Wednesday, May 31, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: Jacques Villeneuve the second

1994

Best Finish: Got his first win at Road America 9/11

INDY 500 Result: Started 4th finished 2nd

1995

Best Finish: Wins at Miami 3/5, Road America 7/9, Cleveland 7/23, Cleveland was his last win

INDY 500 Result: Started 5th and won

2014

INDY 500 Result: Started 27th finished 14th

Monday, May 29, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: Al Unser Jr.

1982

Best Finish: 5th 8/29 at Riverside, this was his first IndyCar Race

1983

Best Finish: two 2nd place finishes: 7/31 Road America, and 8/14 Pocono 500

INDY 500 Result: Started 5th finished 10th

1984

Best Finish: got his first career win at Portland 6/17

INDY 500 Result: started 15th finished 21st

1985

Best Finish: two wins at Meadowlands 6/30 and Cleveland 7/7

INDY 500 Result: Started 11th finished 25th

1986

Best Finish: he won at Miami 11/9

INDY 500 Result: Started 9th finished 5th

1987

Best Finish: two 2nd place finishes at Long Beach 4/5 and Miami 11/1

INDY 500 Result: Started 22nd finished 4th

1988

Best Finish: four wins at Long Beach 4/17, Toronto 7/17, Meadowlands 7/24, and Miami 11/6

INDY 500 Result: Started 5th finished 13th

1989

Best Finish: two wins at Long Beach 4/16, and the Marlboro Challenge at Laguna Seca 10/14

INDY 500 Result: Started 8th finished 2nd

1990

Best Finish: six wins at Long Beach 4/22, Milwaukee 6/3, Toronto 7/22, Michigan 500 8/5, Denver 8/26, and Vancouver 9/2

INDY 500 Result: Started 7th finished 4th

1991

Best Finish: two wins at Long Beach 4/14, and Denver 8/25

INDY 500 Result: Started 6th finished 4th

1992

Best Finish: one win

INDY 500 Result: started 12th and won his first INDY 500

1993

Best Finish: a win at Vancouver 8/29

INDY 500 Result: Started 5th finished 8th

1994

Best Finish: eight wins at Long Beach 4/17, Milwaukee 6/5, Portland 6/26, Cleveland 7/10, Mid-Ohio 8/14, New Hampshire 8/21, and Vancouver 9/4

INDY 500 Result: Started 1st and won his second INDY 500

1995

Best Finish: four wins at Long Beach 4/9, Portland 6/25, Mid-Ohio 8/13, and Vancouver 9/3

INDY 500 Result: Did not qualify

1996

Best Finish: two 2nd place finishes at Rio de Janiero Brazil 3/17 and Milwaukee 6/2

1997

Best Finish: 3rd at Nazareth 4/27

1998

Best Finish: 2nd at Japan 3/28

1999

Best Finish: 5th at Cleveland 6/27

2000

Best Finish: a win at Las Vegas 4/22

INDY 500 Result: Started 18th finished 29th

2001

Best Finish: a win at Gateway 8/26

INDY 500 Result: Started 19th finished 30th

2002

Best Finish: two 2nd places at Texas 6/8 and Chicagoland 9/8

INDY 500 Result: Started 12th finished 12th

2003

Best Finish: a win at Texas 6/7 this was his last win

INDY 500 Result: Started 17th finished 9th 

2004

Best Finish: 11th Texas 6/12

INDY 500 Result: Started 17th finished 17th

2006

INDY 500 Result: Started 27th finished 24th

2007

INDY 500 Result: Started 25th finished 26th 

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

INDIANAPOLIT 500 STARTING LINEUP:

ROW 1:

Scott Dixon
15th Start
4th front row start
Best Start: 1st 2008, 2015, 2017
Best Finish: 2008 Winner
Average Finish: 9th
Laps Completed: 2,617
Laps Led: 434

Ed Carpenter
14th Start
3rd front row start
Best Start: 1st 2013, 2014
Best Finish: 5th 2008
Average Finish: 18th
Laps Completed: 2,207
Laps Led: 69

Alexander Rossi
2nd Start
1st front row start
Best Start: 3rd 2017
Best Finish: 2016 Winner
Laps Completed: 200
Laps Led: 14

ROW 2:

Takuma Sato
8th Start
1st second row start
Best Start: 4th 2017
Best Finish: 13th 2013, 2015
Average Finish: 20th
Laps Completed: 1,180
Laps Led: 31

Fernando Alonso
ROOKIE

J.R. Hildebrand
7th Start
1st second row start
Best Start: 6th 2017
Best Finish: 2nd 2011
Average Finish: 12th
Laps Completed: 1,003
Laps Led: 11

ROW 3:

Tony Kanaan
16th Start
Best Start: 1st 2005
Best Finish: 2013 Winner
Average Finish: 13th
Laps Completed: 2,565
Laps Led: 305

