2018 GP of Indianapolis

Will Power dominated the GP of Indianapolis to win it for the second time in three years and earn the 30th Indycar win of his career!

 2018 Indycar GP

Polesitter:  Will Power

TOP 10 Finishers

1. Will Power: 

2. Scott Dixon:

3. Robert Wickens:

4. Sebastien Bourdais: 

5. Alexander Rossi:
6. Helio Castroneves:

7. James Hinchcliffe:

8. Simon Pagenuad:

9. Graham Rahal:

10. Takuma Sato:

Different Teams:  6:  Penske (3), Ganassi (1), Schmidt Peterson (2), Andretti Autosports (1), Dale Coyne (1), RLL (2)

Different Countries 7:  Australia, New Zealand, Canada (2), USA (2), France (2), Brazil, Japan

 3 Chevys and 7 Hondas

FUN FACTS: 
Time: 1:49:46
Most Improved: 16 by Scott Dixon
9 Lead Changes among 7 Drivers

Average Speed: 113.318 mph
Passes: 214
Positions:190
Cautions: 2 for 8 laps (Newgarden spin in turn 12, Pigot and Pagenaud contact in turn 2)
 Fastest Lap: 124.423 mph on lap 15 by Scott Dixon

Penalties: 1 (Spencer Pigot avoidable contact on lap 6)

Josef Newgarden GP of Indianapolis 2017

Josef started 3rd in his 4th GP of Indianapolis,

but finished 11th
after two penalties for pit speed violations late in the race.

It was his highest finish ever in the Indy GP, but the lowest finish since he started driving for Roger Penske this season.


Josef's comment on the race:
Quote: "I don't know what happened. I think we ran into some sort of glitch and they dinged us two times for speeding on pit road. It was a tough day for us. We had a really fast Hum by Verizon car. We really didn't struggle with much today. We started a little slower than we had hoped, but at the end the car was a rocket. I’m disappointed for our guys because we did everything right and we had great stops, we just had a little glitch there. We had a great racecar and just couldn't capitalize. I think we had a car that could have been a podium car, maybe even a second-place car. We just didn't capitalize today. Congrats to Will though. He was strong all weekend long."



Josef is still 3rd in Indycar season points leading into the Indianapolis 500 on May 28th.
He is looking to improve on his third place finish in last year's 500.

2017 GP of Indianapolis

Will Power dominated the GP of Indianapolis to win it for the second time in three years and earn the 30th Indycar win of his career!

 

 Helio Castroneves was the only driver who looked to have a chance at the win, taking the lead from Will Power on pit stops, but a different tire strategy didn't work and he ended up fifth.  It was the first caution free race on the road course at IMS, and only two cars did not finish, both due to mechanical problems. 

 

 

 2017 Honda GP of Alabama

Polesitter:  Will Power

TOP 10 Finishers
 

1. Will Power:  Started on pole for the third time this year, and Finally got in the winners circle in 2017.

2. Scott Dixon: Five Top 5s in 5 races has his second in points.

3. Ryan Hunter-Reay: His second podium in 4 races on the IMS road course.

4. Simon Pagenaud:  Has finished in each position 1-5 through 5 races this season.

5. Helio Castroneves:  A strong run was ended with a tire strategy call.
6. Graham Rahal:  The second year in a row Graham moved through the field to finish well here.

7. Max Chilton: Ties his best Indycar finish ever.

8. Alexander Rossi:  His second top 10 in two races on the Indy road course.

9. Spencer Pigot:  His second Top 10 this season.

10. Juan Pablo Montoya :  A strong finish for his first race this season.

 

Different Teams: 5 Penske (4), Ganassi (2), Andretti (2), ECR(1), RLL (1)

Different Countries 7:  Australia, New Zealand, USA (4), France, Brazil, United Kingdom, Colombia
 

 5 Chevys and 5 Hondas

 

 

FUN FACTS:

 

5 Lead Changes among 2 Drivers

Average Speed: 120.813 mph
Cautions:  0
 Fastest Lap: 126.539 mph on lap 68 by Josef Newgarden

Penalties: 4 (1. Marco Andretti avoidable contact on lap 6)
(2. Mikhail Aleshin Hit pit equipment on lap 63)
(3. Josef Newgarden pit speed violation on lap 64 and 65)

 

A ROUGH DAY for

Early season points leader Sebastien Bourdais who had an engine problem on lap four and was the first car out of the race.
Josef Newgarden was caught speeding in the pits and subsequently had a problem that saw him speeding during his drive through penalty and then again through his second drive through penalty.  He ended up finishing 11th after a strong top 5 drive all day.


 

 

 

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THE 101st running of the
INDY 500!!!!