Preview: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio critical in IndyCar title chase - NBCSports.com
LEXINGTON, Ohio – The middle of Ohio is smack-dab in the heart of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series championship chase. Traditionally a mid-to-late race in the schedule, Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (LIVE, 1:30 p. m. ET, CNBC and NBC Sports Live Extra) actually marks the 14th of 16 races this season, so it takes on a more important role... This weekend’s race marks the first on a road course since the hybrid oval/infield road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May, and the first on a permanent road course since Barber Motorsports Park in April. “The Penskes flew to the front at the Indy road course. it was them and only them,” said KVSH Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais, a two-time winner this year and the defending Mid-Ohio polesitter. Penskes have been dominant in qualifying this year but at Mid-Ohio, the first task the majority of the field has is stopping the freight train that is Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi Racing. Dixon has five wins in eight years at the circuit dating to 2007, and Ganassi’s team has won six straight at the track dating to 2007. In fact, since IndyCar’s return in 2007, only Ryan Briscoe of Team Penske has broken up the Ganassi string of... Source: motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com
