Although Ericsson, Dixon and Palou finished only seventh, eighth and ninth respectively last Saturday, the damage to their title hopes was minimized by points leader Will Power being on the wrong strategy. Penske’s 2014 champion, who had dominated the first half of the race, was left trying to stretch out his fuel and run on old tires when the rain interrupted event restarted, and he fell to sixth.
So while Dixon and Ericsson were vaulted by Newgarden in the points race, they are just 14 and 17 points behind leader Power, with two rounds to go.
