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2023 Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Race Results

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2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Results Sunday of the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.3-mile Barber Motorsports Park, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

  1. (4) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  2. (1) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 90, Running
  3. (11) Will Power, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  4. (3) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  5. (2) Alex Palou, Honda, 90, Running
  6. (6) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 90, Running
  7. (5) Scott Dixon, Honda, 90, Running
  8. (10) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  9. (8) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  10. (13) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 90, Running
  11. (26) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 90, Running
  12. (12) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 90, Running
  13. (15) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  14. (14) Colton Herta, Honda, 90, Running
  15. (7) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  16. (9) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  17. (19) Graham Rahal, Honda, 90, Running
  18. (16) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 90, Running
  19. (17) David Malukas, Honda, 90, Running
  20. (27) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  21. (21) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 90, Running
  22. (25) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  23. (18) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 90, Running
  24. (24) Jack Harvey, Honda, 90, Running
  25. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  26. (22) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 90, Running
  27. (23) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 36, Mechanical

Race Statistics

  • Winner’s average speed: 115.019 mph
  • Time of Race: 1:47:58.9401
  • Margin of victory: 1.7854 seconds
  • Cautions: 1 for 3 laps
  • Lead changes: 7 among 4 drivers

Lap Leaders:

  • Grosjean, Rmain 1 – 30
  • Newgarden, Josef 31 – 36
  • McLaughlin, Scott 37 – 38
  • Grosjean, Romain 39 – 59
  • McLaughlin, Scott 60 – 62
  • Power, Will 63 – 65
  • Grosjean, Romain 66 – 71
  • McLaughlin, Scott 72 – 90

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings:

  1. Ericsson 130
  2. O’Ward 127
  3. Palou 121
  4. McLaughlin 119
  5. Grosjean 115
  6. Newgarden 105
  7. Power 104
  8. Dixon 98
  9. Kirkwood 92
  10. Herta 85
  11. Ilott 80
  12. Lundgaard 77
  13. Malukas 74
  14. Rossi 72
  15. Rosenqvist 66
  16. Rahal 65
  17. Armstrong 62
  18. Canapino 47
  19. VeeKay 47
  20. Pagenaud 45
  21. Castroneves 45
  22. Ferrucci 44
  23. Harvey 43
  24. Daly 38
  25. Robb 37
  26. Pedersen 34
  27. DeFrancesco 33
  28. Ed Carpenter 17
  29. Takuma Sato 5

SOURCE: INDYCAR

2023 Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Qualifying Results & Starting Grid

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2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Qualifying Saturday for the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.3-mile Barber Motorsports Park, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, engine, time and speed in parentheses:

1. (28) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 01:05.8396 (125.760)
2. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, 01:05.9130 (125.620)
3. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 01:05.9382 (125.572)
4. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 01:05.9515 (125.547)
5. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 01:06.0723 (125.317)
6. (45) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 01:06.1601 (125.151)
7. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 01:05.9603 (125.530)
8. (6) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 01:06.0930 (125.278)
9. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 01:06.1222 (125.223)
10. (7) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 01:06.2091 (125.058)
11. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 01:06.3790 (124.738)
12. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 01:06.3963 (124.706)
13. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 01:05.9207 (125.605)
14. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, 01:06.1850 (125.104)
15. (77) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 01:06.0642 (125.333)
16. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 01:06.2433 (124.994)
17. (18) David Malukas, Honda, 01:06.1851 (125.104)
18. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 01:06.4415 (124.621)
19. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 01:06.2504 (124.980)
20. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 01:06.4810 (124.547)
21. (06) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 01:06.2715 (124.941)
22. (78) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 01:06.5158 (124.482)
23. (51) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 01:06.5925 (124.338)
24. (30) Jack Harvey, Honda, 01:06.7181 (124.104)
25. (55) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 01:06.9327 (123.706)
26. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 01:07.2378 (123.145)
27. (14) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 03:49.1462 (36.134)

RULE ENFORCEMENTS

Pursuant to Rule 8.3.5.1, Car 11 has lost its two fastest laps and will not advance.

