Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 2018-04-22

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Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

Date
Sun 22nd April 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
IndyCar Series

Season
2018

Round
4

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Location
Barber Motorsports Park

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The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is an IndyCar Series race held at Barber Motorsports Park, a 16-turn 2.3-mile (3.7 km) road course, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Officially announced on July 27, 2009, the inaugural event was on the weekend of April 9–11, 2010. The event is under contract through the 2016 season and under the management of the local group Zoom Motorsports. The venue is designed to allow for nearly 100,000 spectators.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Josef Newgarden raced on cruise control in today’s completion of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by America’s First. Even a return of rain late in the race didn’t prevent the Team Penske driver from collecting his third Verizon IndyCar Series win at Barber Motorsports Park in the past four years.
Newgarden drove the No. 1 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet to a 9.9607-second victory at the hilly 2.3-mile, 17-turn permanent road course known as the “Alabama roller coaster,” despite increasingly treacherous track conditions as rain that caused the race to be suspended after 22 laps on Sunday reappeared for the final 15 laps today.
The victory was the ninth of Newgarden’s six-year Verizon IndyCar Series career. All the wins have come since 2015, including his maiden triumph at Barber that same year. It was also the sixth Team Penske win in nine Barber races and the 199th overall Indy car win for the historic team.

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Result List

Result Description
Pos/ Driver/ Team/ Laps/ Points

1 /Josef Newgarden /Team Penske /82 //54
2 /Ryan Hunter-Reay /Andretti Autosport /82 /40
3 /James Hinchcliffe /Schmidt Peterson Motorsports /82 /35
4 /Robert Wickens /Schmidt Peterson Motorsports /82 /32
5 /Sebastien Bourdais /Dale Coyne Racing /82 /31
6 /Scott Dixon /Chip Ganassi Racing /82 /28
7 /Graham Rahal /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /82 /26
8 /Takuma Sato /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing/ 82 /24
9 /Simon Pagenaud /Team Penske /82 /22
10/ Marco Andretti /Andretti Autosport /82 /20
11/ Alexander Rossi /Andretti Autosport /82 /19
12/ Matheus Leist /A.J. Foyt Enterprises /82 /18
13 /Zach Veach /Andretti Autosport /82 /17
14/ Jordan King /Ed Carpenter Racing/ 82 /16
15/ Spencer Pigot /Ed Carpenter Racing /81 /15
16 /Rene Binder /Juncos Racing /80 /14
17 /Gabby Chaves /Harding Racing /80 /13
18/ Tony Kanaan /A.J. Foyt Enterprises /80 /12
19/ Zachary Claman DeMelo /Dale Coyne Racing /80 /11
20 /Ed Jones /Chip Ganassi Racing /64 /10
21 /Will Power /Team Penske /53 /9
22 /Max Chilton /Carlin /34 /8
23/Charlie Kimball /Carlin /10 /7

Points standings after this race:
Rank Driver Points

1 Josef Newgarden 158
2 Alexander Rossi 145
3 Sebastien Bourdais 119
3 Graham Rahal 119
5 James Hinchcliffe 118
6 Ryan Hunter-Reay 113
7 Scott Dixon 107
8 Robert Wickens 97
9 Marco Andretti 88
10 Will Power 81
11 Tony Kanaan 79
11 Ed Jones 79
13 Zach Veach 77
14 Takuma Sato 70
15 Simon Pagenaud 66
16 Spencer Pigot 61
17 Gabby Chaves 55
18 Matheus Leist 51
19 Charlie Kimball 50
20 Max Chilton 44

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