2022 XPEL 375

2022 XPEL 375

Race details
2nd round of the 2022 IndyCar season
Layout of the Texas Motor Speedway
Date	March 20, 2022
Official name	XPEL 375
Location	Texas Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi / 2.4 km
Distance	248 laps 372.00 mi / 600.00 km
Pole position
Driver	Felix Rosenqvist  (Arrow McLaren SP)
Time	00:46.8906 (total time from 2 laps)
Fastest lap
Driver	Pato O'Ward  (Arrow McLaren SP)
Time	00:23.4930 (on lap 63 of 248)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Second	Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)
Third	Marcus Ericsson  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

A restart during the 2022 XPEL 375

The 2022 XPEL 375 was the second round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 20, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas at the Texas Motor Speedway, consisting of 248 laps.

Entry list

Further information: 2022 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
5	Patricio O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	J. R. Hildebrand	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Kyle Kirkwood  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal  W	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
33	Ed Carpenter  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
	Santino Ferrucci [a]
48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
51	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Callum Ilott  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source: [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	00:23.2376
2	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	00:23.2594
3	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	00:23.2690
Source: [3]

Final Practice

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:23.2354
2	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:23.2752
3	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	00:23.2819
Source: [4]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total Time	Final grid
1	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	23.4235	23.4671	00:46.8906	1
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	23.4394	23.4542	00:46.8936	2
3	51	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	23.4341	23.4599	00:46.8940	3
4	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	23.4545	23.4561	00:46.9106	4
5	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	23.4470	23.4646	00:46.9116	5
6	06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	23.4519	23.5114	00:46.9633	6
7	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	23.4787	23.4867	00:46.9654	7
8	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	23.4540	23.5136	00:46.9676	8
9	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	23.4834	23.5152	00:46.9986	9
10	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	23.4668	23.5367	00:47.0035	10
11	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	23.4997	23.5055	00:47.0052	11
12	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	23.5141	23.5152	00:47.0293	12
13	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	23.4923	23.5469	00:47.0392	13
14	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	23.5108	23.5386	00:47.0494	14
15	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	23.5333	23.5217	00:47.0550	15
16	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	23.5525	23.5775	00:47.1300	16
17	29	Devlin DeFrancesco  R	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	23.5979	23.5534	00:47.1513	17
18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	23.5630	23.5932	00:47.1562	18
19	18	David Malukas  R	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	23.5715	23.5849	00:47.1564	19
20	77	Callum Ilott  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	23.6026	23.6402	00:47.2428	20
21	33	Ed Carpenter  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	23.6227	23.6739	00:47.2966	21
22	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	23.6415	23.6928	00:47.3343	22
23	14	Kyle Kirkwood  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	23.6554	23.6842	00:47.3396	23
24	45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	23.6907	23.6992	00:47.3899	- [a]
25	30	Christian Lundgaard  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	23.7125	23.6978	00:47.4103	24
26	11	J. R. Hildebrand	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	23.6994	23.7332	00:47.4326	25
27	15	Graham Rahal  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	23.7538	23.7165	00:47.4703	26
Source: [5]

Race

The race was started at 12:30 PM ET on March 20, 2022.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	248	02:09:29.7270	3	7	3	51
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	248	+0.0669	3	2	186	43
3	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	248	+1.3537	3	14	10	36
4	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	248	+15.2230	3	4	20	33
5	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	248	+15.6736	3	5		30
6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	248	+18.0939	3	18		28
7	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	248	+19.1937	3	11		26
8	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	248	+22.4649	3	15		24
9	45	Santino Ferrucci [a]	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	248	+24.4149	4	27		22
10	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	248	+25.4840	3	8	5	21
11	18	David Malukas  R	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	248	+26.0503	5	19	3	20
12	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	247	+1 Lap	3	9		18
13	33	Ed Carpenter  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	247	+1 Lap	4	21	4	18
14	11	J. R. Hildebrand	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	247	+1 Lap	4	25	1	17
15	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	247	+1 Lap	4	10		15
16	77	Callum Ilott  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	247	+1 Lap	6	20	5	15
17	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	246	+2 Laps	7	22		13
18	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	245	+3 Laps	7	16		12
19	30	Christian Lundgaard  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	233	Contact	5	24		11
20	51	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	140	Contact	4	3	5	11
21	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	138	Halfshaft	2	1		10
22	15	Graham Rahal  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	128	Accident	3	26		8
23	06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	128	Accident	2	6	1	8
24	29	Devlin DeFrancesco  R	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	128	Accident	2	17		6
25	14	Kyle Kirkwood  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	113	Accident	3	23	5	6
26	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	103	Engine	1	13		5
27	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	11	Battery		12		5
Fastest lap: Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP) – 00:23.4930 (lap 63)
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Scott McLaughlin 97 1 2 Will Power 69 1 3 Álex Palou 67 12 4 Josef Newgarden 65 4 5 Marcus Ericsson 58 Source: [6]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 187 2 Honda 137 Source: [7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

1. Jack Harvey was unable to take part in the race after a crash in Final Practice. Santino Ferrucci took his place for the race, starting from the back of the grid (27th). ^[1]

References

1. "Ferrucci To Replace Harvey in No. 45 Today at Texas". indycar.com. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
2. "XPEL 375 entry list" (PDF). Retrieved March 17, 2022.
3. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
4. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
5. "Qualifications - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
6. "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
7. "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. March 20, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.