Texas Race Results: May 2, 2021 (Indycar Series)

Indycar race results from Texas Motor Speedway (Race 2)

Tonight, the NTT Indycar Series is on the grid in Fort Worth, Texas. It’s the Xpel 375, the second race of the weekend at Texas Motor Speedway!

View 2021 Texas Motor Speedway results for the Indycar Series below.

Texas Menu: Indycar
TV | Prac | Qual | Race 1 | Race 2

Scott Dixon and Alex Palou line up on the front row. 248 laps of open wheel racing are up next…

Texas Indycar
Race 2 – Report

Green flag, big crash mid-pack before the start finish line!

Crash at Texas Motor Speedway - Indycar Series
Crash at Texas Motor Speedway – Indycar Series (Photo: Joe Skibinski)

Fittipaldi gets into Bourdais and turns him across the track as the field saw an accordion coming to the starting line. Conor Daly ran into the scene and was sent upside down. 7+ cars are collected.

Green, Dixon gets the jump and leads Palou by 3 car lengths before the turn one. Jack Harvey takes 3rd away with an outside pass into turn one.

Lap 45, Dixon leads Palou by 0.6 seconds.

Lap 72, Dixon pits from the race lead. O’Ward joins him on the pit lane.

Lap 88, Dixon leads Palou by 0.7 seconds. Newgarden has taken over 3rd in the pit cycle.

Lap 115, Jack Harvey is up in smoke! No caution as he heads for the pit lane under green.

Lap 117

Lap 117, the caution is out.

The field hits the pit lane. Dixon leads Power to the pit exit.

Scott Dixon leads at Texas Motor Speedway - Indycar Series
Scott Dixon leads at Texas Motor Speedway – Indycar Series (Photo: Joe Skibinski)

Green, Dixon leads Power by four car lengths into turn one. O’Ward lokks to the outside of Rahal into turn one and he takes 3rd away.

Lap 131, O’Ward has a run on Power into turn one. He looks to the outside and drives right by! O’Ward to 2nd!

Lap 135, Graham Rahal runs high into turn three. He builds momentum off turn four and works to the outside of O’Ward at the start finish line. Rahal completes the pass into turn one and takes 2nd away.

Lap 140, Rahal closes right to the gearbox of Dixon, battle for the lead. Rahal has a run off turn four. He drives right by on the outside, Rahal leads!

Lap 152, Dixon has a run on Rahal off turn four. He looks to the outside, clear. Dixon returns to the lead.

Lap 175, the top three run nose to tail. Dixon leads Rahal and O’Ward.

Pit cycle

Lap 187, Dixon and Rahal hit the pit lane together. Dixon exits first with Rahal on his bumper.

Graham Rahal and Scott Dixon - Texas Motor Speedway - Indycar Series
Graham Rahal and Scott Dixon – Texas Motor Speedway – Indycar Series (Photo: Chris Jones)

Lap 189, Rahal looks to the outside of Dixon off turn four. He takes the spot but Pato O’Ward has jumped them both with his pit stop.

Lap 190, the caution is out as Rosenqvist has lost a wheel. Sato, Hunter-Reay and Ericsson have yet to pit.

The caution came out just as Newgarden completed his pit stop. Newgarden will take over the lead. However, Sato will stay out on old tires.

Green, Sato leads Newgarden into turn one. Will Power is taken three wide and pushed off line, he skates it up the track and brushes the wall, no caution.

47 to go

47 to go, Newgarden looks to the outside of Sato for the race lead. Inches between them but Newgarden takes the lead on the outside.

35 to go, Pato O’Ward is stalking Newgarden in the battle for the lead. O’Ward is riding and anticipating Newgarden’s car falls off on long runs.

Josef Newgarden and Pato O'Ward at Texas Motor Speedway - Indycar Series
Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward at Texas Motor Speedway – Indycar Series (Photo: Joe Skibinski)

25 to go, O’Ward has a run on Newgarden off turn four. He looks to the outside but can’t complete the pass. That pinches Newgarden’s entry.

24 to go, O’Ward has a run on Newgarden off turn two. He looks to the inside and clears him into turn three. Pato O’Ward leads at Texas.

10 to go, O’Ward leads Newgarden by 1.4 seconds. Rahal runs 3rd.

Patricio O’Ward wins at Texas Motor Speedway!

Pato O'Ward leads at Texas Motor Speedway - Indycar Series
Pato O’Ward leads at Texas Motor Speedway – Indycar Series (Photo: Joe Skibinski)

Texas Motor Speedway
Results
May 2, 2021
Indycar Series

Pos | Driver

1. Pato O’Ward
2. Josef Newgarden
3. Graham Rahal
4. Scott Dixon
5. Colton Herta
6. Simon Pagenaud
7. Alex Palou
8. Scott McLaughlin
9. Rinus VeeKay
10. Ryan Hunter-Reay
11. Ed Carpenter
12. Marcus Ericsson
13. Will Power
14. Takuma Sato
15. Tony Kannan
16. Felix Rosenqvist
17. Jack Harvey
18. James Hinchcliffe
19. Sebastien Bourdais
20. Alexander Rossi
21. Pietro Fittipaldi
22. Ed Jones
23. Dalton Kellett
24. Conor Daly

Pato O'Ward in victory lane at Texas Motor Speedway - Indycar
Pato O’Ward in victory lane at Texas Motor Speedway – Indycar (Photo: Chris Owens)
Indycar
Point Standings

After: Race 4 of 17
Texas (May 2, 2021)

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Scott Dixon
153

2. Pato O’Ward
-22

3. Alex Palou
-26

4. Josef Newgarden
-37

5. Graham Rahal
-46

6. Simon Pagenaud
-51

7. Colton Herta
-53

8. Scott McLaughlin
-54

9. Will Power
-54

10. Jack Harvey
-63

11. Rinus VeeKay
-69

12. Takuma Sato
-69

13. Marcus Ericsson
-74

14. Sebastien Bourdais
-85

15. Alexander Rossi
-88

16. Felix Rosenqvist
-95

17. Ryan Hunter-Reay
-97

18. Ed Jones
-102

19. James Hinchcliffe
-109

20. Conor Daly
-110

21. Dalton Kellett
-115

22. Romain Grosjean
-116

23. Tony Kanaan
-119

24. Ed Carpenter
-120

Texas Motor Speedway
Video Highlights
May 2, 2021
NTT Indycar Series
Links

Texas Motor Speedway | Indycar

Categories

Tags