2022 Grand Prix of Portland

2022 Grand Prix of Portland

Race details
16th round of the 2022 IndyCar season
Layout of the Portland International Raceway
Date	September 4, 2022
Official name	Grand Prix of Portland
Location	Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.964 mi / 3.161 km
Distance	110 laps 216.04 mi / 347.68 km
Pole position
Driver	Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)
Time	00:58.2349
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Time	00:59.5874 (on lap 16 of 110)
Podium
First	Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)
Second	Will Power  (Team Penske)
Third	Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2022 Grand Prix of Portland was the sixteenth And penultimate round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 4, 2022, in Portland, Oregon at the Portland International Raceway. Scott McLaughlin qualified on pole. To prevent a first lap first corner pileup the drivers agreed to get the green flag further back on the front straight than previous years. This early start was successful in preventing a first lap pileup, and the race went 97 laps without a yellow. McLaughlin led 104 of 110 laps and won the race from pole. Will Power and Scott Dixon rounded out the podium.

Entry list

Further information: 2022 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Kyle Kirkwood  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	David Malukas  R	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda
20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda
27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
29	Devlin DeFrancesco  R	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda
30	Christian Lundgaard  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
51	Takuma Sato  W	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Callum Ilott  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source: [1]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.5769
2	18	David Malukas  R	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	00:58.7024
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.7156
Source: [2]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.3946
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.4083
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.4910
Source: [3]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2
1	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.0029	00:58.2504	00:58.2349	1
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.0433	N/A	00:57.9651	00:58.3129	8 [a]
3	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	00:57.9266	00:58.0868	00:58.4254	2
4	30	Christian Lundgaard  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	00:57.9218	00:58.0753	00:58.4482	3
5	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.1497	00:58.3381	00:58.5075	4
6	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	00:58.1408	N/A	00:58.2593	00:58.6090	5
7	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.1465	00:58.3475	N/A	6
8	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	00:58.3020	N/A	00:58.3925	N/A	7
9	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:58.2318	N/A	00:58.3983	N/A	9
10	18	David Malukas  R	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	N/A	00:58.0506	00:58.4038	N/A	10
11	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:58.4106	N/A	00:58.4475	N/A	11
12	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	00:58.2292	N/A	00:58.5356	N/A	12
13	14	Kyle Kirkwood  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	00:58.4865	N/A	N/A	N/A	13
14	77	Callum Ilott  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.1988	N/A	N/A	14
15	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:58.5097	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
16	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.2628	N/A	N/A	16
17	45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:58.5332	N/A	N/A	N/A	17
18	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.3064	N/A	N/A	18
19	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	00:58.6898	N/A	N/A	N/A	19
20	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.4398	N/A	N/A	20
21	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	00:58.7534	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	51	Takuma Sato  W	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.6058	N/A	N/A	22
23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:59.1933	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
24	29	Devlin DeFrancesco  R	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	N/A	00:58.6127	N/A	N/A	24
25	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	N/A	00:59.0082	N/A	N/A	25 [b]
Source: [5]

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Final Practice

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:59.0532
2	30	Christian Lundgaard  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:59.1806
3	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:59.2196
Source: [6]

Race

The race started at 3:30 PM ET on September 4, 2022.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	01:56:15.6892	3	1	104	54
2	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+1.1792	3	2	2	41
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+1.6006	3	16		35
4	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	110	+13.8892	3	5		32
5	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+14.8208	3	11	2	31
6	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	110	+16.3039	3	7		28
7	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+17.0044	3	9		26
8	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+17.6062	3	8		24
9	77	Callum Ilott  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	110	+18.0978	3	14	1	23
10	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	110	+18.6356	3	6		20
11	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+23.5169	3	18		19
12	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+27.5282	3	4		18
13	14	Kyle Kirkwood  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	110	+28.3322	3	13		17
14	18	David Malukas  R	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	110	+29.0288	3	10		16
15	45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+31.2329	3	17		15
16	29	Devlin DeFrancesco  R	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	110	+32.5754	3	24		14
17	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	110	+33.8121	3	21		13
18	51	Takuma Sato  W	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	110	+34.0886	3	22		12
19	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+34.7299	3	15		11
20	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	110	+35.4454	4	12		10
21	30	Christian Lundgaard  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+44.5500	4	3	1	10
22	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	3	25		8
23	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	100	+10 Laps	4	19		7
24	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	82	Contact	3	23		6
25	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	67	Pit Fire	2	20		5
Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 00:59.5874 (lap 16)
Source: [7]

Cautions: 1 for 4 laps ^[8]

Lead Changes: 9 ^[8]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Will Power 523 2 Josef Newgarden 503 3 Scott Dixon 503 4 Marcus Ericsson 484 1 5 Scott McLaughlin 482 Source: [7]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1419 2 Honda 1236 Source: [9]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

1. Josef Newgarden received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change. ^[4]
2. Dalton Kellett received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change. However, qualifying in last place meant this penalty had no impact. ^[4]

References

1. "Grand Prix of Portland entry list" (PDF). August 22, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
2. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
3. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
4. "Grid penalty confirmed for title contender Newgarden at Portland". racer.com. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
5. "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
6. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
7. "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
8. "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
9. "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. September 4, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.

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