(R) Rookie

(C)hassis: D=Dallara | (E)ngine: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (T)ire: F=Firestone

FAST FACTS

Track: Barber Motorsports Park, a 2.3-mile, 17-turn road course (clockwise) in Birmingham, Alabama

Race distance: 90 laps / 207 miles (NTT INDYCAR SERIES) | 35 laps / 80.5 miles / 55 minutes (INDY NXT by Firestone)

Push-to-pass parameters: NTT INDYCAR SERIES: 200 seconds of total time with a maximum single duration of 20 seconds. The push-to-pass is not available on the initial start or any restart unless it occurs in the final two laps or three minutes of a timed race. | INDY NXT by Firestone: 150 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 15 seconds per activation

Firestone tire allotment (NTT INDYCAR SERIES): Six sets primary, four sets alternate. One additional set is available to rookie drivers for use in the Friday afternoon practice session.

Twitter: @BarberMotorPark @IndyCar, @INDYNXT, #INDYBHM, #IndyCar

NBC Sports race telecast: 3 p.m. ET Sunday, April 30, NBC (live). Leigh Diffey is the play-by-play announcer for NBC’s coverage of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES alongside analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe.

SOURCE: INDYCAR

Will Power claims pole position at Barber, Team Penske Starts 1-2-3

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Saturday, April 22, 2017) – Will Power negotiated the 2.3-mile, 17-turn permanent road course in 1 minute, 6.9614 seconds (123.653 mph) in the Firestone Fast Six, the climactic round of knockout qualifying. It earned the 36-year-old Australian the Verizon P1 Award and his fourth pole position at the track for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

Power edged a pair of teammates and past Barber pole winners for qualifying honors. Helio Castroneves was second (1:07.1429, 123.319 mph) and Simon Pagenaud third (1:07.3817, 122.882 mph).

“Congratulation to Will,” said Pagenaud, the defending Barber race winner and reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion. “That was great qualifying and phenomenal for the race team: 1-2-3.”

Power’s 46th career pole – fifth all time – was the seventh for Team Penske in eight events at Barber Motorsports Park. It was also the 248th in Indy car history for the team, which Power said is where it all starts.

“First, it’s having a very good team and car, definitely working well this weekend,” said Power, the 2014 series champion who has Barber race wins in 2011 and ’12. “Kind of focusing very well and making sure I’m looking at the right things. Felt like I had a much better car on used tires; I think that’s kind of where we’ve been going wrong. Yeah, just very good result.”

SOURCE: INDYCAR

2017 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Qualifying Results

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Qualifying Saturday for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.3-mile Barber Motorsports Park, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, aero kit-engine, time and speed in parentheses:

1. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 01:06.9614 (123.653)
2. (3) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 01:07.1429 (123.319)
3. (1) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 01:07.3817 (122.882)
4. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 01:07.5817 (122.518)
5. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 01:07.6851 (122.331)
6. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 01:07.8710 (121.996)
7. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 01:07.5941 (122.496)
8. (7) Mikhail Aleshin, Honda, 01:07.9467 (121.860)
9. (8) Max Chilton, Honda, 01:07.9788 (121.803)
10. (10) Tony Kanaan, Honda, 01:08.0305 (121.710)
11. (19) Ed Jones, Honda, 01:08.2034 (121.402)
12. (18) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 01:08.2726 (121.279)
13. (27) Marco Andretti, Honda, 01:07.5405 (122.593)
14. (26) Takuma Sato, Honda, 01:07.6928 (122.317)
15. (83) Charlie Kimball, Honda, 01:07.7033 (122.298)
16. (14) Carlos Munoz, Chevrolet, 01:07.7007 (122.303)
17. (20) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 01:07.9211 (121.906)
18. (98) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 01:07.7483 (122.217)
19. (21) Zach Veach, Chevrolet, 01:08.4681 (120.932)
20. (4) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 01:08.0104 (121.746)
21. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 01:08.0499 (121.675)

SOURCE: INDYCAR