Team Penske has been the best in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES this season in oval qualifying, and Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden ensured that powerful trend continued Saturday as they each earned an NTT P1 Award for the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s doubleheader. McLaughlin took the top spot for Race 1 later today and Newgarden qualified first for the second 250-lap race Sunday on the...

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 FREIGHTLINER CHEVROLET START: 20TH FINISH: 7TH POINTS: 4TH (-88) RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 Freightliner Chevrolet team brought one of the strongest cars to Portland International Raceway, but a slight mishap in qualifying – and a subsequent grid penalty – placed them in a deep track-position hole before rallying to finish...

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 DEX IMAGING CHEVROLET START: 1ST FINISH: 2ND POINTS: 5TH (-71) RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 DEX Imaging Chevrolet team continued their strong season on ovals with a second-place finish in Saturday night’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway just outside St. Louis. On Friday afternoon, McLaughlin broke a tie...

Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin earned his second consecutive NTT P1 Award at World Wide Technology Raceway, and this time he gets the prime race starting position that goes with it. A year ago, McLaughlin’s terrific qualifying run was tempered by a penalty for an unapproved engine change, knocking him nine places deeper in the starting order for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500...

Scott McLaughlin and reigning NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou had a nice give and take in a press conference last month at Iowa Speedway, a day after McLaughlin said it takes winning an oval race to be considered a true member of this competitive series. “That wasn’t a shot at you,” McLaughlin said to Palou, who is still seeking his first race win on an oval track. “I think...

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 GALLAGHER CHEVROLET START: 4TH FINISH: 16TH POINTS: 6TH (-83) RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 Gallagher Chevrolet team nearly scored a top-five finish in Sunday’s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto before late-race contact with teammate Will Power resulted in him finishing 16th. The 2024 Indianapolis 500 pole winner, McLaughlin led the Team...

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 XPEL CHEVROLET START: 2ND FINISH: 1ST POINTS: 5TH (-59) RACE RUNDOWN: On Scott McLaughlin’s list of goals heading into the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season was winning on an oval. Oval racing is still a newer discipline to the former Australian Supercars Champion. That goal can now be crossed off as McLaughlin took the checkered flag in Saturday...

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 SONSIO CHEVROLET START: 6TH FINISH: 3RD POINTS: 8TH (-105) RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 Sonsio Chevrolet team stuck to their pre-race strategy and executed it perfectly on the way to a third-place finish in Sunday’s Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After qualifying in the seventh position and just missing out on...

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 GOOD RANCHERS CHEVROLET START: 7TH FINISH: 21ST POINTS: 8TH (-97) RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin’s finishing position is not representative of the day he and the No. 3 Good Ranchers Chevrolet team had at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday. McLaughlin rolled the “Meat Wagon” off from a team-high seventh in the 95-lap event in the...

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 XPEL CHEVROLET START: 8TH FINISH: 3RD POINTS: 5TH (-57) RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin nearly gave himself an early 31st birthday present by winning Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America before finishing third in the No. 3 XPEL Chevrolet to help Team Penske to their first podium sweep since 2017. Starting from the eighth position, McLaughlin...