Round 2: revised calendar. GMR Grand Prix, Indianapolis Motor Speedway. July 4.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 1 Jul 2020, 22:27 (Ref:3985015)

Round 2: revised calendar. GMR Grand Prix, Indianapolis Motor Speedway. July 4.

It's been almost a month since the Chequered flag fell at Texas and it will be the seventh running of this event.

So far, the start of each race has barely been without incident, the exception being 2017 and last year, though there was a coming together with O'Ward and Rossi, who sustained some damage, forcing him to pit early.

The inaugural race in 2014 featured a standing start but pole sitter Saavedra stalled as the lights went out and his car was hit by Munoz and Aleshin, showering the track with carbon-fibre and forcing a restart. It was decided that from 2015 onwards, the race would go back to having a rolling start. However, several cars came together at Turn 1, though somehow this didn't lead to a restart.

In 2016 after the start and as the field moved into the Turn 1, Kanaan collected Bourdais on the outside of the corner, bringing out the first caution of the race. The race restarted after four laps under yellow. Last year the yellow came out on Lap 1, as Charlie Kimball and Ed Jones made contact.

The track is a modified layout of the circuit previously used for the F1 United States Grand Prix, held from 2000 - 2007. The race is run clockwise, the opposite direction to the Indianapolis 500.

Some trivia:
Driver with the most wins: Will Power, 2015, 2017, 2018
Team with the most wins: Team Penske, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

Layout:
F1 course, 2000 - 2007.

IndyCar Road Course.

Length:
2.439 Miles (3.925 Km)

Turns: 14

Lap record:
Will Power, May 12, 2017. 1:07.704, 129.69 mph (208.44 km/h).
Team Penske, Dallara DW12-Chevrolet IndyCar V6.
Verizon IndyCar Series.

Last year's race:
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/n...Bvalue%5D=2243

Pole:
Felix Rosenqvist, 1:08.2785, 128.597 mph (206.956 km/h)
Chip Ganassi Racing,
Dallara IR18-Honda HI19R Indy V6

Winner:
Simon Pagenaud,
Team Penske,
Dallara IR18-Chevy IndyCar V6

Laps: 85
Distance: 207.315 Miles (333.641 km)
Race Time: 1:49:46
Average Speed: 103.254 Mph (166.171 km/h)
Fastest Lap: Patricio O'Ward, Carlin Racing, lap 4. 69.7962 sec, 125.801 mph (202.457 km/h)

Caution periods: 3
Laps 15: 11-14, 16-18, 60-67

Race broadcast: NBC.
4 July, 12:00pm ET.

broadrun96 · 2 Jul 2020, 01:46 (Ref:3985024)

Might actually try to remember this is on and catch the race. Not sure I care about the IMSA race, the Indy road course is more fun to watch than Daytona.

**joeb** · 2 Jul 2020, 18:08 (Ref:3985152)

Quote:

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Might actually try to remember this is on and catch the race. Not sure I care about the IMSA race, the Indy road course is more fun to watch than Daytona.

I'm going to try and watch, but it is a morning start here which is unusual.

broadrun96 · 2 Jul 2020, 20:53 (Ref:3985187)

Yeah, that might be a dvr race

Qualifying is on Friday and set to record as well

NaBUru38 · 3 Jul 2020, 17:14 (Ref:3985356)

Saturday tripleheader:

* 12 pm: IndyCar (NBC)
* 3 pm: Nascar Xfinity (NBC)
* 6 pm: IMSA WeatherTech (NBCSN)

**bjohnsonsmith** · 4 Jul 2020, 03:12 (Ref:3985442)

Will Power claimed his 58th career pole, with a late 1min. 10.178sec lap, an average speed of 125.116mph, to nudge Jack Harvey’s Meyer Shank car by 0.1874sec and so denying him his maiden IndyCar pole position.

Josef Newgarden locked up his front wheels, ruining his flying lap for the Fast 6, which put him on the third row.

Last year's winner Simon Pagenaud, was eliminated in the opening qualifying session putting him 20th.

Fast 6
1 Will Power, Team Penske. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'10.177, 125.116 mph
2 Jack Harvey, Meyer Shank Racing. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.365, 124.783 mph
3 Colton Herta, Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.519, 124.510 mph
4 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Dallara-Honda. 1'10.584, 124.396 mph
5 Oliver Askew, Arrow McLaren SP, Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'10.840, 123.946 mph
6 Josef Newgarden, Team Penske. Dallara-Chevrolet. No time

