2019 Grand Prix of Portland explained

The 2019 Grand Prix of Portland was the 16th And penultimate round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on September 1 at Portland International Raceway, in Portland, Oregon. Colton Herta started on pole but, the race was won by Will Power with Felix Rosenqvist finishing second and Alexander Rossi third.^[1]

Results

Race

All cars utilized Dallara chassis with the Universal Aero Kit 18, and Firestone Firehawk tires

!!!Driver!Team!Engine!Laps!Time/Retired!Pit stops!Grid!Laps led!

1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	105	1:58:43 (104.225 mph)	2	2	52	53
2	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	105	+2.7885	2	5	3	41
3	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	105	+4.5839	2	7	0	35
4	88	Colton Herta	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	105	+5.2280	2	1	36	34
5	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	105	+5.8539	2	13	0	30
6	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	105	+6.7477	3	10	0	28
7	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	105	+7.9418	2	18	0	26
8	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	105	+8.1898	4	21	0	24
9	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan	Honda	105	+9.5957	3	12	3	23
10	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	105	+10.1665	2	22	0	20
11	59	Max Chilton	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	104	+1 lap	4	20	0	19
12	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	104	+1 lap	4	19	0	18
13	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	104	+1 lap	5	16	0	17
14	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	104	+1 lap	5	23	0	16
15	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	103	+2 lap	6	17	0	15
16	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	102	+3 lap	4	3	11	15
17	19	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	96	Mechanical	4	14	0	13
18	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	81	Contact	4	6	0	12
19	60	Jack Harvey	Michael Shank Racing	Honda	13	Contact	0	4	0	11
20	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	0	Contact	0	8	0	10
21	7	Conor Daly	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	0	Contact	0	9	0	9
22	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	0	Contact	0	11	0	8
23	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	0	Contact	0	15	0	7
Source:^[2] ^[3]

Graham Rahal was given a time penalty to where instead of finishing behind car numbers 7, 5, and 26 whom were terminally disabled behind him, he finished behind those cars instead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Will Power dominates Grand Prix of Portland en route to 37th career win. Eubanks. Michael. 2019-09-01. MotorSportsTalk. en. 2019-09-04.
2. Web site: Unofficial Lap Report. 2019-09-04.
3. Web site: Race results - Grand Prix of Portland. 2019-09-02. Crash. en. 2019-09-04.