The 2022 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was the fifteenth round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 20, 2022, in Madison, Illinois at the World Wide Technology Raceway. The race consisted of 260 laps and was won by Josef Newgarden.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet5 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport Honda27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSource:
Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 00:24.9254 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:24.9712 3 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 00:24.9910 Source:
Qualifying Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Lap 1 Lap 2 Total Time Finalgrid 1 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 24.6757 24.5782 00:49.2539 1 2 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.7387 24.6929 00:49.4316 2 3 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 24.8967 24.6548 00:49.5515 3 4 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 24.8303 24.7823 00:49.6126 4 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.8321 24.8125 00:49.6446 5 6 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.8681 24.8683 00:49.7364 6 7 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 25.0059 24.9101 00:49.9160 7 8 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 24.9341 25.0525 00:49.9866 8 9 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 24.9972 25.0237 00:50.0209 18 10 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 25.0201 25.1104 00:50.1305 9 11 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 25.1104 25.0513 00:50.1617 10 12 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 25.0346 25.1474 00:50.1820 11 13 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 25.1646 25.0701 00:50.2347 12 14 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 25.1603 25.1815 00:50.3418 13 15 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.1626 25.1800 00:50.3426 14 16 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.1575 25.2135 00:50.3710 15 17 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.2192 25.1568 00:50.3760 16 18 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 25.2793 25.1815 00:50.4608 17 19 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.3216 25.1935 00:50.5151 19 20 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 25.3211 25.2184 00:50.5395 20 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 25.5457 25.4839 00:51.0296 21 22 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 25.5697 25.5132 00:51.0829 22 23 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.5858 25.5491 00:51.1349 23 24 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 25.9029 25.8503 00:51.7532 24 25 33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.9511 25.8721 00:51.8232 25 26 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet None None No Time 26 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Final practice + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:25.3196 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:25.3580 3 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 00:25.4634 Source:
Race The race was originally scheduled to start at 6:30PM ET on August 20, 2022, however officials elected to move the start time to 6:01 PM ET in anticipation of adverse weather conditions due to arrive later in the evening.
The race was red-flagged at 7:55PM ET on lap 217 due to rain falling on the circuit. The red flag remained until the track had dried out enough for racing to resume, which happened over two hours later at 10:09PM ET.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 260 02:10:40.1827 5 3 78 51 2 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 260 +0.4708 5 12 4 41 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 260 +1.5254 5 4 12 36 4 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 260 +5.2079 4 7 10 33 5 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 260 +5.5365 5 8 22 31 6 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 260 +11.8662 4 1 128 32 7 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 260 +12.6189 5 2 1 27 8 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 260 +15.8852 5 6 24 9 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 260 +21.8239 5 5 22 10 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 260 +26.1005 5 16 2 21 11 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 11 19 12 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 259 +1 Lap 4 9 18 13 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 259 +1 Lap 4 18 2 18 14 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 21 16 15 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 17 15 16 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 26 1 15 17 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 258 +2 Laps 5 20 13 18 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 258 +2 Laps 5 24 12 19 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 5 19 11 20 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 257 +3 Laps 6 13 10 21 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 257 +3 Laps 6 22 9 22 33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 256 +4 Laps 5 25 8 23 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 244 +16 Laps 6 15 7 24 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 239 +21 Laps 6 14 6 25 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 226 +34 Laps 5 10 5 26 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 53 Electrics 1 23 5Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 00:25.5579 (lap 227) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Will Power 482 22 Josef Newgarden 479 13 Scott Dixon 468 14 Marcus Ericsson 4655 Álex Palou 439 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1323 2 Honda 1171 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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