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2022 Indy 500 Fast Friday Photo Gallery

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Photo gallery from Indy 500 Fast Friday on May 20, 2022, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.

INDYCAR 2022 GMR Grand Prix Race Day Photo Gallery

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Photo gallery from the INDYCAR GMR Grand Prix Race Day on May 14, 2022, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.

GMR Grand Prix 2022 Race Results

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INDIANAPOLIS – Results from Saturday of the GMR Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, with the order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed, and reason out (if any):

  1. (14) Colton Herta, Honda, 75, Running
  2. (20) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 75, Running
  3. (1) Will Power, Chevrolet, 75, Running
  4. (18) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 75, Running
  5. (4) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 75, Running
  6. (6) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 75, Running
  7. (13) Takuma Sato, Honda, 75, Running
  8. (7) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 75, Running
  9. (8) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 75, Running
  10. (21) Scott Dixon, Honda, 75, Running
  11. (16) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 75, Running
  12. (24) David Malukas, Honda, 75, Running
  13. (9) Jack Harvey, Honda, 75, Running
  14. (19) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 75, Running
  15. (25) Tatiana Calderon, Chevrolet, 75, Running
  16. (12) Graham Rahal, Honda, 75, Running
  17. (10) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 74, Running
  18. (2) Alex Palou, Honda, 74, Running
  19. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 74, Running
  20. (11) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 74, Running
  21. (17) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 73, Running
  22. (27) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 73, Running
  23. (15) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 73, Running
  24. (23) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 72, Contact
  25. (3) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 60, Running
  26. (22) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 53, Contact
  27. (26) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 34, Contact

GMR Grand Prix 2022 Race Statistics

  • Winner’s average speed: 90.008 mph
  • Time of Race: 02:01:56.3273
  • The margin of victory: Under caution
  • Cautions: 8 for 31
  • Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers

GMR Grand Prix 2022 Lap Leaders

  • Pato O’Ward: Laps 1 – 2
  • Felix Rosenqvist: Laps 3 – 4
  • Colton Herta: Laps 5 – 31
  • Pato O’Ward: Lap 32
  • Felix Rosenqvist: Laps 33 – 34
  • Tatiana Calderon: Lap 35
  • Marcus Ericsson: Laps 36 – 45
  • Colton Herta: Laps 46 – 59
  • Scott McLaughlin: Laps 60 – 64
  • Pato O’Ward: Laps 65 – 66
  • Colton Herta: Laps 67 – 75

2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings

(As of May 14, 2022)

  1. Will Power: 170 points
  2. Alex Palou: 156 points
  3. Scott McLaughlin: 152 points
  4. Josef Newgarden: 140 points
  5. Scott Dixon: 133 points
  6. Colton Herta: 132 points
  7. Pato O’Ward: 126 points
  8. Marcus Ericsson: 117 points
  9. Romain Grosjean: 114 points
  10. Rinus VeeKay: 113 points

GMR Grand Prix 2022 Qualifying Results

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INDIANAPOLIS – Qualifying Friday for the GMR Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, engine, time, and speed in parentheses:

1. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 01:09.7664 (125.854 mph)
2. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, 01:09.8090 (125.777)
3. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 01:09.8343 (125.732)
4. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 01:09.9063 (125.602)
5. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 01:10.0546 (125.337)
6. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 01:10.0605 (125.326)
7. (77) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 01:09.6530 (126.059)
8. (30) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 01:09.6594 (126.048)
9. (45) Jack Harvey, Honda, 01:09.6899 (125.992)
10. (28) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 01:09.7100 (125.956)
11. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 01:09.7847 (125.821)
12. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 01:10.2950 (124.908)
13. (51) Takuma Sato, Honda, 01:09.8239 (125.751)
14. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, 01:09.8527 (125.699)
15. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 01:09.9550 (125.515)
16. (27) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 01:09.9178 (125.582)
17. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 01:10.1306 (125.201)
18. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 01:09.9294 (125.561)
19. (06) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 01:10.1417 (125.181)
20. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 01:09.9717 (125.485)
21. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 01:10.1694 (125.131)
22. (14) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 01:10.1954 (125.085)
23. (6) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 01:10.7610 (124.085)
24. (18) David Malukas, Honda, 01:10.4755 (124.588)
25. (11) Tatiana Calderon, Chevrolet, 01:11.0020 (123.664)
26. (4) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 01:10.7187 (124.160)
27. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 01:11.4599 (122.872)

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 2022 Race Results

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – Results from Sunday of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.968-mile Streets of Long Beach, with the order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed, and reason out (if any):

1. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 85, Running
2. (6) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 85, Running
3. (3) Alex Palou, Honda, 85, Running
4. (7) Will Power, Chevrolet, 85, Running
5. (11) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 85, Running
6. (16) Scott Dixon, Honda, 85, Running
7. (13) Graham Rahal, Honda, 85, Running
8. (5) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 85, Running
9. (14) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 85, Running
10. (12) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 85, Running
11. (4) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 85, Running
12. (17) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 85, Running
13. (15) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 85, Running
14. (9) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 85, Running
15. (20) Jack Harvey, Honda, 85, Running
16. (26) Tatiana Calderon, Chevrolet, 84, Running
17. (22) Takuma Sato, Honda, 83, Contact
18. (19) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 83, Running
19. (10) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 81, Running
20. (25) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 73, Contact
21. (18) David Malukas, Honda, 72, Contact
22. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 66, Contact
23. (1) Colton Herta, Honda, 55, Contact
24. (21) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 55, Contact
25. (23) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 35, Contact
26. (24) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 5, Contact

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 2022 Race Statistics

  • Winner’s average speed: 93.977 mph
  • Time of Race: 1:46:48.0102
  • Margin of victory: Under caution
  • Cautions: 4 for 14 laps
  • Lead Changes: 5 among 5 drivers
  • Lap Leaders:
    • Colton Herta, Laps 1 – 28
    • Josef Newgarden, Lap 29
    • Will Power, Laps 30 – 31
    • Devlin DeFrancesco, Lap 32
    • Alex Palou, Laps 33 – 54
    • Josef Newgarden, Laps 55 – 85

2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings as of April 10th

  1. Josef Newgarden, 118 points
  2. Scott McLaughlin, 113 points
  3. Alex Palou, 103 points
  4. Will Power, 102 points
  5. Scott Dixon, 83 points
  6. Romain Grosjean, 75 points
  7. Rinus VeeKay, 67 points
  8. Marcus Ericsson, 66 points
  9. Pato O’Ward, 63 points
  10. Graham Rahal, 60 points

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 2022 Qualifying Results

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – Qualifying Saturday for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.968-mile(s) Streets of Long Beach, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, engine, time, and speed in parentheses:

1. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, 01:05.3095 (108.480 mph)
2. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 01:05.7550 (107.745)
3. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, 01:05.8667 (107.563)
4. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 01:05.9349 (107.451)
5. (27) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 01:06.0674 (107.236)
6. (28) Romain Grosjean, Honda, No Time (No Speed)
7. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 01:05.8745 (107.550)
8. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 01:05.9548 (107.419)
9. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 01:06.0507 (107.263)
10. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 01:06.0678 (107.235)
11. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 01:06.0726 (107.228)
12. (14) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 01:06.2604 (106.924)
13. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 01:06.6896 (106.235)
14. (06) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 01:06.2467 (106.946)
15. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 01:06.7049 (106.211)
16. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 01:06.3241 (106.821)
17. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 01:06.7418 (106.152)
18. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 01:06.4489 (106.620)
19. (18) David Malukas, Honda, 01:06.7925 (106.072)
20. (30) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 01:06.5049 (106.530)
21. (45) Jack Harvey, Honda, 01:06.9708 (105.789)
22. (77) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 01:06.6672 (106.271)
23. (51) Takuma Sato, Honda, 01:07.1001 (105.586)
24. (4) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 01:06.7679 (106.111)
25. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 01:09.0287 (102.636)
26. (11) Tatiana Calderon, Chevrolet, 01:07.4789 (104.993)

Live coverage of the 85-lap race starts at 3 p.m. (ET) Sunday, April 10, 2022, on NBC, Peacock Premium, and the INDYCAR Radio Network.

INDYCAR XPEL 375 2022 Qualifying Results

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FORT WORTH, Texas – Qualifying Saturday for the XPEL 375 NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, and speed:

1. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Dallara-Chevrolet, 221.110 mph
2. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara-Chevrolet, 221.096
3. (51) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 221.094
4. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 221.016
5. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 221.011
6. (06) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 220.768
7. (2) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevrolet, 220.758
8. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Dallara-Chevrolet, 220.748
9. (26) Colton Herta, Dallara-Honda, 220.602
10. (5) Pato O’Ward, Dallara-Chevrolet, 220.579
11. (10) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 220.571
12. (27) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-Honda, 220.458
13. (28) Romain Grosjean, Dallara-Honda, 220.412
14. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Honda, 220.364
15. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 220.338
16. (20) Conor Daly, Dallara-Chevrolet, 219.987
17. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Dallara-Honda, 219.888
18. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Dallara-Honda, 219.865
19. (18) David Malukas, Dallara-Honda, 219.864
20. (77) Callum Ilott, Dallara-Chevrolet, 219.462
21. (33) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 219.212
22. (4) Dalton Kellett, Dallara-Chevrolet, 219.038
23. (14) Kyle Kirkwood, Dallara-Chevrolet, 219.013
24. (45) Jack Harvey, Dallara-Honda, 218.781
25. (30) Christian Lundgaard, Dallara-Honda, 218.687
26. (11) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Chevrolet, 218.584
27. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 218.410

