After a month of waiting, the 2023 season of the NTT IndyCar Series returns with the PPG 375 oval race held at Texas Motor Speedway. It's all about the survival of the fastest in the Lone Star State.
As the green flag waved, the action in Texas is on as the drivers are going all-out, pulling out their bold moves. Come Lap 48, Takuma Sato collided with the wall and the caution is triggered. Lap 53 saw a pitlane drama when Kyle Kirkwood and Alexander Rossi got collided.
As the race restarted on Lap 60, Josef Newgarden and Alex Palou are biting each other for the lead, and halfway through the race, Pato O'Ward's catching against Newgarden. With 72 laps to go, another caution was triggered following a mishap by Felix Rosenqvist.
41 laps left, an Indycar rookie Robb got collided with the wall and crashed out of the race, triggering another caution. 28 laps left, it's race over for Graham Rahal and Dviln Defrancesco following a crash.
As the race restarted with just 13 laps to go, it became a three-way fight between Pato O'Ward, Alex Palou, and Josef Newgarden for the lead.
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| Screengrab from IndyCar |
After all of the drama in Texas, Josef Newgarden wins the PPG 375 race of the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series, followed by Pato O'Ward and Alex Palou.
The next race will be the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach this April 16th.
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