Newgarden is third in the standings and trails Palou by 81 points.
There’s so much season still that he’s got a good cushion at this point, they’ve done a great job, but I don’t think that guarantees anything in Ind圜ar.” “What’s going to happen on the final nine, it’s impossible to say. When you have eight races in a row without a bad one, this is what happens points-wise. If you look at their story, they’ve not had one bad race yet. We had an engine pop on us in the very first round. “They’ve not had a bad race,” said Newgarden, who finished second at Road America. Petersburg and hasn’t finished below fifth in any of the seven races since. Palou was eighth in the season opener at St. That Indy 500 performance reflects his ability to produce plenty of points even when he doesn’t win. Palou had the pole position at the Indy 500 and dominated for much of the race before he was spun on pit road during routine stops. He very easily could have a four-race winning streak right now if circumstances had gone just a little bit differently in the Indy 500. His Road America triumph followed victories on the Indianapolis road course and at Detroit.
That season should offer some encouragement for all the drivers currently chasing Palou in vain.Īs big as Palou’s lead is, it could have been even bigger.
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