2023 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland

2023 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland

Race details
16th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Layout of the Portland International Raceway
Date	September 3, 2023
Official name	BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland
Location	Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon
Course	Permanent road course 1.964 mi / 3.161 km
Distance	110 laps 216.04 mi / 347.68 km
Pole position
Driver	Graham Rahal  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time	00:58.3195
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Time	00:59.3817 (on lap 28 of 110)
Podium
First	Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Felix Rosenqvist  (Arrow McLaren)
Third	Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2023 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland was the penultimate round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 3, 2023, in Portland, Oregon at the Portland International Raceway; and was won for a second time by Álex Palou who qualified fifth and led 69 of 110 laps in his Chip Ganassi Racing number 10 Honda.

Arrow McLaren's Felix Rosenqvist finished second while Palou's veteran teammate Scott Dixon came in third. Graham Rahal qualified on the pole and finished twelfth.

By virtue of his race win, Palou wrapped up the championship before the final race of the season, a feat last accomplished by Sébastien Bourdais when he won the 2007 Champ Car championship in the penultimate race. ^[1]

Entry list

Further information: 2023 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	Marcus Armstrong  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda
20	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda
30	Jüri Vips  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
60	Tom Blomqvist  R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source: [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:58.1776
2	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:58.3246
3	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:58.3555
Source: [3]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	3	Scott McLaughlin  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.1516
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.2695
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:58.2785
Source: [4]

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 12:30 PM PT on September 2, 2023.

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2
1	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:58.1612	N/A	00:58.3248	00:58.3195	1
2	3	Scott McLaughlin  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.0525	00:58.0777	00:58.3525	2
3	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	00:58.0843	N/A	00:58.2338	00:58.4576	3
4	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.3701	00:58.2653	00:58.5803	4
5	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:57.9651	00:58.3232	00:58.6492	5
6	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.1025	00:58.2579	00:58.6737	6
7	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.1913	N/A	00:58.3779	N/A	7
8	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	00:58.3075	N/A	00:58.4973	N/A	8
9	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.4637	00:58.5023	N/A	9
10	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.5952	00:58.5479	N/A	10
11	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	00:57.8967	N/A	00:59.3053	N/A	11
12	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.0890	N/A	No Time	N/A	12
13	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	00:58.3240	N/A	N/A	N/A	13
14	11	Marcus Armstrong  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.6652	N/A	N/A	14
15	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:58.3522	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
16	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	N/A	00:58.6835	N/A	N/A	16
17	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:58.3678	N/A	N/A	N/A	17
18	30	Jüri Vips  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.7454	N/A	N/A	18
19	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	00:58.6529	N/A	N/A	N/A	25 [a]
20	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.7753	N/A	N/A	19
21	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	00:58.6748	N/A	N/A	N/A	20
22	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.8006	N/A	N/A	21
23	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	00:59.0633	N/A	N/A	N/A	22
24	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	N/A	00:58.9016	N/A	N/A	23
25	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	00:59.2642	N/A	N/A	N/A	24
26	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	N/A	00:59.2175	N/A	N/A	26
27	60	Tom Blomqvist  R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	00:59.4364	N/A	N/A	27 [b]
Source: [7]

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:59.4533
2	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	00:59.5342
3	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:59.5716
Source: [8]

Race

The race started at 12:30 PM PT on September 3, 2023.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	01:57:01.9814	3	5	69	53
2	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	110	+5.4353	3	11	3	41
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+8.0669	3	4	15	36
4	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	110	+19.0572	3	6		32
5	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+21.0831	3	12		30
6	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	110	+21.8799	3	13		28
7	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+30.5820	3	10		26
8	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	110	+32.6211	4	23	2	25
9	3	Scott McLaughlin  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+33.0282	3	2		22
10	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+33.7836	3	16		20
11	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+34.4757	3	17		19
12	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+38.6995	3	1	21	20
13	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	110	+39.7582	4	3		17
14	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	100	+40.3373	3	21		16
15	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	110	+40.4769	3	8		15
16	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	110	+41.1279	3	22		14
17	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	110	+42.5578	3	20		13
18	30	Jüri Vips  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	109	+1 Lap	3	18		12
19	11	Marcus Armstrong  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	109	+1 Lap	3	14		11
20	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	4	9		10
21	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	4	25		9
22	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	3	26		8
23	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	109	+1 Lap	3	24		7
24	60	Tom Blomqvist  R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	109	+1 Lap	4	27		6
25	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	108	+2 Laps	3	7		5
26	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	82	Mechanical	3	19		5
27	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	31	Contact	2	15		5
Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 00:59.3817 (lap 28)
Source: [9]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Álex Palou^ 618 2 Scott Dixon 527 3 Josef Newgarden 470 4 Pato O'Ward 461 5 Scott McLaughlin 448 Source: [9]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1362 2 Chevrolet 1346 Source: [10]

^ = clinched season championship

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

1. Ryan Hunter-Reay received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change after the Bommarito 500. ^[5]
2. Tom Blomqvist received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change after qualifying. ^[6]

References

1. Kelly, Paul (September 3, 2023). "Palou Clinches Championship With Decisive Portland Victory". Indycar.com. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
2. "BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland entry list" (PDF). October 28, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
3. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
4. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
5. Dejewski, Kevin (September 1, 2023). "IndyCar announces grid penalty for Hunter-Reay". motorsportweek.com. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
6. "indyCar Announces Portland Grid Penalty". motorsportweek.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
7. "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
8. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
9. "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
10. "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. September 3, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

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