The 2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was the fifteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 27, 2023, in Madison, Illinois at the World Wide Technology Raceway. The race consisted of 260 laps & was won by Scott Dixon.
The race marked the first time that the Firestone alternate tires were used at an oval. Teams had 10 sets of tires they could use during the weekend, divided between 8 primary tire sets & 2 alternate sets. Teams were allowed the use of 1 set of alternate tires during first practice and, similar to road/street races, were mandated to use 1 set during the race. No alternate tires were allowed to be used during qualifying.
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 Ryan Hunter-Reay 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 Conor Daly 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 Linus Lundqvist 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 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:24.9944 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:25.0902 3 11 Takuma Sato Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:25.1107 Source:
Qualifying Due to inclement weather, qualifying was moved to 11:00AM ET on August 27, 2023. Originally, qualifying was scheduled for 2:00 PM ET on August 26.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Lap 1 Lap 2 Total Time Finalgrid 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 24.6564 24.5372 00:49.1936 10 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 24.7106 24.6342 00:49.3448 1 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 24.7348 24.7303 00:49.4651 2 4 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 24.7549 24.7714 00:49.5263 3 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.7871 24.7726 00:49.5597 14 6 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 24.8476 24.7235 00:49.5711 4 7 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.8145 24.7880 00:49.6025 16 8 11 Takuma Sato Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.8253 24.7815 00:49.6068 17 9 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 24.8447 24.7629 00:49.6076 5 10 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 24.8720 24.8267 00:49.6987 6 11 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 24.8635 24.8670 00:49.7305 7 12 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 24.8929 24.8456 00:49.7385 8 13 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 24.9159 24.9202 00:49.8361 22 14 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 25.0563 24.8860 00:49.9423 9 15 30 Conor Daly Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.0600 24.9600 00:50.0200 11 16 60 Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 25.0481 25.0069 00:50.0550 12 17 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 25.1409 24.9964 00:50.1373 13 18 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 25.1760 25.1311 00:50.3071 15 19 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 25.1702 25.1483 00:50.3185 18 20 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.1649 25.1610 00:50.3259 19 21 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 25.2154 25.2077 00:50.4231 28 22 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.2811 25.1717 00:50.4528 20 23 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 25.3041 25.1557 00:50.4598 21 24 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.3705 25.1512 00:50.5217 23 25 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 25.4595 25.1615 00:50.6210 24 26 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 25.4956 25.4251 00:50.9207 25 27 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 24.9565 26.0295 00:50.9860 26 28 33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 25.8225 25.7614 00:51.5839 27 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Race The race started at 3:40 PM ET on August 27, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 260 02:10:09.4046 3 16 123 53 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 260 +22.2256 5 3 18 41 3 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 260 +22.7279 5 6 35 4 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 7 4 33 5 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 10 31 6 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 2 13 29 7 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 14 26 8 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 4 24 9 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 8 4 23 10 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 6 15 20 11 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 4 20 19 12 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 259 +1 Lap 4 5 18 13 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 26 17 14 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 5 23 16 15 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 22 15 16 30 Conor Daly Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 11 14 17 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 19 13 18 60 Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 5 12 12 19 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 258 +2 Laps 5 18 11 20 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 5 21 10 21 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 4 24 9 22 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 258 +2 Laps 7 28 8 23 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 257 +3 Laps 5 13 7 24 33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 254 +6 Laps 6 27 6 25 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 210 Contact 5 1 98 6 26 11 Takuma Sato Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 119 Contact 2 17 5 27 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 58 Contact 1 9 5 28 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 0 Contact 0 25 5Fastest lap: Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) – 00:25.6786 (lap 62) source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 5652 Scott Dixon 4913 Josef Newgarden 440 14 Pato O'Ward 429 15 Scott McLaughlin 426 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1267 2 Chevrolet 1256 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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