Alexander Rossi kept driving and kept waiting. Waiting for the luck to change, for the everything to click again. Sunday, at the Gallagher Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course, the waiting was over.
It had been 49 races -- a little over three years -- since the Andretti Autosport driver was last in the Winner's Circle, and his celebration reflected that. It didn't make up for missing out the other 49 times, but it was still pretty sweet.
And quite a relief.
"It's been so many things, for so long," said Rossi, who will be moving to Arrow McLaren SP next season. "I feel for Colton [Herta, who had a late mechanical issue when leading]. ... He was differently strong. But it was the 27 car's turn."
Behind him, Christian Lundgaard drove his best race of the 2022 IndyCar season, finishing second for his first podium in the series. The Dane, who has quietly produced consistent finishes for Rahal Letterman Lanigan, put in another quality run where he was able to stay out of trouble the entire afternoon.
"It does feel like a win," Lundgaard said. "It feels like a birthday present. My birthday was this past Sunday at Iowa. Coming in, we knew we had a strong car. I wasn't happy in practice, but we found something after."
Running 3-4-5 were the Team Penske chargers of Will Power, Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden, who certainly looked like they had cars that could win but somehow the race never seemed to come to them.
"It was a rough start, got pushed around in Turn 1," Power said. "It was a great recovery. Everyone was very aggressive. We'd like to keep it clean, but it's amazing to go all they back to 16th and finish third.
"I know this game so well. But you've got to take what you can every race day."
It was a busy day at the office for Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Scott Dixon and Marcus Ericsson. Starting deep in the field after issues in qualifying, Dixon finished eighth and championship leader Ericsson 11th by using pit stop strategy and some gutsy driving to salvage what they could. Still, Ericsson dropped into second in the driver's championship, nine points behind Power.
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