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Verizon IndyCar Series standings after Rainguard Water Sealers 600

By Brittany Frederick

Jun 10, 2017; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Verizon IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon (9) is interviewed before the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 10, 2017; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Verizon IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon (9) is interviewed before the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Scott Dixon retains the Verizon IndyCar Series points lead despite crashing at Texas. Here are the IndyCar standings after the Rainguard Water Sealers 600.

Scott Dixon may have been wrecked out of the Rainguard Water Sealers 600, but that wasn’t enough for him to lose the Verizon IndyCar Series points lead. Dixon remains atop the IndyCar standings for a second consecutive weekend, even widening his lead from eight points to 13 points.

Helio Castroneves’ own crash saw him fall from second to fourth in the points, replaced by his teammate (and defending series champion Simon Pagenaud). Despite spinning out and taking Dixon with him, Takuma Sato held on to third place, while Texas race winner Will Power moved up from eighth to fifth with the victory.

Alexander Rossi was the first of 14 drivers who did not finish on Sunday, and that cost him two spots in the points as he’s now ninth. Rossi’s teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti swapped positions in the standings with another DNF for RHR.

Charlie Kimball’s pole position was only good enough to move him up one spot after engine trouble, while Conor Daly’s seventh place finish didn’t turn into a significant bump up either. He was 21st and now he’s 19th. But credit must be due to Dixon for staying on top of the IndyCar championship despite having been taken out by other drivers in two of the last four races.

Below are the updated Verizon IndyCar Series standings after Texas:

1 – Scott Dixon – 326 pts
2 – Simon Pagenaud – 313 pts
3 – Takuma Sato – 312 pts
4 – Helio Castroneves – 305 pts
5 – Will Power – 286 pts
6 – Graham Rahal – 283 pts
7 – Josef Newgarden – 277 pts
8 – Tony Kanaan – 264 pts
9 – Alexander Rossi – 254 pts
10 – James Hinchcliffe – 232 pts
11 – Max Chilton – 229 pts
12 – Ed Jones – 228 pts
13 – Marco Andretti – 210 pts
14 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – 194 pts
15 – Mikhail Aleshin – 192 pts
16 – JR Hildebrand – 191 pts
17 – Carlos Munoz – 180 pts
18 – Charlie Kimball – 143 pts
19 – Conor Daly – 140 pts
20 – Sebastien Bourdais – 136 pts
21 – Spencer Pigot – 124 pts
22 – Ed Carpenter – 124 pts

Next: Complete Rainguard Water Sealers 600 results

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