Race Report: 2020 GMR Grand Prix

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
July 4, 2020

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Section Results	View PDF

Sessions

Practice
Qualifying
Warm-Up
Race

Results

Race

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Start	Laps	Total Time	Laps Led	Status	Points	Avg. Speed	Pit Stops
1	Scott Dixon	9	7	80	01:41:59.3232	26	Running	51	114.789	3
2	Graham Rahal	15	4	80	01:42:19.2701	18	Running	41	114.416	2
3	Simon Pagenaud	22	20	80	01:42:19.8874	-	Running	35	114.405	3
4	Colton Herta	88	3	80	01:42:24.4114	-	Running	32	114.320	3
5	Rinus VeeKay	21	18	80	01:42:24.9593	-	Running	30	114.310	3
6	Marcus Ericsson	8	14	80	01:42:25.0365	1	Running	29	114.309	3
7	Josef Newgarden	1	6	80	01:42:31.2205	4	Running	27	114.194	3
8	Pato O'Ward	5	13	80	01:42:33.1595	-	Running	24	114.158	3
9	Santino Ferrucci	18	15	80	01:42:42.3701	-	Running	22	113.987	2
10	Takuma Sato	30	17	80	01:42:44.2145	-	Running	20	113.953	4
11	James Hinchcliffe	29	19	80	01:42:45.4906	-	Running	19	113.930	3
12	Conor Daly	20	8	80	01:42:49.3006	-	Running	18	113.859	2
13	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	12	80	01:42:49.8124	-	Running	17	113.850	3
14	Zach Veach	26	22	80	01:42:51.5404	1	Running	17	113.818	4
15	Felix Rosenqvist	10	9	80	01:42:56.0116	-	Running	15	113.736	3
16	Max Chilton	59	10	80	01:42:59.5549	-	Running	14	113.670	3
17	Jack Harvey	60	2	80	01:43:03.1689	1	Running	14	113.604	3
18	Charlie Kimball	4	24	80	01:43:04.8424	-	Running	12	113.573	3
19	Alex Palou	55	21	80	01:43:05.8014	-	Running	11	113.556	3
20	Will Power	12	1	80	01:43:10.9361	28	Running	14	113.461	3
21	Dalton Kellett	14	26	79	01:42:08.3660	-	Running	9	113.187	3
22	Marco Andretti	98	25	79	01:43:01.2152	-	Running	8	112.219	3
23	Sage Karam	24	23	79	01:43:01.2981	-	Running	7	112.218	3
24	Spencer Pigot	45	16	74	01:37:21.6966	1	Mechanical	7	111.226	2
25	Alexander Rossi	27	11	41	01:21:29.6706	-	Mechanical	5	73.624	2
26	Oliver Askew	7	5	34	00:42:09.9799	-	Contact	5	117.998	1

— Race: Results (PDF) | Back to the session list

Session Notes:

Scott Dixon led 26 laps — two shy of Will Power's race-high 28 laps — and cruised to his 48th career victory and second win of the 2020 season. The feat also marked the 110th Indy car victory for cars owned by Chip Ganassi.
Dixon's sweep of the first two rounds placed him 29 points ahead of Simon Pagenaud with 12 races remaining.
Graham Rahal's second-place finish matched his best result on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Simon Pagenaud's podium finish was his second of the season and his fourth on the IMS road course.
A single caution period slowed the race when Oliver Askew spun in Turn 14 on Lap 35, making rear contact with the SAFER Barrier. The race returned to green-flag running on Lap 40.

Warm-Up

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Best Time	On Lap	Best Speed	Total Laps	Difference	Gap
1	Scott Dixon	9	01:11.0771	12	123.533	16	--.----	--.----
2	Josef Newgarden	1	01:11.2178	6	123.289	19	0.1407	0.1407
3	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	01:11.2380	9	123.254	15	0.1609	0.0202
4	Graham Rahal	15	01:11.4352	12	122.914	16	0.3581	0.1972
5	Felix Rosenqvist	10	01:11.4380	7	122.909	15	0.3609	0.0028
6	Sage Karam	24	01:11.4499	16	122.889	20	0.3728	0.0119
7	Alexander Rossi	27	01:11.4855	4	122.828	12	0.4084	0.0356
8	Jack Harvey	60	01:11.5784	12	122.668	13	0.5013	0.0929
9	Colton Herta	88	01:11.5884	5	122.651	18	0.5113	0.0100
10	Takuma Sato	30	01:11.7145	14	122.435	17	0.6374	0.1261
11	Spencer Pigot	45	01:11.7187	7	122.428	13	0.6416	0.0042
12	Max Chilton	59	01:11.7211	5	122.424	19	0.6440	0.0024
13	Pato O'Ward	5	01:11.7490	8	122.377	19	0.6719	0.0279
14	Marcus Ericsson	8	01:11.8481	7	122.208	19	0.7710	0.0991
15	Santino Ferrucci	18	01:11.8609	14	122.186	16	0.7838	0.0128
16	Will Power	12	01:11.9001	9	122.119	19	0.8230	0.0392
17	Zach Veach	26	01:11.9912	4	121.965	16	0.9141	0.0911
18	Oliver Askew	7	01:12.0027	9	121.945	18	0.9256	0.0115
19	Alex Palou	55	01:12.0161	8	121.923	16	0.9390	0.0134
20	Charlie Kimball	4	01:12.0662	6	121.838	12	0.9891	0.0501
21	Simon Pagenaud	22	01:12.1038	12	121.774	15	1.0267	0.0376
22	Rinus VeeKay	21	01:12.2067	7	121.601	19	1.1296	0.1029
23	James Hinchcliffe	29	01:12.3501	12	121.36	17	1.2730	0.1434
24	Conor Daly	20	01:12.3836	15	121.304	19	1.3065	0.0335
25	Dalton Kellett	14	01:13.0317	10	120.227	14	1.9546	0.6481

