Team Penske\u2019s Josef Newgarden fell out of the IndyCar Series title race at St Louis on Sunday when his quest to sweep the season\u2019s oval track races ended in the wall.
used an alternate pit strategy to turn the race on its head, the Kiwi pitting three times to the five of the majority of his rivals.
Although he drove back to the pits, his suspension was too badly damaged to continue and he was classified 25for the second race in succession, following his opening lap crash at Indianapolis two weeks ago. “I was just trying to get through cars as quickly as I could after I pitted and it didn’t work out. I got into the marbles and just a touch too high. I was trying… I was trying to catch up and it ended up not being a good move.
“We put together a good car and a good race and it just didn’t work out, so we’ll go to the next one.”Dixon is now the only driver who can overhaul Palou in the final two races of the season at Portland and Laguna Seca.
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