 379 points. "We’re happy to get the Verizon car on the podium. We’ll keep chasing after it. We’ll get a win here soon and keep going after that championship."
Each and every one of the 85 laps that went by were caution-free.
Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Hamilton) earned himself a podium, making Mid-Ohio his fifth top 5 finish of the season. Another Frenchman, Sébastien Bourdais (Dragon Racing) came home fourth, ahead of Canadian James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport), who rallied from 16th on the grid up to fifth.
"That was probably the toughest race of the year running flat out every lap at this track," said Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 27 Team GoDaddy.com car for Andretti Autosport. "I think I had more fun than anyone but Dixon. It was like a qualifying lap every lap. We ran some good lap times and I’m just happy to bounce back after what happened in qualifying (qualified 16th)."
Alex Tagliani (Herta) completed the top 10, where as Giorgio Pantano, standing in for the injured Charlie Kimball, made it up from 24th on the grid up to 14th.
Race results – IndyCar (Mid-Ohio)*
1 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 85 laps
2 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 3"4619
3 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 4"5402
4 - Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 5"5822
5 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 7"5663
6 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 12"3280
7 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 27"9601
8 - Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 28"1691
9 - JR Hildebrand (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 29"2325
10 - Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 31"1722
11 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 31"4387
12 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 32"0754
13 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 32"4073
14 - Giorgio Pantano (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 33"9166
15 - Rubens Barrichello (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 35"2863
16 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 35"9205
17 - Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 36"9834
18 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 42"0974
19 - James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 46"4304
20 - EJ Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 46"8068
21 - Mike Conway (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 46"9535
22 - Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 1 lap
23 - Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Lotus) - HVM - 2 laps
Retirements
79° lap - Ryan Hunter-Reay
78° lap - Oriol Servia
*Unofficial results