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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 Penske charge in Saturday’s qualifying session and started fourth for Sunday’s 85-lap event. Electing to start on the Firestone alternate guayule tire, McLaughlin was forced to pit early from the fifth position as the tire wear became too great. The New Zealander would use a long second stint on the primary tire to ease his way back to the fourth position late in the race. On the third of four, late-race cautions McLaughlin was contacted by Power as the two were determined to maximize their points. McLaughlin suffered the worst of the damage, forcing him to retire early from the event.
MCLAUGHLIN’S THOUGHTS: “It was just, in my opinion, a very low percentage move by Will (Power) there. We both had Palou covered and we were both going to gain points on him going into the homestretch of the season with a lot of ovals left where Team Penske is typically very strong. You never like contact with your teammate, but it happens. I ran into him at Laguna Seca so it’s hard to be very upset and hypocritical. Just frustrated when you have these moments, but the Gallagher Chevy team will move past it.”
