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Winning the Indianapolis 500 is a moment of joy, ecstasy and tears followed by a week-long gauntlet of media obligations across the country and around the world.

Before you know it, you’re back in the cockpit and racing again.

Juan Pablo Montoya seems to have shaken the week off already, having qualified third for race one of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit.

But that’s now always the case for the winner of the biggest race in the sport in his follow-up performance.

Here are the Indy 500 winner’s results in their next race dating back to Montoya in 2000.

2014 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dual in Detroit

Race 1: Started 21st, finished 16th; Race 2: Started 21st, finished 18th (electrical)

2013 – Tony Kanaan, Dual in Detroit:

Race 1: Started 19th, finished 13th; Race 2: Started 19th, Finished 12th

2012 – Dario Franchitti, Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix:

Started 14th, Finished 2nd

2011 – Dan Wheldon, Kentucky Indy 300 (October 2nd):

Started 28th, Finished 14th

2010 – Dario Franchitti, Firestone 550K at Texas Motor Speedway:

Started 2nd, finished 5th

2009 – Helio Castroneves, ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt Indy 225 at the Milwaukee Mile:

Started 20th, Finished 11th

2008 – Scott Dixon, ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt Indy 225 at the Milwaukee Mile:

Started 3rd, Finished 2nd

2007 – Dario Franchitti, ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt Indy 225 at the Milwaukee Mile:

Stared 10th, Finished 2nd

2006 – Sam Hornish Jr., Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix:

Started 6th, Finished 12th

2005 – Dan Wheldon, Bombardier LearJet 500K at TMS:

Started 8th, Finished 6th

2004 – Buddy Rice, Bombardier 500 at TMS:

Started 2nd, finished 15th (crash)

2003 – Gil De Ferran, Bombardier 500 at TMS:

Started and finished 8th

2002 – Helio Castroneves, Boomtown 500 at TMS:

Started 5th, Finished 4th

2001 – Helio Castroneves, Miller Lite 225 at Milwaukee Mile (CART race)

Started 2nd, Finished 26th (last, crash)

2000 – Juan Pablo Montoya, Miller Lite 225 at Milwaukee Mile (CART race)

Won from the pole.

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DETROIT — Alex Palou topped the results of an NTT IndyCar Series race for the second time this season, extending his championship points lead with his victory in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver, who also won the GMR Grand Prix (and the Indy 500 pole position) last month, holds a 51-point lead over teammate Marcus Ericsson (ninth at Detroit) through seven of 17 races this season.

Ganassi, which placed all four of its drivers in the top 10 at Detroit, has three of the top four in the championship standings with Scott Dixon ranked fourth after a fourth at Detroit.

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Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden is third in the standings after taking a 10th at Detroit. Pato O’Ward slipped to fifth in the points after crashing and finishing 26th

Here are the IndyCar results and points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

RESULTS

Click here for the official box score from the 100-lap race on a nine-turn, 1.645-mile street course in downtown Detroit.

Here is the finishing order in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 100, Running
2. (7) Will Power, Chevrolet, 100, Running
3. (9) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 100, Running
4. (4) Scott Dixon, Honda, 100, Running
5. (13) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 100, Running
6. (12) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 100, Running
7. (2) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 100, Running
8. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 100, Running
9. (6) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 100, Running
10. (5) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 100, Running
11. (24) Colton Herta, Honda, 100, Running
12. (17) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 100, Running
13. (8) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 100, Running
14. (20) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 100, Running
15. (15) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 100, Running
16. (18) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 100, Running
17. (25) Jack Harvey, Honda, 100, Running
18. (14) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 100, Running
19. (23) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 100, Running
20. (19) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 97, Running
21. (22) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 97, Running
22. (26) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 97, Running
23. (21) David Malukas, Honda, 85, Contact
24. (3) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 80, Contact
25. (27) Graham Rahal, Honda, 50, Contact
26. (10) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 41, Contact
27. (16) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 1, Contact

Winner’s average speed: 80.922 mph; Time of Race: 02:01:58.1171; Margin of victory: 1.1843 seconds; Cautions: 7 for 32 laps; Lead changes: 10 among seven drivers. Lap Leaders: Palou 1-28; Power 29-33; O’Ward 34; Palou 35-55; Power 56-64; Palou 65; Rossi 66; Newgarden 67-68; Kirkwood 69; Ericsson 70-76; Palou 77-100.

POINTS

Click here for the points tally in the race.

Here are the points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

Top 10 in points: Palou 273, Ericsson 222, Newgarden 203, Dixon 194, O’Ward 191, Rossi 176, McLaughlin 175, Power 172, Herta 149, Rosenqvist 148.

Rest of the standings: Grosjean 145, Kirkwood 142, Lundgaard 136, Ilott 116, VeeKay 108, Ferrucci 105, Armstrong 101, Rahal 99, Malukas 91, Daly 88, DeFrancesco 81, Castroneves 80, Harvey 78, Canapino 77, Pagenaud 72, Pedersen 61, Robb 55, Takuma Sato 37, Ed Carpenter 27, Ryan Hunter-Reay 20, Tony Kanaan 18, Marco Andretti 13, RC Enerson 5, Katherine Legge 5.

Next race: IndyCar will head to Road America for the Sonsio Grand Prix, which will take place June 18 with coverage starting at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.