IndyCar results, points after Genesys 300 Saturday at Texas

Scott Dixon maintained his stranglehold Saturday on Texas Motor Speedway, winning the Genesys 300 to take command of the NTT IndyCar Series results and points standings.

By leading 206 of 212 laps, the six-time series champion scored his fifth victory and second consecutive at Texas, holding off a late push by Team Penske rookie Scott McLaughlin. Pato O’Ward was third.

Dixon also moved into first in the championship standings by 18 points over Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Alex Palou, who started on the pole position and finished fourth. Palou was the only other driver to lead Saturday.

Here are the IndyCar final results and points standings Saturday in the Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway:

RESULTS

Click here for the box score from the Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Click here for the lap leader chart.

Here is the finishing order with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out:

1. (3) Scott Dixon, Honda, 212, Running
2. (15) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 212, Running
3. (11) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 212, Running
4. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 212, Running
5. (13) Graham Rahal, Honda, 212, Running
6. (10) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 212, Running
7. (6) Jack Harvey, Honda, 212, Running
8. (16) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 212, Running
9. (12) Takuma Sato, Honda, 212, Running
10. (5) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 212, Running
11. (23) Tony Kanaan, Honda, 212, Running
12. (19) Ed Jones, Honda, 212, Running
13. (18) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 212, Running
14. (2) Will Power, Chevrolet, 212, Running
15. (14) Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 212, Running
16. (21) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 212, Running
17. (17) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 212, Running
18. (22) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 212, Running
19. (9) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 211, Running
20. (8) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 211, Running
21. (24) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 211, Running
22. (4) Colton Herta, Honda, 190, Mechanical
23. (20) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 158, Contact
24. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 55, Contact

Winner’s average speed: 173.036 mph; Time of race: 1:45:51.3417; Margin of victory: 0.2646 of a second; Cautions: 2 for 29 laps; Lead changes: 3 among 2 drivers; Lap leaders: Palou 1-2; Dixon 3-124; Palou 125-128; Dixon 129-212

POINTS

Click here for the points tally in Saturday’s race.

Through three races, here are the full points standings for:

Drivers

Entrants

Engine manufacturers

Top 10 in the standings: Scott Dixon 118, Alex Palou 100, Will Power 81, Pato O’Ward 80, Jack Harvey 77, Scott McLaughlin 75, Josef Newgarden 75, Simon Pagenaud 74, Graham Rahal 71, Colton Herta 70.

NEXT: The NTT IndyCar Series will race at 5 p.m. ET Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway on NBCSN.

Chase Sexton announced on Instagram he will sit out this weekend’s Pro Motocross race at Hangtown in Rancho Cordova, California after a practice crash on Tuesday left him with a concussion.

Sexton’s crash on Tuesday happened during a test session at Fox Raceway.

“Bummed to make this post but I’ll be sitting out this weekend,” Sexton said. “As you guys saw I had a big one during qualifying at Pala, then another one on Tuesday this week that banged me up pretty good. Nothing broken just need a few days to get back to 100%.”

Despite his crash in the first qualification session in Pala, California, Sexton mounted up for both motos and finished second in each race behind his teammate Jett Lawrence, who was making his Motocross debut and won with a pair of first-place finishes. Sexton padded his SuperMotocross points’ lead over the injured Eli Tomac, who is still second in the combined Supercross and Motocross standings despite missing the SX finale at Salt Lake City and the outdoor opener with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Sexton has an advantage of 78 points over Cooper Webb and cannot give up his SMX lead by missing this round.

At stake, however, is the risk of losing ground to Lawrence in the Pro Motocross championship. Sexton currently trails his teammate by six points and is liable to lose significant ground this weekend.

In addition to his concussion, Sexton has also been diagnosed with mononucleosis and the combination of the two conditions caused the team to make the difficult decision to keep him out of the lineup at Hangtown.

“I’m super-bummed to miss this weekend’s race,” Sexton said in a press release. “I feel like I rode well at Pala, and I was really looking forward to Hangtown because it’s a good track for me. Unfortunately, I was already pretty banged up from my qualifying crash on Saturday, and now with mono and Tuesday’s concussion on top of it, I want to do the right thing and hopefully be back on the track soon.”

A return date for Sexton has not yet been announced.