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Alex Palou continued his dominance of IndyCar at Mid-Ohio on Sunday, executing perfect strategy with a fast car to beat Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon by a wide margin for his third straight win and fourth in the last five races.

“Three in a row, let’s go!” Palou yelled at his team over the radio. “Thank you boys. What an awesome day.”

Palou began his dominating run on the road course at Indianapolis, and he captured the pole in the Indy 500 and was in contention there until an issue on pit road led to a fourth-place finish. He followed with wins on the streets of Detroit and at Road America before giving the Ganassi team its record-tying 12th win at Mid-Ohio.

Simon Pagenaud, of France, drives during the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix auto race, Sunday, June 4, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Simon Pagenaud was not cleared to run Sunday’s IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio after a spectacular wreck in practice in which his car flipped seven times through a gravel trap.

Colton Herta accelerates out of Turn 5 during qualifying Saturday, June 17, 2023, for the IndyCar auto race at Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wis. Herta won the pole for Sunday's race. (Gary C, Klein/The Sheboygan Press via AP)

Graham Rahal qualified on the front row for the first time in four years for the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio. He was second-fastest to Colton Herta on Saturday.

IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud walked away unharmed from a terrifying wreck during practice at Mid-Ohio on Saturday.

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Dixon, who in 2020 became the last driver to win three straight IndyCar races, finished second to move into second place in the standings. Will Power was surprised to finish third because he had lost track of where he was in the running order.

Christian Lundgaard finished fourth in a solid day for Rahal Letterman Lanigan while Scott McLaughlin was fifth.