2019 IndyCar Series explained

The 2019 NTT IndyCar Series was the 24th season of the IndyCar Series and the 108th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event was the 2019 Indianapolis 500, with Will Power entering as the defending winner. Honda entered as the defending Manufacturers' Cup champion. Scott Dixon entered the season as the defending National Champion.

Josef Newgarden won his second Drivers' Championship, while Honda won the Manufacturers' Championship for the second year in a row, and it was the manufacturer's first championship of the Reiwa era. Rookie of the Year honors went to Felix Rosenqvist.

Series news

• On March 21, 2018, NBC Sports announced that it would become the sole United States television rights holder under a new three-year contract, replacing the previous split between ABC and NBC Sports' cable network NBCSN (whose involvement in the series dated back to its tenure as Versus, prior to Comcast's acquisition of NBC). Eight races per-season will air on NBC, including the Indianapolis 500 (ending a run of 54 consecutive editions aired by ABC), and supplemental digital content is offered through NBC Sports' subscription product NBC Sports Gold. As with the previous contracts, the majority of races air on NBCSN.^{[1] [2] [3]}
• On November 5, 2018, IndyCar announced that it had formed a new division known as IndyCar Media to manage the series' international media rights (replacing ESPN International).^[4]
• On November 27, 2018, IndyCar announced that Speedway had signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement to be the official fuel provider of IndyCar beginning in 2019, replacing Sunoco after nine years as a fuel provider as the company elected to concentrating on NASCAR and NHRA fuel partnerships.^[5]
• All entrants will use 2018-specification engines through the 2020 season as the series concentrates on developing the new 2021 engines.^[6]
• On December 17, 2018, it was announced that Jay Frye had been promoted to president of IndyCar.^[7]
• On January 15, 2019, IndyCar announced NTT as the new series title sponsor on a multi-year deal, along with becoming the official technology partner of the series and Indianapolis 500.^{[8] [9]} Verizon Communications had previously ended its title sponsorship of the series after the 2018 season.^[10]
• On February 6, 2019 it was announced that Firestone Tire and Rubber Company had signed an extension to remain as the series' sole tire supplier through the 2025 season.^[11]

Confirmed entries

The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with UAK18 aero kit and Firestone tires.

Driver(s)!Round(s)

A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	4	Matheus Leist^[12]	All
		14	Tony Kanaan	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda	25	nowrap	Conor Daly^[13]	6, 17
		26	nowrap	Zach Veach^[14]	All
		27	Alexander Rossi^[15]	All
		28	Ryan Hunter-Reay^[16]	All
nowrap		Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian^[17]	98	Marco Andretti^[18]	All
Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports^[19]	Honda	5	James Hinchcliffe^[20]	All
		7	Marcus Ericsson^[21]	1–15, 17
			Conor Daly^[22]	16
MotoGator Team Stange Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson		77	Oriol Servià^[23]	6
Carlin	Chevrolet	23	Charlie Kimball^[24]	1, 6, 9, 14–17
		31	Patricio O'Ward^[25]	2–8, 10
			Sage Karam^[26]	11–12
			R. C. Enerson^[27]	13
		59	Max Chilton	1–8, 10–11, 13, 16–17
			Conor Daly^[28]	9, 12, 14–15
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	9	Scott Dixon^[29] ^[30]	All
		10	Felix Rosenqvist^[31]	All
Clauson-Marshall Racing^[32]	Chevrolet	39	Pippa Mann^[33]	6
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	19	Santino Ferrucci^[34] ^[35]	All
Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd/Hollinger/Belardi		33	James Davison^[36]	6
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan		18	Sébastien Bourdais^[37]	All
DragonSpeed^[38]	Chevrolet	81	Ben Hanley^[39] ^[40]	1, 3, 6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	24	Sage Karam^[41]	6
		48	J. R. Hildebrand^[42]	6
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	21	Spencer Pigot^[43]	All
		20	Ed Carpenter^[44]	6, 9, 12, 14–15
Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa^[45] ^[46]			Ed Jones	1–5, 7–8, 10–11, 13, 16–17
		63		6^[47]
Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda^[48]	88		All
Juncos Racing^[49]	Chevrolet	32	Kyle Kaiser^[50] ^[51]	2, 6
McLaren Racing	Chevrolet	66	Fernando Alonso^[52]	6
	Honda	60	Jack Harvey^[53]	1–6, 10, 13, 16–17
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	15	Graham Rahal^[54]	All
		30	Takuma Sato^[55]	All
		42	Jordan King^[56]	6
Team Penske	Chevrolet	2		All
		3		5–6
		12	Will Power	All
		22	Simon Pagenaud^[57]	All

