
The AMSP #5 team took home a huge haul of points in the Iowa double-header finishing second in the first race and winning the second. This helped to offset O’Ward’s extraordinary back-to-back mechanical misfortunes in Road America and Mid-Ohio that resulted in DNFs.
With five races to go, he lies fifth in the championship, 36 points behind Marcus Ericsson, 28 behind Will Power, and just two behind Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon. Defending champion Alex Palou is a further eight points in arrears.