Kohler Grand Prix 2018-06-24

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Date
Sun 24th June 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
IndyCar Series

Season
2018

Round
10

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Location
Road America

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Description

The Kohler Grand Prix is an IndyCar Series race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. For twenty-five years, the event was part of the CART series, with the first race being held in 1982. The event was put on hiatus in 2008 after the unification of Champ Car into the Indy Racing League.
On August 8, 2015, it was announced that the race would return as part of the 2016 IndyCar Series season on June 23–26, 2016. Will Power won the race with Tony Kanaan and Graham Rahal coming in second and third respectively. The race weekend included all three series under the Mazda Road to Indy and the Pirelli World Challenge (GT/GT-A/GT Cup & GTS) as support races.
Since its original inception in 1982, Road America has been widely regarded by competitors, fans, and media, as one of the best, most challenging, and popular venues on the circuit.

The reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion led all but two laps to claim victory at the iconic Road America circuit. Driving the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Newgarden won by 3.3759 seconds over Ryan Hunter-Reay to pick up his third victory of the 2018 season and 10th of his seven-year career.
Newgarden wound up leading 53 of the 55 laps to give Team Penske its fifth win at Road America and victory No. 202 for the team in 51 years of Indy car competition. The race ran caution-free for the ninth time at Road America and first since 2000, with Newgarden’s speed average of 132.101 mph establishing a race record.
Hunter-Reay, in the No. 28 DHL Honda, secured his best Road America finish in five tries with the runner-up finish. It moved the Andretti Autosport driver into second place in the championship after 10 of 17 races, trailing Dixon by 45 points.
Dixon, the four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion and 2017 winner at Road America, recovered from his worst starting position in five starts at the track (eighth) to finish third.

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Result List

Result Description
1 /Josef Newgarden /Team Penske /55/54
2 /Ryan Hunter-Reay /Andretti Autosport /55 /40
3 /Scott Dixon /Chip Ganassi Racing /55 /36
4 /Takuma Sato /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /55 /32
5 /Robert Wickens /Schmidt Peterson Motorsports /55 /30
6 /Graham Rahal /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /55 /28
7 /Simon Pagenaud /Team Penske /55 /26
8 /Spencer Pigot /Ed Carpenter Racing /55 /24
9 /Ed Jones /Chip Ganassi Racing /55 /22
10 /James Hinchcliffe /Schmidt Peterson Motorsports /55 /20
11 /Marco Andretti /Andretti Autosport /55 /19
12 /Jordan King /Ed Carpenter Racing /55 /18
13 / Sebastien Bourdais /Dale Coyne Racing /55 /17
14 /Tony Kanaan /A.J. Foyt Enterprises /55 /16
15 /Matheus Leist /A.J. Foyt Enterprises /55 /15
16 /Alexander Rossi /Andretti Autosport /55 /14
17 /Max Chilton /Carlin /55 /13
18 /Charlie Kimball /Carlin /55 /12
19 /Gabby Chaves /Harding Racing /54 /11
20 /Alfonso Celis Jr. /Juncos Racing /54 /10
21 /Zachary Claman DeMelo /Dale Coyne Racing /54 /9
22 /Zach Veach /Andretti Autosport /54 /8
23 /Will Power /Team Penske /0 /7

Points standings after this race:
Rank Driver Points

1 Scott Dixon 393
2 Ryan Hunter-Reay 348
3 Alexander Rossi 348
4 Josef Newgarde 343
5 Will Powe 328
6 Graham Rahal 278
7 Robert Wicken 274
8 Simon Pagenaud 255
9 Sebastien Bourdais 235
10 Marco Andretti 232
11 James Hinchcliff 229
12 Ed Jone 205
13 Takuma Sat 201
14 Tony Kanaan 173
15 Spencer Pigo 171
16 Zach Veac 155
17 Charlie Kimball 151
18 Gabby Chave 149
19 Matheus Leis 148
20 Max Chilto 134

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