{"id":172550,"date":"2026-02-28T06:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172550\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:05:48","slug":"indycar-news-scott-dixon-crashes-at-st-pete-scott-mclaughlin-fastest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172550\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar news: Scott Dixon crashes at St Pete, Scott McLaughlin fastest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"McLaughlin
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Dixon’s damaged #9 Chip Ganassi Racing car. <\/p>\n

Scott McLaughlin wound up on top of the timesheets for Team Penske while Scott Dixon put his Chip Ganassi Racing car in the wall at Turn 9.<\/p>\n

Dixon\u2019s car snapped sideways entering the corner before it slapped the concrete wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cKind of a frustrating one,\u201d said Dixon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe typical MO (modus operandi) for that corner is you clip the inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I got loose on entry, tried to save it, and then kind of go into a bit of an over-correction.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuckily it slid off a lot of the speed, or it killed a lot of the speed before I got to the wall.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSometimes you can tub a car and destroy them there, so hopefully we\u2019re not too bad.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrustrating for the first practice. Car was really fast in the first portion, and then it looks like the CGR car were really quick in that one too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dixon, who finished the session in 15th with 20 laps to his name, will not have to go to a back-up car for the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to reset, get going again tomorrow morning,\u201d said Dixon.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, having good cars here out of the gate was definitely key.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe teammates are doing a good job so we\u2019ll be able to learn off that.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLaughlin lead Meyer Shank Racing\u2019s Felix Rosenqvist and Andrett Global\u2019s Kyle Kirkwood in the session.<\/p>\n

McLaughlin\u2019s time, a 1:01.102s, put him just 0.064s clear of Rosenqvist.<\/p>\n

\u201cDecent first day,\u201d said McLaughlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously being P1 is a great start. The DEX Imaging Chevy was straight away fast, and felt good and comfortable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for us. It\u2019s the start of a long season and it was nice to have a smooth session to start. We\u2019ll keep pressing on and see how we go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyffin Simpson was something of a surprise packet in fourth as the leading Chip Ganassi Racing driver while Marcus Ericsson completed the top five for Andretti.<\/p>\n

New Zealand\u2019s Marcus Armstrong was seventh while Australia\u2019s Will Power ended up 18th.<\/p>\n

The session featured a handful of red flag stoppages.<\/p>\n

The first was for a spring that came adrift from Dennis Hauger\u2019s Dale Coyne Racing car. The second was for Alexander Rossi, who spun and stalled his Ed Carpenter Racing car at Turn 4.<\/p>\n

Josef Newgarden also suffered an off at the final corner and parked his Team Penske car in the run-off before coming up to a rest next to the tyre barrier.<\/p>\n

Louis Foster cause the final red flag of the two-part practice when he locked up at the final turn and buried his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car in the tyre barrier.<\/p>\n

Results: IndyCar Series St Petersburg, Practice 1<\/p>\n

Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nLaps
\nLap
\nDiff
\nGap<\/p>\n

1
\n3
\nScott McLaughlin
\nTeam Penske
\n27
\n1:01.102<\/p>\n

2
\n60
\nFelix Rosenqvist
\nMeyer Shank Racing
\n28
\n1:01.166
\n0.064
\n0.064<\/p>\n

3
\n27
\nKyle Kirkwood
\nAndretti Global
\n26
\n1:01.178
\n0.076
\n0.012<\/p>\n

4
\n8
\nKyffin Simpson
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n27
\n1:01.178
\n0.076
\n0.000<\/p>\n

5
\n28
\nMarcus Ericsson
\nAndretti Global
\n27
\n1:01.197
\n0.095
\n0.018<\/p>\n

6
\n10
\nAlex Palou
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n24
\n1:01.261
\n0.159
\n0.065<\/p>\n

7
\n66
\nMarcus Armstrong
\nMeyer Shank Racing
\n28
\n1:01.303
\n0.202
\n0.042<\/p>\n

8
\n21
\nChristian Rasmussen
\nEd Carpenter Racing
\n23
\n1:01.483
\n0.381
\n0.015<\/p>\n

9
\n12
\nDavid Malukas
\nTeam Penske
\n30
\n1:01.487
\n0.385
\n0.004<\/p>\n

10
\n7
\nChristian Lundgaard
\nArrow McLaren
\n21
\n1:01.523
\n0.421
\n0.036<\/p>\n

11
\n76
\nRinus VeeKay
\nJuncos Racing
\n23
\n1:01.544
\n0.442
\n0.021<\/p>\n

12
\n5
\nPato O\u2019Ward
\nArrow McLaren
\n24
\n1:01.575
\n0.473
\n0.031<\/p>\n

13
\n18
\nRomain Grosjean
\nDale Coyne Racing
\n23
\n1:01.754
\n0.652
\n0.178<\/p>\n

14
\n2
\nJosef Newgarden
\nTeam Penske
\n19
\n1:01.782
\n0.680
\n0.028<\/p>\n

15
\n9
\nScott Dixon
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n20
\n1:01.800
\n0.698
\n0.018<\/p>\n

16
\n14
\nSantino Ferrucci
\nA.J. Foyt Enterprises
\n23
\n1:01.841
\n0.739
\n0.041<\/p>\n

17
\n19
\nDennis Hauger
\nDale Coyne Racing
\n25
\n1:01.868
\n0.766
\n0.027<\/p>\n

18
\n26
\nWill Power
\nAndretti Global
\n24
\n1:01.939
\n0.837
\n0.071<\/p>\n

19
\n15
\nGraham Rahal
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n25
\n1:02.102
\n0.924
\n0.033<\/p>\n

20
\n6
\nNolan Siegel
\nArrow McLaren
\n22
\n1:02.103
\n0.925
\n0.001<\/p>\n

21
\n20
\nAlexander Rossi
\nEd Carpenter Racing
\n20
\n1:02.113
\n0.935
\n0.010<\/p>\n

22
\n45
\nLouis Foster
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n19
\n1:02.152
\n1.050
\n0.039<\/p>\n

23
\n47
\nMick Schumacher
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n37
\n1:02.171
\n1.069
\n0.019<\/p>\n

24
\n4
\nCaio Collet
\nA.J. Foyt Enterprises
\n29
\n1:02.258
\n1.156
\n0.063<\/p>\n

25
\n77
\nSting Ray Robb
\nJuncos Racing
\n23
\n1:02.278
\n1.176
\n0.02<\/p>\n


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