Chip Ganassi Racing star Palou saw Team Penske’s oval ace Newgarden reduce his points lead reduce from 117 to 80 after his closest rival scored a brace of victories on the 7/8-mile short track, the type of venue that the Spaniard admits is his weakest suit.
Although he finished a lapped eighth on Saturday, Palou rebounded on Sunday to salvage a podium finish. When asked by NBC what he’d said to Palou in the immediate aftermath of the race, weekend dominator Newgarden replied: “I told him that you weren’t supposed to finish there!”