Marco Andretti
12th Start
Best Start: 3rd 2013
Best Finish: 2nd 2006
Average Finish: 11th
Laps Completed: 2,005
Laps Led: 141

Will Power
10th Start
Best Start: 2nd 2010, 2015
Best Finish: 2nd 2015
Average Finish: 12th
Laps Completed: 1,678
Laps Led: 74

ROW 4:

Ryan Hunter-Reay
10th Start
Best Start: 3rd 2012, 2016
Best Finish: 2014 Winner
Average Finish: 17th
Laps Completed: 1,535
Laps Led: 134

Ed Jones
ROOKIE

Oriol Servia
9th Start
Best Start: 3rd 2011
Best Finish: 4th 2012
Average Finish: 14th
Laps Completed: 1,410
Laps Led: 18

ROW 5:

Mikhail Aleshin
3rd Start
Best Start: 7th 2016
Best Finish: 21st 2014
Average Finish: 24th
Laps Completed: 324
Laps Led: 1

Graham Rahal
10th Start
Best Start: 4th 2009
Best Finish: 3rd 2011
Average Finish: 19th
Laps Completed: 1,328
Laps Led: 6

Max Chilton
2nd Start
1st fifth row start
Best Start: 15th 2017
Best Finish: 15th 2016
Laps Completed: 200

ROW 6:

Charlie Kimball
7th Start
Best Start: 14th 2012, 2015
Best Finish: 3rd 2015
Average Finish: 12th
Laps Completed: 1,148
Laps Led: 13

James Hinchcliffe
6th Start
Best Start: 1st 2016
Best Finish: 6th 2012
Average Finish: 18th
Laps Completed: 873
Laps Led: 53

Juan Montoya
5th Start
Best Start: 2nd 2000
Best Finish: 2000 and 2015 Winner
Average Finish: 10th
Laps Completed: 663
Laps Led: 192

ROW 7:

Helio Castroneves
17th Start
Best Start: 1st 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2010
Best Finish: 2001, 2002 and 2009 Winner
Average Finish: 7th
Laps Completed: 3,054
Laps Led: 296

Jay Howard
2nd Start
2nd seventh row start
Best Start: 20th 2011, 2017
Best Finish: 30th 2011 
Laps Completed: 60

Sage Karem
4th Start
2nd seventh row start
Best Start: 21st 2015, 2017
Best Finish: 9th 2014
Average Finish: 24th
Laps Completed: 293
Laps Led: 2

ROW 8:

Josef Newgarden
6th Start
Best Start: 2nd 2016
Best Finish: 3rd 2016
Average Finish: 19th
Laps Completed: 908
Laps Led: 14

Simon Pagenaud
6th Start
Best Start: 3rd 2015
Best Finish: 8th 2013
Average Finish: 13th
Laps Completed: 999
Laps Led: 35

Carlos Munoz
5th Start
Best Start: 2nd 2013
Best Finish: 2nd 2013 and 2016
Average Finish: 7th
Laps Completed: 800
Laps Led: 25

ROW 9:

Gabby Chaves
3rd Start
Best Start: 21st 2016
Best Finish: 16th 2015
Average Finish: 18th
Laps Completed: 399

Conor Daly
4th Start
Best Start: 22nd 2015
Best Finish: 22nd 2013
Average Finish: 28th
Laps Completed: 313

Jack Harvey
ROOKIE

ROW 10:

Pippa Mann
6th Start
Best Start: 22nd 2014
Best Finish: 18th 2016
Average Finish: 23rd
Laps Completed: 833

Spencer Pigot
2nd Start
2nd tenth row start
Best Start: 29th 2016, 2017
Best Finish: 25th
Laps Completed: 195

Buddy Lazier
20th Start
Best Start: 5th 1996
Best Finish: 1996 Winner
Average Finish: 16th
Laps Completed: 2,897
Laps Led: 70

ROW 11:

Sebastian Saavedra
6th Start
Best Start: 24th 2012
Best Finish: 15th 2014
Average Finish: 24th
Laps Completed: 711

Zach Veach
ROOKIE

James Davison
3rd Start
Best Start: 28th 2014
Best Finish: 16th 2014
Average Finish: 22nd
Laps Completed: 316
 
 

Friday, May 12, 2017

INDYCAR INDIANAPOLIS ROAD COURSE STARTING LINEUP:

Starting 1st:
Will Power
4th Start
Best Start: 1st 2015, 2017
Best Finish: 1st 2015
Average Finish: 9th

Starting 2nd:
Helio Castroneves
4th Start
Best Start: 2nd 2017
Best Finish: 2nd 2016
Average Finish: 4th

Starting 3rd:
Josef Newgarden
4th Start
Best Start: 3rd 2017
Best Finish: 17th 2014
Average Finish: 19th

Starting 4th:
Scott Dixon
4th Start
Best Start: 2nd 2015
Best Finish: 7th 2016
Average Finish: 11th

