This is the first time in three weeks that the series has competed on a road course. Since Scott Dixon grabbed his first win of the season at Mid-Ohio, IndyCar had its back-to-back weekend at Iowa Speedway before racing on the streets of Toronto last Sunday.

For the eighth time this year, Alex Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing were the big winners in Laguna Seca. With the win, Palou bumped his championship advantage up to 121 points with three races left. Go ahead and start calling the engravers for that end-of-season trophy…