Thursday, September 14, 2017

INDYCAR AT SONOMA TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 6
Chip Ganassi 4
Andretti Autosport 2
Oscar Olson 1

Wins by Driver:
Scott Dixon 2007, 2014, 2015
Will Power 2010, 2011, 2013
Dan Gurney 1970
Tony Kanaan 2005
Marco Andretti 2006
Helio Castroneves 2008
Dario Franchitti 2009
Ryan Briscoe 2012
Simon Pagenaud 2016

Races won from the Pole:
Helio Castroneves 2008
Dario Franchitti 2009
Will Power 2010
Will Power 2011
Simon Pagenaud 2016

Farthest back a winner started:
9th Scott Dixon 2015

Record for most Cautions:
7 in 2013

Record for fewest Cautions:
1 in 2008, 2011 and 2016

Record for most caution laps:
21 in 2013

Record for fewest caution laps:
2 in 2008

Record for most lead changes:
10 in 2014 and 2015

Record for fewest lead changes:
0 in 2009

Race Record:
101.181 mph set by Simon Pagenaud in 2016

Slowest Average Speed:
86.401 mph set by Will Power in 2013

All Time Lap Leaders:

Driver Led
Will Power 276
Dario Franchitti 154
Scott Dixon 121
Simon Pagenaud 76
Ryan Briscoe 66
Helio Castroneves 58
Dan Gurney 57
Tony Kanaan 49
Marco Andretti 36
Mike Conway 21
Graham Rahal 20
Bryan Herta 17
Tomas Enge 13
Sebastian Saavedra 12
Dan Wheldon 11
Justin Wilson 10
E.J. Viso 9
Ryan Hunter-Reay 9
James Hinchcliffe 4
Juan Pablo Montoya 4
Mario Andretti 3
Josef Newgarden 2
Charlie Kimball 1
Takuma Sato 1
 
 




Friday, September 1, 2017

INDYCAR AT WATKINS GLEN TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 4
Chip Ganassi 4
Team Rahal 1
Dale Coyne 1

Wins by Driver:
Scott Dixon 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016
Bobby Unser 1979, 1980
Rick Mears 1981
Ryan Hunter-Reay 2008
Justin Wilson 2009
Will Power 2010

Races Won from the Pole:
Will Power 2010
Scott Dixon 2016

Farthest Back a Winner Started:
4th Scott Dixon 2005 and 2006

Record For Most Cautions:
7 in 2006

Record For Fewest Cautions:
1 in 1979 and 1981

Record For Most Caution Laps:
21 in 1980 and 2006

Record For Fewest Caution Laps:
4 in 1979 and 1981

Record For Most Lead Changes:
8 in 2009 and 2016

Record For Fewest Lead Changes:
4 in 1980 and 2008

Race Record:
120.889 mph set by Bobby Unser in 1979

Slowest Average Speed:
92.418 mph set by Scott Dixon in 2006

All Time Lap Leaders:

Driver Led
Scott Dixon 118
Bobby Unser 54
Helio Castroneves 52
Justin Wilson 49
Ryan Briscoe 48
Will Power 47
Rick Mears 44
Al Unser 40
Mario Andretti 23
Rocky Moran 21
Dan Wheldon 20
Tomas Scheckter 12
Vitor Meira 12
Marco Andretti 11
Tony Kanaan 11
Darren Manning 10
Ryan Hunter-Reay 9
Buddy Rice 5
Carlos Munoz 3
Sam Hornish, Jr. 3
Bill Alsup 2
James Hinchcliffe 2
Dario Franchitti 1
Jeff Simmons 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 1

Friday, August 25, 2017

INDYCAR AT GATEWAY TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 3
Chip Ganassi 2
Newman Haas 1
Team Gallas 1

Wins by Driver:
Paul Tracy 1997
Alex Zanardi 1998
Michael Andretti 1999
Juan Montoya 2000
Al Unser Jr. 2001
Gil de Ferran 2002
Helio Castroneves 2003

