MONTEREY, Calif. — Scott Dixon snagged his third win of the season — one week too late to contend for the IndyCar championship — with a strategic run in Sunday’s season finale at Laguna Seca.

The win for Dixon was the primary of his profession at Laguna Seca, and he overcame an early-race penalty for avoidable contact to cycle into the lead in a sloppy race slowed by eight cautions for 35 laps. The prolonged yellows took such a toll on the race that the tempo automobile ran out of gasoline and wanted to be refueled with greater than 35 laps remaining.

Álex Palou, Dixon’s teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing, had already change into the primary driver in almost 20 years to clinch the IndyCar title earlier than the season finale. Palou received his second title in three years together with his victory final week at Portland, his fifth of the season.

Dixon had been mathematically eligible to problem Palou for the title till the Portland victory. He was nonetheless assured to complete second within the standings, however the biggest driver of his era was decided to seize another win.

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The 43-year-old received three of the ultimate 4 races of the season and ensured Ganassi completed 1-2 within the remaining standings. Palou’s title is the fifteenth in IndyCar for Ganassi.

Dixon’s win was the 56th of his profession — 11 shy of AJ Foyt’s report — and helped him shut his season sturdy. Only a month in the past, Dixon was in peril of ending his streak of 19 years with no less than one victory.

Scott McLaughlin, completed second for Staff Penske and was adopted by Palou, who scored 10 podiums in 17 races this season.

Will Energy of Staff Penske completed fourth and ended his run as IndyCar champion by snapping a 16-year streak of successful no less than one race. Callum Ilott of Juncos Hollinger Racing tied his career-best end of fifth and was adopted by Christian Lundgaard of Rahal Letterman Lanigan.

Alexander Rossi of Arrow McLaren was seventh and adopted by Marcus Armstrong, who received Rookie of the 12 months honors for Ganassi. Pato O’Ward of McLaren was ninth, and Ryan Hunter-Reay of Ed Carpenter Racing completed tenth.

Colton Herta completed twenty third after being spun off track by Helio Castroneves in a automobile customized painted to resemble the one Herta’s father, Bryan, drove to the 1998 win at Laguna Seca. The spin cemented a winless season for the youthful Herta, who began the 12 months with a contract extension from Andretti International that many consider made the 23-year-old the highest-paid driver in IndyCar.

Herta mentioned he would give himself a “D-minus” for the season and mentioned even when he had received Sunday’s finale that it would not be sufficient to salvage a disastrous 12 months.