“I love racing at Mid-Ohio,” said Wilson of his return to the Ohio road course. “It’s a great track. I always go fast there. I love the lay¬out and ele¬va¬tion changes. The way the car moves around doing that is a lot of fun. It’s a reward¬ing track when things go well. Qualifying is key at Mid-Ohio so hopefully we can start toward the front, have a straight-forward race, and come away with a good result. The championship is very close right now and a couple good finishes could put us right up there into the top-five.”

The top four

Driver

Total points

Wins

Road/street

Oval

Engine

Helio Castroneves

425

1 (oval)

239

186

4

Scott Dixon

396

3 (2 r/s, 1 oval)

270

126

4

Ryan Hunter-Reay

356

2 (1 r/s, 1 oval)

170

186

4

Marco Andretti

355

0

215

140

4

The next five

Driver

Total points

Wins

Road/street

Oval

Engine

Simon Pagenaud

309

1 r/s

189

120

4

Tony Kanaan

307

1 oval

141

166

4

Dario Franchitti

307

0

199

108

5

James Hinchcliffe

305

3 (2 r/s, 1 oval)

171

134

4

Justin Wilson

296

0

178

118

4