INDIANAPOLIS -- Simon Pagenaud ended his victory drought Saturday with a splashy move -- complete with rooster tails.
The Frenchman made a daring pass through three turns on the second-to-last lap and sped away from Scott Dixon for his third IndyCar Grand Prix victory and first series win since the 2017 season finale at Sonoma. Pagenaud beat five-time series champion Scott Dixon by 2.0469 seconds.
"I've got to get everything right, and we did that this weekend," Pagenaud said. "Slowly and surely, we got there. The stars just didn't align before. But the performance has always been there this year.