Rinus VeeKay

2023 INDYCAR Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Qualifying Results & Starting Grid

April 16, 2023 by Naptown Buzz

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Friday, April 14 – Sunday, April 16

Race Broadcast: Sunday, April 16, 2023 – 3:00 p.m. ET (NBC)

Rank	Car	Driver Name	C/E/T	Time	Speed
1	27	Kirkwood, Kyle	D/H/F	01:06.2878	106.879
2	8	Ericsson, Marcus	D/H/F	01:06.3253	106.819
3	28	Grosjean, Romain	D/H/F	01:06.5347	106.483
4	10	Palou, Alex	D/H/F	01:06.5549	106.450
5	9	Dixon, Scott	D/H/F	01:06.5730	106.422
6	5	O’Ward, Pato	D/C/F	01:06.6039	106.372
7	26	Herta, Colton	D/H/F	01:06.6431	106.310
8	2	Newgarden, Josef	D/C/F	01:06.6452	106.306
9	3	McLaughlin, Scott	D/C/F	01:06.7251	106.179
10	6	Rosenqvist, Felix	D/C/F	01:06.7317	106.168
11	7	Rossi, Alexander	D/C/F	01:07.1049	105.578
12	11	Armstrong, Marcus (R)	D/H/F	01:09.7839	101.525
13	12	Power, Will	D/C/F	01:07.2681	105.322
14	60	Pagenaud, Simon	D/H/F	01:06.8010	106.058
15	30	Harvey, Jack	D/H/F	01:07.3150	105.248
16	06	Castroneves, Helio	D/H/F	01:06.9385	105.840
17	45	Lundgaard, Christian	D/H/F	01:07.3957	105.122
18	14	Ferrucci, Santino	D/C/F	01:06.9517	105.820
19	21	VeeKay, Rinus	D/C/F	01:07.8796	104.373
20	29	DeFrancesco, Devlin	D/H/F	01:07.0294	105.697
21	51	Robb, Sting Ray (R)	D/H/F	01:07.9105	104.326
22	77	Ilott, Callum	D/C/F	01:07.0490	105.666
23	55	Pedersen, Benjamin (R)	D/C/F	01:08.2970	103.735
24	15	Rahal, Graham	D/H/F	01:07.0909	105.600
25	18	Malukas, David	D/H/F	No Time	No Speed
26	78	Canapino, Agustin (R)	D/C/F	01:07.5956	104.812
27	20	Daly, Conor	D/C/F	01:07.6986	104.652

(R) Rookie

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

INFRACTIONS

Pursuant to Rule 8.3.4, Car 18 (Malukas) has lost their 2 fastest Laps and will not advance.
Pursuant to Rule 8.3.4, Car 11 (Armstrong) has lost their 2 fastest Laps and will not advance.

Rule 8.3.4: For all segments, timing of the session will begin when the transponder of the first Car crosses the alternate start / finish line.

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INDYCAR Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Fast Facts

Track: 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street course (clockwise) in Long Beach, California.

Race distance: 85 laps / 167.28 miles

Push-to-pass parameters: 200 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 20 seconds per activation.

Firestone tire allotment: Six sets primary, five sets alternate. Rookie drivers are allowed one extra primary set for Practice 1.

2022 race winner: Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet)

2022 NTT P1 Award: Colton Herta (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda), 1:05.3095, 108.480 mph

Qualifying lap record: Colton Herta, 1:05.3095, 108.480 mph, April 9, 2022

NBC Sports race telecast: 3 p.m. ET Sunday, April 16, 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. Marty Snider, Dave Burns and Kevin Lee are the pit reporters.

Peacock Live Streaming: All NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice sessions, qualifying and races will stream live on Peacock, NBC’s direct-to-consumer livestreaming product.

INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is the chief announcer alongside analyst Davey Hamilton and turn announcers Nick Yeoman, Jake Query and Michael Young. Ryan Myrehn, Alex Wollf and Georgia Henneberry are the pit reporters. The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach race and all NTT INDYCAR SERIES practices and qualifying sessions air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation 160 and SiriusXM NBC Sports Audio 85 (Race only), racecontrol.indycar.com and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA.

