IndyCar: 2018 DXC Technology 600 results – Scott Dixon wins
By Asher Fair
Scott Dixon claimed his 43rd career IndyCar victory by winning the ninth race of the 2018 season, the DXC Technology 600.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon entered last weekend with just one win since the end of the 2016 IndyCar season. He leaves this weekend with two wins in the last three races after winning the DXC Technology 600.
The DXC Technology 600 was the ninth race of the 17-race 2018 IndyCar season, meaning the season is now officially more than halfway over. The race took place on the high banks of the four-turn, 1.44-mile Texas Motor Speedway oval in Fort Worth, Texas.
Dixon, who started the race in seventh place, won the 248-lap race in his #9 Honda by 4.2943 seconds over second place finisher Simon Pagenaud in his #22 Team Penske Chevrolet. Pagenaud ended up being the only Chevrolet driver who finished the race in the top nine, as Honda drivers took every position from third through ninth in addition to first with Dixon.
Dixon’s victory at in the DXC Technology 600 was the 43rd victory of his IndyCar career, which moves him into third place all by himself on the all-time wins list. With his 42nd career victory that he earned last week in the first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, he tied Michael Andretti for third on the all-time list. Now he has it all to himself and trails only A.J. Foyt (67 wins) and Mario Andretti (52 wins) on that list.
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The race featured a total of nine lead changes among seven drivers. Aside of Dixon, six other drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were Pagenaud, Alexander Rossi, Graham Rahal, Ed Jones, Josef Newgarden and Robert Wickens. Dixon led more laps than anybody else in the field, as he led 119 of the race’s 248 laps.
The race also featured three caution periods for laps. The first caution flag period of the race began on lap seven when a the #4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet of Matheus Leist lost power and then burst into flames in turn three. The second caution flag period of the race began on lap 173 when Robert Wickens and Ed Carpenter collided and wrecked in turn three.
The third and final caution flag period of the race began on lap 205 when Will Power and Zachary Claman DeMelo collided coming out of turn four. Of the 22 drivers who entered the race, 16 finished it. Of the 16 drivers who finished the race, nine did so on the lead lap.
Here are the full race results of the 2018 DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 2 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 4 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 5 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 6 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 7 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 8 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 9 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 10 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 11 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 12 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 15 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 17 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 18 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 22 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
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The next IndyCar race is scheduled for Sunday, June 24. That race is the Kohler Grand Prix, and it is set to take place at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network starting at 12:30 p.m. ET.