Motorsport TechnologyChristian Lundgaard drove a quite remarkable race to recover from an opening lap puncture and charge through the field to win from David Malukas and Will Power.
WINNERS AT ROAD AMERICA! 🏆
What a rollercoaster of a race 🎢 Proud of this team and the effort that went into this one. A day we won’t forget. pic.twitter.com/ZsoSBu5pNR
— Christian Lundgaard (@lundgaardoff) June 22, 2026
Lundgaard had started from 12th on the grid, but a collision with Scott Dixon into Turn 1 meant an immediate stop to fix a damaged front wing and deflated Firestone tyre.
From then on, the Dane was near flawless in his driving and also benefitted from the retirement of leader Marcus Armstrong with three laps remaining as pole sitter Alex Palou was penalised for pit lane speeding.
“I knew we had a chance,” Lundgaard is quoted on indycar.com.
“I knew how this race panned out last year, and I knew it was all about just sticking in the race. I did that last year. I made a bunch of mistakes last year that spun ourselves around last year, and I just wanted to make up for that.
“We’ve been on the struggle bus all weekend, so to turn this around, I have to thank the team for that.”
“I did not have this on my bingo card today!” 😅🏆 pic.twitter.com/52O0WWu83B
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 22, 2026
Victory for Lundgaard is his second of the season after victory on the on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road course.
It means that Lundgaard is fourth in the NTT IndyCar standings, 77 points behind leader Palou with Malukas second and Kyle Kirkwood third in the standings.
Racing resumes at The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Sunday, July 5.
