*O’WARD BREAKS THROUGH FOR FIRST CAREER WIN IN XPEL 375

*原標(biāo)題：重大突破~奧沃德德克薩斯奪個(gè)人印地首冠~

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O’Ward broke through for his first career NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet, winning the XPEL 375 on Sunday evening at Texas Motor Speedway. O’Ward, who started fourth, passed two-time series champion Josef Newgarden with 24 laps remaining in the 248-lap race and pulled away to a 1.2443-second victory over Newgarden’s No. 2 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet.

上周日德克薩斯的夜幕下，奧沃德駕駛著他的五號(hào)麥克拉倫-雪佛蘭賽車(chē)迎來(lái)了職業(yè)生涯的大突破。第四起步的奧沃德在比賽還剩24圈時(shí)，一舉超過(guò)了兩屆總冠軍約瑟夫·紐加頓的二號(hào)雪佛蘭賽車(chē)，并在248圈的比賽結(jié)束時(shí)拉開(kāi)了1.2秒的優(yōu)勢(shì)。

“Finally!” O’Ward said. “That was long race, but we had so much pace in the Arrow McLaren SP No. 5. We got the job done today, man. It’s Texas. It’s very close to my heart. Many Mexicans were out there in the grandstands, so thank you guys so much.”

“終于！”奧沃德說(shuō)道，“這比賽可夠長(zhǎng)的，但我的麥克拉倫速度很棒?；镉?jì)，今天我們做到了！這里是德克薩斯，最愛(ài)的故鄉(xiāng)就離這不遠(yuǎn)，我愛(ài)這里。我看到主看臺(tái)上有不少墨西哥車(chē)迷，實(shí)在是太感謝你們了。”

O’Ward became the first Mexican winner of an INDYCAR SERIES race since Adrian Fernandez in 2004 on the 2-mile oval at Auto Club Speedway. This also was McLaren’s first win in INDYCAR since April 22, 1979, when Johnny Rutherford swept a doubleheader at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

奧沃德成為繼2004年的阿德里安·費(fèi)爾南德斯后第一位奪得分站冠軍的墨西哥車(chē)手，后者在04賽季中，于汽車(chē)俱樂(lè)部2英里的橢圓賽道上問(wèn)鼎。這也是麥克拉倫自1979年4月22號(hào)以來(lái)再次品嘗到勝利的滋味，想當(dāng)年還是強(qiáng)尼·盧瑟福在亞特蘭大的雙回合中為麥克拉倫橫掃賽場(chǎng)。

Graham Rahal finished third in the No. 15 Fleet Cost & Care Honda. Six-time series champion Scott Dixon, winner of the Genesys 300 on Saturday night, finished fourth after starting from the pole in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Dixon kept the series points lead. O’Ward jumped to second in the standings, 22 behind.

格拉漢姆·雷哈爾駕駛著他的15號(hào)本田賽車(chē)占據(jù)了最后一個(gè)領(lǐng)獎(jiǎng)臺(tái)席位。周六300英里比賽的勝者，六屆冠軍斯科特·迪克森排在第四位，桿位起步的他也算是守住了積分榜頭名。奧沃德則一舉躍升至積分榜第二，僅落后迪克森22分。

“Huge congrats to Pato,” Dixon said. “I was watching from back a few spots there, and what he did there at the end was a tremendous drive, especially against one of the best guys in the field.”

“由衷地祝賀帕托（奧沃德），”迪克森說(shuō)，“我就在他身后不遠(yuǎn)處，比賽末段他的表現(xiàn)太出色了，尤其是他面對(duì)的是場(chǎng)上的最佳車(chē)手之一（紐加頓），他的駕駛無(wú)可挑剔?！?/p>

The series shifts to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the next two races. The GMR Grand Prix is scheduled for Saturday, May 15 on the IMS road course, with the 105th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge set for Sunday, May 30 on the Brickyard’s world-famous oval.

首次三連賽結(jié)束后，賽事將在休整一周后迎來(lái)“印第安納波利斯月”。5.15將率先在印地內(nèi)場(chǎng)賽道先賽一場(chǎng)，接著是印地500的排位周。最后，5.30車(chē)手們將在著名的“磚場(chǎng)”橢圓賽道迎來(lái)第105屆印地500大賽。

原文地址：

https://www.indycar.com/news/2021/05/05-02-texas-race2-lead