Races won from the Pole: 
Juan Montoya 2000
Gil de Ferran 2002
Helio Castroneves 2003

Farthest back a Winner Started:
11th Alex Zanardi 1998, and Michael Andretti 1999

Record for Most Caution Flags:
8 in 1997 and 1999

Record for Fewest Cautions Flags:
1 in 2000

Record for Most Caution Laps:
88 in 1997

Record for Fewest Caution Laps:
5 in 2000

Record for Most Lead Changes:
10 in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002

Record for Fewest Lead Changes:
3 in 1998

All Time Lap Leaders:

Driver Led
Michael Andretti 411
Helio Castroneves 219
Juan Pablo Montoya 119
Jimmy Vasser 105
Al Unser, Jr. 86
Gil de Ferran 81
Sam Hornish, Jr. 81
Scott Dixon 78
Alex Zanardi 64
Raul Boesel 44
Roberto Moreno 42
Paul Tracy 38
Robbie Buhl 35
Dario Franchitti 31
Patrick Carpentier 31
Alex Barron 29
Tony Kanaan 21
Greg Moore 13
Mark Dismore 8
Kenny Brack 5
Felipe Giaffone 2
Airton Dare 1


Monday, August 21, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDY 500 DRIVER: DOC WILLIAMS

1933
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1934
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify because AAA rejected him

1935
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify because he crashed in practice

1936
INDY 500 Result: Started 23rd Finished 16th dropped out after 192 laps

1937
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualfiy

1938
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualfiy

1939
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualfiy

1940
INDY 500 Result: Started 19th Finished 25th dropped out after 61 laps

1941
INDY 500 Result: Started 5th Finished 24th dropped out after 68 laps

1946
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1947
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1948
INDY 500 Result: Started 6th Finished 29th dropped out after 19 laps

1949
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualfiy

Saturday, August 19, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDY 500 DRIVER: ED CARPENTER

2003
Best Finish of the Season:
13th 9/27 Chicagoland
9/21 California

2004
INDY 500 Result: Started 16th Finished 31st crashed out after 62 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
8th 8/15 Kentucky

2005
INDY 500 Result: Started 26th Finished 11th 1 lap down
Best Finish of the Season:
10th 7/16 Nashville

2006
INDY 500 Result: Started 12th Finished 11th 1 lap down
Best Finish of the Season:
5th 9/10 Chicagoland

2007
INDY 500 Result: Started 14th Finished 17th crashed out after 164 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
6th 3/24 Homestead
6/24 Iowa

2008
INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 5th
Best Finish of the Season:
5th 3/29 Homestead

2009
INDY 500 Result: Started 17th Finished 8th
Best Finish of the Season:
2nd 8/1 Kentucky

2010
INDY 500 Result: Started 8th Finished 17th 1 lap down
Best Finish of the Season:
2nd 9/4 Kentucky

2011
INDY 500 Result: Started 8th Finished 11th
Best Finish of the Season:
WINNER 10/2 Kentucky

2012
INDY 500 Result: Started 28th Finished 21st 1 lap down
Best Finish of the Season:
WINNER 9/15 California 500

2013
INDY 500 Result: Started on the POLE and Finished 10th
Best Finish of the Season:
2nd 10/19 California 500

2014
INDY 500 Result: Started on the POLE and Finished 27th crashed out after 175 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
WINNER 6/7 Texas

2015
INDY 500 Result: Started 12th Finished 30th crashed out after 112 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
6th 7/18 Iowa

2016
INDY 500 Result: Started 20th Finished 31st dropped out after 98 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
18th 7/10 Iowa
8/27 Texas

2017
INDY 500 Result: Started 2nd Finished 11th

Friday, August 18, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDY 500 DRIVER: TAKUMA SATO

2010
INDY 500 Result: Started 31st Finished 20th 2 laps down
Best Finish of the Season:
9th 7/25 Edmonton

2011
INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 33rd crashed out after 20 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
4th 8/7 Mid-Ohio

