Scott Dixon, who scored his 44th victory in Toronto today said that he was confident in the pace of his car, but that it had been a challenging race due to tire pick-up under cautions and stubborn backmarkers. The four-time IndyCar champion, who took a 62-point lead in the points standings with five rounds to go, hit the front of the pack at Toronto on Lap 33 when Josef Newgarden, pole-winning Penske-Chevrolet drifted hard into the Turn 11 wall as the field came to take the green on a restart. Pitstops aside, the Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda was in control thereafter, leading 49 of the remaining 53 laps. He told NBCSN afterward: “I’m worn out, that was definitely a physical race. It was...
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