Indycar race results from Texas Motor Speedway
Tonight, the NTT Indycar Series unloads in Fort Worth, Texas. The Genesys 300 is the first of two Indycar races this weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway oval.
View full 2021 Texas results from the Indycar race below.
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Tony Kanaan is making his first start of the 2021 racing season. He was fastest in practice. But, after qualifying was canceled, Kanaan will be coming from the tail of the field.
Alex Palou and Will Power line up on the front row. 212 laps of Indycar racing are up next…
Texas Indycar
Race 1 – Report
Green flag, Palou leads into turn one. Dixon takes 2nd away as the field forms single file in a hurry.
Lap 3, Dixon has a run on Palou. He looks to the outside and clears him, Dixon leads.
Lap 50, Dixon leads Palou by 1 second.
Lap 52, green flag pit stops are underway. Dixon still leads.
Lap 56, Sebastien Bourdais gets spun by Josef Newgarden! Bourdais backs it right into the wall in turn two. The caution is out.
Dixon leads Palou and 12 other cars that have yet to pit. Dixon will restart with the race lead.
Green, Dixon leads Palou by 10 car lengths before the line. Kanaan has climbed all the way to 7th after starting at the back.
Halfway
Lap 115, Dixon leads Palou by 4 seconds.
Lap 120, green flag pit stops are underway.
Green flag stops are complete at lane 132. Dixon leads Felix Rosenqvist as Palou falls to 4th.
Lap 145, Rosenqvist has cut the gap to 0.4 seconds.
Lap 161, James Hinchcliffe pushes up the banking in dirty air. He chases it up the hill but spins. He slams the outside wall! The caution is out.
The field returns to the pit lane. Felix Rosenqvist is forced into the grass. He exits the pit lane in 12th. Scott McLaughlin takes over 2nd.
Trouble for Marcus Ericsson as he leaves his pit box without a right rear. The team pushes him back to install the tire.
39 to go
Green, Dixon leads McLaughlin. Harvey and Newgarden bang wheels for 6th.
Harvey throws a huge block on Rahal. He runs him all the way to the apron down the backstretch. No penalty as Rahal takes the spot anyway.
25 to go, Dixon leads McLaughlin by 10 car lengths.
22 to go, Herta has a brake issue and he’s forced to pit under green. The rear brakes are on fire and he’s out of the race.
10 to go, Dixon leads McLaughlin by 0.5 seconds.
7 to go, Dixon appears to be purposely slowing to put McLaughlin in dirty air. Dixon also doesn’t want to catch the tail of the field.
2 to go, Dixon leads McLaughlin by 0.3 seconds. He’s closing quickly on lap traffic!
Scott Dixon wins at Texas Motor Speedway!
Texas Motor Speedway
Race Results
May 1, 2021
Indycar Series
Pos | Driver
1. Scott Dixon
2. Scott McLaughlin
3. Pato O’Ward
4. Alex Palou
5. Graham Rahal
6. Josef Newgarden
7. Jack Harvey
8. Alexander Rossi
9. Takuma Sato
10. Simon Pagenaud
11. Tony Kanaan
12. Ed Jones
13. Felix Rosenqvist
14. Will Power
15. Pietro Fittipaldi
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay
17. Ed Carpenter
18. Dalton Kellett
19. Marcus Ericsson
20. Rinus VeeKay
21. Conor Daly
22. Colton Herta
23. James Hinchcliffe
24. Sebastien Bourdais
Indycar
Point Standings
After: Texas (May 1, 2021)
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Scott Dixon
118
2. Alex Palou
-18
3. Will Power
-37
4. Patricio O’Ward
-38
5. Jack Harvey
-41
6. Josef Newgarden
-43
7. Scott McLaughlin
-43
8. Simon Pagenaud
-44
9. Graham Rahal
-47
10. Colton Herta
-48
11. Takuma Sato
-51
12. Rinus VeeKay
-57
13. Marcus Ericsson
-57
14. Sebastien Bourdais
-61
15. Alexander Rossi
-63
16. Felix Rosenqvist
-74
17. Ed Jones
-75
18. Romain Grosjean
-81
19. Conor Daly
-81
20. Ryan Hunter-Reay
-82
21. James Hinchcliffe
-86
22. Dalton Kellett
-87
23. Tony Kanaan
-99
24. Jimmie Johnson
-99
