{"id":14852,"date":"2023-06-30T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=14852"},"modified":"2023-06-29T13:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T17:20:52","slug":"indycar-mid-ohio-predictions-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/06\/30\/indycar-mid-ohio-predictions-and-how-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar: Mid-Ohio Predictions and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div class=\"lwos-top-header-menu\">\n<div class=\"lwos-container\">\n<h3 class=\"lwos-menu-top-header\">After a week off following Road America, Alex Palou looks to extend his championship lead even more, as just about everyone else tries to do the opposite at Mid-Ohio.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\">\n<article id=\"post-14594\" class=\"post-14594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-indycar category-ntt-indycar-series\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<article class=\"post-11270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-indycar tag-colton-herta tag-josef-newgarden tag-laguna-seca tag-marcus-ericsson tag-scott-dixon tag-scott-mclaughlin tag-will-power\"><strong>Alex Palou\u00a0<\/strong>has established himself as the dominating force in IndyCar over the past month and a half, winning three of the past four races (finishing fourth in the one race he didn&#8217;t win), and running away with the points lead in the process. The Spaniard&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/06\/19\/indycar-palou-extends-points-lead-with-win-at-road-america\/\" target=\"_self\">latest conquest came at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin&#8217;s Road America<\/a>, marking his second consecutive victory after his<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/06\/06\/indycar-palou-conquers-the-streets-of-detroit\/\" target=\"_self\"> triumph two weeks prior in Detroit<\/a>.<\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<article><\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<article>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RETWEET to congratulate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPalou?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AlexPalou<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>His third <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndyCar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@INDYCAR<\/a> win of the year comes at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roadamerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RoadAmerica<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L1fLzZi4f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/L1fLzZi4f6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; INDYCAR on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndyCaronNBC\/status\/1670512205026951168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"post-11270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-indycar tag-colton-herta tag-josef-newgarden tag-laguna-seca tag-marcus-ericsson tag-scott-dixon tag-scott-mclaughlin tag-will-power\">74 points behind Palou in the championship standings is Chip Ganassi Racing teammate\u00a0<strong>Marcus Ericsson<\/strong>, who took his lone win of the season to date at the season opener in St. Petersburg.\u00a0<strong>Josef Newgarden\u00a0<\/strong>is the first non-Ganassi driver to appear in the standings, and despite winning twice already this season, is still seven points behind Ericsson.<\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<article class=\"post-11270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-indycar tag-colton-herta tag-josef-newgarden tag-laguna-seca tag-marcus-ericsson tag-scott-dixon tag-scott-mclaughlin tag-will-power\">Yet only one driver of those three has stood on the top step of the podium at Mid-Ohio, the site for this weekend&#8217;s IndyCar Series action, that driver being Newgarden, who took the 2017 and 2021 editions of the race. Last year&#8217;s race winner\u00a0<strong>Scott McLaughlin\u00a0<\/strong>currently sits sixth in the standings, a rather large 125 points behind Palou.<\/p>\n<h3>The Track<\/h3>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24\">\n<p>Opened in 1962 and situated just west of the village of Lexington, Mid-Ohio (officially Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course) has played host to American open-wheel racing since 1970, with the modern iteration of IndyCar racing at the track since 2007. Mid-Ohio currently hosts the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Truck Series, and various sports car and endurance events throughout the season.\u00a0<strong>Scott Dixon\u00a0<\/strong>owns the most IndyCar wins at the track, with six total wins dating back to 2007.<\/p>\n<p>A 2.25-mile lap at Mid-Ohio starts on the short pit straight, which houses the finish line but is not used for race starts and restarts due to its short length. Turn 1 sends drivers down towards &#8220;The Keyhole&#8221;, a slow hairpin that sees many overtaking opportunities. The back straight follows, and is where drivers find the start line, as well as the slight kink that is Turn 3. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14862 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/06\/Mid-Ohio-Chicane-06.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/06\/Mid-Ohio-Chicane-06.png 938w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/06\/Mid-Ohio-Chicane-06-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/06\/Mid-Ohio-Chicane-06-768x454.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turn 4 sends drivers to the right directly into a sweeping, up-and-down section of the track that makes up Turns 5 and 6 before going into &#8220;The Esses&#8221;, where drivers swerve back and forth through 7 and 8 into Turn 9. Turn 9 puts drivers to the right into a short straight, before Turns 10 and 11 twists them into &#8220;The Carousel&#8221;, which sweeps right by the entry pit road and onto the pit straight, concluding a 13-turn, 2.25-mile lap at Mid-Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-11270\" class=\"post-11270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-indycar tag-colton-herta tag-josef-newgarden tag-laguna-seca tag-marcus-ericsson tag-scott-dixon tag-scott-mclaughlin tag-will-power\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-50\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-50\">\n<h3>Championship Standings<\/h3>\n<p>Alex Palou has extended his championship lead to 74 after yet another win, this time at Road America.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing \u2013 324 points<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Ericsson, Chip Ganassi Racing \u2013 250 points<\/li>\n<li>Josef Newgarden, Team Penske \u2013 243 points<\/li>\n<li>Pato O&#8217;Ward, Arrow McLaren \u2013 226 points<\/li>\n<li>Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing \u2013 226 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Race Predictions \u2013 Mid-Ohio<\/h3>\n<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes Alex Palou&#8217;s dominant two-race win streak. I think Josef Newgarden grabs his third win of the season, his first big move to claw away at Palou&#8217;s big points lead. However, following him will be Palou himself along with\u00a0<strong>Colton Herta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Josef Newgarden, Team Penske<\/li>\n<li>Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing<\/li>\n<li>Colton Herta. Andretti Autosport<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>How to Watch (All Times in EST)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Practice 1: <\/strong>Friday, 6\/30 \u2013 3:05 p.m. on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home?orig_ref=https:\/\/www.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Practice 2: <\/strong>Saturday, 7\/1 \u2013 9:45 a.m. on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home?orig_ref=https:\/\/www.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualifying: <\/strong>Saturday, 7\/1 \u2013 2:45 p.m. on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home?orig_ref=https:\/\/www.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio:\u00a0<\/strong>Sunday, 7\/2 \u2013 1:30 p.m on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=usa+networjk&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA<\/a> (80 laps, green flag at 1:53)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-50\">\n<p>All IndyCar sessions are covered live by IndyCar Radio, which can be found on the official IndyCar mobile app or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SiriusXM<\/a> Channel 160.<\/p>\n<p>For a list of international broadcasters,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/-\/media\/Files\/2022\/News\/OTT_TERRITORIES_04252022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5>Featured Image Credit: Chris Owens\/Penske Entertainment<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a week off following Road America, Alex Palou looks to extend his championship lead even more, as just about everyone else tries to do the opposite at Mid-Ohio. Alex Palou\u00a0has established himself as the dominating force in IndyCar over the past month and a half, winning three of the past four races (finishing fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4174,"featured_media":14863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,1663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-indycar","category-ntt-indycar-series"],"modified_by":"Gabe Perrin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}