2022 R11 & 12: Iowa

[John]

We're back at it.

[MonteCristo]

Would imagine the first race to be uneventful as everyone *attempts* to save their equipment.

All bets off if it's a full moon though.

[John]

Will sadly miss both races. It's the highlights for me!

[MonteCristo]

Practice:

Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Time Speed Diff Gap Best Lap Total Laps
1 12 Power, Will D/C/F 00:18.5729 173.285 --.---- --.---- 77 90
2 20 Daly, Conor D/C/F 00:18.5778 173.239 0.0049 0.0049 4 93
3 3 McLaughlin, Scott D/C/F 00:18.5946 173.083 0.0217 0.0168 80 103
4 10 Palou, Alex D/H/F 00:18.6289 172.764 0.0560 0.0343 114 119
5 5 O'Ward, Pato D/C/F 00:18.6372 172.687 0.0643 0.0083 53 106
6 8 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F 00:18.7313 171.819 0.1584 0.0941 78 81
7 2 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F 00:18.7599 171.557 0.1870 0.0286 4 91
8 15 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 00:18.8242 170.971 0.2513 0.0643 8 84
9 48 Johnson, Jimmie D/H/F 00:18.8436 170.795 0.2707 0.0194 54 85
10 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 00:18.8476 170.759 0.2747 0.0040 84 90
11 21 VeeKay, Rinus D/C/F 00:18.8531 170.709 0.2802 0.0055 5 106
12 7 Rosenqvist, Felix D/C/F 00:18.8606 170.641 0.2877 0.0075 63 102
13 45 Harvey, Jack D/H/F 00:18.8918 170.360 0.3189 0.0312 103 114
14 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F 00:18.9071 170.222 0.3342 0.0153 56 81
15 51 Sato, Takuma D/H/F 00:18.9191 170.114 0.3462 0.0120 7 94
16 30 Lundgaard, Christian (R) D/H/F 00:18.9276 170.037 0.3547 0.0085 82 89
17 60 Pagenaud, Simon D/H/F 00:18.9301 170.015 0.3572 0.0025 72 93
18 18 Malukas, David (R) D/H/F 00:18.9416 169.912 0.3687 0.0115 79 95
19 06 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 00:18.9487 169.848 0.3758 0.0071 28 92
20 27 Rossi, Alexander D/H/F 00:18.9906 169.473 0.4177 0.0419 54 77
21 77 Ilott, Callum (R) D/C/F 00:19.0681 168.785 0.4952 0.0775 87 91
22 33 Carpenter, Ed D/C/F 00:19.0904 168.587 0.5175 0.0223 5 77
23 28 Grosjean, Romain D/H/F 00:19.1150 168.370 0.5421 0.0246 48 95
24 29 DeFrancesco, Devlin (R) D/H/F 00:19.1753 167.841 0.6024 0.0603 91 93
25 4 Kellett, Dalton D/C/F 00:19.2663 167.048 0.6934 0.0910 90 91
26 14 Kirkwood, Kyle (R) D/C/F 00:19.2954 166.796 0.7225 0.0291 53 78

Report: https://racer.com/2022/07/22/power-lead ... -practice/

Qualifying and race 1 tomorrow.

So Palau is still around.

Penske looks fast.

Daly loves this place.

The rookies all off the pace.

Johnson decent.

[Vassago]

Newgarden & Power dominate with Johnson threatening a Top 5 finish.

60 laps to go.

[Vassago]

Newgarden wins after leading 200+ laps. O'Ward 2nd and Power 3rd.

McLaughlin had a loose wheel before the last restart and finished 22nd, Herta with electrical issues in 24th.

Johnson faded on the last long green run and finished 11th.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Qualifying positions for the Sunday 300 mile race.....

Penske looking good, (1,2&6)
Ganassi not so.(12,13,15&18)
No doubt Dixon will squeak his way into a top 6 finish from an 18th place start, as he does. (ie 13th to 5th yesterday
Both McLarens in the top 10.