Team changes

On September 19, 2018, it was announced that George Michael Steinbrenner IV's Steinbrenner Racing would join forces with Harding Racing to form a planned two-car operation under the name Harding Steinbrenner Racing.^[58] On February 11, it was revealed that the team's second engine lease was only for the Indianapolis 500.^[59]

Meyer Shank Racing, after running a 6-race schedule in 2018, expanded their season to 10 races in the 2019 season with driver Jack Harvey.

On October 17, 2018, it was announced that Ed Carpenter Racing and Scuderia Corsa would team up to field Ed Jones in all road and street course events and the Indianapolis 500.^[60]

On November 10, 2018 it was announced that McLaren Racing would return to the IndyCar Series at the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Fernando Alonso behind the wheel. On November 26, 2018, it was revealed that McLaren's entry would be powered by Chevrolet.^[61]

On December 6, 2018 it was also announced that Harding Steinbrenner Racing will switch to Honda engines from 2019 season beyond after spending two seasons with Chevrolet engines.^[62]

On December 17, 2018, it was announced that DragonSpeed would make their IndyCar debut in 2019, in a 5-race program including the 2019 Indianapolis 500. The entry will be powered by Chevrolet and piloted by Ben Hanley, who will make his IndyCar debut along with the team.^[63]

On February 28, 2019, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced that they would once again return to run the Indy 500, retaining driver Sage Karam for the fourth consecutive year. On April 22, the team announced that J. R. Hildebrand would return to drive for the team at the Indy 500 for the second year in a row, this time driving with the No. 48 to honor Dan Gurney.

Driver changes

After both running the final race of the 2018 season at Sonoma with Harding Racing, 2018 Indy Lights champion Patricio O'Ward and runner-up Colton Herta were announced to run the full season with the new partnership of Harding Steinbrenner Racing. However, on February 11, O'Ward and HSR parted ways after the team was unable to support a full-season program for O'Ward. O'Ward later moved to Carlin where he will drive the No. 31 car in 13 races, including the Indianapolis 500 as the team's third entry as Charlie Kimball will race the No. 23 car at the event.

On September 28, 2018, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that they had signed Felix Rosenqvist to drive for the team during the 2019 season. He will replace Ed Jones in the No. 10 car.

On October 17, 2018, Ed Carpenter Racing announced Ed Jones would replace Jordan King driving the No. 20 car on road courses and street circuits. Jones will also drive the No. 63 car in the Indianapolis 500 as Ed Carpenter will continue driving the No. 20 car on ovals.^[64]

On October 30, 2018, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports announced that Formula One driver Marcus Ericsson would join the team for the 2019 season to replace the disabled Robert Wickens, though Ericsson will be racing the No. 7 car instead of Wickens' No. 6, which remains open if or "when he wants and is able to return".^[65]

On November 14, 2018, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that Jordan King would join the team for the Indianapolis 500.

On January 30, 2019, Andretti Autosport announced that Conor Daly would join the team for the Indianapolis 500. On August 8, 2019, Andretti Autosport announced that Daly would return to the team for the final race of the season at Laguna Seca.^[66]

On May 31, 2019, Trevor Carlin revealed that Patricio O'Ward would not be competing at the Iowa and Gateway rounds, but the second Carlin car would be run at those two events. In late June, Red Bull announced that O'Ward would be replacing Dan Ticktum at Team Mugen in Super Formula. With this move to another series, and well-known budgetary restrictions after his crash at Indianapolis, O'Ward's rookie IndyCar season was cut short after only 8 races. On July 2, Carlin announced that Sage Karam would take O'Ward's seat in the No. 31 car at Toronto, which was then extended to Iowa. On July 23, Carlin announced that RC Enerson would drive the No. 31 car for the round at Mid-Ohio. Charlie Kimball filled in the final two gaps in the schedule at Gateway and Portland, expanding his planned 5-race schedule to 7 races.