2012
INDY 500 Result: Started 19th Finished 17th crashed out after 199 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
2nd 7/22 Edmonton

2013
INDY 500 Result: Started 18th Finished 13th
Best Finish of the Season:
WINNER 4/21 Long Beach

2014
INDY 500 Result: Started 23rd Finished 19th
Best Finish of the Season:
4th 8/24 Sonoma

2015
INDY 500 Result: Started 24th Finished 13th
Best Finish of the Season:
2nd 5/31 Detroit

2016
INDY 500 Result: Started 12th Finished 26th crashed out after 163 laps
Best Finish of the Season:
5th 4/17 Long Beach
7/17 Toronto

2017
INDY 500 Result: Started 4th and was the WINNER

Thursday, August 17, 2017

INDYCAR AT POCONO TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 9
A.J. Foyt Enterprises 4
Vel Miletich 2
Team McLaren 1
Hall VDS 1 
Mike Curb 1
Doug Shierson 1
Newman Haas 1
Truesports 1
Chip Ganassi 1
Andretti Autosport 1

Wins by Driver: 
A.J. Foyt 1973, 1975, 1979, 1981
Rick Mears 1982, 1985, 1987
Al Unser 1976, 1978
Danny Sullivan 1984, 1989
Mark Donohue 1971
Joe Lenord 1972
Johnny Rutherford 1974
Tom Sneva 1977
Bobby Unser 1980
Teo Fabi 1983
Mario Andretti 1986
Bobby Rahal 1988
Scott Dixon 2013
Juan Montoya 2014
Ryan Hunter-Reay 2015
Will Power 2016

Races won from the Pole:
Mark Donohue 1971
A.J. Foyt 1979
Bobby Unser 1980
A.J. Foyt 1981
Rick Mears 1982
Rick Mears 1985
Juan Montoya 2014

Farthest Back a Winner Started:
17th Scott Dixon 2013

Record for Most Cautions:
12 in 2015

Record for Fewest Cautions:
1 in 2014

Record For Most Caution Laps:
74 in 2015

Record For Fewest Caution Laps:
6 in 2014

Race Record:
202.402 mph set by Juan Montoya in 2014

Slowest Average Speed:
133.713 mph set by Bobby Rahal in 1988

Record For Most Lead Changes:
33 in 2015

Record For Fewest Lead Changes:
7 in 1986

All Time Lap Leaders:

Driver Led
Rick Mears 472
A.J. Foyt 436
Mario Andretti 427
Al Unser 287
Bobby Unser 266
Tom Sneva 191
Gordon Johncock 176
Will Power 141
Bobby Rahal 135
Mark Donohue 134
Teo Fabi 132
Emerson Fittipaldi 123
Johnny Rutherford 116
Tony Kanaan 115
Al Unser, Jr. 106
Danny Ongais 100
Marco Andretti 88
Mikhail Aleshin 87
Wally Dallenbach 72
Michael Andretti 70
Danny Sullivan 69
Josef Newgarden 69
Joe Leonard 68
Roger McCluskey 68
Ryan Hunter-Reay 60
Juan Pablo Montoya 45
Scott Dixon 41
Gary Bettenhausen 40
Gabby Chaves 31
Simon Pagenaud 31
Jimmy Caruthers 29
Larry Dickson 29
Geoff Brabham 26
Helio Castroneves 24
Pancho Carter 24
Roberto Guerrero 19
Mike Mosley 18
Kevin Cogan 17
Tom Bigelow 16
Sage Karam 7
Billy Vukovich, Jr. 6
Charlie Kimball 5
Johnny Parsons 5
Steve Krisiloff 5
Alexander Rossi 4
Howdy Holmes 4
Sebastien Bourdais 4
Ryan Briscoe 3
Takuma Sato 3
Jerry Grant 2
Justin Wilson 2
Sheldon Kinser 2
Lee Kunzman 1
Vern Schuppan 1