We'll save the dramatics this week. Freshly crowned INDYCAR champion and now four-time title winner Alex Palou is No. 1 in the rankings now and for the foreseeable future.

Will Power may have won the battle in Sunday's IndyCar series race at Portland International Raceway, but Alex Palou unmistakably captured the war.

Alex Palou has sealed his bid for a third-consecutive IndyCar championship and a fourth in five years with two races left.