2017 Indycar Iowa Corn 300

Iowa Corn Indy 300

Helio Castroneves broke his three year winless streak, and Team Penske finally got their first win in 10 races at the short oval in Iowa.  JR Hildebrand finished second driving the #21 car that Josef Newgarden drove to victory at Iowa last year, and three time Iowa winner Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the podium.

 



TOP 10

1. Helio Castroneves: The 30th victory of his Indycar career after a 54 race winless streak.
2. Jr Hildebrand: His best finish in Indycar since finishing second in the 2011 Indy 500.

3. Ryan Hunter-Reay: His fifth podium in the last 6 Iowa races.

4. Will Power: His sixth Top 5 in the last eight races.

5. Graham Rahal: His fourth Top 5 in the last 5 races has him 6th in points.

6. Josef Newgarden: His worst finish a Iowa since 2013.

7. Simon Pagenaud: His 9th Top 10 this season.

8. Scott Dixon: His 10th Top10 in 11 races.

9. Tony Kanaan: Eighth in season points.

10. James Hinchcliffe: His fifth Top 10 in 6 races at Iowa.
 

Different Teams: 6 Penske (4), Ed Carpenter Racing, Andretti, Rahal Letterman, Ganassi (2), Schmidt Peterson

Different Countries: 6  Brazil (2), USA (4), Australia, France, New Zealand, Canada

5 Chevys   5 Hondas

 

FUN FACTS

 Average Speed:  139.702 mph

Time: 1 hour 55 minutes 11 seconds

Lead Changes:  12 among 8 drivers
Helio Castroneves (217), JR Hildebrand (38), Will Power (23), Charlie Kimball (10), Marco Andretti (7), Simon Pagenaud (2), Max Chilton (2) Josef Newgarden (1) 
 

                 Fastest Lap:  177.336  by Helio Castroneves

 
Cautions 4 for 44 Laps

 

Most Improved: Ryan Hunter Reay 12 Positions

Penalties: 2
Helio Castroneves (Pit Safety Infraction)
Ed Jones (Pit Safety Infraction)

Josef Newgarden at Road America 2017

Josef finished 3rd and started 2nd
at the Indycar Kohler Grand Prix.
 

Josef ran up front all day at Road America and was the strongest of the four Penske entries, but in the end he didn't have enough to catch winner Scott Dixon. 


Laps completed:  55 of 55
Laps Led:  13
Average Speed:  123.42 mph
Finish time behind the winner:  0.5779 seconds
Pit Stops:  3

He had the fastest lap of the race at 139.664 mph.

Newgarden was fastest in the second practice session and in the top 5 in the other two practice sessions.

Loving RA. One of the best tracks in the world. @Team_Penske | @IndyCar | #CantStop

Photo ✖️ @emotiveimage pic.twitter.com/Fn0iQMlBuF

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) June 24, 2017

Josef is now 5th in the Indycar season standings,
61 points out of first place.

post by Alexandra (age 10)

Indycar 2017 at Road America

Indycar Kohler Grand Prix at Road America

 

Scott Dixon became the 8th different winner in ten races this Indycar season as he won for the first time at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.  It was Scott Dixon's 41st win of his career which leaves him in fourth on the Indycar All Time win list, just a single win behind Michael Andretti.

The four Penske drivers dominated the weekend and wound up in second through fifth place but it was Dixon's pass of Josef Newgarden on lap 31 that made the difference.

 

 

 

 



TOP 10

1. Scott Dixon: His 5th podium in 10 races this season.

2. Josef Newgarden: His second 2nd place this year.

3. Helio Castroneves: His ninth Top 10 in ten races this season.

4. Simon Pagenaud  : His eighth Top 5 in ten races.

5. Will Power: Sixth in the season championship.

6. Charlie Kimball: His best finish of the season.

7. Ed Jones: His fourth Top 10 in his rookie Indycar season has him 10th in points.

8. Graham Rahal: His lowest finish in the last four races.

9. Max Chilton: His fourth Top 10 this season.

10. Mikhail Aleshin: His third Top 10 of the season.

Different Teams: 5  (Ganassi (3), Penske (4), Coyne, RLL, Schmidt )

Different Countries: 8 New Zealand, USA (3), Brazil, France, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Britain, Russia
4 Chevys   6 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed:  123.431 mph

Time: 1 hour 47 minutes 18 seconds

Lead Changes:  6 among 4 drivers
Scott Dixon (24)  Helio Castroneves (17)  Josef Newgarden (13)  Charlie Kimball (1)
 

                 Fastest Lap:  139.664 on lap 52 by Josef Newgarden (2)

 Cautions 2 for 3 Laps

 

Most Improved: Mikhail Aleshin 9 positions

Penalties: 3
Rahal (blocking), Andretti (pit speed violation), Power (blocking)

Josef Newgarden Texas 2017 Indycar

Josef finished 13th and started 17th
at the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas.
 