INDYCAR Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2022 Qualifying Results

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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – Qualifying Saturday for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.8-mile Streets of St. Petersburg circuit, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, engine, time, and speed in parentheses:

1. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 59.4821 (108.940 mph)
2. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 59.6058 (108.714)
3. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, 59.7104 (108.524)
4. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 59.8102 (108.343)
5. (28) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 59.8116 (108.340)
6. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 1:00.2041 (107.634)
7. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 59.7579 (108.438)
8. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 59.8241 (108.318)
9. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 59.8862 (108.205)
10. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, 59.9584 (108.075)
11. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 59.9870 (108.023)
12. (14) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 1:00.2616 (107.531)
13. (27) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 59.9931 (108.012)
14. (4) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 59.9521 (108.086)
15. (30) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 1:00.0276 (107.950)
16. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 1:00.0021 (107.996)
17. (06) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 1:00.1426 (107.744)
18. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 1:00.0850 (107.847)
19. (77) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 1:00.2121 (107.620)
20. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 1:00.1921 (107.655)
21. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 1:00.3918 (107.299)
22. (51) Takuma Sato, Honda, 1:00.2930 (107.475)
23. (45) Jack Harvey, Honda, 1:00.5333 (107.049)
24. (18) David Malukas, Honda, 1:00.4601 (107.178)
25. (11) Tatiana Calderon, Chevrolet, 1:00.9391 (106.336)
26. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 1:01.0273 (106.182)

INDYCAR vs. Squirrel

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Who wins the battle of an INDYCAR vs. a squirrel? Yeah, that turns out just how you thought.

Via the legendary Marshall Pruett over at Racer.com, here’s what went down at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca during an INDYCAR test session with :

Other than a heavy dose of spins and running off course at Turn 11, the worst part of the test came from the steady depopulation of squirrels. An unfortunate number of the notoriously indecisive rodents attempted to run across the track throughout the test, with many failing to complete their journeys to reach the other side.

“This was a record,” Josef Newgarden said. “There were at least eight carcasses out there at one point. It got so bad, there were three on the racing line in Turn 11, and they had to red flag the session to clean things up because we’re having to alter our lines under braking just to avoid them.”

It’s believed Andretti’s Colton Herta recorded the deadliest tour of the day after striking four squirrels in a single lap.

Wow. What else can you say?

INDYCAR 2021 Mid-Ohio Race Results

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Results of The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with the order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, and reason out (if any):

1. (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 80, Running
2. (3) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 80, Running
3. (7) Alex Palou, Honda, 80, Running
4. (5) Scott Dixon, Honda, 80, Running
5. (6) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 80, Running
6. (8) Graham Rahal, Honda, 80, Running
7. (18) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 80, Running
8. (20) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 80, Running
9. (22) Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 80, Running
10. (19) Takuma Sato, Honda, 80, Running
11. (12) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 80, Running
12. (14) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 80, Running
13. (2) Colton Herta, Honda, 80, Running
14. (15) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 80, Running
15. (24) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 80, Running
16. (11) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 80, Running
17. (9) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 80, Running
18. (17) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 80, Running
19. (23) Jack Harvey, Honda, 80, Running
20. (26) Ryan Norman, Honda, 79, Running
21. (21) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 79, Running
22. (25) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 79, Running
23. (13) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 78, Running
24. (10) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 78, Running
25. (4) Will Power, Chevrolet, 3, Contact
26. (16) Ed Jones, Honda, 3, Contact

INDYCAR 2021 Mid-Ohio Race Statistics

Winner’s average speed: 108.405 mph
Time of Race: 1:39:58.8551
Margin of victory: 0.8790 of a second
Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers

INDYCAR 2021 Mid-Ohio Lap Leaders

Newgarden 1-29
Herta 30-31
Newgarden 32-52
Ericsson 53-54
Herta 55-57
Newgarden 58-80

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings (July 4, 2021)

  1. Palou 384
  2. O’Ward 345
  3. Dixon 328
  4. Newgarden 315
  5. Ericsson 280
  6. Pagenaud 271
  7. Herta 260
  8. VeeKay 257
  9. Rahal 256
  10. Sato 226