INDIANAPOLIS — The Iceman turned the Ironman of IndyCar on Saturday. Capped it off with a win, too.

Scott Dixon overcame a first-lap spin after which held off hard-charging Graham Rahal over the ultimate 10 laps to win Saturday’s Indianapolis Grand Prix by 0.4779 seconds.

Dixon prolonged his file to 19 consecutive seasons with a win. The victory on the highway course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the primary of the season for Dixon, who handed Tony Kanaan when he began the race for many consecutive begins. His 319 consecutive races streak started in 2004 and have all been performed with crew proprietor Chip Ganassi.

It was a pleasant day, however positively not image good.

“I’ll say I assumed I had a unbelievable begin, then bought T-boned there in [turn] seven,” he mentioned earlier than being requested whether or not he thought the successful streak may finish this season. “You all the time have doubts, that is a part of the biz. It is simply wonderful.”

Rahal managed a lot of the race after successful his first pole in six years Friday, however Dixon inherited the lead when Rahal pitted with 23 laps to go. The Ohioan spent the remainder of the race steadily chasing down the six-time sequence champ.

With 10 laps to go, Rahal had pulled inside 2.9084 seconds of Dixon. With two laps remaining, the distinction was simply 0.2689 seconds. Then Rahal bumped into bother.

“On the second to final lap, I wasn’t gaining floor, I used to be simply pulling useless even, and I could not make the lunge,” he mentioned.

That was all Dixon wanted to succeed in victory lane.

“We’re going towards the perfect ever, proper? I imply it is what 20 straight seasons or 19?” Rahal mentioned. “It is ridiculous, it is completely insane.”

Pato O’Ward, Christian Lundgaard — Rahal’s teammate — and Alexander Rossi rounded out the highest 5.

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The IndyCar Collection takes subsequent week off earlier than ending the season with three consecutive weeks of racing. The ultimate stretch begins Aug. 27 at World Vast Know-how Raceway outdoors St. Louis.