Josef began the race strong but was sent to the back of the field with a pit speed violation penalty after his pit stop on lap 29.  He made his way back to the front and even led 6 laps, but on lap 189 Josef tried to go three wide on the outside and hit wound up in the wall.



Josef officially finished 201 of the 248 laps.
His average speed was 144.796 mph and he pitted 10 times.

In six races at Texas Motor Speedway Josef has an average finish of 14.5 and this race was his highest finish there since 2014.

He is now 7th in the Indycar season standings,
49 points out of first place.

post by Alexandra (age 9)




 

 



2017 Indycar Texas 600

 Rainguard Water Sealers 600

at Texas Motor Speedway

 
Charlie Kimball won the first Indycar pole position of his career as the series visited the Texas Motor Speedway.  Two hundred forty eight laps later, with 66 laps under caution, there were just 6 cars left on the lead lap as Will Power won his second race at Texas. It was a race of attrition as just 8 of the 22 starting cars were running at the end.

TOP 10

1. Will Power: The 31st win of his Indycar career.

2. Tony Kanaan: Was in the mix in a few crashes but managed to stay out of trouble.

3. Simon Pagenaud: Fourth Top 10 in 6 starts at Texas.

4. Graham Rahal: His 5th Top 10 of the season.

5. Gabby Chaves: His best finish ever in Indycar in Harding Racing Teams 2nd race.

6. Marco Andretti: His best finish since Fontana 2015.

7. Conor Daly: His best finish this season.

8. Max Chilton: His third Top 10 of the season.

9. Scott Dixon: Lowest finish of the season other than his crash at the Indy 500.

10. Takuma Sato:  His fourth Top 10 in a row.

Different Teams:   ( Penske, Ganassi, RLL, Harding, Andretti, A.J. Foyt)

Different Countries:  USA (4),  Australia, Japan, France, New Zealand, Brazil (2)

4 Chevys   6 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed:  140.491 mph

Time: 2 hour 32 minutes 31 seconds

Lead Changes:  23 among 7 drivers
Power (180), Kimball (26), Vautier (15), Dixon (12), Chilton (8), Newgarden (6), Kanaan (1)

Fastest Lap:  224.594 Tony Kanaan

 Cautions 9 for 66 Laps

 

Most Improved: Gabby Chaves 15 positions

Penalties: 11 among 8 drivers
(Newgarden, Hildebrand, Hinchcliffe, Carpenter, Munoz, Jones, Kanaan, Chaves)

Josef Newgarden Update 2017 Detroit Race 2

Josef Newgarden finished 2nd! 

after starting 13th

in the second race of the Indycar Dual in Detroit.

 

It was his highest finish ever in 11 attempts

at the streets of Belle Isle.

 

Josef Quote (from the Team Penske website): "I'll be honest, I think we were all just trying to get to the end. There were just two laps to go and we had marbles all over the tires. In that type situation, there's not much you can do. You want to say you'd be able to go race this guy and try to beat him. And I would have done that if he messed up; if he made a mistake, I would try to capitalize. But if everyone stays steady, we are just trying to hold on to the race car. It’s very difficult to do that at the end. When it's your weekend, it’s your weekend. (Graham) Rahal did a great job. It's a good bounce back for us at Team Penske in the Hum by Verizon Chevrolet. It's good to be in Detroit. Thanks to all the fans that came out and Chevrolet for all they do. It's fun to be in this city. I was trying to get Chevrolet that win but just didn't have enough today."

 

He led 7 laps pitted 4 times,

and finished with an average speed of 105.420 mph.

 

 He had the fastest lap of the race at 113.346 and he had the fastest lead lap of 113. 104.

He moved up one position in the Indycar season points standings to 5th place heading to Texas.

