Scott Dixon takes advantage of a rare mistake by Alex Palou to earn his 7th career victory at Mid-Ohio and 59th in the IndyCar Series.
Palou briefly leaves the track with 4 laps to go, allowing Dixon by, and Dixon wins by less than one-half second. Dixon has won at least one race in 21 consecutive IndyCar seasons.
“Stupid mistake on my part,” Palou told Fox Sports post-race.
Dixon, who gets his first Mid-Ohio win since 2019, uses a 2-pit stop strategy, while his Chip Ganassi teammate uses a standard 3-stop strategy.
Christian Lundgaard completes the podium on the 13-turn, 2.26-mile road course in the Ohio countryside.
Rinus Veekay is the day’s big mover, finishing 9th after starting 26th.
Team Penske’s rough season continues: Scott McLaughlin finishes 23rd; an engine fire leaves Will Power in 26th; Josef Newgarden goes off track on Lap 1 and finishes 27th.
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Scott Dixon, Alex Palou on the shocking IndyCar ending at Mid-Ohio
IndyCar complete results, final grid at Mid-Ohio
IndyCar leaderboard, crashes, results at Mid-Ohio
Lap 86: Alex Palou goes off track briefly, and Scott Dixon gets by for the lead.
Lap 75: Colton Herta pits, leaving Alex Palou and Scott Dixon ahead of the field. Herta has issues on pit road, and he comes out in 8th.
Lap 72: Alex Palou pits and comes out ahead of Scott Dixon by 1+ seconds. Colton Herta leads the race but requires a pit stop.
IndyCar leaderboard at Mid-Ohio, Lap 70
Lap 62: Leaders Scott Dixon and Kyffin Simpson pit for the 2nd time, hoping to make it to the end. Simpson stalls in his pit stall, then grazes the foot of a Rinus Veekay crew member upon exit. Dixon has a smooth stop.
Simpson is assessed a drive-through penalty.
Alex Palou inherits the lead, with a 5-second edge on Pato O’Ward.
The crew member gives a thumbs-up.
Lap 54: Alex Palou is running hard to extend his lead, knowing he will have to make two more pit stops. Colton Herta is in 2nd, more than 10 seconds behind. Scott Dixon is running conservatively in 3rd place, hoping to make just one more pit stop.
IndyCar leaderboard at Mid-Ohio, Lap 50
Lap 43: Conor Daly and Santino Ferrucci touch tires, and Daly briefly goes off track. Ferrucci is penalized 3 positions for avoidable contact.
Lap 40: Alex Palou leads Christian Lundgaard by 1+ seconds, with Colton Herta in 3rd, Nolan Siegel 4th and Scott Dixon 5th.
Lap 36 restart: The top 5 hold their spots.
IndyCar leaderboard at Mid-Ohio on Lap 32
Lap 31: Christian Rasmussen is off track with smoke coming from his engine. Caution. Josef Newgarden returns to the track.
Laps 25-29: The leaders, except for Kyffin Simpson and Scott Dixon, make their first pit stops.
Alex Palou leads that group, though his edge on Christian Lundgaard by less than 1 second. Colton Herta and Nolan Siegel are another 5 seconds behind.
Lap 23: Alex Palou’s right front tire is showing wear, but he leads Christian Lundgaard by 2+ seconds.
IndyCar leaderboard at Mid-Ohio at Lap 15
Lap 12: Will Power enters the pits with his engine on fire.
Lap 6 restart: Alex Palou leads and Christian Lundgaard passes Kyffin Simpson for 2nd.
Lap 1: Graham Rahal and Josef Newgarden make contact and stop in the sand. Caution.
Indy NXT drivers uninjured in terrifying crash
Sebastian Murray and Ricardo Escotto make contact, sending both hard into a retaining wall. Murray’s car flips wildly. Both drivers are released from the track medical center after examination.
IndyCar tire designations at Mid-Ohio today
Alex Palou, Will Power ‘duke it out’ before Sunday warmup
The IndyCar drivers appear to have gotten over their misunderstanding from Saturday’s practice.