Position Car Driver Team Engine
1 12 Will Power Penske Chevrolet
2 2 Josef Newgarden Penske Chevrolet
3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Honda
4 20 Conor Daly Carpenter Chevrolet
5 51 Takuma Sato Coyne/RWR Honda
6 3 Scott McLaughlin Penske Chevrolet
7 45 Jack Harvey RLL Honda
8 5 Pato O’Ward McLaren SP Chevrolet
9 21 Rinus VeeKay Carpenter Chevrolet
10 7 Felix Rosenqvist McLaren SP Chevrolet
11 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Honda
12 10 Alex Palou Ganassi Honda
13 48 Jimmie Johnson Ganassi Honda
14 18 David Malukas Coyne/HMD Honda
15 8 Marcus Ericsson Ganassi Honda
16 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Honda
17 30 Christian Lundgaard RLL Honda
18 9 Scott Dixon Ganassi Honda
19 33 Ed Carpenter Carpenter Chevrolet
20 14 Kyle Kirkwood Foyt Chevrolet
21 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Honda
22 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet
23 15 Graham Rahal RLL Honda
24 6 Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Honda
25 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Honda
26 4 Dalton Kellett Foyt Chevrolet

[Everso Biggyballies]

Newgarden wins after leading 200+ laps. O'Ward 2nd and Power 3rd.

And with it JoNew's win plus the bonus points for leading the most laps meant he cut Ericsson's championship lead to 15 points.

And whats with JJ leading for near 20 laps

[MonteCristo]

Power one pole away from Mario.

Would be funny if in a couple races' time Power got two straight poles and then Dixon won.

Mario would be spitting chips .

[MonteCristo]

[Vassago]

Newgarden crashed from the lead after an apparent suspension failure so O'Ward wins ahead if Power, McLaughlin & Dixon. Johnson did get a Top 5 in his best IndyCar finish to date.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Penske looking good, (1,2&6)
No doubt Dixon will squeak his way into a top 6 finish from an 18th place start, as he does. (ie 13th to 5th yesterday
McLarens both top 10

*Puts crystal ball away*.


Full results
Iowa 300 results
Position Car Driver Team Engine
1 5 Pato O’Ward McLaren SP Chevrolet
2 12 Will Power Penske Chevrolet
3 3 Scott McLaughlin Penske Chevrolet
4 9 Scott Dixon Ganassi Honda
5 48 Jimmie Johnson Ganassi Honda
6 8 Marcus Ericsson Ganassi Honda
7 7 Felix Rosenqvist McLaren SP Chevrolet
8 18 David Malukas Coyne/HMD Honda
9 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Honda
10 51 Takuma Sato Coyne/RWR Honda
11 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet
12 26 Colton Herta Andretti Honda
13 10 Alex Palou Ganassi Honda
14 15 Graham Rahal RLL Honda
15 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Honda
16 20 Conor Daly Carpenter Chevrolet
17 33 Ed Carpenter Carpenter Chevrolet
18 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Honda
19 21 Rinus VeeKay Carpenter Chevrolet
20 45 Jack Harvey RLL Honda
21 6 Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Honda
22 4 Dalton Kellett Foyt Chevrolet
23 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Honda
24 2 Josef Newgarden Penske Chevrolet
25 14 Kyle Kirkwood Foyt Chevrolet
26 30 Christian Lundgaard RLL Honda


Power is now just eight points behind Ericsson, second in the table.
After a good weekend O’Ward is now within 36 points of points leader Marcus Ericsson.

Championship table

1 Marcus Ericsson 403
2 Will Power 395
3 Josef Newgarden1 369
4 Scott Dixon 369
5 Pato O'Ward 367
6 Alex Palou 359
7 Scott McLaughlin 317
8 Colton Herta 278
9 Felix Rosenqvist 275
10 Alexander Rossi 265

[MonteCristo]

Penske looking good, (1,2&6)
No doubt Dixon will squeak his way into a top 6 finish from an 18th place start, as he does. (ie 13th to 5th yesterday
McLarens both top 10

*Puts crystal ball away*.

If it wasn't for Josef, that would have been a clean sweep!

[MonteCristo]

Great to see a good oval crowd as well. Much needed.

Next stop.. getting Milwaukee back .

[Everso Biggyballies]

Penske looking good, (1,2&6)
No doubt Dixon will squeak his way into a top 6 finish from an 18th place start, as he does. (ie 13th to 5th yesterday
McLarens both top 10

*Puts crystal ball away*.

If it wasn't for Josef, that would have been a clean sweep!

Too tight to put my money where my mouth is