McLaughlin scores another top 10 in chaotic IndyCar race Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey, Main Pic by @Team Penske
Scott McLaughlin has backed up his maiden IndyCar podium with another top 10 finish at Texas Motor Speedway.
The race, which was won by Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward, featured a six-car shunt which eliminated some series hopefuls.
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It marked O’Ward’s maiden IndyCar win, with the Mexican driver passing McLaughlin’s Team Penske teammate and two-time series champion Josef Newgarden with 24 laps remaining in the 248-lap race.
Dixon kept the series points lead, with O’Ward jumping to second in the standings, 22 points behind.
Steven Tsesmelis is only 14 years old, but he is already racing against the best, and competing in the State and National Kart championships that are taking place across Australia.
Participating for the first time with the Seniors, he claimed 2nd place in the Victorian Kart Championship that was held earlier this month, on his home track, Oakleigh Go-Kart Club.
Making it into the top 5 in Australian, means that the Greek Australian driver has now landed in Adelaide, to compete in the 3rd round of the Australian Kart Championship, with races taking place throughout the weekend of Greek Easter. In his category – KA3 Senior Category – there are 52 competitors in the nationals.
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Thatâs how many seconds it took the newest all-electric car on the market â in its fastest and rather confusingly named Turbo S form â to go from a standstill to 100 km/h. With all-wheel drive and clever electronics, the launch control mode sent it off the line with scarcely a tyre chirp to interrupt the
McLaughlin seals top 15 result in IndyCar opener Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey, Pics by IndyCar Media
Scott McLaughlin has finished 14th at Barber Motorsports Park to commence his first full-time IndyCar Series campaign with Team Penske.
McLaughlin, who won three straight Supercars Championship crowns between 2018 and 2020, ran as high as ninth following a dramatic first-lap incident.
Alex Palou, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, managed to win the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by AmFirst, having pipped Arrow McLaren SP s pole-sitter Pato O’Ward on strategy before holding off McLaughlin’s Australian teammate and 2014 series champion Will Power.