The 2023 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland was the penultimate round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 3, 2023, in Portland, Oregon at the Portland International Raceway; and was won for a second time by Álex Palou who qualified fifth and led 69 of 110 laps in his Chip Ganassi Racing number 10 Honda.

Arrow McLaren's Felix Rosenqvist finished second while Palou's veteran teammate Scott Dixon came in third. Graham Rahal qualified on the pole and finished twelfth.

By virtue of his race win, Palou wrapped up the championship before the final race of the season, a feat last accomplished by Sébastien Bourdais when he won the 2007 Champ Car championship in the penultimate race.

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 Marcus Armstrong 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 Jüri Vips Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda45 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 Tom Blomqvist 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 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.1776 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 00:58.3246 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.3555 Source:

Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.1516 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.2695 3 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.2785 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying started at 12:30 PM PT on September 2, 2023.

Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.1612 N/A 00:58.3248 00:58.3195 1 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 00:58.0525 00:58.0777 00:58.3525 2 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.0843 N/A 00:58.2338 00:58.4576 3 4 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.3701 00:58.2653 00:58.5803 4 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:57.9651 00:58.3232 00:58.6492 5 6 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 00:58.1025 00:58.2579 00:58.6737 6 7 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.1913 N/A 00:58.3779 N/A 7 8 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:58.3075 N/A 00:58.4973 N/A 8 9 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 00:58.4637 00:58.5023 N/A 9 10 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.5952 00:58.5479 N/A 10 11 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:57.8967 N/A 00:59.3053 N/A 11 12 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.0890 N/A No Time N/A 12 13 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:58.3240 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.6652 N/A N/A 14 15 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 00:58.3522 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 00:58.6835 N/A N/A 16 17 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.3678 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 30 Jüri Vips Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 00:58.7454 N/A N/A 18 19 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:58.6529 N/A N/A N/A 25 20 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 00:58.7753 N/A N/A 19 21 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 00:58.6748 N/A N/A N/A 20 22 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 00:58.8006 N/A N/A 21 23 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 00:59.0633 N/A N/A N/A 22 24 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda N/A 00:58.9016 N/A N/A 23 25 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 00:59.2642 N/A N/A N/A 24 26 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 00:59.2175 N/A N/A 26 27 60 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 00:59.4364 N/A N/A 27 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:59.4533 2 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:59.5342 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:59.5716 Source:

Race The race started at 12:30 PM PT on September 3, 2023.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 01:57:01.9814 3 5 69 53 2 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 110 +5.4353 3 11 3 41 3 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 +8.0669 3 4 15 36 4 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 110 +19.0572 3 6 32 5 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 110 +21.0831 3 12 30 6 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 110 +21.8799 3 13 28 7 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 +30.5820 3 10 26 8 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 110 +32.6211 4 23 2 25 9 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 110 +33.0282 3 2 22 10 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 110 +33.7836 3 16 20 11 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 +34.4757 3 17 19 12 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 +38.6995 3 1 21 20 13 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 110 +39.7582 4 3 17 14 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 100 +40.3373 3 21 16 15 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 110 +40.4769 3 8 15 16 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 110 +41.1279 3 22 14 17 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 110 +42.5578 3 20 13 18 30 Jüri Vips Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 3 18 12 19 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 3 14 11 20 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 109 +1 Lap 4 9 10 21 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 109 +1 Lap 4 25 9 22 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 109 +1 Lap 3 26 8 23 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 3 24 7 24 60 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 4 27 6 25 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 108 +2 Laps 3 7 5 26 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 82 Mechanical 3 19 5 27 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 31 Contact 2 15 5Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 00:59.3817 (lap 28) Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou^ 6182 Scott Dixon 5273 Josef Newgarden 4704 Pato O'Ward 4615 Scott McLaughlin 448 Source:

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1362 2 Chevrolet 1346 Source:

^ = clinched season championship Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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