On June 4, 2019, Carlin announced that Max Chilton would not be competing in the last 4 oval events of the season at Texas, Iowa, Pocono, and Gateway. Conor Daly was announced as the driver of the No. 59 car at Texas on the same day, and the No. 59 car will continue to be run for the full season. It was announced on August 12 that Daly would compete in the last two oval races at Pocono and Gateway in the No. 59 car.

On August 29, 2019, it was announced that Marcus Ericsson had been called up by Alfa Romeo Racing in Formula One to be on reserve driver duty at the Belgian Grand Prix. Conor Daly was announced at the same time to be replacing Ericsson for the round at Portland.

Schedule

All races were in the United States apart from the Toronto round.

Rd.	Date	Race Name	Track	City
1	March 10	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
2	March 24	IndyCar Classic^[67] ^[68]	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas
3	April 7	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by AmFirst	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
4	April 14	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach^[69]	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
5	May 11	IndyCar Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana
6	May 26	103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge^[70]	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana
7	June 1	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan
8	June 2
9	June 8	DXC Technology 600	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas
10	June 23	REV Group Grand Prix at Road America^[71]	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11	July 14	Honda Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
12	July 20/21	Iowa 300	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa
13	July 28	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
14	August 18	ABC Supply 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania
15	August 24	Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline	World Wide Technology Raceway	Madison, Illinois
16	September 1	Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
17	September 22	Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California

Oval/Speedway
Road course
Street circuit

Schedule changes and notes

• On June 22, 2018, it was announced that the Phoenix race at ISM Raceway would not be on the 2019 schedule.^[72]
• On June 24, 2018, IndyCar and Road America announced a three-year contract extension, keeping the circuit under contract through the 2021 season.^[73]
• On July 17, 2018, it was announced that Laguna Seca will be added to the schedule on a three-year contract and will be the 2019 season finale.^[74] The event will replace the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma.^[75] It will be the first event there since the 2004 Champ Car season.
• On July 30, 2018, it was announced the Iowa 300 will return to a Saturday night race.^[76]
• On August 10, 2018, it was announced that Pocono Raceway will return in 2019.^[77]
• On August 16, 2018, an interview with IndyCar's Stephen Starks revealed that Portland would return, while Barber's date could move to early April which in the final schedule it did.^[78]
• On August 23, 2018, Texas Motor Speedway confirmed a multi-year agreement to host the IndyCar Series through 2022.
• On September 4, 2018, a March 24, 2019 race was announced at Circuit of the Americas.^[79] The Austin American-Statesman reported a 5-year contract for the venue.

Results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner			Report
					Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	St. Petersburg	Will Power	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
2	Austin	Will Power	Colton Herta	Will Power	Colton Herta	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	Report
3	Birmingham	Takuma Sato	Will Power	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	Report
4	Long Beach	Alexander Rossi	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	Report
5	Indianapolis GP	Felix Rosenqvist	Patricio O'Ward	Scott Dixon	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
6	Indianapolis 500	Simon Pagenaud	Scott Dixon	Simon Pagenaud	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
7	Detroit 1	Alexander Rossi^[80]	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
8	Detroit 2	Josef Newgarden^[81]	Simon Pagenaud	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Texas	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
10	Road America	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	Report
11	Toronto	Simon Pagenaud	Marcus Ericsson	Simon Pagenaud	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
12	Iowa	Simon Pagenaud	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
13	Mid-Ohio	Will Power	James Hinchcliffe	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	Report
14	Pocono	Josef Newgarden^[82]	Will Power	Simon Pagenaud	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
15	Gateway	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Santino Ferrucci	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	Report
16	Portland	Colton Herta	Sébastien Bourdais	Will Power	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
17	Laguna Seca	Colton Herta	Scott Dixon	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	Report

Points standings

• Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.; then by finishing position in the previous race; then by random draw.^[83]

Driver standings

• At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earns one point. The top nine Indy 500 qualifiers receive points, descending from 9 points for the pole position. At double header races, the fastest qualifier of each qualifying group earns one point.
• One point is awarded to each driver who leads at least one race lap. Two additional points are awarded to the driver who leads most laps during a race.
• Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run will result in the loss of ten points.

