The Verizon IndyCar Series points standings have shifted a bit after the Indianapolis 500, and all the extra points that came with it.
Here’s a table breakdown of points after the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, then after the Indianapolis 500. The GP of Indy breakdown is on the left, the post-Indy 500 breakdown is on the right.
| P | # | Driver | Pts | P | # | Driver | PRE-INDY | INDY | TOTAL |
| 1 | 12 | Power | 149 | 1 | 28 | Hunter-Reay | 148 | 126 | 274 |
| 2 | 28 | Hunter-Reay | 148 | 2 | 12 | Power | 149 | 85 | 234 |
| 3 | 77 | Pagenaud | 143 | 3 | 3 | Castroneves | 102 | 118 | 220 |
| 4 | 3 | Castroneves | 102 | 4 | 77 | Pagenaud | 143 | 68 | 211 |
| 5 | 9 | Dixon | 102 | 5 | 25 | Andretti | 89 | 103 | 192 |
| 6 | 20 | Conway | 93 | 6 | 34 | Munoz | 61 | 99 | 160 |
| 7 | 25 | Andretti | 89 | 7 | 2 | Montoya | 70 | 82 | 152 |
| 8 | 19 | J.Wilson | 87 | 8 | 11 | Bourdais | 81 | 62 | 143 |
| 9 | 10 | Kanaan | 82 | 9 | 9 | Dixon | 102 | 30 | 132 |
| 10 | 11 | Bourdais | 81 | 10 | 19 | J.Wilson | 87 | 36 | 123 |
| 11 | 8 | Briscoe | 80 | 11 | 8 | Briscoe | 80 | 41 | 121 |
| 12 | 14 | Sato | 75 | 12 | 14 | Sato | 75 | 38 | 113 |
| 13 | 67 | Newgarden | 71 | 13 | 98 | Hawksworth | 71 | 42 | 113 |
| 14 | 98 | Hawksworth | 71 | 14 | 67 | Newgarden | 71 | 38 | 109 |
| 15 | 2 | Montoya | 70 | 15 | 27 | Hinchcliffe | 56 | 49 | 105 |
| 16 | 83 | Kimball | 67 | 16 | 10 | Kanaan | 82 | 22 | 104 |
| 17 | 17 | Saavedra | 63 | 17 | 17 | Saavedra | 63 | 38 | 101 |
| 18 | 18 | Huertas | 63 | 18 | 7 | Aleshin | 59 | 37 | 96 |
| 19 | 34 | Munoz | 61 | 19 | 20 | Conway | 93 | 93 | |
| 20 | 7 | Aleshin | 59 | 20 | 18 | Huertas | 63 | 30 | 93 |
| 21 | 27 | Hinchcliffe | 56 | 21 | 83 | Kimball | 67 | 25 | 92 |
| 22 | 15 | Rahal | 55 | 22 | 16 | Servia | 55 | 33 | 88 |
| 23 | 16 | Servia | 55 | 23 | 26 | Busch | 80 | 80 | |
| 24 | 41 | Plowman | 12 | 24 | 15 | Rahal | 55 | 24 | 79 |
| 25 | 26 | Montagny | 8 | 25 | 21 | Hildebrand | 66 | 66 | |
| 26 | 22 | Karam | 57 | 57 | |||||
| 27 | 20 | Carpenter | 53 | 53 | |||||
| 28 | 33 | Davison | 34 | 34 | |||||
| 29 | 5 | Villeneuve | 29 | 29 | |||||
| 30 | 68 | Tagliani | 28 | 28 | |||||
| 31 | 6 | Bell | 22 | 22 | |||||
| 32 | 63 | Mann | 21 | 21 | |||||
| 33 | 41 | Plowman | 12 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 34 | 91 | B.Lazier | 11 | 11 | |||||
| 35 | 26 | Montagny | 8 | 8 |
With that established, here’s how everyone got the points they did at the Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis points were determined in two ways: Saturday qualifying Positions 1-33 were awarded points in decreasing order from 33 for first down to 1 for 33rd, plus a run of 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the Fast Nine on Sunday. Then in Sunday’s race, double points were awarded per finishing position, with 1 bonus point on offer for leading one lap and 2 for leading the most laps.
| P | # | Driver | INDY QUAL | INDY RACE | INDY TOTAL |
| 1 | 28 | Hunter-Reay | 23 | 103 | 126 |
| 2 | 3 | Castroneves | 37 | 81 | 118 |
| 3 | 25 | Andretti | 32 | 71 | 103 |
| 4 | 34 | Munoz | 35 | 64 | 99 |
| 5 | 12 | Power | 36 | 49 | 85 |
| 6 | 2 | Montoya | 21 | 61 | 82 |
| 7 | 26 | Ku.Busch | 24 | 56 | 80 |
| 8 | 77 | Pagenaud | 32 | 36 | 68 |
| 9 | 21 | Hildebrand | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| 10 | 11 | Bourdais | 10 | 52 | 62 |
| 11 | 22 | Karam | 13 | 44 | 57 |
| 12 | 20 | Carpenter | 42 | 11 | 53 |
| 13 | 27 | Hinchcliffe | 38 | 11 | 49 |
| 14 | 98 | Hawksworth | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| 15 | 8 | Briscoe | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 16 | 17 | Saavedra | 8 | 30 | 38 |
| 17 | 14 | Sato | 16 | 22 | 38 |
| 18 | 67 | Newgarden | 28 | 10 | 38 |
| 19 | 7 | Aleshin | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| 20 | 19 | J.Wilson | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 21 | 33 | Davison | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| 22 | 16 | Servia | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| 23 | 9 | Dixon | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| 24 | 18 | Huertas | 4 | 26 | 30 |
| 25 | 5 | Villeneuve | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| 26 | 68 | Tagliani | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| 27 | 83 | Kimball | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 28 | 15 | Rahal | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 29 | 10 | Kanaan | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 30 | 6 | Bell | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 31 | 63 | Mann | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 32 | 91 | B.Lazier | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 33 | 41 | Plowman | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Note the biggest movers in the standings from pre-Indy 500 to post-Indy 500:
- Carlos Munoz, +13, P19 to P6
- Juan Pablo Montoya, +8, P15 to P7
- James Hinchcliffe, +6, P21 to P15
- Scott Dixon, -4, P5 to P9
- Charlie Kimball, -5, P16 to P21
- Mike Conway, -13, P6 to P19 (did not race)
Note also four drivers, Oriol Servia, Martin Plowman, Alex Tagliani and Jacques Villeneuve, incurred 10 driver and entrant point penalties for unapproved engine changes. Those 10 points were taken out of their Indianapolis 500 points totals.
There were not giant fluctuations in the positions, evidenced by the fact the top four in the standings entering the Indy 500 are still the top four leaving it. The points gaps themselves though, have increased, between drivers who either did or did not have a good month of May.
As we head to Detroit this weekend, the championship could swing yet again, as we head to our first double-header weekend of 2014.
In 2013, Scott Dixon thoroughly dominated the doubleheaders as he scored 83 more points than any other driver in the six races, on the three doubleheader weekends.
Chances are the points will swing once more through this weekend.
