Things looked grim for Scott Dixon after spinning out and dropping to the back of the pack last weekend at Indy. However, Dixon put on a masterclass recovery drive, extracting the most from his car and strategy, landing on Victory Lane and earning his first win in 2023.
Indy pole sitter Graham Rahal finished second, while Pato O’Ward finished third. IndyCar makes its final stop at an oval race track, meaning Josef Newgarden is immediately the favorite to win. Insidersbettingdigest focuses on oval-specialist Newgarden and his likely challengers in our Bommarito Automotive Group 500 predictions.
IndyCar Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Betting Odds
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IndyCar Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Information
IndyCar Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – 260 laps
One Lap: 14 turns over 2.439 mi/3.925 km.
Location: World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Illinois
Date & Time: Sunday, August 27th, 2023, 3:30 PM ET
How to Watch: NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports App, IndyCar Live
IndyCar Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Recent Results
Gateway has had four race winners since returning to the IndyCar Schedule in 2017.
Part-time oval specialist Takuma Sato won this race in 2019, with his best finish in 2023 being seventh at the Indy 500.
Scott Dixon claimed pole position in 2018 and won in 2020.
Will Power captured pole position four times at Gateway (2017, 2020, 2021-2022), landing on Victory Lane in the first race held in 2020.
However, one driver stands above all others in open-wheel racing on ovals and should be among your IndyCar picks every time. Josef Newgarden captured pole position in 2019, won IndyCar’s return to Gateway in 2017, and has won the last three races (2020-2022).
IndyCar Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Betting Preview and Prediction
Josef Newgarden
If our Bommarito Automotive Group 500 predictions didn’t favor Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden to win on the oval at Gateway, we’d be doing a disservice to everyone who places a bet on motorsports.
Newgarden won the last three races at Gateway and won all four oval races this season – his only race wins this season. Josef Newgarden looks to continue his historic, making it six-consecutive wins on oval tracks.
Newgarden is coming off a disappointing 25th-place finish at Indy, dropping to third in the Driver’s standings, but having five top-five finishes in the last seven races.
Àlex Palou
While amidst contract disputes with McLaren and assessing Formula 1 seat options, Alex Pálou is marching toward another IndyCar Drivers’ Championship. With a 101-point lead, it will take an absolute disaster for Pálou to not win the Drivers’ Championship.
Pálou has built his winning season by finishing in the top ten in every race, with four race wins and 11 top-five finishes. He has three top-five finishes on oval tracks in 2023, with his best finish being third in the second race at Iowa.
Scott Dixon
Scott Dixon has a four-point lead over Josef Newgarden to sit second in the Drivers’ Championship, and he built his points totals by being consistent like Pálou.
While Indy was Dixon’s first race win of the season, he has finished in the top ten in 14 of 15 races, with eight top-five finishes. However, on ovals this season, Dixon only has one top-five finish: a fifth-place finish at Texas.
Pato O’Ward
McLaren’s Pato O’Ward has seven top-five finishes this season, with three third-place finishes and seven top-ten finishes in the last ten races.
On ovals, O’Ward has landed on the podium twice, finishing second in Texas and third at the first Iowa race.
IndyCar Gallagher Grand Prix Betting Pick
Insidersbettingdigest is taking Josef Newgarden to win and Dixon, Pálou, Power, and Newgarden to finish in the top five for our Bommarito Automotive Group 500 predictions.
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