It was neither a bird nor a plane nor Superman on the track of Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. It was Front Row Motorsports, Michael McDowell’s Ford, that was absolutely invincible. The driver seemed to be in a league of his own and left no room for mistakes and was finally able to clinch his second win in his Cup Series career.

The fans witnessed the brewing of an intense battle among the three dominant road course racers, Michael McDowell, Daniel Suarez, and Chase Elliott, but, it was the 38-year-old who left no stone unturned in order to secure a playoff berth. However, can this victory be termed as a story straight of the fairy tale, with just the luck its part, or was it a hard-earned one? 

Michael McDowell puts to rest all conjectures behind his clinical victory at Indianapolis

The last time Michael McDowell parked his car in the victory lane was back in 2021 when he seized the Crown Jewel race of the Daytona 500. Since then two years have passed and the veteran driver has been elusive of a victory, but with the Brickyard title, Michael McDowell has etched his name as a member of the elite club. The Ford driver inherited the lead and held it off till the last drops and also held off Chase Elliott, who is crowned with the ‘King of the road courses’ title.

For many, the victory of Michael McDowell was nothing less than the sheer presence of luck and where the stars were aligned to help the driver out and secure a victory. While fans are left to speculate about their own versions of the victory, the driver seemed to have debunked all the conjectures with a befitting reply, during the post-race interview with the media.

When asked, “The narrative for this is going to be this is like a Cinderella victory. In your estimation is this a Cinderella win?”

To this, the driver retorted, “Absolutely not. I think we’ve been the fastest road course car since this Next-Gen car over the average of it, and I think statistically it’ll show that. I think if you just look at the average finish and you look at average running position, we’ve been a top 5 car every single road course race since this Next-Gen car has come in.”

“Is it a Cinderella story from a lot of different aspects? Maybe. But off of pure performance, like I feel like we’ve been nailing it and having a shot at it. But I also look at it as like, we’re going up against some really big teams with a lot of resources, and to do what we did today is pretty awesome.”

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It was just days back that the Brickyard victor was making headlines for being the perfect choice of a replacement for Aric Almirola and switching to Tony Stewart’s team, Stewart-Haas Racing for the next season. However, the driver shrugged off all the rumors and also went on to extend his contract with his team. Nevertheless, with a victory to the name, Front Row Motorsports has concretized a seat for the playoffs.

McDowell had clinched the opportunity of performing the iconic ritual of kissing the bricks on the track along with his family and team. The victory was surely a clinical performance by the driver, a victory that would be remembered for ages to come. The driver’s mirth was evident from the interview after clinching the chequered.

He revealed, “That’s a big deal. When we won the Daytona 500, that was one of the coolest moments we ever had. We cherry-pick the races, my family comes to the ones we think we can win, and we thought we could win this one.”

He was also heard on the team’s radio saying, “We did it, we won Indy. We had the fastest car. I don’t know if it was dominant, but it felt dominant.”

With just two more races left in the regular season, it will be a do-or-die situation for most of the drivers, especially for Chase Elliott. It is to be seen will the driver will be able to make it to the postseason.

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