Pato O’Ward needed to turn his second starting position into a strong win on Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. It was the only way to keep championship leader Alex Palou within reach as the IndyCar Series headed into the 14th of 17 races on the calendar,

Alex Palou and Pato OWard lead the front row for the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey, setting the stage for an exciting race.

Pato O'Ward is targeting his best title fight finish of his career with a sizable cushion for second place and a long shot at tracking down Alex Palou.

Pato O'Ward took the checkered flag at Toronto, tightening the gap between him and Alex Palou for the championship.

Pato O'Ward gets his second IndyCar Series race win of the season on the streets of Toronto: Leaderboard, crashes, highlights.

Arrow McLaren had plenty to celebrate with Pato O'Ward winning his second IndyCar race in three starts and top boss Zak Brown in Toronto. It first took a team meeting.

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Pato O'Ward has chased the tail of Josef Newgarden's car plenty in his IndyCar career. So his win at Iowa was all the more sweet in Race 1 Saturday.

With 100 points to catch and 101 or more needed to overtake the Spaniard, O’Ward is doing the only thing he can, and that’s to push like hell and create opportunities to beat the nearly faultless Chip Ganassi Racing driver over the final four races of the season.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou and Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward will be 1-2 when the green flag drops shortly after 3 p.m. ET (FOX, FOX Sports app, FOX Deportes, INDYCAR Radio Network). They happen to be the winners of the season’s past three races and four of the past five.

Pato O'Ward held off Josef Newgarden at the Iowa Speedway on July 12 to win his first IndyCar race of the season. O'Ward won the Synk 275 powered by Sukup with an average time of 1:46:00.6760. Newgarden,