 

 

 

 

 

post by Alex, age 9

 

Indycar Detroit Race #2 2017

 

 

Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato grabbed the pole for Race 2 of the Dual in Detroit, but it was Graham Rahal who once again sat in victory lane after 70 laps.  It was Rahal's 6th win of his career and he became the first driver to sweep the Detroit weekend by winning both races.

 

 

Duel at Detroit Race 2
TOP 10

1. Rahal: The 6th win of his Indycar career.

2. Newgarden: His third podium in 8 races this season.

3. Power: His 5th Top Five in his last 8 Detroit races.

4. Sato: Still 3rd in the season championship points.

5. Pagenaud: His sixth Top Five in 8 races this season.

6. Dixon: Only his second finish outside the Top Five this season.

7. Rossi: Currently 7th in points.

8. Kimball: Ties his best finish of the season.

9. Castroneves: Is second in points after finishing in the Top Ten in all eight races so far this season.

10.  Kanaan:  Just his fourth Top Ten this season.

Different Teams: 4  (RLL, Penske, Andretti, Ganassi))

Different Countries: 6 USA (4),  Australia, Japan, France, New Zealand, Brazil (2)

4 Chevys  6 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed:  105.442 mph

Time: 1 hour 33 minutes 36 seconds

Lead Changes:  5 among 3 drivers
Rahal (41), Sato (22), Newgarden (7)

Fastest Lap:  113.346 mph by Josef Newgarden

1 Caution for 2 Laps

 

Most Improved: Josef Newgarden 11 positions

Penalties: 5
(Rossi, Servia, Hinchcliffe, Aleshin, Kanaan)

2017 Josef Newgarden Indycar Update Detroit Race 1

Josef Newgarden started 9th and finished 4th
in Indycar's Race 1 at Detroit's, Belle Isle.

 

 

He tied his highest finish in his 10 races in Detroit, having finished fourth in Race 2 of the Dual in Detroit last year.

He had the fastest lap of the race at 114.007 and although he didn't lead a lap, he did run as high as second.

He enters Race 2 in Detroit 6th in season points.

 

posted by Alex, age 9

 

2017 Indycar Dual in Detroit Race #1

Graham Rahal dominated the 1st Dual in Detroit after winning the pole and leading 55 of the 70 laps in the race. 

 Scott Dixon had a tremendous run with an injured foot and ankle after his scary crash at Indianapolis but didn't have enough speed to take the win from Rahal.


 

 Duel at Detroit Race 1 TOP 10

1. Graham Rahal: The fifth win of his 11 year Indycar career.

2. Scott Dixon: Regains the season points lead with his 6th Top 5 of the season.

3. James Hinchcliffe: His first podium since his win at Long Beach in April.

4. Josef Newgarden: His second P4 in a row at Detroit.

5. Alexander Rossi: Ties his best finish of the season.

6. Mikhail Aleshin: His best finish of the season.

7. Helio Castroneves: Led 11 laps.

8. Takuma Sato: His fourth Top 10 of the season.

9. Ed Jones: Another solid finish for the Dale Coyne rookie.

10.  Spencer Pigot:  His third Top 10 in 5 races this season.

Different Teams:  8 ( RLL, Ganassi, Schmidt, Penske, Andretti-Herta, A.J. Foyt, Dale Coyne, Ed Carpenter Racing)

Different Countries: 7 (USA (4), New Zealand, Canada, Russia, Brazil, Japan, United Arab Emirates)

 

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed: 103.015 mph

Time: 01:35:48.7

Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers

Best Lap: 114.007 by Josef Newgarden

 

Best Leader Lap: 112.829 by Graham Rahal

 

Most Improved: Mikhail Aleshin 14 positions

Josef update 101st Indanapolis 500

Josef started 2nd and finished 19th in his 6th Indianapolis 500.

 

 

Josef got caught up in a crash late in the race which put him back in 23 place.  He suffered minor damage and was able to get in a few more laps and he finished 19th.  He ran in the Top 10 during the mid part of the race, running as high as 5th, but he was never really in contention.
Josef completed 186 of the 200 scheduled laps with 9 pit stops at an average speed of 144.18 mph.
It was Newgarden's worst finish at Indianapolis since his 30th place finish in 2014.  He now has an average finish of 19th in six Indy 500's.

He is now 8th in Indycar Season Points.