— Practice: Results | Back to the session list

Qualifying

Firestone Fast Six

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Best Time	Best Speed	Best Lap	Total Laps	Difference	Gap
1	Will Power	12	01:10.1779	125.116	3	3	--.----	--.----
2	Jack Harvey	60	01:10.3653	124.783	1	3	0.1874	0.1874
3	Colton Herta	88	01:10.5197	124.51	3	3	0.3418	0.1544
4	Graham Rahal	15	01:10.5844	124.396	3	3	0.4065	0.0647
5	Oliver Askew	7	01:10.8404	123.946	2	2	0.6625	0.2560
6	Josef Newgarden	1	No Time	0	0	0	0.0000	0.0000

— Firestone Fast Six: Results (PDF) | Combined Results (PDF) | Back to the session list

Round 2

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Best Time	Best Speed	Best Lap	Total Laps	Difference	Gap
1	Oliver Askew	7	01:09.8780	125.653	5	6	--.----	--.----
2	Jack Harvey	60	01:10.0238	125.392	5	6	0.1458	0.1458
3	Graham Rahal	15	01:10.0707	125.308	5	6	0.1927	0.0469
4	Colton Herta	88	01:10.0985	125.258	5	6	0.2205	0.0278
5	Will Power	12	01:10.1313	125.199	5	5	0.2533	0.0328
6	Josef Newgarden	1	01:10.1420	125.18	6	6	0.2640	0.0107
7	Scott Dixon	9	01:10.1990	125.079	5	6	0.3210	0.0570
8	Conor Daly	20	01:10.2169	125.047	5	6	0.3389	0.0179
9	Felix Rosenqvist	10	01:10.2310	125.022	5	6	0.3530	0.0141
10	Max Chilton	59	01:10.3055	124.889	4	4	0.4275	0.0745
11	Alexander Rossi	27	01:10.3426	124.823	5	5	0.4646	0.0371
12	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	01:10.5764	124.41	5	5	0.6984	0.2338

— Round 2: Results (PDF) | Back to session list

Round 2 Group 2

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Best Time	Best Speed	Best Lap	Total Laps	Difference	Gap
1	Will Power	12	01:10.2548	124.979	5	6	--.----	--.----
2	Colton Herta	88	01:10.4114	124.701	5	6	0.1566	0.1566
3	Scott Dixon	9	01:10.5000	124.545	5	5	0.2452	0.0886
4	Jack Harvey	60	01:10.5157	124.517	5	6	0.2609	0.0157
5	Graham Rahal	15	01:10.5647	124.43	5	6	0.3099	0.0490
6	Alexander Rossi	27	01:10.5947	124.378	6	6	0.3399	0.0300
7	Marcus Ericsson	8	01:10.6287	124.318	5	6	0.3739	0.0340
8	Spencer Pigot	45	01:10.6350	124.307	6	6	0.3802	0.0063
9	Rinus VeeKay	21	01:10.7070	124.18	5	5	0.4522	0.0720
10	Simon Pagenaud	22	01:10.7438	124.115	6	6	0.4890	0.0368
11	Zach Veach	26	01:11.2762	123.188	6	6	1.0214	0.5324
12	Charlie Kimball	4	01:11.4026	122.97	6	6	1.1478	0.1264
13	Dalton Kellett	14	01:11.5876	122.653	6	6	1.3328	0.1850