Texas Motor Speedway 2023 INDYCAR PPG 375 Race Results

April 2, 2023 by Naptown Buzz

FORT WORTH, Texas (Sunday, April 2, 2023) – Results Sunday of the PPG 375 NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

(4) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 250, Running
(5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 250, Running
(7) Alex Palou, Honda, 250, Running
(9) David Malukas, Honda, 250, Running
(2) Scott Dixon, Honda, 250, Running
(15) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 250, Running
(10) Colton Herta, Honda, 250, Running
(16) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 249, Running
(17) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 249, Running
(21) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 249, Running
(26) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 249, Running
(19) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 249, Running
(18) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 249, Running
(11) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 248, Contact
(13) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 248, Running
(8) Will Power, Chevrolet, 248, Running
(22) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 247, Running
(28) Jack Harvey, Honda, 247, Running
(27) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 247, Running
(25) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 246, Running
(14) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 246, Running
(3) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 243, Running
(12) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 221, Contact
(24) Graham Rahal, Honda, 219, Contact
(23) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 208, Contact
(1) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 177, Contact
(20) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 97, Contact
(6) Takuma Sato, Honda, 46, Contact

2023 PPG 375 Race Statistics

Winner’s average speed: 169.917 mph
Time of Race: 2:07:07.2653
Margin of victory: Under caution
Cautions: 5 for 52 laps
Lead changes: 26 among 8 drivers

2023 PPG 375 Race Lap Leaders

Dixon, Scott 1 – 2
Newgarden, Josef 3
Dixon, Scott 4
Newgarden, Josef 5 – 65
Palou, Alex 66 – 67
Newgarden, Josef 68 – 108
O’Ward, Pato 109 – 114
Rosenqvist, Felix 115
Robb, Sting Ray 116
Newgarden, Josef 117 – 128
O’Ward, Pato 129 – 169
Rosenqvist, Felix 170 – 172
O’Ward, Pato 173 – 194
Palou, Alex 195 – 198
Newgarden, Josef 199 – 200
Palou, Alex 201 – 202
Herta, Colton 203 – 206
O’Ward, Pato 207 – 208
Palou, Alex 209 – 219
Grosjean, Romain 220 – 221
O’Ward, Pato 222 – 238
Palou, Alex 239 – 241
Newgarden, Josef 242
O’Ward, Pato 243
Newgarden, Josef 244 – 246
O’Ward, Pato 247 – 248
Newgarden, Josef 249 – 250

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings

(As of Sunday, April 2, 2023.)

O’Ward 82
Ericsson 75
Dixon 67
Newgarden 66
Palou 60
Malukas 53
Ilott 52
McLaughlin 48
Power 40
Rossi 40
Herta 37
Canapino 36
Rahal 34
Lundgaard 33
Grosjean 31
VeeKay 28
Castroneves 27
Daly 26
Harvey 20
Kirkwood 20
Robb 20
Pedersen 20
Marcus Armstrong 19
Pagenaud 18
Rosenqvist 18
Carpenter 17
Ferrucci 15
DeFrancesco 12
Sato 5

Texas Motor Speedway 2023 INDYCAR PPG 375 Qualifying Results & Starting Grid

April 2, 2023 by Naptown Buzz

PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway
April 1-2, 2023

Race Broadcast: April 2, 2023 – 12:00 p.m. ET (NBC)

Repaved and redesigned in 2017, Texas Motor Speedway features 20 degrees of banking in Turns 1 and 2 and 24 degrees of banking in Turns 3 and 4 and the wide (minimum 60 feet) racing surface has produced many memorable moments since the series began racing at the 1.5-mile oval in 1997.

