The 2019 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was an IndyCar Series event held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The race served as the 13th round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season. This marked the 35th time that Indy car racing had raced at Mid-Ohio. The event was supported by races from the three Road to Indy ladder series as well as Stadium Super Trucks and the Global MX-5 Cup. Will Power secured his fourth pole at Mid-Ohio, a record for the track. It was also his 57th overall pole in the IndyCar Series. Scott Dixon beat fellow Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Felix Rosenqvist by a margin of .0934, the closest margin of victory at Mid-Ohio. Points leader Josef Newgarden had a last lap spin which dropped him ten positions from a potential fourth place finish

Background Entrants DragonSpeed was originally planning on entering Ben Hanley but pulled out due to visa issues.

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner DriverTeamEngine2 Josef Newgarden Team PenskeChevrolet4 Matheus LeistA. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet5 James HinchcliffeArrow Schmidt Peterson MotorsportsHonda7 Marcus Ericsson Arrow Schmidt Peterson MotorsportsHonda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi RacingHonda10 Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi RacingHonda12 Will PowerTeam PenskeChevrolet14 Tony KanaanA. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda18 Sébastien BourdaisDale Coyne Racing with Vasser-SullivanHonda19 Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne RacingHonda20 Ed JonesEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet21 Spencer PigotEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet22 Simon Pagenaud Team PenskeChevrolet26 Zach VeachAndretti AutosportHonda27 Alexander Rossi Andretti AutosportHonda28 Ryan Hunter-ReayAndretti AutosportHonda30 Takuma SatoRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda31 RC Enerson CarlinChevrolet59 Max ChiltonCarlinChevrolet60 Jack HarveyMeyer Shank RacingHonda88 Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner RacingHonda98 Marco AndrettiAndretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-AgajanianHonda

Practice

Practice 1 Practice 1 took place at 11:20 AM ET on July 26, 2019.

+Top Practice SpeedsDriverTeamEngineLap Time19 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda01:06.0973221 Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet01:06.2455322 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet01:06.2665 Source:

Practice 2 Practice 2 took place at 3:15 PM ET on July 26, 2019.

+Top Practice SpeedsDriverTeamEngineLap Time188 Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda01:05.7292 222 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet01:05.9313 312 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet01:05.9935 Source:

Practice 3 Practice 3 took place at 10:30 AM ET on July 27, 2019.

+Top Practice SpeedsDriverTeamEngineLap Time188 Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda01:05.7048 221 Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet01:05.7625 327 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda01:05.8747 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying took place at 2:35 PM ET on July 27, 2019.

Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Group 1 Group 2 1 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:05.3775N/A 01:05.4261 01:05.1569 1 2 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport HondaN/A 01:05.2810 01:05.1898 01:05.5317 2 3 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske ChevroletN/A 01:05.3809 01:05.4004 01:05.7885 3 4 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske ChevroletN/A 01:05.6464 01:05.4207 01:05.8958 4 5 18 Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan HondaN/A 01:05.2702 01:05.5616 01:06.2040 5 6 10 Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.7631N/A 01:05.3968 01:06.4914 6 7 88 Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing HondaN/A 01:05.4335 01:05.5650N/A 7 8 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing HondaN/A 01:05.7294 01:05.6999N/A 8 9 60 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:05.9107N/A 01:05.7231N/A 9 10 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.7484N/A 01:05.7328N/A 10 11 5 James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 01:05.9152N/A 01:05.7567N/A 11 12 7 Marcus Ericsson Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 01:05.7286N/A 01:06.0428N/A 12 13 21 Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:05.9377N/AN/AN/A 13 14 19 Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing HondaN/A 01:05.7588N/AN/A 14 15 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:05.9745N/AN/AN/A 15 16 59 Max Chilton Carlin ChevroletN/A 01:05.9981N/AN/A 16 17 30 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.3723N/AN/AN/A 17 18 20 Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing ChevroletN/A 01:06.1800N/AN/A 18 19 98 Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.4156N/AN/AN/A 19 20 26 Zach Veach Andretti Autosport HondaN/A 01:06.2115N/AN/A 20 21 4 Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:06.5488N/AN/AN/A 21 22 31 RC Enerson Carlin ChevroletN/A 01:06.3196N/AN/A 22 23 14 Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises ChevroletN/A 01:07.0491N/AN/A 23 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warm Up

Final Practice A Warm Up practice took place at 12:00 PM ET on July 28, 2019.

+Top Practice SpeedsDriverTeamEngineLap Time12 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet01:06.6442210 Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda01:06.9027388 Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda01:06.9386 Source:

Race

The race started at 4:00 PM ET on July 28, 2019.

Race classification

Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:45:15.6974 2 8 38 53 2 10 Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +0.0934 3 6 15 41 3 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +1.2578 3 10 35 4 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +6.9878 2 1 26 34 5 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +10.7949 2 2 30 6 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +11.9029 3 4 28 7 21 Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90 +12.3671 3 13 26 8 88 Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 90 +12.9546 3 7 24 9 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +19.9289 3 15 22 10 60 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +20.4762 3 9 20 11 18 Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 90 +20.7715 4 5 19 12 19 Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 +21.2696 3 14 18 13 20 Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90 +46.0085 3 18 17 14 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 89 Off Course 3 3 11 17 15 98 Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 19 15 16 59 Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 16 14 17 31 RC Enerson Carlin Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 22 13 18 4 Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 21 12 19 30 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 4 17 11 20 14 Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 23 10 21 26 Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 20 9 22 5 James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 87 +3 Laps 5 11 8 23 7 Marcus Ericsson Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 2 Contact 1 12 7Fastest lap: James Hinchcliffe (Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) – 01:07.3644 (lap 79) Source:

Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Josef Newgarden 504 2 Alexander Rossi 488 3 Simon Pagenaud 457 4 Scott Dixon 442 5 Will Power 356 Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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