— Round 1 Group 2: Results (PDF) | Back to session list

Round 1 Group 1

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Best Time	Best Speed	Best Lap	Total Laps	Difference	Gap
1	Oliver Askew	7	01:10.5306	124.491	5	6	--.----	--.----
2	Max Chilton	59	01:10.5465	124.463	5	6	0.0159	0.0159
3	Felix Rosenqvist	10	01:10.5558	124.446	5	6	0.0252	0.0093
4	Conor Daly	20	01:10.5658	124.429	5	6	0.0352	0.0100
5	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	01:10.5880	124.389	5	6	0.0574	0.0222
6	Josef Newgarden	1	01:10.6188	124.335	5	6	0.0882	0.0308
7	Pato O'Ward	5	01:10.7333	124.134	5	6	0.2027	0.1145
8	Santino Ferrucci	18	01:10.7902	124.034	5	6	0.2596	0.0569
9	Takuma Sato	30	01:10.8853	123.868	5	6	0.3547	0.0951
10	James Hinchcliffe	29	01:11.1478	123.411	5	6	0.6172	0.2625
11	Alex Palou	55	01:11.1815	123.352	6	6	0.6509	0.0337
12	Sage Karam	24	01:11.7774	122.328	4	5	1.2468	0.5959
13	Marco Andretti	98	01:12.0513	121.863	3	5	1.5207	0.2739

— Round 1 Group 1: Results (PDF) | Back to session list

Practice

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Best Time	On Lap	Best Speed	Total Laps	Difference	Gap
1	Will Power	12	01:09.9487	27	125.526	30	--.----	--.----
2	Santino Ferrucci	18	01:10.1242	20	125.212	21	0.1755	0.1755
3	Marcus Ericsson	8	01:10.1648	24	125.14	28	0.2161	0.0406
4	Pato O'Ward	5	01:10.1874	25	125.099	29	0.2387	0.0226
5	Scott Dixon	9	01:10.2054	23	125.067	25	0.2567	0.0180
6	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	01:10.2846	21	124.926	25	0.3359	0.0792
7	Simon Pagenaud	22	01:10.3129	24	124.876	27	0.3642	0.0283
8	Felix Rosenqvist	10	01:10.3619	22	124.789	29	0.4132	0.0490
9	Spencer Pigot	45	01:10.3633	22	124.787	23	0.4146	0.0014
10	Oliver Askew	7	01:10.3641	28	124.785	30	0.4154	0.0008
11	Colton Herta	88	01:10.3847	16	124.749	17	0.4360	0.0206
12	Josef Newgarden	1	01:10.3862	23	124.746	26	0.4375	0.0015
13	Jack Harvey	60	01:10.4550	20	124.624	24	0.5063	0.0688
14	Marco Andretti	98	01:10.4859	24	124.57	30	0.5372	0.0309
15	Alexander Rossi	27	01:10.5204	19	124.509	21	0.5717	0.0345
16	Takuma Sato	30	01:10.5381	22	124.477	25	0.5894	0.0177
17	Rinus VeeKay	21	01:10.6058	26	124.358	36	0.6571	0.0677
18	Max Chilton	59	01:10.6114	25	124.348	26	0.6627	0.0056
19	Graham Rahal	15	01:10.6854	29	124.218	31	0.7367	0.0740
20	Conor Daly	20	01:10.6935	20	124.204	26	0.7448	0.0081
21	Zach Veach	26	01:10.7089	23	124.177	27	0.7602	0.0154
22	Alex Palou	55	01:10.8863	24	123.866	26	0.9376	0.1774
23	Charlie Kimball	4	01:10.9799	22	123.703	25	1.0312	0.0936
24	James Hinchcliffe	29	01:11.2270	25	123.273	26	1.2783	0.2471
25	Dalton Kellett	14	01:11.4484	42	122.891	42	1.4997	0.2214
26	Sage Karam	24	01:11.6165	26	122.603	28	1.6678	0.1681

— Practice: Results | Back to the session list

Session Notes:

The session's first of two red flags involved contact between Ryan Hunter-Reay and Santino Ferrucci in Turn 7 that left the No. 28 Honda stopped just off track. Ferrucci was able to continue, but was subsequently assessed a five-minute penalty for avoidable contact.
The second red flag flew when Sage Karam stopped on course in Turn 12, earning a five-minute penalty for causing a red flag.
Will Power, fastest in the session, is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course track record holder.

Green Flag	12:08 p.m. EDT *
Drivers Start Your Engines	12:01 p.m.
Race Broadcast	Noon on NBC
Qualifying	4:30 p.m. Saturday on NBCSN
Practice Sessions	11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday 9–9:30 a.m. Saturday (warm-up)
Drivers Meeting	10 a.m. Friday (teleconference)
Live Timing and Scoring	INDYCAR Race Control and INDYCAR Mobile app (iOS, Android).
Radio Broadcast	INDYCAR Radio Network, Sirius 211, XM 205 IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and on the INDYCAR Mobile app (iOS, Android).
Video Streaming	Practice and qualifying will be available via INDYCAR Pass on NBC Sports Gold.

* All times are in Eastern Daylight Time. View the green-flag time in all time zones.

