IndyCar Detroit GP Sunday results and points from Race 2

IndyCar Detroit Sunday results and points standings: Pato O’Ward became the first repeat winner of the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series season, leading the final three laps of Race 2 in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix after taking the lead from Josef Newgarden.

O’Ward cruised to a 6.7595-second victory in his No. 5 Dallara-Chevrolet for his second career victory (after also winning May 2 at Texas Motor Speedway). Newgarden finished second from the pole position as Team Penske remained winless through eight races this year.

The two-time IndyCar Series champion led a race-high 67 of 70 laps while finishing runner-up for the third time in’ 21.

It’s the ninth IndyCar victory for Arrow McLaren SP. Before taking the traditional winner’s bath in the Belle Isle fountain, O’Ward dedicated the win to teammate Felix Rosenqvist, who missed Sunday’s race after being hospitalized for a violent crash Saturday.

O’Ward took over the championship standings lead through eight races by one point over Alex Palou, who finished third ahead of Colton Herta and Graham Rahal.

Will Power, Scott Dixon, Simon Pagenaud, Marcus Ericsson (who won Saturday) and Santino Ferrucci (who rebounded from a qualifying crash) rounded out the top 10. Jimmie Johnson finished 21st in the fifth start of his IndyCar career.

SPLASH.@PatricioOWard jumps into the fountain! #INDYCAR #DetroitGP pic.twitter.com/xZTVeTx9WG

— IndyCar on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) June 13, 2021

Here are the IndyCar final results and points standings Sunday in Race 2 of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

RESULTS

Click here for the box score from Race 2 of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle Raceway. Click here for the lap leader chart.

Here is the finishing order with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out:

1. (16) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 70, Running
2. (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 70, Running
3. (4) Alex Palou, Honda, 70, Running
4. (2) Colton Herta, Honda, 70, Running
5. (9) Graham Rahal, Honda, 70, Running
6. (20) Will Power, Chevrolet, 70, Running
7. (6) Scott Dixon, Honda, 70, Running
8. (10) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 70, Running
9. (22) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 70, Running
10. (12) Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 70, Running
11. (17) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 70, Running
12. (19) Takuma Sato, Honda, 70, Running
13. (7) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 70, Running
14. (14) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 70, Running
15. (8) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 70, Running
16. (13) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 70, Running
17. (11) Ed Jones, Honda, 70, Running
18. (3) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 70, Running
19. (18) Jack Harvey, Honda, 69, Running
20. (21) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 69, Running
21. (25) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 69, Running
22. (15) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 68, Running
23. (24) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 61, Running
24. (5) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 57, Mechanical
25. (23) Oliver Askew, Chevrolet, 46, Mechanical

Winner’s average speed: 97.227 mph; Time of race: 1:41:30.8814; Margin of victory: 6.7595 seconds; Cautions: 3 for 11 laps; Lead changes: 1 among 2 drivers; Lap leaders: Newgarden 1 – 67; O’Ward 68 – 70.

POINTS

Click here for the points tally in Sunday’s race.

Through eight races, here are the full points standings for:

Drivers

Entrants

Engine manufacturers

Top 10 in the standings: O’Ward 299, Palou 298, Dixon 263, Newgarden 248, Pagenaud 243, VeeKay 243, Ericsson 211, Rahal 209, Herta 202, Sato 181.

NEXT: The NTT IndyCar Series will race Sunday, June 20 (noon ET, NBCSN) at Road America.

*Pato O’Ward celebrates in the fountain at Belle Isle Raceway (Chris Owens/IndyCar).*

INDIANAPOLIS — With his first victory in the Indy 500, Josef Newgarden became the first repeat winner through six race results of the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series season and made a move in the points.

Newgarden, who celebrated with fans in the grandstands, moved from sixth to fourth in the championship standings with his 27th career victory and second this season (he also won at Texas Motor Speedway).

The Team Penske star won his 12th attempt at the Brickyard oval, tying the record for most starts before an Indy 500 victory with Tony Kanaan (2013) and Sam Hanks (1957). Newgarden, whose previous best Indy 500 finish was third with Ed Carpenter Racing in 2016, became the first Tennessee native to win the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the first American since Alexander Rossi in 2016.

A man of the people!

Josef Newgarden goes INTO THE CROWD to celebrate his Indy 500 victory! #INDY500 pic.twitter.com/1mBUzoMSfH

— INDYCAR on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) May 28, 2023

He also delivered the record 19th Indy 500 triumph to Roger Penske, whose team ended a four-year drought on the 2.5-mile oval and won for the first time since he became the owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar in 2020.

Newgarden, 32, led five laps, the third-lowest total for an Indy 500 winner behind Joe Dawson (two in 1912) and Dan Wheldon (one in 2011).