Rank	Car	Driver Name	C/E/T	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total Time	Avg Speed
1	6	Rosenqvist, Felix	D/C/F	23.5123	23.5585	00:47.0708	220.264
2	9	Dixon, Scott	D/H/F	23.5364	23.5968	00:47.1332	219.972
3	7	Rossi, Alexander	D/C/F	23.5450	23.5908	00:47.1358	219.960
4	2	Newgarden, Josef	D/C/F	23.5617	23.6083	00:47.1700	219.801
5	5	O’Ward, Pato	D/C/F	23.5778	23.6312	00:47.2090	219.619
6	11	Sato, Takuma	D/H/F	23.6004	23.6324	00:47.2328	219.508
7	10	Palou, Alex	D/H/F	23.5950	23.6439	00:47.2389	219.480
8	12	Power, Will	D/C/F	23.5341	23.7318	00:47.2659	219.355
9	18	Malukas, David	D/H/F	23.6111	23.6761	00:47.2872	219.256
10	26	Herta, Colton	D/H/F	23.6196	23.6831	00:47.3027	219.184
11	28	Grosjean, Romain	D/H/F	23.6208	23.6861	00:47.3069	219.165
12	29	DeFrancesco, Devlin	D/H/F	23.6322	23.6787	00:47.3109	219.146
13	55	Pedersen, Benjamin (R)	D/C/F	23.6182	23.7027	00:47.3209	219.100
14	14	Ferrucci, Santino	D/C/F	23.6500	23.7158	00:47.3658	218.892
15	3	McLaughlin, Scott	D/C/F	23.6761	23.7172	00:47.3933	218.765
16	8	Ericsson, Marcus	D/H/F	23.6718	23.7361	00:47.4079	218.698
17	77	Ilott, Callum	D/C/F	23.7364	23.7303	00:47.4667	218.427
18	33	Carpenter, Ed	D/C/F	23.6818	23.7962	00:47.4780	218.375
19	78	Canapino, Agustin (R)	D/C/F	23.7378	23.7419	00:47.4797	218.367
20	27	Kirkwood, Kyle	D/H/F	23.7173	23.7929	00:47.5102	218.227
21	06	Castroneves, Helio	D/H/F	23.7827	23.7342	00:47.5169	218.196
22	60	Pagenaud, Simon	D/H/F	23.7495	23.7876	00:47.5371	218.103
23	51	Robb, Sting Ray (R)	D/H/F	23.8019	23.8286	00:47.6305	217.676
24	15	Rahal, Graham	D/H/F	23.8244	23.8202	00:47.6446	217.611
25	20	Daly, Conor	D/C/F	23.7971	23.8813	00:47.6784	217.457
26	21	VeeKay, Rinus	D/C/F	23.8705	23.9347	00:47.8052	216.880
27	45	Lundgaard, Christian	D/H/F	23.9945	23.9589	00:47.9534	216.210
28	30	Harvey, Jack	D/H/F	23.8894	24.0877	00:47.9771	216.103
(R) Rookie Speed based on 1.44 mile(s)
(C)hassis: D=Dallara \| (E)ngine: C=Chevy, H=Honda \| (T)ire: F=Firestone
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PPG 375 FAST FACTS

Race distance: 250 laps/375 miles

Firestone tire allotment: Eleven sets primary to be used during practice, qualifying and the race. An extra set will be available to cars participating in the high-line practice session.

2022 race winner: Josef Newgarden (No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet)

2022 NTT P1 Award winner: Felix Rosenqvist (No. 7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet), 46.8906 seconds, 221.110 mph

Qualifying record (based on track distance of 1.44 miles)

One lap: Charlie Kimball, 23.2730, 222.747 mph, June 9, 2017

Two laps: Charlie Kimball, 46.5861, 222.556 mph, June 9, 2017

NBC Sports race telecast: Noon (ET) Sunday, April 2, 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. Marty Snider and Dave Burns are the pit reporters.

Peacock Live Streaming: All NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice sessions, qualifying and races will stream live on Peacock, NBC’s direct-to-consumer livestreaming product.

INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is the anchor alongside driver analyst Davey Hamilton. Nick Yeoman is the turn announcer. Jake Query, Michael Young and Georgia Henneberry are the pit reporters. The PPG 375 race and all NTT INDYCAR SERIES practices and qualifying sessions air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation 160 and SiriusXM NBC Sports Audio 85 (Race only), racecontrol.indycar.com and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA.

