IndyCar results and points standings after Grand Prix of Portland

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IndyCar Portland results and points standings: Alex Palou moved back into the championship lead with his series-leading third victory of the season Sunday.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver won by 1.2895 seconds over Alexander Rossi to take a 25-point lead over Pato O’Ward (who finished 14th) with two races remaining this season.

Scott Dixon finished third and is 49 points behind his Ganassi teammate in pursuit of his seventh title.

Josef Newgarden, who started 18th and finished fifth Sunday, remained third in the standings.

The two-time IndyCar champion is 34 points behind Palou, who also has victories this season at Barber Motorsports Park and Road America.

Here are the IndyCar results and points standings Sunday after the Grand Prix of Portland:


RESULTS

Click here for the box score from the 110-lap race at the Portland Internatonal Raceway road course. 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. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 110, Running
2. (2) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 110, Running
3. (3) Scott Dixon, Honda, 110, Running
4. (20) Jack Harvey, Honda, 110, Running
5. (18) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 110, Running
6. (4) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 110, Running
7. (10) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 110, Running
8. (6) Colton Herta, Honda, 110, Running
9. (15) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 110, Running
10. (5) Graham Rahal, Honda, 110, Running
11. (8) Ed Jones, Honda, 110, Running
12. (26) Takuma Sato, Honda, 110, Running
13. (14) Will Power, Chevrolet, 110, Running
14. (7) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 110, Running
15. (27) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 110, Running
16. (16) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 110, Running
17. (25) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 110, Running
18. (12) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 110, Running
19. (11) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 110, Running
20. (22) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 110, Running
21. (23) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 109, Running
22. (21) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 95, Running
23. (17) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 91, Running
24. (9) Oliver Askew, Honda, 89, Contact
25. (19) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 77, Mechanical
26. (24) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 50, Mechanical
27. (13) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 1, Contact

Winner’s average speed: 102.011 mph; Time of race: 2:07:04; Margin of victory: 1.2895 seconds; Cautions: 4 for 20 laps; Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers; Lap leaders: O’Ward 1-28; Rahal 29-34; Jones 35-36; Harvey 37-39; Dixon 40-42; Palou 43; Rahal 44-73; Harvey 74-75; Palou 76-78; Dixon 79; McLaughlin 80-84; Ericsson 85; Palou 86-110.


POINTS

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

Through 14 races, here are the full points standings for:

Drivers

Entrants

Engine manufacturers

Pit stop performance

Top 10 in the standings: Palou 477, O’Ward 452, Newgarden 443, Dixon 428, Ericsson 402, Herta 348, Rahal 342, Power 332, Pagenaud 329, Rossi 299.


NEXT: The NTT IndyCar Series will race Sunday, Sept. 19 (3 p.m. ET, NBC) at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the 15th of 16 rounds and final road course in the 2021 season (click here for the full broadcast schedule this year).

Supercross 2023: Results and points after Seattle

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The final results from the Monster Energy Supercross race in Seattle suggests the season is turning into a two-rider battle as Eli Tomac scored his sixth win of the season to tie Cooper Webb for the points’ lead and Chase Sexton crashed in yet another race.

Tomac downplayed the neck strain that caused him to lose the red plate for two weeks, but without that holding him back, it would appear it might have been a bigger problem than he admitted. Despite finishing on the podium in Detroit, Tomac has not shown the late-race strength everyone has come to expect. He was in a slump after scoring a season-worst in Indianapolis and described his sixth win as a “bounce back”.

With this win, Tomac tied James Stewart for second on the all-time list with 50 career Supercross victories. Six rounds remain and there is no sign that Tomac is slowing down. Jeremy McGrath’s 72 wins remains untouchable, for the moment at least.

