2018 Grand Prix of Portland

2018 Portland
Race details
16th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season
	Portland International Raceway Track Layout
Date	September 2, 2018
Official name	Grand Prix of Portland
Location	Portland International Raceway
Course	Permanent Road Course; 1.964 mi / 3.142 km
Distance	105 laps; 206.220 mi / 329.952 km
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	57.3467
Fastest lap
Driver	Carlos Muñoz (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)
Time	58.7403 (on lap 19 of 105)
Podium
First	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Second	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Third	Sébastien Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan)

Last updated June 14, 2025

The 2018 Grand Prix of Portland was the 16th And penultimate round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on September 2 at Portland International Raceway, in Portland, Oregon. 2018 Indy 500 champion Will Power qualified on pole position,^[1] while 2017 Indy 500 champion Takuma Sato took victory in the 105-lap race.^[2]

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	57.2143	57.3556	57.3467
2	1	Josef Newgarden	2	57.5911	57.6519	57.6877
3	27	Alexander Rossi	1	57.5718	57.4291	57.7361
4	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	2	57.5534	57.4632	57.8881
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2	57.5851	57.4696	57.9699
6	26	Zach Veach R	1	57.6874	57.5371	58.1057
7	5	James Hinchcliffe	2	57.5980	57.6429
8	10	Ed Jones	1	57.5698	57.6499
9	98	Marco Andretti	1	57.7480	57.7277
10	15	Graham Rahal	1	57.7349	57.7772
11	9	Scott Dixon	2	57.5496	57.8554
12	20	Jordan King R	1	57.6326	57.9010
13	60	Jack Harvey R	1	57.9620
14	6	Carlos Muñoz	2	57.6748
15	59	Max Chilton	1	57.9865
16	19	Pietro Fittipaldi R	2	57.7321
17	21	Spencer Pigot	1	57.9939
18	39	Santino Ferrucci R	2	57.7735
19	4	Matheus Leist R	1	58.0036
20	30	Takuma Sato	2	57.7848
21	88	Gabby Chaves	1	58.1635
22	22	Simon Pagenaud	2	58.0983
23	32	Alfonso Celis Jr. R	1	58.2735
24	14	Tony Kanaan	2	58.2531
25	23	Charlie Kimball	2	58.3219
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	105	2:00:09.7537	3	20	25	51
2	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	105	+0.6084	2	5	19	41
3	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	105	+1.8266	4	4		35
4	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	105	+4.5557	3	17		32
5	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	105	+5.3215	4	11		30
6	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	105	+11.4605	4	22		28
7	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	105	+12.0057	3	25		26
8	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	105	+13.3769	3	3	32	27
9	19	Pietro Fittipaldi R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	105	+18.3753	3	16		22
10	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	105	+19.8044	3	2	8	21
11	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	105	+22.1362	3	24		19
12	6	Carlos Muñoz	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	105	+22.7069	3	14		18
13	88	Gabby Chaves	Harding Racing	Chevrolet	105	+23.7138	3	21		17
14	4	Matheus Leist R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	105	+29.7958	3	19		16
15	20	Jordan King R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	105	+32.1352	3	12		15
16	60	Jack Harvey R	Michael Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson	Honda	105	+32.4191	3	13		14
17	32	Alfonso Celis Jr. R	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet	105	+48.8038	4	23		13
18	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	105	+55.2123	3	15	10	13
19	26	Zach Veach R	Andretti Autosport	Honda	104	+1 lap	3	6		11
20	39	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	101	+4 laps	3	18		10
21	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	98	+7 laps	4	1	11	11
22	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	76	+29 laps	5	7		8
23	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	4	Contact	2	10		7
24	10	Ed Jones	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	0	Contact	0	8		6
25	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	0	Contact	0	9		5
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.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Scott Dixon	598
2	Alexander Rossi	569
3	Will Power	511
4	Josef Newgarden	511
5	Ryan Hunter-Reay	462

Manufacturer standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Honda	1,371
	2	Chevrolet	1,136

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

↑ Malsher, David (September 1, 2018). "Portland IndyCar: Power grabs pole, Dixon will start 11th". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
↑ Malsher, David (September 2, 2018). "Portland IndyCar: Sato wins wild race, Dixon boosts points lead". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

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[1] Malsher, David (September 1, 2018). "Portland IndyCar: Power grabs pole, Dixon will start 11th". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

[2] Malsher, David (September 2, 2018). "Portland IndyCar: Sato wins wild race, Dixon boosts points lead". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

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