2023 INDYCAR Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Results

March 5, 2023 by Naptown Buzz

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sunday, March 5, 2023) – Results Sunday of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.8-mile Streets of St. Petersburg, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

(4) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 100, Running
(3) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 100, Running
(9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 100, Running
(12) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 100, Running
(22) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 100, Running
(20) Graham Rahal, Honda, 100, Running
(10) Will Power, Chevrolet, 100, Running
(7) Alex Palou, Honda, 100, Running
(11) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 100, Running
(16) David Malukas, Honda, 100, Running
(13) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 100, Running
(21) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 100, Running
(6) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 99, Running
(26) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 99, Running
(5) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 97, Running
(23) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 96, Off Course
(14) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 95, Running
(1) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 71, Contact
(8) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 51, Retired
(2) Colton Herta, Honda, 49, Contact
(24) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 41, Contact
(19) Jack Harvey, Honda, 41, Contact
(15) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 0, Contact
(17) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 0, Contact
(18) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 0, Contact
(25) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 0, Contact
(27) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 0, Contact

2023 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Statistics

Winner’s average speed: 86.047 mph
Time of Race: 2:05:30.7907
Margin of victory: 2.4113 seconds
Cautions: 6 for 26 laps
Lead changes: 6 among 6 drivers

2023 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Lap Leaders

Grosjean, Romain 1 – 31
McLaughlin, Scott 32 – 34
Dixon, Scott 35 – 37
McLaughlin, Scott 38 – 71
Malukas, David 72 – 73
O’Ward, Pato 74 – 96
Ericsson, Marcus 97 – 100

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings

(As of Sunday, March 5, 2023.)

Ericsson 51
O’Ward 41
Dixon 36
Rossi 32
Ilott 30
Rahal 28
Power 26
Palou 24
Lundgaard 22
Malukas 21
McLaughlin 20
Armstrong 19
Canapino 18
Daly 16
Kirkwood 15
Grosjean 14
Robb 14
Newgarden 13
Rosenqvist 11
Herta 10
VeeKay 9
Harvey 8
Castroneves 7
Ferrucci 6
DeFrancesco 5
Pedersen 5
Pagenaud 5

2023 INDYCAR Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Qualifying & Starting Grid

March 5, 2023 by Naptown Buzz

2023 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Starting Grid

Rank	Car	Driver Name	C/E/T	Time	Speed
1	28	Grosjean, Romain	D/H/F	59.5532	108.810
2	26	Herta, Colton	D/H/F	59.9687	108.056
3	5	O’Ward, Pato	D/C/F	01:00.0163	107.971
4	8	Ericsson, Marcus	D/H/F	01:00.4435	107.208
5	27	Kirkwood, Kyle	D/H/F	No Time	No Speed
6	3	McLaughlin, Scott	D/C/F	No Time	No Speed
7	10	Palou, Alex	D/H/F	59.7781	108.401
8	6	Rosenqvist, Felix	D/C/F	59.7971	108.366
9	9	Dixon, Scott	D/H/F	59.8010	108.359
10	12	Power, Will	D/C/F	59.9482	108.093
11	45	Lundgaard, Christian	D/H/F	59.9618	108.069
12	7	Rossi, Alexander	D/C/F	01:00.0040	107.993
13	11	Armstrong, Marcus (R)	D/H/F	01:00.3158	107.435
14	2	Newgarden, Josef	D/C/F	01:00.0605	107.891
15	06	Castroneves, Helio	D/H/F	01:00.5049	107.099
16	18	Malukas, David	D/H/F	01:00.0796	107.857
17	14	Ferrucci, Santino	D/C/F	01:00.5301	107.054
18	29	DeFrancesco, Devlin	D/H/F	01:00.1798	107.677
19	30	Harvey, Jack	D/H/F	01:00.7270	106.707
20	15	Rahal, Graham	D/H/F	01:00.3714	107.336
21	78	Canapino, Agustin (R)	D/C/F	01:01.0692	106.109
22	77	Ilott, Callum	D/C/F	01:00.3868	107.308
23	51	Robb, Sting Ray (R)	D/H/F	01:02.3711	103.894
24	21	VeeKay, Rinus	D/C/F	01:00.4831	107.137
25	60	Pagenaud, Simon	D/H/F	06:37.4112	16.306
26	20	Daly, Conor	D/C/F	01:00.6066	106.919
27	55	Pedersen, Benjamin (R)	D/C/F	01:01.4355	105.476

