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Posted on 7/23/23 at 3:12 pm to
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 7/23/23 at 3:12 pm to
Palou minimized the damage in P3.
Posted by Rig
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Posted on 7/23/23 at 3:15 pm to
Yep that was a huge finish for him
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 7/23/23 at 4:24 pm to

It turns out that TWO cars were disqualified from the race! I don't recall the last time any car was disqualified from a race while it was running.


Race 12 Iowa

Official results and points

2023 Hy-Vee One Step 250 - 250 laps

P01 Josef Newgarden (#2 Penske / Chevy)
P02 Will Power (#12 Penske / Chevy)
P03 Alex Palou (#10 Ganassi / Honda)
P04 Felix Rosenqvist (#6 McLaren / Chevy)
P05 Scott McLaughlin (#3 Penske / Chevy)
P06 Scott Dixon (#9 Ganassi / Honda) -1 lap
P07 Colton Herta (#26 Andretti / Honda) -1 lap
P08 David Malukas (#18 Coyne / Honda) -1 lap
P09 Marcus Ericsson (#8 Ganassi / Honda) -1 lap
P10 Pato O'Ward (#5 McLaren / Chevy) -1 lap
P11 Kyle Kirkwood (#27 Andretti / Honda) -1 lap
P12 Romain Grosjean (#28 Andretti / Honda) -1 lap
P13 Christian Lundgaard (#45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) -1 lap
P14 Callum Ilott (#77 Juncos Hollinger / Chevy) -2 laps
P15 Alexander Rossi (#7 McLaren / Chevy) -2 laps
P16 Hélio Castroneves (#06 Meyer Shank / Honda) -2 laps
P17 Conor Daly (#60 Meyer Shank / Honda) -2 laps
P18 Rinus VeeKay (#21 Carpenter / Chevy) -2 laps
P19 Jack Harvey (#30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) -3 laps
P20 Graham Rahal (#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) -3 laps
P21 Devlin DeFrancesco (#29 Andretti / Honda) -4 laps
P22 Santino Ferrucci (#14 Foyt / Chevy) -5 laps
P23 Ed Carpenter (#33 Carpenter / Chevy) -6 laps
P24 Ryan Hunter-Reay (#20 Carpenter / Chevy) -13 laps DNF Contact
P25 Takuma Sato (#11 Ganassi / Honda) -13 laps (running)
P26 Agustín Canapino [R] (#78 Juncos Hollinger / Chevy) -14 laps (running)
P27 Benjamin Pedersen [R] (#55 Foyt / Chevy) 193 laps DQ for lack of pace
P28 Sting Ray Robb [R] (#51 Coyne / Honda) 152 laps DQ for unsafe release



2023 Season Standings (after 12 races)
(+/- number of positions gained or lost since the previous race)

P01 Alex Palou (Ganassi / Honda) 477 pts (+0)
P02 Josef Newgarden (Penske / Chevy) 397 pts (+0)
P03 Scott Dixon (Ganassi / Honda) 357 pts (+0)
P04 Marcus Ericsson (Ganassi / Honda) 330 pts (+1)
P05 Pato O'Ward (McLaren / Chevy) 328 pts (-1)
P06 Scott McLaughlin (Penske / Chevy) 329 pts (+0)
P07 Will Power (Penske / Chevy) 316 pts (+0)
P08 Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) 275 pts (+0)
P09 Colton Herta (Andretti / Honda) 276 pts (+0)
P10 Alexander Rossi (McLaren / Chevy) 265 pts (+0)

P11 Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti / Honda) 237 pts (+0)
P12 Felix Rosenqvist (McLaren / Chevy) 233 pts (+0)
P13 Romain Grosjean (Andretti / Honda) 212 pts (+0)
P14 Callum Ilott (Juncos Hollinger / Chevy) 185 pts (+2)
P15 Rinus VeeKay (Carpenter / Chevy) 183 pts (+0)
P16 Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) 182 pts (-2)
P17 David Malukas (Coyne / Honda) 176 pts (+1)
P18 Marcus Armstrong [R] (Ganassi / Honda) 156 pts (-1)
P19 Santino Ferrucci (Foyt / Chevy) 151 pts (+0)
P20 Hélio Castroneves (Meyer Shank / Honda) 143 pts (+0)

P21 Agustín Canapino [R] (Juncos Hollinger / Chevy) 132 pts (+0)
P22 Devlin DeFrancesco (Andretti / Honda) 128 pts (+0)
P23 Jack Harvey (Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) 124 pts (+0)
P24 Conor Daly (Carpenter/Chevy & Meyer Shank/Honda) 120 pts (+0)
P25 Sting Ray Robb [R] (Coyne / Honda) 92 pts (+1)
P26 Benjamin Pedersen [R] (Foyt / Chevy) 90 pts (+1)
P27 Simon Pagenaud (Meyer Shank / Honda) 88 pts (-2)

