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Race distance: 100 laps, 220 miles Last year: Debut event. Last race: Ross Chastain led 100 laps, including the last 34, at Nashville and held off points leader Martin Truex Jr. by 0.789 seconds for his first victory of the season and the third of his career. Fast facts: Truex expanded his overall points lead to 18 over William Byron and Chastain and 45 ahead of Christopher Bell.

Marcus Ericsson has had what would be a championship caliber IndyCar season any other year. But it has flown under the radar.

There were 20 IndyCar drivers representing eight teams that participated in a seven-hour test session at Iowa Speedway on Jun 21 in advance of Julys doubleheader.

Alex Palou remains the clear favorite, but there is a new second favorite to win the 2023 IndyCar championship after Sunday's race at Road America.

Chip Ganassi Racing ended the speculation involving two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato by confirming the driver from Tokyo will compete on the ovals in 2023.

With Sunday’s victory, Palou has now won three of the past four races.&nbsp&#x3B;

At his current rate of production, Alex Palou is all but guaranteed to win his second NTT IndyCar Series championship. Granted, we aren’t handing the Spaniard his second crown in a span of three years quite yet, and there’s still plenty of time for things to go wrong for the driver of the No.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- Alex Palou isnt taking anything for granted and his competitors arent conceding a thing.

Colton Herta took pole position, led the most laps, and drove a nearly flawless race to almost earn his first victory of the season, but unfortunately Alex Palou was also participating in round eight at Road America.

The 2023 IndyCar season has reached the halfway point, with Alex Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing once again taking center stage.