. SMcLaughlin93 elated by third IndyCar win, and to remain in title hunt, on a day when O'Ward and Palou were eliminated from contention
The former Supercars ace, in only his second season of IndyCar racing, led 104 of the 110 laps around the 1.964-mile road course in Portland, OR., to add to his wins in St. Petersburg and Mid-Ohio. He is now within 41 points of points leader and teammate Will Power, who finished second today, having thrown all he could at his newest teammate in the closing 20 laps.
“I think the car felt really good in that first stint but as the race went on,” said McLaughlin. “It got a little bit worse so I just had to concentrate on where I wanted the strengths in the car and work with those and just make the best of the weaknesses. “But all weekend we've been fast and it's been right there where we needed it. We did exactly what we needed to do this weekend, that was win and get max points. It keeps us in the fight.
"When Roger and Tim gave me the opportunity to come over here, I knew it was going to be hard but I thought one day we could win. “But the ultimate is obviously to be to win a championship and the 500. And I'm not going to stop until I get one of those or both. It's a long way to climb but you've gotta dream big to get it done.While McLaughlin is fifth in the championship and still in with a vague chance of the championship, defending champion Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda and Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet were eliminated from contention.
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