Palou became the first driver since Al Unser Jr. in 1994 to win seven of the first 12 races of the season. Unser Jr. won only one more race that season. Palou now has five more shots. He inarguably is within driving distance of the all-time record.

In 1964, A.J. Foyt won 10 races. Six years later, Al Unser finished the 1970 season with the same number. Mario Andretti won nine races in 1969, and Unser Jr. is one of five drivers to end a season with eight race wins.

Still to come in 2025 are two tracks where Palou has won Series races previously. He has won one race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (site of the July 27 race) and two at Portland International Raceway (August 10). Two years ago, Palou finished second in Toronto, site of next weekend’s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto.

[For the record Palou led 194 of the 275 laps, the second-highest total of the weekend in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Newgarden, a six-time winner at the track, led 232 laps in Saturday’s Synk 275 powered by Sukup despite finishing second to Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward. – AutoCrat]

Race Statistics
• Winner’s average speed: 135.761 mph
• Time of Race: 01:48:39.2641
• Margin of victory: 0.5280 of a second
• Cautions: 5 for 58 laps
• Lead changes: 6 among 3 drivers

Lap Leaders
• Palou, Alex 1 – 64
• Newgarden, Josef 65 – 128
• Palou, Alex 129 – 182
• Kirkwood, Kyle 183 – 191
• Palou, Alex 192 – 240
• Newgarden, Josef 241 – 248
• Palou, Alex 249 – 275

NTT IndyCar Series Point Standings

Palou 515, O’Ward 386, Dixon 342, Kirkwood 335, Lundgaard 300, Rosenqvist 298, Armstrong 267, Power 244, Herta 244, Ferrucci 237, Malukas 237, McLaughlin 234, VeeKay 211, Newgarden 207, Rasmussen 207, Rossi 194, Simpson 191, Daly 184, Rahal 169, Ericsson 164, Siegel 156, Foster 150, Shwartzman 145, Robb 120, DeFrancesco 115, Ilott 111, Abel 88, Takuma Sato 36, Helio Castroneves 20, Ed Carpenter 16, Jack Harvey 12, Ryan Hunter-Reay 10, Kyle Larson 6, Marco Andretti 5.