Palou’s Fifth Title Shifts IndyCar’s Power Balance

It still doesn’t sound real. Chip Ganassi Racing clinched it at Milwaukee last week, and by the time the checkered flag fell at Laguna Seca on September 6, the storyline had already moved past “is Palou good” and into something bigger. IndyCar’s competitive center of gravity is shifting. It’s dragging the entire 2027 silly season with it. By Marco T. | Motorsport analyst, 11 years covering open-wheel racing. Scott McLaughlin snapped a 36-race winless streak in that Laguna Seca finale, which should have been Penske’s headline moment. Instead it got buried under bigger news: Will Power, a Team Penske fixture…