Marcus Ericsson stuck the landing on his early race flight and avoided further disaster on the perilous city streets of Nashville on Sunday to win the inaugural Music City Grand Prix.
NASHVILLE, TENN. -- Marcus Ericsson used the slowed car in front of him as a launching ramp and shot up and over -- with a dangling wing -- Sebastien Bourdais' Chevrolet.Not in this wreckfest. Call the latest IndyCar race winner Marcus Air-icsson.
Ericsson conserved fuel and survived hard-charging runs from Colton Herta and Scott Dixon and won his second race of the season. He moved to fifth in the IndyCar points race with five race left -- 79 points back of leader Alex Palou. Ericsson caught a break when Herta clobbered his car into the tire barriers with five laps left, ending his dominant weekend for Andretti Autosport. Herta topped the first two practice sessions, won the pole and his team was in "a league of our own." He was gaining on Ericsson and had a potential go-ahead pass on the horizon when he crushed his car. Herta buried his head in his hands in stunned disbelief.Dixon was second to give Chip Ganassi Racing a 1-2 finish.
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