Newgarden Wins But Scott Dixon Crowned Champion in St Pete

 

Scott Dixon,  2020 Champion   Placed 3rd in the race.

It was an action packed race with lots of drama. In fact Josef Newgarden won the race but Dixon finished third, so Newgarden's heroic effort was not enough to overcome his points deficit. It was close; he finished just 16 points behind Dixon. 

With the temperature near 90 and track temps near 125 degrees, the capacity crowd of 20,000 did get a show if not a hot mess at times.  Will Power was out in the early going and several favorites had their problems. But relative newcomer Pato O'Ward finished a strong second and St. Petersburg resident and favorite, Sebastien Bourdais finished fourth.

It won't be long for the Indycars to return as they are scheduled to run the first race of 2021 on March 7th.  

This post will be a short one as I am headed to New York tomorrow and will add more photos when I return, including shots from the Porsche GT3 Cup and the Indy Pro 2000 and USF 2000 series.  But first here's some highlight shots:

                                                    Race Winner, Josef Newgarden

                                       Sebastien Bourdais- St. Petersburg resident came 4th

                                                    A rising star- Pato O'Ward came 2nd.

Hope you enjoyed the pics and look for more in the future.   Brought to you by Paul Ziegler, Publisher