The 2023 PPG 375 was the second round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 2, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas at the Texas Motor Speedway. The race consisted of 250 laps and was won by Josef Newgarden.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda11 Takuma Sato Chip Ganassi Racing Honda12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Santino Ferrucci 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 with Curb-Agajanian Honda27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSource:
Practice
Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:23.1690 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:23.1928 3 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:23.1980 Source:
Final Practice + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:23.3117 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:23.3732 3 11 Takuma Sato Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:23.4579 Source:
Qualifying Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Lap 1 Lap 2 Total Time Finalgrid 1 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 23.5123 23.5585 00:47.0708 1 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.5364 23.5968 00:47.1332 2 3 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 23.5450 23.5908 00:47.1358 3 4 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 23.5617 23.6083 00:47.1700 4 5 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 23.5778 23.6312 00:47.2090 5 6 11 Takuma Sato Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.6004 23.6324 00:47.2328 6 7 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.5950 23.6439 00:47.2389 7 8 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 23.5341 23.7318 00:47.2659 8 9 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 23.6111 23.6761 00:47.2872 9 10 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 23.6196 23.6831 00:47.3027 10 11 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 23.6208 23.6861 00:47.3069 11 12 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 23.6322 23.6787 00:47.3109 12 13 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 23.6182 23.7027 00:47.3209 13 14 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 23.6500 23.7158 00:47.3658 14 15 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 23.6761 23.7172 00:47.3933 15 16 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.6718 23.7361 00:47.4079 16 17 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 23.7364 23.7303 00:47.4667 17 18 33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 23.6818 23.7962 00:47.4780 18 19 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 23.7378 23.7419 00:47.4797 19 20 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 23.7173 23.7929 00:47.5102 20 21 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 23.7827 23.7342 00:47.5169 21 22 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 23.7495 23.7876 00:47.5371 22 23 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 23.8019 23.8286 00:47.6305 23 24 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 23.8244 23.8202 00:47.6446 24 25 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 23.7971 23.8813 00:47.6784 25 26 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 23.8705 23.9347 00:47.8052 26 27 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 23.9945 23.9589 00:47.9534 27 28 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 23.8894 24.0877 00:47.9771 28 Source:
Race The race was started at 12:00 PM ET on April 2, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 250 2:07:07.2653 6 4 123 53 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 250 +1.2838 5 5 91 41 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 250 +1.8839 4 7 22 36 4 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 250 +2.1173 4 9 32 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 250 +2.4379 5 2 3 31 6 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 250 +4.1359 5 15 28 7 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 250 +6.4228 4 10 4 27 8 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 249 +1 Lap 6 16 24 9 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 249 +1 Lap 6 17 22 10 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 249 +1 Lap 5 21 20 11 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 249 +1 Lap 6 26 19 12 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 249 +1 Lap 6 19 18 13 33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 249 +1 Lap 6 18 17 14 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 248 Contact 5 11 2 17 15 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 248 +2 Laps 6 13 15 16 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 248 +2 Laps 7 8 14 17 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 247 +3 Laps 6 22 13 18 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 247 +3 Laps 6 28 12 19 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 247 +3 Laps 6 27 11 20 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 246 +4 Laps 7 25 10 21 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 246 +4 Laps 7 14 9 22 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 243 +7 Laps 7 3 8 23 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 221 Contact 5 12 7 24 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 219 Contact 5 24 6 25 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 208 Contact 4 23 1 6 26 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 177 Contact 3 1 4 7 27 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 97 Contact 1 20 5 28 11 Takuma Sato Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 46 Contact 6 5Fastest lap: Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) – 00:23.4475 (lap 118) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Pato O'Ward 82 1 2 Marcus Ericsson 75 3 Scott Dixon 67 14 4 Josef Newgarden 66 3 5 Álex Palou 60 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 1 Chevrolet 168 1 2 Honda 158 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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