Pato O'Ward Wins in Toronto for Second Victory of Season
TORONTO, CANADA, JUL 20 – Pato O'Ward's win cuts Alex Palou's championship lead to 99 points with four races left, marking Chevy's second victory this season and O'Ward's ninth career IndyCar win.
- On Sunday, July 20, 2025, Pato O'Ward won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, first career victory on the Toronto street course, Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press.
- Entering the 14th of 17 races, Palou had seven victories, holding a 129-point lead over O'Ward in the 2025 IndyCar Series season.
- Multiple tire strategies dictated pit stops and triggered five cautions, resulting in 226 on-track passes.
- Pato O'Ward slashed Palou’s lead, dropping it by 30 points to 99, while VeeKay finished second and Simpson scored his maiden podium.
- Next weekend the series moves to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Monterey, a 2,700-mile journey, as Chevrolet celebrates its second win.
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Pato O’Ward wins Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, ending frustrating run in Canada
Mexico’s Pato O’Ward has always enjoyed the sights and sounds of Toronto, it’s just the IndyCar Series race around Exhibition Place he didn’t like, struggling year after year on the street course.


Pato O'Ward wins in Toronto for second victory of season
INDIANAPOLIS — Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward executed the perfect strategy to win Sunday afternoon's Indy Toronto for his second victory in eight days. The win gets O'Ward 30 points closer to championship leader Alex Palou, who finished 12th. O'Ward started on the alternate tires, then pitted for the primary compound tires before a lap three caution. He had to make three stops, but ran the primaries the rest of the race. “Oh, man, I can’t say I sa…


O'Ward Gives Flawless Performance In Win At Toronto
Source: Penske Entertainment / Penske Entertainment TORONTO — Many say that the chase for the IndyCar championship is a ‘foregone conclusion’ with the massive gap that Alex Palou has opened up on the rest of the field. Yet, on Sunday on the streets of Toronto, we were reminded that the season is never over… until it’s actually over. Pato O’Ward has been chasing Palou all season long, but it was Palou’s turn to chase O’Ward on Sunday as O’Ward an…
Pato O'Ward wins Toronto Indy, ending frustrating run in Canada
Mexico’s Pato O’Ward has always enjoyed the sights and sounds of Toronto, it’s just the IndyCar Series race around Exhibition Place he didn’t like, struggling year after year on the street course. O’Ward finally won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Sunday, for the seven-year veteran’s first victory in Canada. A pep talk from […]
Monterrey, Mexico.- The streets of Ontario saw Pato O'Ward take his second victory of the IndyCar season. The region had a great strategy and won the Toronto Grand Prix, the 13th date of the 2025 season of the American serial. The Mexican continues to reap good results in the campaign, after last week, on the double date in Iowa, he achieved a win and a fifth place. Now, in Canada, O'Ward worked with good pace to climb positions after coming out…
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