The race featured 52 lead changes, the third most behind 68 in 2013 and 54 in ’16, among 14 drivers (tied with ’13 for the second highest behind 15 leaders in ’17 and ’18). Newgarden’s 0.0974-second victory over Marcus Ericsson was the fourth-closest in Indy 500 history behind 1992 (0.043 of a second for Al Unser Jr. over Scott Goodyear), 2014 (0.0600 of a second for Ryan Hunter-Reay over Helio Castroneves) and 2006 (0.0635 of a second Sam Hornish Jr. over Marco Andretti.).

It also marked only the third last-lap pass in Indy 500 history — all within the past 17 years (Hornish over Andretti in 2006; Wheldon over J.R. Hildebrand in 2011).

Ericsson’s runner-up finish was the ninth time the defending Indy 500 finished second the next year (most recently four-time winner Helio Castroneves in 2003).

Here are the IndyCar results and points standings after the 107th Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

RESULTS

Click here for the official box score from the 200-lap race on a 2.5-mile oval in Indianapolis.

Here is the finishing order in the Indy 500 with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (17) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 200, Running
2. (10) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 200, Running
3. (4) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 200, Running
4. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 200, Running
5. (7) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 200, Running
6. (6) Scott Dixon, Honda, 200, Running
7. (8) Takuma Sato, Honda, 200, Running
8. (16) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 200, Running
9. (21) Colton Herta, Honda, 200, Running
10. (2) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 200, Running
11. (18) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Chevrolet, 200, Running
12. (27) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 200, Running
13. (25) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 200, Running
14. (14) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 200, Running
15. (20) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 200, Running
16. (9) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 200, Running
17. (24) Marco Andretti, Honda, 200, Running
18. (32) Jack Harvey, Honda, 199, Running
19. (30) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 198, Running
20. (13) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 197, Contact
21. (11) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 196, Contact
22. (33) Graham Rahal, Chevrolet, 195, Running
23. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 195, Running
24. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 192, Contact
25. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 192, Contact
26. (26) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 192, Contact
27. (3) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 183, Contact
28. (15) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 183, Contact
29. (23) David Malukas, Honda, 160, Contact
30. (19) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 149, Contact
31. (31) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 90, Contact
32. (28) RC Enerson, Chevrolet, 75, Mechanical
33. (29) Katherine Legge, Honda, 41, Contact

Winner’s average speed: 168.193 mph; Time of Race: 2:58:21.9611; Margin of victory: 0.0974 of a second; Cautions: 5 for 27 laps; Lead changes: 52 among 14 drivers. Lap leaders: Palou 1-2; VeeKay 3; Palou 4-9; VeeKay 10-14; Palou 15-22; VeeKay 23-27; Palou 28-29; VeeKay 30-31; Rosenqvist 32; Rossi 33-34; Palou 35-39; VeeKay 40-47; Palou 48-60; VeeKay 61-63; Rosenqvist 64-65; O’Ward 66; Power 67; Herta 68; Rosenqvist 69; O’Ward 70-78; Rosenqvist 79-81; O’Ward 82-89; Rosenqvist 90-94; Ilott 95-99; Rosenqvist 100-101; O’Ward 102; Rosenqvist 103-107; O’Ward 108-109; Rosenqvist 110-113; O’Ward 114-115; Rosenqvist 116-119; O’Ward 120-122; Rosenqvist 123-124; O’Ward 125-128; Rosenqvist 129-131; Ferrucci 132; Ericsson 133-134; Castroneves 135; Rosenqvist 136; Ericsson 137-156; Newgarden 157; Ericsson 158; Ferrucci 159-168; Ericsson 169-170; Rossi 171-172; Sato 173-174; O’Ward 175-179; Hunter-Reay 180-187;
O’Ward 188-191; Ericsson 192; Newgarden 193-195; Ericsson 196-199; Newgarden 200.

POINTS

Click here for the points tally in the race.

Here are the points standings after the GMR Grand Prix:

Top 10 in points: Palou 219, Ericsson 199, O’Ward 185, Newgarden 182, Dixon 162, McLaughlin 149, Rossi 145, Grosjean 139, Power 131, Herta 130.

Rest of the standings: Lundgaard 122, Kirkwood 113, Rosenqvist 113, Ilott 111, Ferrucci 96, VeeKay 96, Rahal 94, Malukas 84, Armstrong 77, Daly 73, Castroneves 69, Harvey 65, DeFrancesco 63, Canapino 61, Pagenaud 55, Pedersen 51, Robb 47, Sato 37, Carpenter 27, Hunter-Reay 20, Kanaan 18, Andretti 13, Enerson 5, Legge 5.

Next race: The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, which has moved from Belle Isle to the streets of downtown, will take place June 4 with coverage starting on Peacock at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.

IndyCar results and points standings after Detroit Grand Prix Race 2 at Belle Isle

IndyCar results, points after 107th Indy 500