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2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500

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United States 2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500
Race details
15th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
DateAugust 27, 2023
Official nameBommarito Automotive Group 500
LocationWorld Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Illinois
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.25 mi / 2.01 km
Distance260 laps
325 mi / 523 km
Pole position
DriverNew Zealand Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Time00:49.1936 (total time from 2 laps)
Fastest lap
DriverSweden Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing)
Time00:25.6786 (on lap 62 of 260)
Podium
FirstNew Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondMexico Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
ThirdUnited States David Malukas (Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports)

The 2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was the fifteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 27, 2023, in Madison, Illinois at the World Wide Technology Raceway. The race consisted of 260 laps & was won by Scott Dixon.

The race marked the first time that the Firestone alternate tires were used at an oval. Teams had 10 sets of tires they could use during the weekend, divided between 8 primary tire sets & 2 alternate sets. Teams were allowed the use of 1 set of alternate tires during first practice and, similar to road/street races, were mandated to use 1 set during the race. No alternate tires were allowed to be used during qualifying.[1]

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 Japan Takuma Sato  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda
28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30 United States Conor Daly Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
33 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
60 Sweden Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source:[2]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 00:24.9944
2 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:25.0902
3 11 Japan Takuma Sato  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:25.1107
Source:[3]

Qualifying

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Due to inclement weather, qualifying was moved to 11:00AM ET on August 27, 2023. Originally, qualifying was scheduled for 2:00 PM ET on August 26.[4]

Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap 1 Lap 2 Total Time Final
grid
1 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 24.6564 24.5372 00:49.1936 10[a]
2 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 24.7106 24.6342 00:49.3448 1
3 26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 24.7348 24.7303 00:49.4651 2
4 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 24.7549 24.7714 00:49.5263 3
5 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.7871 24.7726 00:49.5597 14[b]
6 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 24.8476 24.7235 00:49.5711 4
7 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.8145 24.7880 00:49.6025 16[a]
8 11 Japan Takuma Sato  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.8253 24.7815 00:49.6068 17[a]
9 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 24.8447 24.7629 00:49.6076 5
10 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 24.8720 24.8267 00:49.6987 6
11 7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 24.8635 24.8670 00:49.7305 7
12 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 24.8929 24.8456 00:49.7385 8
13 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 24.9159 24.9202 00:49.8361 22[a]
14 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 25.0563 24.8860 00:49.9423 9
15 30 United States Conor Daly Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.0600 24.9600 00:50.0200 11
16 60 Sweden Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 25.0481 25.0069 00:50.0550 12
17 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 25.1409 24.9964 00:50.1373 13
18 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 25.1760 25.1311 00:50.3071 15
19 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 25.1702 25.1483 00:50.3185 18
20 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.1649 25.1610 00:50.3259 19
21 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 25.2154 25.2077 00:50.4231 28[a]
22 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.2811 25.1717 00:50.4528 20
23 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.3041 25.1557 00:50.4598 21
24 20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.3705 25.1512 00:50.5217 23
25 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 25.4595 25.1615 00:50.6210 24
26 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 25.4956 25.4251 00:50.9207 25
27 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 24.9565 26.0295 00:50.9860 26
28 33 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.8225 25.7614 00:51.5839 27
Source:[7]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Race

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The race started at 3:40 PM ET on August 27, 2023.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 260 02:10:09.4046 3 16 123 53
2 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 260 +22.2256 5 3 18 41
3 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 260 +22.7279 5 6 35
4 7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 7 4 33
5 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 10 31
6 26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 2 13 29
7 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 14 26
8 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 4 24
9 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 8 4 23
10 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 6 15 20
11 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 4 20 19
12 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 259 +1 Lap 4 5 18
13 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 26 17
14 20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 23 16
15 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 22 15
16 30 United States Conor Daly Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 11 14
17 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 19 13
18 60 Sweden Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 5 12 12
19 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 258 +2 Laps 5 18 11
20 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 5 21 10
21 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 4 24 9
22 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 258 +2 Laps 7 28 8
23 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 257 +3 Laps 5 13 7
24 33 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 254 +6 Laps 6 27 6
25 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 210 Contact 5 1 98 6
26 11 Japan Takuma Sato  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 119 Contact 2 17 5
27 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 58 Contact 1 9 5
28 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 0 Contact 0 25 5
Fastest lap: Sweden Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) – 00:25.6786 (lap 62)
source:[8]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Scott McLaughlin, Scott Dixon, Takuma Sato, Kyle Kirkwood & rookie Agustin Canapino each received a nine-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine changes after the Gallager GP.[5]
  2. ^ Álex Palou received a nine-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine change prior to qualifying.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 22, 2023). "Alternate tires offer opportunities - and unknowns - for IndyCar field at WWTR". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Bradley, Charles (August 23, 2023). "IndyCar St Louis: Start times, how to watch, entry list & more". Motorsport. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Dejewski, Kevin (August 26, 2023). "IndyCar qualifying moved to Sunday morning due to weather". motorsportweek.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  5. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 26, 2023). "Five teams hit with engine change grid penalties for WWTR". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  6. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 27, 2023). "Palou joins grid penalty pack at WWTR". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  9. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. August 27, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.


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