The 2024 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the third round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 28, 2024, in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. The race consisted of 90 laps and was won by Scott McLaughlin.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet4 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet6 Théo Pourchaire Arrow McLaren Chevrolet7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet8 Linus Lundqvist 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 Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda20 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda30 Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda41 Sting Ray Robb A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda51 Luca Ghiotto Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda66 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Romain Grosjean 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 01:06.7045 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.7875 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.7914 Source:
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 21 Rinus Veekay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:06.5463 2 77 Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:06.5819 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.6099 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 01:05.8147 01:05.9344 01:05.9490 1 2 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.0450 01:05.8765 01:06.0460 2 3 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:06.2147 01:05.8130 01:06.0818 3 4 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:05.8193 N/A 01:06.0374 01:06.2940 4 5 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.2483 01:06.0418 01:06.4524 5 6 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.9767 N/A 01:05.9593 01:06.9022 6 7 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:05.9948 N/A 01:06.0942 N/A 7 8 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.1385 01:06.2908 N/A 8 9 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 01:06.0350 N/A 01:06.2959 N/A 9 10 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.5862 N/A 01:06.3013 N/A 10 11 77 Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:06.0343 N/A 01:06.3526 N/A 11 12 66 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.4519 01:06.3871 N/A 12 13 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.1425 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 20 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.4803 N/A N/A 14 15 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.1481 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:06.5054 N/A N/A 16 17 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:06.2751 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda N/A 01:06.5846 N/A N/A 18 19 8 Linus Lundqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.2825 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.6706 N/A N/A 20 21 51 Luca Ghiotto Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:06.4788 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 18 Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda N/A 01:06.7969 N/A N/A 22 23 4 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.5267 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 6 Théo Pourchaire Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:06.9052 N/A N/A 24 25 41 Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:06.8404 N/A N/A N/A 25 26 30 Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:07.4920 N/A N/A 26 27 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.7392 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 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.3195 2 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:06.8069 3 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.8787 Source:Warmup results
Race The race started at 1:30 PM ET on April 28, 2024.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:56:45.7773 3 1 58 54 2 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +1.3194 3 2 1 41 3 8 Linus Lundqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +2.4421 3 19 4 36 4 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +4.5109 2 5 1 33 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +5.3692 2 10 12 31 6 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +6.0509 3 3 28 7 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 90 +6.6055 3 17 14 27 8 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 +7.5124 2 15 24 9 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +8.0375 2 6 22 10 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 90 +8.5573 2 9 20 11 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +9.0288 2 7 19 12 77 Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 +9.4495 2 11 18 13 18 Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 +10.1269 4 22 17 14 4 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +10.4415 3 23 16 15 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +11.3628 3 13 15 16 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +12.2355 3 8 14 17 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90 +13.5092 4 27 13 18 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 90 +13.8437 2 18 12 19 66 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +14.5751 3 12 11 20 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 +14.6807 3 20 10 21 51 Luca Ghiotto Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 90 +15.6809 4 21 9 22 6 Théo Pourchaire Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 24 8 23 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +16.4461 4 4 7 24 20 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 14 6 25 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 60 Mechanical 2 16 5 26 41 Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 54 Contact 2 25 5 27 30 Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 42 Contact 2 26 5Fastest lap: Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) – 01:07.7544 (lap 74) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Colton Herta 1012 Will Power 100 (-1)3 Álex Palou 98 (-3)4 Scott Dixon 94 (-7)5 Felix Rosenqvist 87 (-14) Source:https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2024_Childrens_of_Alabama_Indy_Grand_Prix/O/
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 242 2 Honda 230 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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