RULE ENFORCEMENTS

Pursuant to Rule 8.3.4, Car 60 has lost its two fastest laps and may not advance.
Pursuant to Rule 8.3.5.4, Car 45 has lost its fastest lap to that point.
Pursuant to Rule 8.3.4, Car 27 has lost its two fastest laps.
Pursuant to Rule 8.3.4, Car 3 has lost its two fastest laps.
Pursuant to Rule 8.3.8.1.3, Car 27 finished ahead of Car 3.

(R) Rookie

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

106th Indianapolis 500 Prize Money 2022

May 30, 2022 by Naptown Buzz

INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, May 30, 2022) – The Indianapolis 500 purse record was shattered after a wildly successful 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500, with race winner Marcus Ericsson taking home $3.1 million from a total purse of $16,000,200.

It’s the largest purse ever in the Indianapolis 500 and Ericsson’s prize is also the largest winner’s payout ever for the event.

Prior to 2022, the biggest Indianapolis 500 purse was $14.4 million for the 2008 Indy 500.

The 2022 average payout for drivers was $485,000.

“The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest race in the world, and these drivers lay it all on the line for a chance to drink the winner’s milk and kiss the famous Yard of Bricks,” Roger Penske said. “This year’s record-setting purse is reflective of their tireless pursuit of history and the world-class talent they display on every lap.”

106th Indianapolis 500 Prize Money Breakdown

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Car Name	Laps	Pts	Earnings
1	5	8	Marcus Ericsson	Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda	200	109	$3,100,000
2	7	5	Pato O’Ward	Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet	200	87	$1,000,000
3	6	1	Tony Kanaan	The American Legion Chip Ganassi Racing Honda	200	78	$400,000
4	8	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Vuse Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet	200	69	$570,500
5	20	27	Alexander Rossi	NAPA AUTO PARTS / AutoNation Honda	200	60	$548,000
6	18	20	Conor Daly	BitNile Chevrolet	200	57	$527,100
7	27	06	Helio Castroneves	AutoNation/SiriusXM Honda	200	52	$205,300
8	16	60	Simon Pagenaud	AutoNation/SiriusXM Honda	200	48	$507,000
9	2	10	Alex Palou	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Honda	200	56	$569,600
10	15	23	Santino Ferrucci	Palermo’s Screamin Sicilian DRR Chevrolet	200	40	$134,500
11	30	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet	200	38	$127,000
12	17	11	JR Hildebrand	Homes For Our Troops / ABC Supply Chevrolet	200	36	$175,300
13	14	2	Josef Newgarden	Shell Team Penske Chevrolet	200	34	$530,000
14	21	15	Graham Rahal	United Rentals Honda	200	32	$483,000
15	11	12	Will Power	Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet	200	32	$474,300
16	13	18	David Malukas (R)	HMD Honda	200	28	$463,000
17	28	14	Kyle Kirkwood (R)	ROKiT / AJ FOYT RACING Chevrolet	200	26	$463,000
18	31	30	Christian Lundgaard (R)	PeopleReady Honda	200	24	$463,000
19	4	33	Ed Carpenter	Alzamend Neuro Chevrolet	200	31	$117,000
20	24	29	Devlin DeFrancesco (R)	PowerTap Honda	200	20	$463,000
21	1	9	Scott Dixon	PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda	200	33	$707,000
22	23	98	Marco Andretti	KULR Technology / Curb Honda	200	17	$114,400
23	22	24	Sage Karam	AES Indiana DRR Chevrolet	199	14	$104,500
24	32	45	Jack Harvey	Hy-Vee Honda	199	12	$158,800
25	10	51	Takuma Sato	Nurtec ODT Honda	199	13	$462,000
26	33	25	Stefan Wilson	DragonSpeed / Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet	198	10	$102,000
27	29	4	Dalton Kellett	K-LINE / AJ FOYT RACING Chevrolet	198	10	$462,000
28	12	48	Jimmie Johnson (R)	Carvana Chip Ganassi Racing Honda	193	12	$207,900
29	26	3	Scott McLaughlin	Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet	150	10	$462,000
30	25	26	Colton Herta	Gainbridge Honda	129	10	$469,500
31	9	28	Romain Grosjean (R)	DHL Honda	105	14	$478,500
32	19	77	Callum Ilott (R)	Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet	68	10	$463,000
33	3	21	Rinus VeeKay	Bitcoin Racing Team with BitNile Chevrolet	38	21	$487,800