P28 Takuma Sato (Ganassi / Honda) 65 pts (+0)
P29 Ryan Hunter-Reay (D&R + Carpenter / Chevy) 62 pts (+0)
P30 Ed Carpenter (Carpenter / Chevy) 40 pts (+0)
P31 Tony Kanaan (McLaren / Chevy) 18 pts
P32 Marco Andretti (Andretti / Honda) 13 pts
P33 Tom Blomqvist (Meyer Shank / Honda) 5 pts
P34 RC Enerson (Abel Motorsports / Chevy) 5 pts
P35 Katherine Legge (Rahal Letterman Lanigan / Honda) 5 pts

Posted by Rig
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Posted on 7/23/23 at 4:27 pm to
Pedersen and Robb are just disastrous on the track. The field would be better if they shut them down for the year as they’re just a complete liability week in and week out.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 7/23/23 at 4:30 pm to
Posted by AutoYes_Clown
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Posted on 7/23/23 at 4:46 pm to
Anyone got recording of the Scott Dixon vs Spotter (Robbie Fast?) chatter?
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 7/23/23 at 5:01 pm to

Before the weekend the gap from Palou to Dixon in P2 in the championship was 117 pts. After Newgarden dominated the weekend, he is now in P2 in the championship and has brought the gap down to 80 pts. Despite Newgarden's domination, Palou did a good job minimizing the damage with P8 and P3 finishes.

Palou and Newgarden have now each won four races this season. With four road/street races and just one oval race left, Palou is a great bet to hang on to the championship.

Posted by Rig
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Posted on 7/24/23 at 6:40 am to
Palou did what he needed to do this weekend to hold on and win it. Unless he crashes out in a race or two I think he’s got it in the bag.
Posted by Tornado Alley
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Posted on 7/24/23 at 7:48 am to
Newgarden has a chance.

Was hoping to see Herta have a better weekend.

The race weekend event itself looked awesome. I'd love to go.
Posted by Rig
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Posted on 7/24/23 at 8:10 am to
Agreed. Hyvee does a fantastic job with the event. I hope some other race sponsors can learn from what they do.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 8/4/23 at 4:32 am to
Simon Pagenaud is still not cleared to race. It's been a month since his accident at Mid-Ohio. If his head is still messed up after this many weeks, maybe the team should just say he's out for the year.

Conor Daly and Tom Blomqvist have filled in for Pagenaud, and for this weekend's Nashville race, highly regarded current Indy Lights champion Linus Lundqvist will be driving in his IndyCar racing debut. He has tested IndyCars a few times in the past, most recently at Sebring in June.

https://www.indycar.com/news/2023/08/08-02-lundqvist
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 8/4/23 at 4:59 am to
Speaking of Nashville, starting next year the Nashville race will be the last race of the season, and the current season-ender at Laguna Seca will be moved to a March date.

IndyCar apparently wants to end the season with more of a "party atmosphere" than the "sleepy" Laguna Seca. Having the Long Beach race at the end of the year would have made the most sense. The problem with Nashville is that in the two races run so far, 43% of the race laps have been run under full course yellow. Its nickname is Crashville. The first year was a mess. The second year it felt more like a successful event. But I found out there were actually more yellow laps run in the second race.

And there's a new layout.

Posted by Tornado Alley
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Posted on 8/4/23 at 7:10 am to
Oh, so they wanna take it right down the heart of Nashville’s commercial district, I see?

wouldn’t an end of season race conflict with college football? Best be careful not to mess with that.
Posted by Rig
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Posted on 8/4/23 at 7:58 am to
I’ll be in Nashville this weekend. Excited for it!

Love the new layout for next year. IDK that it will change the reputation of the race much
Posted by Rig
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Posted on 8/5/23 at 9:05 pm to
Bump. Should be a fun day tomorrow!
Posted by Twenty 49
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Posted on 8/5/23 at 9:14 pm to
That race next year down Broadway will be wack. I wonder how access to the businesses and bars along the route will be handled during the several days the course is set up for racing?

We were in Nashville last summer. Decided to skip the race, which was wise due to rain delays, but it was cool to go up on the pedestrian bridge the day before and watch practice and hear the engines scream through town.

It was amazing to see how many team or IndyCar uniformed people were streaming across the bridge. It is a huge traveling circus.
Posted by shel311
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Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:05 pm to
Can someone explain how this overshoot thing works?

The dude that just took the overshoot a few minutes ago looks like it was much quicker to do so, seems like he definitely gained spots.

Is it supposed to be an option but is slower or is it something each driver can use a certain amount of times in a race?
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Member since Nov 2012
7404 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:30 pm to
You should never gain positions. If you do, you need to give the positions back immediately. I missed some of the early race so I didn't see what you are referring to.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Member since Nov 2012
7404 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:31 pm to
Finally a clean race!

I'm actually rooting for Grosjean to win.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112918 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:34 pm to
quote:

You should never gain positions. If you do, you need to give the positions back immediately. I missed some of the early race so I didn't see what you are referring to.
Gotcha. I think the camera switched to something else so it's possible he slowed down to give the position back.
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