2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500

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Flag of the United States.svg 2020 World Wide Technology Raceway
Race details
8th and 9th round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
Gateway Motorsports Park diagram.svg
DateAugust 29 and 30, 2020
Official name Bommarito Automotive Group 500
Location World Wide Technology Raceway
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.25 mi / 2.012 km
Distance200 laps
250 mi / 402.336 km
Race 1
Pole position
Driver Will Power  (Team Penske)
Time24.672
Fastest lap
Driver Takuma Sato  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time25.3039 (on lap 183 of 200)
Podium
First Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Takuma Sato  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third Patricio O'Ward  (Arrow McLaren SP)
Race 2
Pole position
Driver Takuma Sato  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time24.658
Fastest lap
Driver Álex Palou  (Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh)
Time25.6915 (on lap 147 of 200)
Podium
First Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Second Patricio O'Ward  (Arrow McLaren SP)
Third Will Power  (Team Penske)

The 2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was an IndyCar Series event that took place from August 29-30, 2020. It made up the eighth and ninth rounds of the 2020 IndyCar Series season. Initially scheduled to be just one race, the event was extended to a doubleheader weekend after cancellations of the events at Portland and Laguna Seca due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The races were also made 50 laps shorter than in years past to account for the doubleheader format. [2]

Contents

Entry list

Separate entry lists were released for both events with identical participants, apart from a sponsor change for Felix Rosenqvist from NTT Data to Monster Energy.

Car
No.		Driver NameOwner/TeamEngine
1 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
4 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
7 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew  R  Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-SullivanHonda
20 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
22 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet
26 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda
27 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda
28 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda
30 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato  W  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
55 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda
59 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Carlin Chevrolet
60 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda
88 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
98 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda
Sources: [3] [4]

All cars run a Dallara safety tub utilizing the IndyCar mandated Universal Aero Kit 18. All cars also will utilize Firestone tires.

KeyMeaning
RRookie
WPast winner

Practice

Patricio O'Ward was fastest in practice with a time of 24.789 seconds and a speed of 181.532 mph (292.147 km/h). [5]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
15 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 24.789181.532
212 Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 24.867180.961
39 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.886180.822

Combined Qualifying Session, August 29

The pole for Saturday's race was won by Will Power with a time of 24.6718 seconds. Takuma Sato won the pole for Sunday's race with a time of 24.6577 seconds.

Pos
Race 1		Pos
Race 2		No.NameLap 1Lap 2
1312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W 24.671824.6611
245 Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward 24.714924.6873
369 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon 24.724424.7613
4710 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson 24.812024.7630
5110 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato  W 24.822624.6577
621 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W 24.831424.6607
7560 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey 24.873624.7525
81228 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay 24.902424.9144
91127 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi 24.903824.8860
101088 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta 24.910024.8394
111455 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  R 24.917324.9224
12910 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist 24.959124.8088
13822 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud 24.981524.7993
141821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  R 24.990325.1833
15137 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew  R 24.992624.9198
161559 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly 25.002024.9482
172220 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter 25.066725.3196
18214 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball 25.090525.2390
192098 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti 25.252925.2012
201618 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci 25.254224.9727
211914 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan 25.328825.1918
222315 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal 25.482125.4521
231726 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach 25.566125.0291
Sources: [6] [7]
KeyMeaning
 R Rookie
 W Past winner

Race 1 – August 29

The first 14 laps of the race were run under caution as a result of a six-car crash coming to the green flag. Álex Palou pulled out of line, and was followed by Simon Pagenaud and Oliver Askew. Askew hit Pagenaud, who in turn collected Alexander Rossi. The resulting incident took out Zach Veach, Marco Andretti, and Ed Carpenter, leading to three of the five Andretti Autosport cars retiring inside the opening five laps. [8] Scott Dixon won the event, his fourth of the season, extending his points lead over Josef Newgarden to 117 points.

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/StatusPit
Stops		GridLaps
Led		Pts. 1
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 2001:44:30.7944332851
230 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato  W  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 200+0.1404351441
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 200+7.0052329438
488 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 200+7.701931032
58 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 200+8.35043430
621 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 200+12.414531428
728 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 200+13.05563826
810 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 200+13.8107312125
914 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 200+15.031942122
1059 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Carlin Chevrolet 200+15.672141620
1160 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 200+16.26004719
121 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 200+16.81554618
134 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 200+21.407941817
147 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew  R  Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 200+24.014341516
1555 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 200+24.695431115
1618 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 200+27.0938420215
1712 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 198+2 laps516115
1815 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 124Mechanical52212
1922 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 67Contact51311
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 3Contact11710
2126 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 2Contact0239
2227 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 0Contact098
2398 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 0Contact0197
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.

Race 2 had no DNFs.

Race statistics

Average speed:143.522 mph (230.976 km/h)

Championship standings after the race

Race 2 – August 30

The second race began under caution after a vehicle spilled oil on the track during the pace laps. Josef Newgarden won the race, his second win of the season. [9]

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/StatusPit
Stops		GridLaps
Led		Pts. 1
11 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 2001:32:15.2431324851
25 Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 200+1.4356343641
312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 200+3.3580334036
421 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 200+4.436931832
59 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 200+6.21733630
688 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 200+7.00223101029
710 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 200+9.68943926
859 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Carlin Chevrolet 200+9.919931524
930 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato  W  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 200+10.8130316626
1018 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 200+15.674131620
1128 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 200+16.656931219
1255 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 200+18.858031418
1360 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 200+20.07773517
1427 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 200+20.989231116
1598 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 199+1 Lap32015
1622 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 199+1 Lap3814
177 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew  R  Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 199+1 Lap31313
184 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 199+1 Lap32112
1914 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 199+1 Lap31911
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 198+2 Laps32310
2120 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 197+3 Laps3229
2226 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 196+4 Laps4178
238 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 190+10 Laps377
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.

Race statistics

Average speed:162.594 mph (261.670 km/h)

Championship standings after the race

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