FIRST INDIANAPOLIS 500 IN THREE YEARS WITH NO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

The 106th Indianapolis 500 marks yet another major milestone this Month of May as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened its gates to race fans with no COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in three years.

More than 325,000 race fans attended Sunday’s race, making it the largest attended single-day sporting event in the world since the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and shuttered events and gatherings worldwide.

JIMMIE JOHNSON SELECTED 2022 INDIANAPOLIS 500 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson earned Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors for his performance on and off the track during the Month of May for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Johnson earned a $50,000 bonus for being named Rookie of the Year, adding to a total take-home prize of $207,900.

SOURCE: INDYCAR

106th Indianapolis 500 Race Results 2022

May 30, 2022 by Naptown Buzz

INDIANAPOLIS – Results of the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

Finish	Start	Driver	Engine	Laps	Reason out
1	5	Marcus Ericsson	Honda	200	Running
2	7	Pato O’Ward	Chevrolet	200	Running
3	6	Tony Kanaan	Honda	200	Running
4	8	Felix Rosenqvist	Chevrolet	200	Running
5	20	Alexander Rossi	Honda	200	Running
6	18	Conor Daly	Chevrolet	200	Running
7	27	Helio Castroneves	Honda	200	Running
8	16	Simon Pagenaud	Honda	200	Running
9	2	Alex Palou	Honda	200	Running
10	15	Santino Ferrucci	Chevrolet	200	Running
11	30	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	200	Running
12	17	JR Hildebrand	Chevrolet	200	Running
13	14	Josef Newgarden	Chevrolet	200	Running
14	21	Graham Rahal	Honda	200	Running
15	11	Will Power	Chevrolet	200	Running
16	13	David Malukas	Honda	200	Running
17	28	Kyle Kirkwood	Chevrolet	200	Running
18	31	Christian Lundgaard	Honda	200	Running
19	4	Ed Carpenter	Chevrolet	200	Running
20	24	Devlin DeFrancesco	Honda	200	Running
21	1	Scott Dixon	Honda	200	Running
22	23	Marco Andretti	Honda	200	Running
23	22	Sage Karam	Chevrolet	199	Running
24	32	Jack Harvey	Honda	199	Running
25	10	Takuma Sato	Honda	199	Running
26	33	Stefan Wilson	Chevrolet	198	Running
27	29	Dalton Kellett	Chevrolet	198	Running
28	12	Jimmie Johnson	Honda	193	Contact
29	26	Scott McLaughlin	Chevrolet	150	Contact
30	25	Colton Herta	Honda	129	Mechanical
31	9	Romain Grosjean	Honda	105	Contact
32	19	Callum Ilott	Chevrolet	68	Contact
33	3	Rinus VeeKay	Chevrolet	38	Contact

106th Indianapolis 500 Race Statistics

Winner’s average speed: 175.428 mph
Time of Race: 02:51:00.6432
The margin of victory: Under caution
Cautions: 6 for 31 laps
Lead Changes: 38 among 9 drivers
Fastest Lap: 224.852 mph (40.0263 seconds) on lap 179 by #8 Marcus Ericsson
Fastest Leader Lap: 223.526 mph (40.2637 seconds) on lap 38 by #10 Alex Palou

