Dixon takes points lead with Texas win after Power crashes

Scott Dixon scored his second IndyCar win in as many weekends and moved into the lead of the championship.

The Ganassi driver won under lights in Texas after the Penske drivers, who locked out the top three grid spots, ran into trouble with tyre blistering. Will Power, who arrived in Detroit leading the points standings, failed to finish after tangling with Zachary Claman de Melo late in the race.

Dixon had proceedings under control in the second half of the race, aided by a Alexander Rossi suffering a slow pit stop under caution. The Andretti driver recovered to finish third behind Simon Pagenaud, who had to nurse his tyres to the flag as several drivers struggled in the Texas heat.

At a track where Chevrolet power was expected to provide an advantage, Pagenaud was one of only two Chevrolet-powered driver in the top 10. James Hinchcliffe took fourth ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay, who continued his in-form run with another fifth place.

Hinchcliffe’s Schmidt team mate Robert Wickens went out after colliding with Ed Carpenter. Wickens was trying to put Carpenter a lap down when the pair made contact and spun into the barriers, and Carpenter took responsibility for the collision afterwards.

Graham Rahal rose from 20th on the grid to finish sixth, followed by Takuma Sato, Sebastien Bourdais and Ed Jones. Charlie Kimball was the second of the Chevrolet drivers in 10th, for Carlin.

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