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IndyCar starting lineup at Mid-Ohio: Alex Palou nips Pato O’Ward for second consecutive pole
By the narrowest of margins, Alex Palou won the right to lead the field to green for the first race of the NTT IndyCar Series’ hybrid engine era. Palou earned his second consecutive pole position, turning a lap of 1 minute, 5.3511 seconds at the Mid-Ohio …