RESULTS: Click here for full 450 Overall Results; Click here for 250 Overall Results

Cooper Webb was disappointed with second-place, but he recognized the Supercross results at Seattle could have been much worse. He rode in fifth for the first nine laps of the race, behind Tomac and Sexton. When Sexton crashed from the lead and Tomac took the top spot, Webb knew he could not afford to give up that many points and so he dug deep and found enough points to share the red plate when the series returns in two weeks in Glendale, Arizona for a Triple Crown event.

Justin Barcia scored his third podium of the season, breaking out of a threeway tie of riders who have not been the presumed favorites to win the championship. Barcia scored the podium without drama or controversy. It was his fourth consecutive top-five and his 10th straight finish of eighth or better.

Click here for 450 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Last Chance Qualifier | Lap Chart

Jason Anderson kept his perfect record of top-10s alive with a fourth-place finish. Tied for fourth in the standings and 49 out of the lead, his season has been like a death of a thousand cuts. He’s ridden exceptionally well, but the Big Three have simply been better.

Sexton rebounded from his fall to finish fifth. He entered the race 17 points out of the lead and lost another five in Seattle. Mistakes have cost Sexton 22 points in the last three races and that is precisely how far he is behind Tomac and Webb. Unless those two riders bobble, this deficit cannot overcome.

The rider who ties Anderson for fourth in the points, Ken Roczen finished just outside the top five in sixth after he battled for a podium position early in the race.

Click here for 450 Overall results | Rider Points | Manufacturer Points


The 250 West riders got back in action after four rounds of sitting on the sideline and Jett Lawrence picked up where he left of: in Victory Lane. Lawrence now has four wins and a second-place finish in five rounds. One simply doesn’t get close to perfection than that.

Between them, the Lawrence brothers have won all but two races though 11 rounds. Jett failed to win the Anaheim Triple Crown and Hunter Lawrence failed to win the Arlington Triple Crown format in the 250 East division. In two weeks, the series has their final Triple Crown race in Glendale. When he was reminded of this from the top of the Seattle podium, Jett replied, “oof”.

Click here for 250 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Last Chance Qualifier | Lap Chart

RJ Hampshire finished second in the race and is second in the points. This is fourth time in five rounds that Hampshire finished second to Lawrence. If not for a crash-induced 11th-place finish in the Arlington Triple Crown, he would be much closer in the points standings. With that poor showing, he is 23 points behind Lawrence.

Cameron McAdoo made a lot of noise in his heat. Riding aggressively beside Larwence, the two crashed in the preliminary. McAdoo could never seem to get away from Hampshire in the Main and as the two battled, the leader got away. It would have been interesting to see how they would have raced head-to-head when points were on the line.

Click here for 250 Overall results | 250 West Rider Points | 250 Combined Rider Points

The Supercross results in Seattle were kind to a couple of riders on the cusp of the top five. Enzo Lopes scored his second top-five and fourth top-10 of the season after crossing the finish line fourth in Seattle.

Tying his best finish of the season for the third time, Max Vohland kept his perfect record of top-10s alive. Vohland is seventh in the points.

2023 Results

Round 11: Eli Tomac bounces back with sixth win
Round 10: Chace Sexton wins, penalized
Round 9: Ken Roczen wins
Round 8: Eli Tomac wins 7th Daytona
Round 7: Cooper Webb wins second race
Race 6: Eli Tomac, Jett Lawrence win
Race 5: Webb, Hunter Lawrence win
Race 4: Tomac, H Lawrence win
Race 3: Chase Sexton, Levi Kitchen win
Race 2: Tomac, J Lawrence win
Round 1: Tomac, J Lawrence win

2023 SuperMotocross Power Rankings

Week 10: Chase Sexton leads with consistency
Week 8: Chase Sexton unseats Eli Tomac
Week 7: Jason Anderson narrowly trails Tomac
Week 6: Perfect Oakland night keeps Tomac first
Week 5: Cooper Webb, Sexton close gap
Week 4: Tomac retakes lead
Week 3: Ken Roczen takes the top spot
Week 2: Roczen moves up; Sexton falls
Week 1: Tomac tops 450s; Jett Lawrence 250s