IndyCar starting grid today for Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
Row 1
1, Alex Palou
2, Christian Lundgaard
Row 2
3, Kyffin Simpson
4, Nolan Siegel
Row 3
5, Colton Herta
6, Louis Foster
Row 4
7, Kyle Kirkwood
8, Marcus Armstrong
Row 5
9, Scott Dixon
10, Marcus Ericsson
Row 6
11, Alexander Rossi
12, Conor Daly
Row 7
13, David Malukas
14, Pato O’Ward
Row 8
15, Felix Rosenqvist
16, Christian Rasmussen (qualified 10th but was penalized 6 spots after making an unapproved engine change)
Row 9
17, Santino Ferrucci
18, Josef Newgarden
Row 10
19, Sting Ray Robb
20, Graham Rahal
Row 11
21, Scott McLaughlin
22, Will Power
Row 12
23, Devlin DeFrancesco
24, Callum Ilott
Row 13
25, Jacob Abel
26, Rinus Veekay
Row 14
27, Robert Shwartzman
Who is leading IndyCar? 2025 IndyCar results
Alex Palou has won six races and Kyle Kirkwood three. Palou’s points lead is almost two full races of max points.
IndyCar expert picks, predictions for Mid-Ohio
From Nathan Brown, IndyStar
We’re in the back half of a 17-race season, and Palou and Kirkwood are the only drivers to take checkered flags.
Who gets a much-needed podium finish? Marcus Ericsson. Of all the drivers in the field sorely in need of a pick-me-up, the fact that Ericsson sits 21st in points just a single top-10 is one of the year’s biggest headscratchers. And yet, he heads to a track where he’s finished in the top 6 in 4 of his last 5 starts, and where he started and finished 5th a year ago. He’s finished on the podium here before (2021, runner-up), and this is a track where Andretti Global has shown speed in years past.
What is something no one sees coming? Amazingly, we finally get our third winner of the year in Colton Herta. He has only done that in two of his last 10 pole starts. It will be his 10th career victory and Andretti Global’s fourth of the year, its most since 2018.
Who won at Mid-Ohio in 2024? 2024 IndyCar results at Mid-Ohio
Pato O’Ward edged Alex Palou at the finish line, swapping their starting positions. Scott McLaughlin completed the podium after starting 7th.
IndyCar Series schedule at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio
(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)
IndyCar schedule today at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio
9:30-10 a.m.: IndyCar warmup, FS1
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Indy NXT race, FS1
1 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox
What channel is IndyCar race on today at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio?
TV: Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET, Sunday, June 22, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 1:22 p.m. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters.
How can I stream the IndyCar race today at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio?
FoxSports.com, Fox Sports app.
Watch free with a Fubo trial
How can I listen to IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio today in Lexington, Ohio?
IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race)
Will it rain during the IndyCar race today at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio?
Sunday: Sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 80s.
IndyCar at Mid-Ohio push-to-pass, tire allotment
Push-to-pass: Drivers have 200 total seconds, in increments of up to 20 seconds.
Tire allotment: Five sets primary (hard/black sidewall) and five sets alternate for the weekend. Rookie drivers are allowed one additional set of primary tires. Teams must use one set of primary and one set of alternate tires unless wet conditions are declared.
2025 IndyCar Series schedule
The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval)
March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida % (Winner: Alex Palou)
March 23, Thermal, California & (Winner: Alex Palou)
April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
May 4, Birmingham, Alabama & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 10, Indianapolis & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 25, Indianapolis 500 * (Winner: Alex Palou)
June 1, Detroit % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 15, St. Louis * (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin & (Winner: Alex Palou)
July 6, Lexington, Ohio &, 1 p.m.
July 12, Newton, Iowa *, 5 p.m.
July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 1 p.m.
July 20, Toronto %, noon
July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m.
Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m.
IndyCar drivers for 2025
(Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)
IndyCar Series 2025 points championship points
(Through nine of 17 races)
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio complete results, crashes: Scott Dixon wins after Alex Palou’s mistake
Reporting by Scott Horner and Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star / Indianapolis Star
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