Starting 5th:
Juan Montoya
4th Start
Best Start: 4th 2015
Best Finish: 3rd 2015
Average Finish: 9th

Starting 6th:
Sebastien Bourdais
4th Start
Best Start: 6th 2017
Best Finish: 4th 2014, 2015
Average Finish: 11th

Starting 7th:
Simon Pagenaud
4th Start
Best Start: 1st 2016
Best Finish: 1st 2014, 2016
Average Finish: 9th

Starting 8th:
Ryan Hunter-Reay
4th Start
Best Start: 3rd 2014
Best Finish: 2nd 2014
Average Finish: 7th

Starting 9th: 
Alexander Rossi
2nd Start
Best Start: 9th 2017
Best Finish: 10th 2016

Starting 10th:
James Hinchcliffe
4th Start
Best Start: 3rd 2016
Best Finish: 3rd 2016
Average Finish: 12th

Starting 11th:
Marco Andretti
4th Start
Best Start: 11th 2017
Best Finish: 14th 2014
Average Finish: 15th

Starting 12th:
Tony Kanaan
4th Start
Best Start: 5th 2016
Best Finish: 7th 2015
Average Finish: 14th

Starting 13th:
Ed Jones
1st Start

Starting 14th:
Max Chilton
2nd Start
Best Start: 11th 2016
Best Finish: 14th

Starting 15th:
Conor Daly
2nd Start
Best Start: 15th 2017
Best Finish: 6th 2016

Starting 16th:
Spencer Pigot
2nd Start
Best Start: 16th 2017
Best Finish: 11th 2016

Starting 17th:
Mikhail Aleshin
3rd Start
Best Start: 9th 2016
Best Finish: 13th 2016
Average Finish: 19th

Starting 18th: 
Carlos Munoz
4th Start
Best Start: 17th 2016
Best Finish: 12th 2016
Average Finish: 16th

Starting 19th:
Charlie Kimball
4th Start
Best Start: 2nd 2016
Best Finish: 5th 2014, 2015, 2016
Average Finish: 5th

Starting 20th:
Graham Rahal
4th Start
Best Start: 12th 2014
Best Finish: 2th 2015
Average Finish: 9th

Starting 21st: 
J.R. Hildebrand
3rd Start
Best Start: 15th 2015
Best Finish: 21st 2015
Average Finish: 22nd

Starting 22nd:
Takuma Sato
4th Start
Best Start: 16th 2014
Best Finish: 9th 2014, 2015
Average Finish: 12th 
 

Thursday, May 11, 2017

INDYCAR AT INDIANAPOLIS ROAD COURSE TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 2
Sam Schmidt 1

Former Winners:
Simon Pagenaud 2014, 2016
Will Power 2015

Races Won From The Pole:
Will Power 2015
Simon Pagenaud 2016

Farthest Back a Winner Started: 
4th Simon Pagenaud 2014

Record for Most Cautions in a Race:
4 in 2014

Record for Fewest Cautions in a Race:
1 in 2015

Average Number of Cautions in a Race:
2

Most Caution Laps in a Race:
19 in 2014

Fewest Caution Laps in a Race:
2 in 2015

Average Number of Caution Laps in a Race:
10

Race Record:
116.842 mph Will Power in 2015

Slowest Average Speed in a Race:
96.462 mph Simon Pagenaud in 2014

Most Lead Changes in a Race:
12 in 2014

Fewest Lead Changes in a Race:
7 in 2016

Average Number of Lead Changes in a Race:
10

All Time Laps Completed:

Driver Laps
Marco Andretti 246
Helio Castroneves 246
Scott Dixon 246
Ryan Hunter-Reay 246
Charlie Kimball 246
Will Power 246
Takuma Sato 246
Juan Pablo Montoya 245
Josef Newgarden 243
Jack Hawksworth 233
Simon Pagenaud 221
James Hinchcliffe 220
Graham Rahal 214
Sebastien Bourdais 184
Gabby Chaves 164
Tony Kanaan 164
Carlos Munoz 164
Carlos Huertas 163
J.R. Hildebrand 162
Justin Wilson 150
Mikhail Aleshin 82
Matthew Brabham 82
Ryan Briscoe 82
Max Chilton 82
Stefano Coletti 82
Conor Daly 82
Luca Filippi 82
Spencer Pigot 82
Alexander Rossi 82
Sebastian Saavedra 82
Oriol Servia 82
James Jakes 81
Alex Tagliani 81
Francesco Dracone 80
Martin Plowman 80
Mike Conway 58
Franck Montagny 47

All Time Lap Leaders:

Driver Led
Will Power 65
Simon Pagenaud 63
Jack Hawksworth 31
Helio Castroneves 22
Ryan Hunter-Reay 18
Conor Daly 14
Graham Rahal 11
Oriol Servia 7
James Hinchcliffe 4
Justin Wilson 4
Charlie Kimball 3
James Jakes 2
Sebastien Bourdais 1
Scott Dixon 1