Saturday, March 11, 2017

INDYCAR AT ST. PETERSBURG STARTING LINEUP:

Starting 1st:
Will Power age 36
9th start
Best Start 1st 2010-2013, 2015 and 2017
Best Finish 1st 2010 and 2014
Average Finish 5th
Average laps led per race: 30 laps

Starting 2nd
Scott Dixon age 36
13th start
Best Start 2nd 2006 and 2017
Best Finish 2nd 2006-07 and 2012
Average Finish 10th
Average laps led per race: 8 laps

Starting 3rd
James Hinchcliffe age 30
6th start
Best Start 3rd 2017
Best Finish 1st 2013
Average Finish 12th
Average laps led per race: 5 laps

Starting 4th
Josef Newgarden age 26
6th start
Best Start 4th 2017
Best Finish 9th 2014
Average Finish 15th
Average laps led per race: 0 laps

Starting 5th
Takuma Sato age 40
8th start
Best Start 1st 2014
Best Finish 5th 2011
Average Finish 12th
Average laps led per race: 6 laps

Starting 6th
Tony Kanaan age 42
13th start
Best Start 1st 2008
Best Finish 2nd 2005
Average Finish 6th
Average laps led per race: 1 lap

Starting 7th
Max Chilton age 25
2nd start
Best Start 7th 2017
Best Finish 17th 2016
Average Finish 17th
Average laps led per race: 0 laps

Starting 8th
Alexander Rossi age 25
2nd start
Best Start 8th 2017
Best Finish 12th 2016
Average Finish 12th
Average laps led per race: 0 laps

Starting 9th
Charlie Kimball age 32
7th start
Best Start 9th 2017
Best Finish 9th 2012
Average Finish 16th
Average laps led per race: 0 laps

Starting 10th
Graham Rahal age 28
10th start
Best Start 1st 2009
Best Finish 1st 2008
Average Finish 11th
Average laps led per race: 2 laps

Starting 11th
Carlos Munoz age 25
4th start
Best Start 7th 2014
Best Finish 8th 2016
Average Finish 13th
Average laps led per race: 0 laps

Starting 12th
Ryan Hunter-Reay age 36
11th start
Best Start 3rd 2012, 2014
Best Finish 2nd 2009, 2014
Average Finish 10th
Average laps led per race: 1 lap

Starting 13th
Spencer Pigot age 23
2nd start
Best Start 13th 2017
Best Finish 14th 2016
Average Finish 16th
Average laps led per race: 0 laps

Starting 14th
Simon Pagenaud age 32
6th start
Best Start 1st 2016
Best Finish 2nd 2016
Average Finish 8th
Average laps led per race: 10 laps

Starting 15th
Marco Andretti age 29
12th start
Best Start 2nd 2007
Best Finish 3rd 2013
Average Finish 14th
Average laps led per race: 1 lap

Starting 16th
Helio Castroneves age 41
12th start
Best Start 1st 2007
Best Finish 1st 2006-07, 2012
Average Finish 6th
Average laps led per race: 19 laps

Starting 17th
Mikhail Aleshin age 29
3rd start
Best Start 15th 2014
Best Finish 5th 2016
Average Finish 9th
Average laps led per race: 0 laps

Starting 18th 
Ed Jones age 22
ROOKIE

Starting 19th
J.R. Hildebrand age 29
4th start
Best Start 18th 2012
Best Finish 11th 2011
Average Finish 16th
Average laps led per race: 1 lap

Starting 20th
Conor Daly age 25
2nd start
Best Start 20th 2016, 2017
Best Finish 13th 2016
Average Finish 13th
Average laps led per race: 15 laps

Starting 21st
Sebastien Bourdais age 38
7th start
Best Start 1st 2003
Best Finish 6th 2015
Average Finish 18th
Average laps led per race: 5 laps  

Monday, March 6, 2017

INDYCAR AT ST. PETERSBURG TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 8
Andretti Autosport 2
Team Forsythe 1
Newman-Haas 1
Chip Ganassi 1

List of Former Winners:
Helio Castroneves 2006, 2007, 2012
Will Power 2010, 2014
Juan Montoya 2015, 2016
Paul Tracy 2003
Dan Wheldon 2005
Graham Rahal 2008
Ryan Briscoe 2009
Dario Franchitti 2011
James Hinchcliffe 2013

