Starting from 7th place Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, won the GMR Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for his 1st NTT IndyCar Series win. 2nd Place Car 51 Romain Grosjean, Honda, started from pole. 3rd Place Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, started from 4th place.
4th Place Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, started from 2nd place followed by 5th place Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, started from 11th place. 6th Place Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, started from 10th place followed by 7th place Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, started from 14th place. 8th Place Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, started from 5th place followed by 9th place Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, started from 16th place. Lastly in Top 10 was Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, in 10th place, started from 15th place. Canadian Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, finished in 18th place. Canadian Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, finished in 20th place.
The race had 1 Cautions for 3 laps: 1st Caution on lap 1 for Contact: Car 20 and 22 in Turn 2.
The race had 8 Lead changes among 5 drivers. Lap Leaders: Grosjean 1-24, Palou 25, Dixon 26-27, Grosjean 28-43, Hunter-Reay 44-47, VeeKay 48-59, Grosjean 60-63, Dixon 64, VeeKay 65-85.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings: Dixon 176, Palou 163, Newgarden 148, O’Ward 146, Rahal 137, VeeKay 135, Pagenaud 130, McLaughlin 123, Power 118, Herta 117.
GMR Grand Prix Race Results
INDIANAPOLIS – Results Saturday of the GMR Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, car #, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (7) Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 85, Running |
2. (1) Car 51 Romain Grosjean, Honda, 85, Running |
3. (4) Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, 85, Running |
4. (2)Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 85, Running |
5. (11) Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, 85, Running |
6. (10) Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 85, Running |
7. (14) Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, 85, Running |
8. (5) Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 85, Running |
9. (16) Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, 85, Running |
10. (15) Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 85, Running |
11. (12) Car 12 Will Power, Chevrolet, 85, Running |
12. (19) Car 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 85, Running |
13. (8) Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, 85, Running |
14. (9) Car 18 Ed Jones, Honda, 85, Running |
15. (18) Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 85, Running |
16. (17) Car 30 Takuma Sato, Honda, 85, Running |
17. (13) Car 7 Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 85, Running |
18. (22) Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 85, Running – Canadian |
19. (20) Car 14 Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 84, Running |
20. (24) Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 84, Running – Canadian |
21. (25) Car 86 Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 84, Running |
22. (21) Car 11 Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 84, Running |
23. (3) Car 60 Jack Harvey, Honda, 84, Running |
24. (23) Car 48 Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 84, Running |
25. (6) Car 20 Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 50, Contact |
Race Statistics:
Winner’s average speed: 116.096 mph
Time of Race: 1:47:08.5773
Margin of victory: 4.9510 seconds
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
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