IndyCar: 2018 Honda Indy Toronto results – Scott Dixon wins

Scott Dixon earned his third victory of the 2018 IndyCar season in the Honda Indy Toronto, which was the 12th of the season’s 17 races.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon earned his third victory of the 2018 IndyCar season by winning the 12th race of the 17-race season, the Honda Indy Toronto, giving him three victories in the last six races.

The win is the 44th victory of Dixon’s IndyCar career, moving him to within eight wins of Mario Andretti’s career win total of 52, which is second on the all-time wins list behind the win total of A.J. Foyt, which is 67.

Dixon won the 85-lap race around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile (2.874-kilometer) temporary street circuit at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in his #9 Honda by 5.2701 seconds over the highest finishing Chevrolet driver of the race. That driver, Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud, finished in second place in his #22 Chevrolet.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsport teammates Robert Wickens and James Hinchcliffe, both of whom are Canadian, rounded out the top four in their home race. They finished in third and fourth place in their #6 Honda and #5 Honda, respectively.

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Carlin Motorsport’s Charlie Kimball finished the race in a season-high fifth place in his #23 Chevrolet. His fifth place finish is his team’s new best IndyCar finish, as they are in their first season of IndyCar competition and previously had a best finish of eighth. That eighth place finish was also earned by Kimball, as he finished in eighth in the second race of the Dual in Detroit.

The race featured a total of nine lead changes among eight drivers. Aside of Dixon, who led more laps than anybody else in the field with 49 laps led, seven drivers led at least one lap of the race. Those drivers were Pagenaud, Kimball, Tony Kanaan, race polesitter Josef Newgarden, Jordan King, Will Power and Spencer Pigot.

The race also featured a total of three caution flag periods for 12 laps. The first caution flag period of the race began on lap 28 when Ryan Hunter-Reay hit the turn three tire barrier.

The second caution flag period of the race began on lap 34 after Newgarden made contact with the turn 11 wall leading the field to the restart, causing the pack to jumble behind him. A wreck involving Power, Hunter-Reay, Graham Rahal, Sebastien Bourdais, Alexander Rossi and Max Chilton ensued in turn one.

The third and final caution flag period of the race began on lap 42 when Rene Binder went off the course in turn eight. Of the 23 drivers who started the race, 20 finished it, and of the 20 drivers who finished the race, 15 finished it on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2018 Honda Indy Toronto on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Tune in to CNBC at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 29 for the live broadcast of the next race on the 2018 IndyCar schedule. That race is the Honda Indy 200, which is scheduled to take place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.