Laguna Seca IndyCar: Palou wins race, Power is champion

Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Power got a clean start from the drop of the green flag but both Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport-Honda and Pato O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet –up from sixth – squeezed front row starter Callum Ilott’s Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevy to the outside at Turn 2 to claim second and third respectively. Romain Grosjean dropped to fifth ahead of David Malukas (Dale Coyne Racing w/HMD), Scott McLaughlin (Penske), Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing), Simon Pagenaud (Meyer Shank Racing) and Marcus Ericsson (Ganassi).

Josef Newgarden was up to 20^th from 25^th, while Scott Dixon held station in 13^th, and on Lap 3, Newgarden clicked another one off with a pass on Kyle Kirkwood into the Corkscrew.