2022 Grand Prix of Portland

The 2022 Grand Prix of Portland was the sixteenth And penultimate round of the 2022 IndyCar season and the 400th NTT IndyCar Series event. The race was held on September 4, 2022, in Portland, Oregon at the Portland International Raceway. Scott McLaughlin qualified on pole. To prevent a first lap first corner pileup the drivers agreed to get the green flag further back on the front straight than previous years. This early start was successful in preventing a first lap pileup, and the race went 97 laps without a yellow. McLaughlin led 104 of 110 laps and won the race from pole. Will Power and Scott Dixon rounded out the podium.

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 Honda45 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 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.5769 2 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 00:58.7024 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.7156 Source:

Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.3946 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.4083 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.4910 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 00:58.0029 00:58.2504 00:58.2349 1 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.0433 N/A 00:57.9651 00:58.3129 8 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 00:57.9266 00:58.0868 00:58.4254 2 4 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 00:57.9218 00:58.0753 00:58.4482 3 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.1497 00:58.3381 00:58.5075 4 6 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 00:58.1408 N/A 00:58.2593 00:58.6090 5 7 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet N/A 00:58.1465 00:58.3475 N/A 6 8 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.3020 N/A 00:58.3925 N/A 7 9 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 00:58.2318 N/A 00:58.3983 N/A 9 10 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda N/A 00:58.0506 00:58.4038 N/A 10 11 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.4106 N/A 00:58.4475 N/A 11 12 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:58.2292 N/A 00:58.5356 N/A 12 13 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 00:58.4865 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 00:58.1988 N/A N/A 14 15 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 00:58.5097 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.2628 N/A N/A 16 17 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.5332 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.3064 N/A N/A 18 19 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 00:58.6898 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 00:58.4398 N/A N/A 20 21 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 00:58.7534 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 00:58.6058 N/A N/A 22 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:59.1933 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 00:58.6127 N/A N/A 24 25 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 00:59.0082 N/A N/A 25 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Final Practice

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 00:59.0532 2 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:59.1806 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:59.2196 Source:

Race The race started at 3:30 PM ET on September 4, 2022.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 110 01:56:15.6892 3 1 104 54 2 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 110 +1.1792 3 2 2 41 3 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 +1.6006 3 16 35 4 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 110 +13.8892 3 5 32 5 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 +14.8208 3 11 2 31 6 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 110 +16.3039 3 7 28 7 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 110 +17.0044 3 9 26 8 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 110 +17.6062 3 8 24 9 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 110 +18.0978 3 14 1 23 10 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 110 +18.6356 3 6 20 11 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 +23.5169 3 18 19 12 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 +27.5282 3 4 18 13 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 110 +28.3322 3 13 17 14 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 110 +29.0288 3 10 16 15 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 +31.2329 3 17 15 16 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 110 +32.5754 3 24 14 17 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 110 +33.8121 3 21 13 18 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 110 +34.0886 3 22 12 19 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 110 +34.7299 3 15 11 20 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 110 +35.4454 4 12 10 21 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 +44.5500 4 3 1 10 22 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 109 +1 Lap 3 25 8 23 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 100 +10 Laps 4 19 7 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 82 Contact 3 23 6 25 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 67 Pit Fire 2 20 5Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 00:59.5874 (lap 16) Source: Cautions: 1 for 4 laps

Lead Changes: 9

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Will Power 5232 Josef Newgarden 5033 Scott Dixon 5034 Marcus Ericsson 484 15 Scott McLaughlin 482 Source:

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1419 2 Honda 1236 Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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