Races won from the pole:
Helio Castroneves 2007
Will Power 2010

Farthest Back a winner started:
9th Dan Wheldon 2005, and Graham Rahal 2008

Average Starting Position of a winner:
4th 

Track Record for the Pole winner: 
107.561 mph set by Simon Pagenaud in 2016

Record For Most Cautions: 
7 in 2009

Average Number of Cautions per race:
4 Cautions

Record For Most Caution Laps:
29 in 2008 and 2013

Average Number of Caution Laps per race:
20 Laps

Race Record: 
93.572 mph set by Will Power in 2014

Record For Most Lead Changes:
10 in 2010

Average Number of Lead Changes per race:
6

All Time Laps Completed:

Scott Dixon 1163
Tony Kanaan 1144
Helio Castroneves 1020
Graham Rahal 918
Ryan Hunter-Reay 909
Marco Andretti 903
Will Power 810
Justin Wilson 703
Vitor Meira 671
Ryan Briscoe 652
Takuma Sato 637
Dario Franchitti 633
Danica Patrick 609
Oriol Servia 591
Sebastien Bourdais 587
Charlie Kimball 574
E.J. Viso 559
James Hinchcliffe 538
Alex Tagliani 511
Dan Wheldon 472
Darren Manning 456
Simon Pagenaud 456
Simona de Silvestro 441
Ed Carpenter 436
Josef Newgarden 417
Buddy Rice 378
Carlos Munoz 330
Juan Pablo Montoya 330
James Jakes 326
Jack Hawksworth 302
Sam Hornish, Jr. 284
Sebastian Saavedra 280
Kosuke Matsuura 277
J.R. Hildebrand 274
Tomas Scheckter 273
Hideki Mutoh 269
Mike Conway 251
Scott Sharp 242
Raphael Matos 231
Mikhail Aleshin 220
Luca Filippi 218
Patrick Carpentier 203
Bryan Herta 200
A.J. Foyt IV 192
Mario Moraes 158
Ana Beatriz 153
Bruno Junqueira 149
Roberto Moreno 137
Carlos Huertas 129
Gabby Chaves 110
Alexander Rossi 109
Conor Daly 109
Max Chilton 109
Sage Karam 109
Spencer Pigot 109
Stefano Coletti 109
Mario Haberfeld 105
Michel Jourdain, Jr. 105
Paul Tracy 105
Jimmy Vasser 104
Tiago Monteiro 104
Joel Camathias 103
Patrick Lemarie 102
Mario Romancini 100
Alex Barron 99
Eddie Cheever, Jr. 99
Felipe Giaffone 99
Roger Yasukawa 98
Rubens Barrichello 98
Jeff Simmons 97
Sarah Fisher 97
Robert Doornbos 96
Stanton Barrett 96
Tomas Enge 85
Enrique Bernoldi 83
Jay Howard 82
Franck Perera 75
Townsend Bell 75
Mario Dominguez 71
Francesco Dracone 70
Adrian Fernandez 69
Tristan Vautier 69
Buddy Lazier 59
Katherine Legge 59
P.J. Chesson 55
Roberto Gonzalez 21
Alex Lloyd 14
Rodolfo Lavin 12
Milka Duno 7

All Time Laps Led:

Will Power 242
Helio Castroneves 208
Ryan Briscoe 118
Dario Franchitti 113
Scott Dixon 94
Juan Pablo Montoya 71
Paul Tracy 71
Justin Wilson 70
Simon Pagenaud 50
Takuma Sato 44
Bryan Herta 39
Sebastien Bourdais 30
James Hinchcliffe 26
Graham Rahal 19
Oriol Servia 16
Conor Daly 15
Tony Kanaan 15
E.J. Viso 13
Vitor Meira 13
Dan Wheldon 12
Buddy Rice 8
Ryan Hunter-Reay 7
Marco Andretti 6
Jack Hawksworth 5
Tiago Monteiro 4
Tomas Enge 4
Darren Manning 3
Enrique Bernoldi 3
J.R. Hildebrand 3
Raphael Matos 3
Sam Hornish, Jr. 2
Mike Conway 1