Pos Driver STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG Pts 1 Josef Newgarden 1^L* 2 4 2^L 15^L 4^8L ^L* 19^L 1^L 3 4 1^L* 14^L 5^cL 7^L 5 8 641 2 Simon Pagenaud 7 19 9 6 1^L 1^1L* 6 17 6 9 1^L* 4^L 6 3^L* 5 7 4^L 616 3 Alexander Rossi 5^L 9 5^L 1^L* 22 2^9L 2^L 2^L 1^L* 3 6 5 18 13 3 6 608 4 Scott Dixon 2 13 2^L 3 2^L* 17^L 22 1^L* 17^L 5 2 2^L 1^L* 2^L 20 16^L 3 578 5 Will Power 3^L 24^L* 11 7^L 7 5^6L 18 3^L 9 2 18 15^L 4^L 1^L 22^L 1^L* 2^L 550 6 4^L 23 10 10 8^L 28^L 4 16 12 6 5 14 2^L 22 11^L 2^L 5 425 7 8 1^L 24 23 23 33^5 12 12 18 8 7 18 8 16 9^L 4^L 1^L* 420 8 Ryan Hunter-Reay 23 3 8 5 17 8 5 4 5^L* 11 16 17 3 19 8 18 10 420 9 Takuma Sato 19 7 1^L* 8^L 14 3^L 3 13 15^L 10 22^L 20 19 21 1^L 15 21 415 10 Graham Rahal 12 4 23^L 4 9^L 27 7 7 3^L 4^L 9 8 9 9 18 23 12 389 11 Sébastien Bourdais 24 5 3^L 11 11^L 30^7 11 9 8^L 12 8 9^L 11 7 19^L 9^L 7 387 12 James Hinchcliffe 6 16 6^L 9 16 11 9 18 19 7 6 3 22 20 12^L 20 9 370 13 9 20 15 21 10 7^L 19 10^L 4 19 11 12 12 4 4^L* 17 24 351 14 Spencer Pigot 11 11 17 18 5 14^3L 10 21 14 14 15 5 7 17 21 6 20 335 15 Tony Kanaan 15 12 18 19 20 9 15 22 16 21 17 10 20 8 3 12 16 304 16 Marco Andretti 13 6 14 13 13 26 16 6 10 23 10 21 15 15 10^L 13 14 303 17 20 15 7 20 24 23 13 2^L 7^L 13 20 11 23 12 16^L 11 290 18 Zach Veach 14 22 12 17 12 29 8 8 20 18 13^L 7 21 13 14 22 18 271 19 Matheus Leist 22 17 20 15 4 15 21 20 22 20 19 16 18 14 17 8 17 261 20 Ed Jones 21 14 19 16 6 13^4 20 14 22 12 13 14 23 217 21 Jack Harvey 10 10 13 22 3 21 15 10 19 19 186 22 Max Chilton 16 21 22 14 18 DNQ 17 15 16 14 16 11 13 184 23 Ed Carpenter 6^2L 13 19 6 2 161 24 Conor Daly 10 11 13 11 6^L 21 22 149 25 Charlie Kimball 17 25 21 10 15 10 15 117 26 8 16 12 19 DNQ 14 11 17 115 27 Sage Karam 19 21 22 39 28 12 36 29 Hélio Castroneves 21 18 33 30 18 21 32 31 31 Pippa Mann 16 28 32 18 31 22 33 J. R. Hildebrand 20 20 34 Oriol Servià 22 16 35 17 13 36 24 12 – DNQ – Pos Driver STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place finish Bronze 3rd place finish Green Top 5 finish Light Blue Top 10 finish Dark Blue Other flagged position Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrew (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did Not Start (DNS) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point; except Indy) Italics Ran fastest race lap ^L Led race lap (1 point) *||Led most race laps (2 points)|- style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;"||^1–9||Indy 500 "Fast Nine" bonus points|- style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;"||^c||Qualifying canceled (no bonus point)|-| style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|| style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Rookie of the Year|-| style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|| style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Rookie|}|} Entrant standings Based on the entrant, used for oval qualifications order, and starting grids when qualifying is cancelled. Only full-time entrants, and at-large part-time entrants shown. Pos Driver STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG Pts 1 2 Team Penske 1^L* 2 4 2^L 15^L 4^8L ^L* 19^L 1^L 3 4 1^L* 14^L 5^L 7^L 5 8 641 2 22 Team Penske 7 19 9 6 1^L 1^1L* 6 17 6 9 1^L* 4^L 6 3^L* 5 7 4^L 616 3 27 Andretti Autosport 5^L 9 5^L 1^L* 22 2^9L 2^L 2^L 1^L* 3 6 5 18 13 3 6 608 4 9 Chip Ganassi Racing 2 13 2^L 3 2^L* 17^L 22 1^L* 17^L 5 2 2^L 1^L* 2^L 20 16^L 3 578 5 12 Team Penske 3^L 24^L* 11 7^L 7 5^6L 18 3^L 9 2 18 15^L 4^L 1^L 22^L 1^L* 2^L 550 6 10 Chip Ganassi Racing 4^L 23 10 10 8^L 28^L 4 16 12 6 5 14 2^L 22 11^L 2^L 5 425 7 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing 8 1^L 24 23 23 33^5 12 12 18 8 7 18 8 16 9^L 4^L 1^L* 420 8 28 Andretti Autosport 23 3 8 5 17 8 5 4 5^L* 11 16 17 3 19 8 18 10 420 9 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 19 7 1^L* 8^L 14 3^L 3 13 15^L 10 22^L 20 19 21 1^L 15 21 415 10 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 12 4 23^L 4 9^L 27 7 7 3^L 4^L 9 8 9 9 18 23 12 389 11 18 Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 24 5 3^L 11 11^L 30^7 11 9 8^L 12 8 9^L 11 7 19^L 9^L 7 387 12 5 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 6 16 6^L 9 16 11 9 18 19 7 6 3 22 20 12^L 20 9 370 13 19 Dale Coyne Racing 9 20 15 21 10 7^L 19 10^L 4 19 11 12 12 4 4^L* 17 