PORTLAND, Ore. — Alex Palou is a two-time IndyCar champion with Chip Ganassi Racing following a dominant run Sunday at Portland Global Raceway.

Palou earned his 5th win of the season to fasten up the name with one weekend too much within the 17-race time table. It’s the first generation in IndyCar the championship has been settled sooner than the finale for the reason that overdue Dan Wheldon gained in 2005.

Palou began the race with a comfy issues supremacy over Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon, the one motive force mathematically eligible to problem the Spaniard for the name. However it didn’t topic what Dixon did within the race as a result of if Palou podiumed, the championship can be over.

He did way over podium at Portland.

Palou led 69 of the 110 laps to attain a decisive victory over runner-up Felix Rosenqvist, who completed 5.4353 seconds again. Dixon, the six-time IndyCar champion, completed 3rd.

It’s the second one name in 3 seasons for Palou, who gained each titles riding for Ganassi. He was once meant to let go Ganassi on the finish of the season for a go to Arrow McLaren Racing, the place he was once additionally McLaren’s check and retain Formulation One motive force.

However Palou knowledgeable McLaren endmost year he’s no longer shifting to the staff and McLaren has filed go well with in the UK in search of no less than $20 million in damages and recoup of cash already complex to Palou.