Palou didn’t expect second place at the Indy 500 “would hurt that much”

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou led 35 laps and looked immensely strong throughout, able to pass cars on the inside or outside whenever he needed to. He and Castroneves’s Meyer Shank Racing-Honda reduced the ‘net’ lead battle (behind two off-strategy cars) to a duel over the closing laps, swapping positions back and forth.
However, after passing Palou around the outside of Turn 1 at the start …Keep reading