Starting Lineup	View Table
Qualifying Groups	View PDF
Entry List	View Table
Spotter Guide	View PDF
Tires Available per Entry	Seven sets primary, four sets alternate (Note: An eighth set of primary tires is available to any car fielding a rookie driver.)

Starting Lineup

SP	Car No.	Driver	Engine	Tire
1	12	Will Power	Chevrolet	Alternate
2	60	Jack Harvey	Honda	Alternate
3	88	Colton Herta	Honda	Alternate
4	15	Graham Rahal	Honda	Alternate
5	7	Oliver Askew (R)	Chevrolet	Alternate
6	1	Josef Newgarden	Chevrolet	Alternate
7	9	Scott Dixon	Honda	Primary
8	20	Conor Daly	Chevrolet	Alternate
9	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Honda	Primary
10	59	Max Chilton	Chevrolet	Alternate
11	27	Alexander Rossi	Honda	Alternate
12	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Honda	Alternate
13	5	Pato O’Ward	Chevrolet	Primary
14	8	Marcus Ericsson	Honda	Primary
15	18	Santino Ferrucci	Honda	Alternate
16	45	Spencer Pigot	Honda	Alternate
17	30	Takuma Sato	Honda	Primary
18	21	Rinus VeeKay (R)	Chevrolet	Primary
19	29	James Hinchcliffe	Honda	Primary
20	22	Simon Pagenaud	Chevrolet	Primary
21	55	Alex Palou (R)	Honda	Alternate
22	26	Zach Veach	Honda	Primary
23	24	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	Alternate
24	4	Charlie Kimball	Chevrolet	Primary
25	98	Marco Andretti	Honda	Primary
26	14	Dalton Kellett (R)	Chevrolet	Primary
		(R) Rookie

— Starting Lineup: PDF

Entry List

Car No.	Driver	Hometown	Sponsor	Team	Engine
1	Josef Newgarden	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	XPEL	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Charlie Kimball	Camarillo, California, USA	Tresiba	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward	Monterrey, Mexico	Arrow McLaren SP	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
7	Oliver Askew (R)	Jupiter, Florida, USA	Arrow McLaren SP	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Kumla, Sweden	Huski Chocolate	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Auckland, New Zealand	PNC Bank	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Felix Rosenqvist	Värnamo, Sweden	NTT Data	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power	Toowoomba, Australia	Verizon	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Dalton Kellett (R)	Stouffville, Canada	K-Line USA	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	New Albany, Ohio, USA	Fifth Third Bank	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Santino Ferrucci	Woodbury, Connecticut, USA	MOUSER MOLEX	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Conor Daly	Noblesville, Indiana, USA	U.S. Air Force	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay (R)	Hoofddorp, Netherlands	Sonax	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
22	Simon Pagenaud	Montmorillon, France	Menards	Team Penske	Chevrolet
24	Sage Karam	Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA	Wix Filters	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet
26	Zach Veach	Stockdale, Ohio, USA	Gainbridge	Andretti Autosport	Honda
27	Alexander Rossi	Nevada City, California, USA	AutoNation / NAPA Auto Parts	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	DHL	Andretti Autosport	Honda
29	James Hinchcliffe	Toronto, Canada	Genesys	Andretti Autosport	Honda
30	Takuma Sato	Tokyo, Japan	Panasonic / One Cure	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
45	Spencer Pigot	Orlando, Florida, USA	RLL with Citrone/Buhl Autosport	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
55	Alex Palou (R)	Barcelona, Spain	Team Goh	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
59	Max Chilton	Reigate, England	Gallagher	Carlin	Chevrolet
60	Jack Harvey	Lincoln, England	AutoNation / SiriusXM	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
88	Colton Herta	Belleair, Florida, USA	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner	Andretti Autosport	Honda
98	Marco Andretti	Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA	U.S. Concrete / Curb	Andretti Autosport	Honda
	(R) — Denotes NTT IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year candidate

— Entry List: PDF

INDIANAPOLIS WEATHER

Track Type	Road course
Length	2.439 miles
Race Distance	80 laps (195.12 miles)
Number of Turns	14
Direction	Clockwise
Track Map	Photo: Sentoan / CC BY-SA
Event Twitter Account & Hashtag	@IMS , #INDYGP

Last Five Wins	— 2019: Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske — 2018: Will Power, Team Penske — 2017: Will Power, Team Penske — 2016: Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske — 2015: Will Power, Team Penske
Last Five Poles	— 2019: Felix Rosenqvist, Chip Ganassi Racing (1:08.2785) — 2018: Will Power, Team Penske (1:09.8182) — 2017: Will Power, Team Penske (1:07.7044) — 2016: Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske (1:08.6868) — 2015: Will Power, Team Penske (1:09.4886)
Qualifying Lap Record	1:07.7044 (Will Power of Team Penske on May 12, 2017)

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