Starting from his 1st pole Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, won his 1st NTT INDYCAR SERIES in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding. This is his 1st Top 3 of 2022. Scott McLaughlin said: “Thank you to Roger Penske, everyone, Yeah, DEX Imaging jumping on board, trusting me, and then Roger Penske and Tim Cindric giving me the opportunity to come here. I miss my mom and dad dearly and my family. Wish you guys were here. What a day.” Great start for Penske racing winning the 1st race of NASCAR Cup Series & NTT INDYCAR SERIES. It was a close race with a Margin of victory: 0.5095 of a second. 2nd Place Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, started from 10th place posted his 1st Top 3 of 2022. 3rd Place Car 12 Will Power, Chevrolet, started from 2nd place posted his 1st Top 3 of 2022.
4th Place Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, started from 3rd place followed by 5th place Car 28 Romain Grosjean, Honda, started from 5th place. 6th Place Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, started from 4th place followed by 7th place Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, started from 11th place. 8th Place Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, started from 7th place followed by 9th place Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 51 Takuma Sato, Honda, in 10th place, started from 22nd place. Canadian Car 29 Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda finished in 22nd place. Canadian Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet finished in 25th place.
The race had 1 Caution for 8 laps. Caution Summary: 1st Caution on lap 125 to 328 Contact: Car 18 in Turn 3.
The race had 8 Lead changes among 6 drivers. Lap Leaders: McLaughlin 1-26, Rossi 27-36, Dixon 37-48, VeeKay 49-61, McLaughlin 62-63, Palou 64, Power 65, Dixon 66-79, McLaughlin 80-100.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings: McLaughlin 54, Palou 41, Power 36, Herta 32, Grosjean 30, VeeKay 29, Rahal 26, Dixon 25, Ericsson 22, Sato 20.
The next NTT INDYCAR SERIES race is the XPEL 375 on Sunday, March 20 on the 1.5-mile, high-speed oval at Texas Motor Speedway. Live coverage starts at 12:30 p.m. (ET) on NBC and the INDYCAR Radio Network.
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding Results
| 1. (1) Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 2. (10) Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, 100, Running |
| 3. (2) Car 12 Will Power, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 4. (3) Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, 100, Running |
| 5. (5) Car 28 Romain Grosjean, Honda, 100, Running |
| 6. (4) Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 7. (11) Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, 100, Running |
| 8. (7) Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, 100, Running |
| 9. (8) Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 100, Running |
| 10. (22) Car 51 Takuma Sato, Honda, 100, Running |
| 11. (15) Car 30 Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 100, Running |
| 12. (16) Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 13. (23) Car 45 Jack Harvey, Honda, 100, Running |
| 14. (17) Car 06 Helio Castroneves, Honda, 100, Running |
| 15. (6) Car 60 Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 100, Running |
| 16. (9) Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 17. (21) Car 7 Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 18. (12) Car 14 Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 19. (19) Car 77 Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 20. (13) Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, 100, Running |
| 21. (20) Car 20 Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 100, Running |
| 22. (18) Car 29 Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 100, Running – Canadian |
| 23. (26) Car 48 Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 99, Running |
| 24. (25) Car 11 Tatiana Calderon, Chevrolet, 97, Running |
| 25. (14) Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 62, Mechanical – Canadian |
| 26. (24) Car 18 David Malukas, Honda, 23, Contact |
Race Statistics:
Winner’s average speed: 96.899 mph
Time of Race: 1:51:27.3466
Margin of victory: 0.5095 of a second
Cautions: 1 for 8 laps
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
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