2017 Honda Indy 200

2017 Mid-Ohio
Race details
13th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 30, 2017
Official name	Honda Indy 200
Location	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.258 mi / 3.634 km
Distance	90 laps; 203.2 mi / 327.02 km
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	1:04.1720
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Herta Autosport)
Time	1:05.9696 (on lap 42 of 90)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Will Power (Team Penske)
Third	Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)

Last updated December 22, 2022

The 2017 Honda Indy 200 was an IndyCar Series event held on July 30, 2017, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The race served as the 13th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. Australian Will Power started on pole position for the race, while his American teammate Josef Newgarden took victory.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 29. Will Power, for the third time at the track, qualified on pole, recording a time of 1:04.1720. Alongside him on the front row was his Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden, while Takuma Sato qualified third. Rounding out the fast six qualifiers were Graham Rahal, Hélio Castroneves, and Scott Dixon. One incident occurred in qualifying when Tony Kanaan spun in turn two, bringing out yellow flags. As per IndyCar rules, Kanaan's fastest lap from the session was thrown out, relegating him to a 17th place start.^[1]^[2]

Race

The race was held on Sunday, July 30. The start of the race saw the top five qualifiers remain in grid order, while Simon Pagenaud managed to jump Scott Dixon in the first turn. Further back in the field, some drivers were able to make larger moves, such as Marco Andretti moving up from 14th to 10th. The opening laps were mostly uneventful aside from pit stops, as some, such as Carlos Muñoz and Max Chilton on lap 5. On lap 12, Alexander Rossi pitted having been the highest running driver using the softer option tires. He was followed the next lap by Ryan Hunter-Reay, Charlie Kimball, and James Hinchcliffe. At the same time as these pit stops, however, the battle for the lead suddenly heated up, with Josef Newgarden managing to pass Will Power on lap 13. Two laps later, third place exchanged hands, as Graham Rahal managed to make a pass on Takuma Sato.

The leaders made their stops shortly after, reemerging in the same order. During the sequence, a minor incident occurred when Hunter-Reay spun while attempting to pass Sato and Hélio Castroneves after their pit stops. No caution was waved for this. This order remained intact through to the next round of pit stops, following which the running order was Newgarden, Power, Rahal, Rossi, Pagenaud. On lap 55, Pagenaud managed to move around Rossi to take over the fourth spot. This order remained until the last round of pit stops which began at lap 62. Newgarden remained out front by a healthy margin of over 12 seconds after the stops.

On lap 67, Newgarden's gap was erased when the race's only caution period came due to Ed Jones spinning and stalling his car at turn 9. The restart came at the end of lap 70, with Newgarden's position protected by back marker Esteban Gutiérrez who had become wedged between Newgarden and Power. This allowed Newgarden to easily pull away and ensure his second consecutive victory and his third of the season. Behind him, Power managed to hold on to second place, despite heavy pressure from Graham Rahal in the closing laps. Fourth place when to Simon Pagenaud, while Takuma Sato managed to move back into the top five on the final restart to round out the top positions. All cars were listed as running at the end of the race.

Newgarden's victory allowed him to jump to the top of the points standings with only four races remaining in the season, placing him ahead of his teammate Hélio Castroneves and Scott Dixon.^[3]^[4]^[5]

This race featured no DNFs.

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	12	Will Power	2	1:04.2485	1:04.2505	1:04.1720
2	2	Josef Newgarden	2	1:04.2161	1:04.1920	1"04.3067
3	26	Takuma Sato	1	1:04.3734	1:04.1847	1:04.6792
4	15	Graham Rahal W	2	1:04.1938	1:04.0828	1:04.7959
5	3	Hélio Castroneves W	1	1:04.4144	1:04.2536	1:04.8485
6	9	Scott Dixon W	2	1:04.4104	1:04.2560	1:05.1927
7	1	Simon Pagenaud W	1	1:04.3597	1:04.3008
8	5	James Hinchcliffe	1	1:04.8213	1:04.3784
9	98	Alexander Rossi	2	1:04.3150	1:04.4906
10	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2	1:04.4632	1:04.4928
11	4	Conor Daly	1	1:04.9627	1:04.8745
12	18	Esteban Gutiérrez R	1	1:04.7785	1:05.0368
13	83	Charlie Kimball W	1	1:04.9930
14	27	Marco Andretti	2	1:04.5929
15	19	Ed Jones R	1	1:05.0337
16	20	Spencer Pigot	2	1:04.6186
17	10	Tony Kanaan	1	1:05.3200
18	8	Max Chilton	2	1:04.8603
19	21	J. R. Hildebrand	1	1:05.3382
20	14	Carlos Muñoz	2	1:04.9440
21	7	Mikhail Aleshin	2	1:05.2441
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Source for individual rounds:^[6]

Race Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	1:46:19.5989	3	2	73	53
2	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+5.1556	3	1	14	42
3	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	+6.3129	3	4	3	36
4	1	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+6.8807	3	7		32
5	26	Takuma Sato	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+7.3092	3	3		30
6	98	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Herta Autosport	Honda	90	+9.0266	3	9		28
7	3	Hélio Castroneves W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+11.6809	3	5		26
8	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+12.3623	3	10		24
9	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+18.1857	3	6		22
10	4	Conor Daly	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	90	+20.5661	3	11		20
11	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	90	+27.3241	3	8		19
12	27	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+29.9928	3	14		18
13	83	Charlie Kimball W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+31.1248	3	13		17
14	7	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	90	+32.5958	3	21		16
15	8	Max Chilton	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+33.1095	3	18		15
16	10	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+36.1997	4	17		14
17	21	J. R. Hildebrand	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	90	+1:00.8248	5	19		13
18	14	Carlos Muñoz	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	4	20		12
19	20	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	5	16		11
20	18	Esteban Gutiérrez R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	4	12		10
21	19	Ed Jones R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	88	+2 Laps	4	15		9
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes

¹ Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Source for time gaps:^[7]

Championship standings

Driver standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
3	1	Josef Newgarden	453
	2	Hélio Castroneves	446
2	3	Scott Dixon	445
1	4	Simon Pagenaud	436
	5	Will Power	401

Manufacturer standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	1,115
	2	Honda	1,080

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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References

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↑ Pruett, Marshall (July 29, 2017). "Power, Newgarden take Mid-Ohio front row". Racer.com . Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
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↑ "IndyCar 2017 Mid-Ohio". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved October 17, 2017.

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[1] Robinson, Mark (July 29, 2017). "Power extends Mid-Ohio front-row string with third pole position". IndyCar.com. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[2] Pruett, Marshall (July 29, 2017). "Power, Newgarden take Mid-Ohio front row". Racer.com . Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[3] Malsher, David (July 30, 2017). "Mid-Ohio IndyCar: Newgarden takes commanding win and points lead". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[4] Pruett, Marshall (July 30, 2017). "Newgarden takes points lead with Mid-Ohio win". Racer.com . Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[5] Robinson, Mark (July 30, 2017). "Newgarden dominates at Mid-Ohio to rack up second straight win of 2017". IndyCar.com. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[6] "Race Report: 2017 Honda Indy 200". theapexracing.co. TheApex.racing LLC. July 30, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[7] "IndyCar 2017 Mid-Ohio". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved October 17, 2017.

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2017 Honda Indy 200

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Race

Results

Qualifying

Race Results

Championship standings

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