IndyCar season-opening weekend had it all: great, tight racing; few on-track incidents; plenty of parity; an outstanding broadcasting debut with FOX Sports and so much more – all with nary a negative item.

Alex Palou turned a subpar qualifying session into the defending champion's first win of the season with the help of an early caution and an early undercut.

Scott Dixon didn’t spend all of Sunday’s 100-lap race without the ability to communicate with his team on pit lane. But the eventual second-place finisher did lose contact with his Chip Ganassi