Alex Palou dominates IndyCar’s first all-star race since 2008. Reigning champion led every lap WSOC TV [Video]

THERMAL, Calif. — (AP) — A race meant for all-stars was fittingly won by Alex Palou.

The two-time and reigning IndyCar champion won the Thermal $1 Million Challenge on Sunday in a total rout. Palou dominated the three day weekend — he was among the fastest drivers in practice sessions and led every lap of anything that counted while winning his qualifying group, his heat race and all 20 laps of IndyCar’s first non-points race since 2008.

The race at the members-only Thermal Club was for 12 drivers who earned their way into the main event through a pair of heat races earlier Sunday. But Scott Dixon, Will Power, Pato O’Ward and some of IndyCar’s top names didn’t advance out of the heats and the “A Main” was a mix of competition levels.

Palou, who was one of three Chip Ganassi Racing drivers to make the main event, was never …