7 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.199, 125.079 mph
8 Conor Daly, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'10.216, 125.047 mph
9 Felix Rosenqvist, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.231, 125.022 mph
10 Max Chilton, Carlin. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'10.305, 124.889 mph
11 Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport Dallara-Honda. 1'10.342, 124.823 mph
12 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.576, 124.410 mph
13 Patricio O'Ward, Arrow McLaren SP. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'10.733, 124.134 mph
14 Marcus Ericsson, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.628, 124.318 mph
15 Santino Ferrucci, Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.790, 124.034 mph
16 Spencer Pigot, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Citrone/Buhl Autosport. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.635, 124.307 mph.
17 Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Dallara-Honda. 1'10.885, 123.868 mph
18 Rinus van Kalmthout, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'10.707, 124.180 mph
19 James Hinchcliffe, Andretti Autosport. Dallara-Honda. 1'11.147, 123.411 mph
20 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'10.743, 124.115 mph
21 Alex Palou, Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh. Dallara-Honda. 1'11.181, 123.352 mph
22 Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport. Dallara-Honda. 1'11.276, 123.188 mph
23 Sage Karam, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Dallara-Honda. 1'11.777, 122.328 mph
24 Charlie Kimball, A.J. Foyt Enterprises. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'11.402, 122.970 mph
25 Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco & Curb-Agajani. DallaraHonda. 1'12.051 , 121.863 mph
26 Dalton Kellett, A.J. Foyt Enterprises. Dallara-Chevrolet. 1'11.587, 122.653 mph.

Formulahistory · 4 Jul 2020, 13:03 (Ref:3985532)

sad to see Andretti far back in the grid again...

Nikki Katz · 4 Jul 2020, 15:31 (Ref:3985579)

Those Penske branded masks really don’t fit. None of the other teams seem to have that problem.

gert · 4 Jul 2020, 16:10 (Ref:3985588)

I guess the race is about to start.

Sadly, no TV, no stream.
Looks like I'm having to miss this one.

broadrun96 · 4 Jul 2020, 16:14 (Ref:3985590)

Sadly Marco that far back isn't uncommon. He owns the car and team so not going anywhere but wasting a grid slot, although I don't think anyone would replace that car.

Pour your early morning bourbon joeb, it's second round of racing for the day sir. F1 quali straight in to Indy after brunch for me

**bjohnsonsmith** · 4 Jul 2020, 16:14 (Ref:3985591)

It has and it was a very clean start. Though it looked like Power broke formation a little early.

broadrun96 · 4 Jul 2020, 16:21 (Ref:3985594)

As NBC guys just brought up, odds Penske can sweep the day? Road course with Xfinity means unless Cindric gets hit that's a wrap, no one is ever close to him

**ScotsBrutesFan** · 4 Jul 2020, 16:46 (Ref:3985609)

So glad Sky in the UK are showing this commercial free, I know it’s a holiday weekend but there seems to be more breaks on NBC than anything, missing many of the pit stops in the process.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 4 Jul 2020, 16:55 (Ref:3985613)

First FCY. One of the SPAM cars in the middle of the Turn.

**joeb** · 4 Jul 2020, 17:03 (Ref:3985619)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

First FCY. One of the SPAM cars in the middle of the Turn.

It was Askew, and that throws a wrench in the pit strategy for a few cars

**joeb** · 4 Jul 2020, 17:10 (Ref:3985623)

I missed what happened to Harvey? He went from top 5 to 15 during caution.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 4 Jul 2020, 17:12 (Ref:3985624)

Dixie takes the lead.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 4 Jul 2020, 17:23 (Ref:3985628)

Power's day just got worse, as he stalls on pit road.

Edit: he also gets a penalty.

**joeb** · 4 Jul 2020, 17:45 (Ref:3985632)

Feel bad for Pigot having engine trouble while fighting for a podium.

Veekay has impressed today, only rookie in the top 10.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 4 Jul 2020, 17:55 (Ref:3985636)

Congrats to Dixon. He certainly benefited from that yellow but that's how it goes in IndyCar.

**joeb** · 4 Jul 2020, 18:11 (Ref:3985640)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Congrats to Dixon. He certainly benefited from that yellow but that's how it goes in IndyCar.

I thought Rahal is going to drive away with a race, until there was that caution.

Armco Bender · 4 Jul 2020, 18:52 (Ref:3985649)

I've just got up early to watch the race....missed it...

broadrun96 · 5 Jul 2020, 00:29 (Ref:3985713)

I was distracted for most of it, sausage production and anger for a bit, but felt like NBC didn't do the race justice. Felt like I didn't watch a race after it was done. Interesting race and played out from the pit box as much as the track but that's Indy racing. Catch the caution and know what to do in response.

**Adam43** · 5 Jul 2020, 00:49 (Ref:3985718)

NBC are shocking. Their fetish of having to have a feature on something like what the ground near the podium looks like while the race is on drives me nuts.

I was rooting for Askew and then he binned it.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 5 Jul 2020, 01:34 (Ref:3985726)

NBC/NBCSN, it all leaves a lot to be desired. I gave up with their commentary team and now listen to the IndyCar Radio commentary.

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