Alex Palou led a Honda sweep of the top four finishing positions Sunday at the Grand Prix of Portland, as Honda drivers and teams dominated the finishing order, despite being delayed by a multi-car crash in the opening moments of today’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES event at Portland International Raceway.
Palou, second-finishing Alexander Rossi, third-place Scott Dixon and Jack Harvey, who rounded out the top four, were all caught up in a multi-car incident seconds after the green flag for today’s 110-lap race, when Felix Rosenqvist overshot the entry to the first turn and tagged Dixon’s left-rear tire, scattering nearly half the 27-car starting field.
All four quickly resumed, but now were in the back half of the field for the restart, leading to the thrilling comeback drives that ensued. Behind the lead four, Honda drivers claimed eight of the top-10 finishing positions with Marcus Ericsson, Colton Herta and Graham Rahal finishing seventh, eighth and 10th, respectively.
In addition to Honda’s Indy car win in Portland, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor took their Acura ARX-05 prototype to the overall victory today in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship endurance sports car race in Monterey, California.
Grand Prix of Portland Honda Race Results
• 1st Alex Palou
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
• 2ndAlexander Rossi
Andretti Autosport Honda
• 3rd Scott Dixon
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
• 4th Jack Harvey
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
• 7th Marcus Ericsson
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
• 8th Colton Herta
Andretti Autosport Honda
• 10th Graham Rahal
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
• 11th Ed Jones
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda
• 12th Takuma Sato
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
• 15th Ryan Hunter-Reay
Andretti Autosport Honda
• 20th Jimmie Johnson-R
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
• 22nd Romain Grosjean-R
Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda
• 23rd Helio Castroneves
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
• 24th Oliver Askew
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda [did not finish – mechanical]
• 27th James Hinchcliffe
Andretti Autosport Honda [did not finish – contact]