24 351 14 20 Ed Carpenter Racing 21 14 19 16 6 13^4 20 14 13 22 12 19 13 6 2 14 23 338 15 21 Ed Carpenter Racing 11 11 17 18 5 14^3L 10 21 14 14 15 5 7 17 21 6 20 335 16 14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 15 12 18 19 20 9 15 22 16 21 17 10 20 8 3 12 16 304 17 98 Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian 13 6 14 13 13 26 16 6 10 23 10 21 15 15 10^L 13 14 303 18 7 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 20 15 7 20 24 23 13 2^L 7^L 13 20 11 23 12 16^L 21 11 299 19 26 Andretti Autosport 14 22 12 17 12 29 8 8 20 18 13^L 7 21 13 14 22 18 271 20 59 Carlin 16 21 22 14 18 DNQ 17 15 11 16 14 13 16 11 6^L 11 13 268 21 23/31 Carlin 17 8 16 12 19 25 14 11 21 17 21 22 17 10 15 10 15 262 22 4 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 22 17 20 15 4 15 21 20 22 20 19 16 18 14 17 8 17 261 23 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson 10 10 13 22 3 21 15 10 19 19 186 Pos Driver STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG Pts Manufacturer standings All manufacturer points (including qualifying points, race finish points, and race win bonus points) can only be earned by full-season entrants, and provided they are using their four engine allocation. Ineligible cars are removed from the finishing order used for race finish points. The top two finishing entrants from each manufacturer in each race score points for their respective manufacturer. The manufacturer that wins each race will be awarded five additional points. At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualifies on pole earns one point. At the Indy 500, the fastest Saturday qualifier earns one point, while the pole position winner on Sunday earns two points. For every full-season engine used during the Indy 500 that reaches 2,000 total miles run, the manufacturer earns bonus points equal to that engine's finishing position in the race. Pos Manufacturer STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG Bonus Pts 1 Honda 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 7 1 75 1436 4 3 2 3 7 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 5 8 3 72 90 96^P 91^P 67^P 75 76^P 95 76^P 88^P 75 75 95 85 70 50 85 2 Chevrolet 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 82 1387 3 8 9 6 3 4 6 11 6 3 4 4 6 4 3 2 5 91^P 65^P 54 68 90 ^P 83 55^P 83 75 88^P 88^P 58 72 85 90 70 Manufacturer Championship results breakdown Entrant STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG Chevrolet 2 Penske 1 2 4 2 14 4 1 19 1 3 4 1 12 Ineligible 4 Foyt 20 16 19 15 3 12 21 20 22 19 19 16 16 10 11 3 9 12 Penske 3 22 11 7 6 5 18 3 9 2 18 15 Ineligible 14 Foyt 14 11 17 19 19 9 15 22 16 20 17 10 18 4 1 6 8 20 ECR 19 13 18 16 5 6 20 14 13 21 12 19 11 Ineligible 21 ECR 10 10 16 18 4 11 10 21 14 14 15 5 6 12 14 1 11 22 Penske 7 17 9 6 1 1 6 17 6 9 1 4 5 2 3 2 2 23 Carlin 16 8 15 12 18 15 14 11 21 16 21 22 15 6 9 4 7 59 Carlin 15 19 20 14 17 DNQ 17 15 11 15 14 13 14 7 4 5 5 Race Finish 85 64 54 68 85 82 78 54 78 75 82 82 58 72 85 90 66 Indy Bonus - - - - - 82 - - - - - - - - - - - Pole Bonus 1 1 - - - 3 - 1 - - 1 1 0 0 0 - - Win Bonus 5 - - - 5 5 5 - 5 - 5 5 - 0 - 0 - Total Points 91 65 54 68 90 172 83 55 83 75 88 88 58 72 85 90 70 Honda 5 SPM 6 15 6 9 15 10 9 18 19 7 6 3 20 14 7 11 Inel. 7 SPM 18 14 7 20 22 14 13 2 7 13 20 11 21 8 10 12 3 9 Ganassi 2 12 2 3 2 13 22 1 17 5 2 2 1 1 13 8 1 10 Ganassi 4 21 10 10 7 18 4 16 12 6 5 14 2 Ineligible 15 RLL 11 4 21 4 8 17 7 7 3 4 9 8 8 5 12 14 4 18 Coyne 22 5 3 11 10 20 11 9 8 12 8 9 9 Ineligible 19 Coyne 9 18 14 21 9 7 19 10 4 18 11 12 10 3 2 9 Inel. 26 Andretti 13 20 12 17 11 19 8 8 20 17 13 7 19 9 8 13 10 27 Andretti 5 9 5 1 20 2 2 5 2 1 3 6 4 Ineligible 28 Andretti 21 3 8 5 16 8 5 4 5 11 16 17 3 13 5 10 Inel. 30 RLL 17 7 1 8 13 3 3 13 15 10 22 20 17 15 Ineligible 88 Harding 8 1 22 22 21 21 12 12 18 8 7 18 7 Ineligible 98 Herta 12 6 13 13 12 16 16 6 10 22 10 21 13 11 6 7 6 Race Finish 72 85 90 85 66 75 75 90 75 82 75 75 90 85 70 50 85 Indy Bonus - - - - - 75 - - - - - - - - - - Pole Bonus - - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - - - - 0 0 Win Bonus - 5 5 5 - - - 5 - 5 - - 5 - 0 - 0 Total Points 72 90 96 91 67 150 76 95 76 88 75 75 95 85 70 50 85 See also 2019 Indy Lights 2019 Indy Pro 2000 Championship 2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship External links