106th Indianapolis 500 Lap Leaders

Driver	Laps
Alex Palou	1 – 7
Scott Dixon	8 – 9
Alex Palou	10 – 12
Scott Dixon	13 – 16
Alex Palou	17 – 21
Scott Dixon	22 – 29
Alex Palou	30
Rinus VeeKay	31
Marcus Ericsson	32
Pato O’Ward	33 – 35
Alex Palou	36 – 47
Scott Dixon	48 – 50
Alex Palou	51
Scott Dixon	52 – 53
Alex Palou	54 – 57
Scott Dixon	58 – 59
Alex Palou	60 – 68
Pato O’Ward	69 – 72
Scott Dixon	73 – 79
Conor Daly	80 – 81
Scott Dixon	82 – 83
Conor Daly	84 – 85
Scott Dixon	86 – 108
Conor Daly	109 – 111
Scott Dixon	112 – 140
Pato O’Ward	141 – 143
Tony Kanaan	144
Marcus Ericsson	145
Alex Palou	146 – 147
Pato O’Ward	148 – 157
Scott Dixon	158 – 160
Pato O’Ward	161 – 164
Scott Dixon	165 – 174
Pato O’Ward	175 – 176
Tony Kanaan	177 – 181
Alex Palou	182 – 184
Marco Andretti	185 – 187
Jimmie Johnson	188 – 189
Marcus Ericsson	190 – 200

106th Indianapolis 500 Lap Leader Summary

Car	Driver	Laps Lead
9	Scott Dixon	95
10	Alex Palou	47
5	Pato O’Ward	26
8	Marcus Ericsson	13
20	Conor Daly	7
1	Tony Kanaan	6
98	Marco Andretti	3
48	Jimmie Johnson	2
21	Rinus VeeKay	1

106th Indianapolis 500 Caution Summary

Number	Duration	Total	Reason for Caution
1	39 to 45	7	Contact: Rinus VeeKay in Turn 2
2	69 to 76	8	Contact: Callum Ilott in Turn 2
3	106 to 111	6	Contact: Romain Grosjean in Turn 2
4	152 to 157	6	Contact: Scott McLaughlin in Turn 4
5	195 to 197	3	Contact: Jimmie Johnson in Turn 2
6	200 to 200	1	Contact: Sage Karam in Turn 2

106th Indianapolis 500 Penalty Summary

Car	Reason	Lap	Penalty
10 (Alex Palou)	Emergency Service in a Closed Pit	77	Restart at the Back of Field
25 (Stefan Wilson)	Pit Speed Violation	112	Restart at the Back of Field
9 (Scott Dixon)	Pit Speed Violation	177	Drive-Through

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings

Marcus Ericsson 226
Pato O’Ward 213
Alex Palou 212
Will Power 202
Josef Newgarden 174
Scott Dixon 166
Scott McLaughlin 162
Simon Pagenaud 157
Felix Rosenqvist 154
Colton Herta 142
Alexander Rossi 141
Conor Daly 137
Rinus VeeKay 134
Graham Rahal 130
Romain Grosjean 128
Helio Castroneves 123
Christian Lundgaard 103
Takuma Sato 100
David Malukas 90
Tony Kanaan 78
Kyle Kirkwood 77
Jack Harvey 73
Jimmie Johnson 71
Callum Ilott 71
Santino Ferrucci 62
Devlin DeFrancesco 62
JR Hildebrand 53
Ed Carpenter 49
Dalton Kellett 45
Juan Pablo Montoya 44
Tatiana Calderon 41
Marco Andretti 17
Sage Karam 14
Stefan Wilson 10

GMR Grand Prix 2022 Race Results

May 14, 2022 by Brian Groce

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):

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

Will Power: 170 points
Alex Palou: 156 points
Scott McLaughlin: 152 points
Josef Newgarden: 140 points
Scott Dixon: 133 points
Colton Herta: 132 points
Pato O’Ward: 126 points
Marcus Ericsson: 117 points
Romain Grosjean: 114 points
Rinus VeeKay: 113 points

GMR Grand Prix 2022 Qualifying Results

May 13, 2022 by Naptown Buzz

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

April 11, 2022 by Naptown Buzz

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

Josef Newgarden, 118 points
Scott McLaughlin, 113 points
Alex Palou, 103 points
Will Power, 102 points
Scott Dixon, 83 points
Romain Grosjean, 75 points
Rinus VeeKay, 67 points
Marcus Ericsson, 66 points
Pato O’Ward, 63 points
Graham Rahal, 60 points

Rinus VeeKay

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