Alex Palou entered the Washington D.C. race weekend with a 133-point lead, and secured pole place for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. Nonetheless, an uncharacteristically messy day for Palou opened the door for Kyle Kirkwood to make large positive factors as he captured the checkered flag.
Kirkwood is now 91 factors behind Palou with simply three races left within the 2026 IndyCar season.
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Christian Lundgaard jumped from fourth to 3rd in factors after his runner-up end, 19 factors behind Kirkwood. One more podium for Will Energy has bumped him up into the highest ten within the championship standings.
Scott McLaughlin’s daring cross for the lead that ended with him within the wall value him two positions within the standings, dropping him to ninth.
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