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Date
Sun 19th August 2018 (UTC)

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League
IndyCar Series

Season
2018

Round
14

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Location
Pocono Raceway

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Description

The ABC Supply 500 is an Indy car race held at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was sanctioned by USAC from 1971–1981, and then by CART from 1982–1989, and was known as the Pocono 500. The race was removed from the CART calendar following the 1989 running, due to poor track conditions, as well as poor revenue for the promoter.
After a 23-year hiatus, the event was successfully revived by the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2013. Following management changes at the facility, and after comprehensive safety improvements were completed at the track, the race was scheduled for Independence Day weekend. For 2013, the race was scheduled for 400 miles, and was part of the "Triple Crown". For 2014, the race returned to its traditional 500-mile distance.
The 2014 race, won by Juan Pablo Montoya, stands as the fastest 500-mile race in Indy car history. At an average speed of 202.402 mph (325.734 km/h), it was the first 500-mile race to be completed in under 2 hours and 30 minutes.

For the second consecutive Verizon IndyCar Series race, Alexander Rossi put together a dominantly triumphant performance. On Sunday, he won the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway and made the season championship battle tighter in the process.
Rossi, driving the No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda, led 180 of the 200 laps on the 2.5-mile triangular oval. He took the checkered flag 4.4982 seconds ahead of Team Penske’s Will Power to collect his third win this season and second in as many races, on the heels of a July 29 triumph in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. The victory allowed Rossi to close within 29 points of championship leader Scott Dixon, who finished third in the race, with three races remaining on the schedule.

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Result List

Result Description
Pos/Driver/Team/laps/Points/

1/Alexander Rossi /Andretti Autosport/200/53
2/Will Power /Team Penske/200/42
3/ Scott Dixon /Chip Ganassi Racing/200/36
4/Sebastien Bourdais/Dale Coyne Racing200/32
5/Josef Newgarden/Team Penske/199/30
6/Zach Veach /Andretti Autosport/199/28
7/Marco Andretti/Andretti Autosport/ 199/26
8/Simon Pagenaud/Team Penske/ 199/24
9/Charlie Kimball/Carlin /198/22
10/Ed Carpenter /Ed Carpenter Racing/197/21
11/Matheus Leist /A.J. Foyt Enterprises/197/19
12/ Ed Jones /Chip Ganassi Racing/197/18
13/Max Chilton /Carlin/196//17
14/Graham Rahal/Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing/196/16
15/Conor Daly/ Harding Racing/162/15
16/Spencer Pigot/17/14
17/Tony Kanaan/ A.J. Foyt Enterprises/16/13
18/Ryan Hunter-Reay/ Andretti Autosport/ 6/12
19/Robert Wickens/6/11
20/James Hinchcliffe/ Schmidt Peterson Motorsports/6/10
21/Takuma Sato/ Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing/6/9
22/Pietro Fittipaldi/6 /8

Points standings after this race:

1/ Scott Dixon/ 530
2/ Alexander Rossi/501
3/ Josef Newgarden/ 464
4/ Will Power 449
5/ Ryan Hunter-Reay/ 411

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