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32. Web site: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 2:00 pm, Clauson-Marshall Racing will hold a press conference at @IMS to share details of their Indianapolis 500 entry. This is an incredible opportunity that we want to share with you all. Stay tuned for more updates and information! . twitter.com. February 25, 2019. February 25, 2019.
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69. Web site: Toyota ends 44-year title sponsorship of Long Beach GP. August 16, 2018. racer.com. January 28, 2019.
70. Web site: Gainbridge financial services to be presenting sponsor of Indy 500. January 31, 2019. May 27, 2019.
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80. The qualification format for this race featured two separate qualification groups, with the fastest qualifier in each group earning a championship point; the faster of the two group fastest qualifiers would then start on pole, while the other would start from the outside of the front row. Rossi set the fastest overall lap, and was awarded the pole position. Josef Newgarden set the fastest lap in the other qualifying group, and was also awarded a championship point.
81. The qualification format for this race featured two separate qualification groups, with the fastest qualifier in each group earning a championship point; the faster of the two group fastest qualifiers would then start on pole, while the other would start from the outside of the front row. Newgarden set the fastest overall lap, and was awarded the pole position. Alexander Rossi set the fastest lap in the other qualifying group, and was also awarded a championship point.
82. Qualifying for the ABC Supply 500 was canceled due to weather and starting grid was set by entrant points, so Josef Newgarden was gifted the pole position. Because of this, he was not awarded the bonus point typically awarded for qualifying on pole position.
83. Web site: 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Official Rule Book. March 1, 2019. IndyCar Series. March 10, 2019.