IndyCar Series 2017

The Verizon IndyCar Series 2017 was the 22nd season of the American IndyCar Series and the 106th season in American monoposto racing.

Teams and drivers

All teams used the DW12 chassis and Firestone tires .

team	No.	driver	Aero kit	engine	event
Team Penske	01	Simon Pagenaud	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	1-17
	02	Josef Newgarden			1-17
	03	Helio Castroneves			1-17
	12	Will power			1-17
	22nd	Juan Pablo Montoya			5, 6
Ed Carpenter Racing	20th	Spencer Pigot	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17
		Ed Carpenter			4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15
	21st	JR Hildebrand			1, 2, 4-17
		Zach Veach			3
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	13	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Honda	Honda	17th
	15th	Graham Rahal			1-17
	16	Oriol Servià			6-8
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	08th	Max Chilton	Honda	Honda	1-17
	09	Scott Dixon			1-17
	10	Tony Kanaan			1-17
	83	Charlie Kimball			1-17
Andretti Autosport	26th	Takuma Satō	Honda	Honda	1-17
Andretti Autosport with Lendium	27	Marco Andretti			1-4
Andretti Autosport with Yarrow					5-17
Andretti Autosport	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay			1-17
McLaren-Honda-Andretti	29	Fernando Alonso			6th
Michael Shank Racing with Andretti Autosport	50	Jack Harvey			6th
Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	98	Alexander Rossi			1-17
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	05	James Hinchcliffe	Honda	Honda	1-17
	07th	Mikhail Aleshin			1-11, 13
		Sebastián Saavedra			12, 14, 15
		Jack Harvey			16, 17
	77	Jay Howard			6th
AJ Foyt Enterprises	04th	Conor Daly	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	1-17
	14th	Carlos Muñoz			1-17
	40	Zach Veach			6th
Dale Coyne Racing	18th	Sébastien Bourdais	Honda	Honda	1-5, 15-17
		James Davison			6th
		Esteban Gutiérrez			7, 8, 10-14
		Tristan Vautier			9
	19th	Ed Jones			1-17
	63	Pippa man			6th
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	14th	Say Karam	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	6th
Lazier Racing Partners	44	Buddy Lazier	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	6th
Juncos Racing	11	Spencer Pigot	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	6th
	17th	Sebastián Saavedra			6th
Harding Racing	88	Gabby Chaves	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	6, 9, 14

Racing calendar

The IndyCar Series racing calendar includes 17 races on 16 racetracks. Compared to last year, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 in the Gateway Motorsports Park has been added to the calendar.

No.	date	Event (racetrack)	First	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most lead laps
01.	March 13th	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg ( Saint Petersburg ) ( T )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )
02.	09th April	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach ( Long Beach ) ( T )	James Hinchcliffe ( Dallara - Honda )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )
03.	April 23	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama ( Birmingham ) ( P )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
04th	April 29	Phoenix Grand Prix ( Avondale ) ( O )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	JR Hildebrand ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
05.	May 13th	IndyCar Grand Prix ( Indianapolis ) ( P )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
06th	28th of May	Indianapolis 500 ( Indianapolis ) ( O )	Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ed Jones ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )	Max Chilton ( Dallara - Honda )
07th	03rd of June	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix ( Detroit ) ( T )	Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	James Hinchcliffe ( Dallara - Honda )	Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )
08th.	0June 4th		Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )
09.	June 10th	Rainguard Water Sealers 600 ( Fort Worth ) ( O )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Tony Kanaan ( Dallara - Honda )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Charlie Kimball ( Dallara - Honda )	Tony Kanaan ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
10.	25th June	Kohler Grand Prix ( Elkhart Lake ) ( P )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )
11.	0July 9	Iowa Corn 300 ( Newtons ) ( O )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	JR Hildebrand ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
12.	16th of July	Honda Indy Toronto ( Toronto ) ( T )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	James Hinchcliffe ( Dallara - Honda )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
13.	30th July	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio ( Lexington ) ( P )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
14th	20th of August	ABC Supply 500 ( Long Pond ) ( O )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )	Tony Kanaan ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )
15th	26th of August	Bommarito Automotive Group 500 ( Madison ) ( O )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
16.	0September 3	IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen ( Watkins Glen ) ( P )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )
17th	September 18	GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma ( Sonoma ) ( P )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )

• Explanation: O : oval course , T : temporary race track ( street course ), P : permanent race track.

Ratings

Point system

The points are awarded according to the following scheme:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33
Standard race	50	40	35	32	30th	28	26th	24	22nd	20th	19th	18th	17th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Indianapolis 500 & Season Finale	100	80	70	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	38	36	34	32	30th	28	26th	24	22nd	20th	18th	16	14th	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Indianapolis 500 qualifying	42	40	38	36	34	32	30th	28	26th	24	23	22nd	21st	20th	19th	18th	17th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

There is also one extra point for pole position and two extra points for the driver who has led the race most laps. All drivers with at least one lead lap also receive one point.

Driver ranking

Item driver STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC GAT WGL SNM Points Q R. R1 R2 01  J. Newgarden 8th 3 1 ° 9 ° 11 22nd 19th 4th 2 ° 13 ° 2 ° 6 ° 1* 1* 2 ° 1* 18 ° 2 ° 642 02  S. Pagenaud 2 ° 5 3 1* 4th 23 14th 16 5 3 4th 7 ° 5 ° 4th 4th 3 ° 9 1* 629 03  S. Dixon 3 4 * 2 ° 5 2 1 32 ° 2 ° 6th 9 ° 1* 8th 10 9 6 * 2 2 ° 4th 621 04th  H. Castroneves 6th 9 4 ° 4 ° 5 ° 19th 2 ° 7 ° 9 20th 3 ° 1* 8 ° 7th 7th 4 ° 4 ° 5 598 05  W. Power 19 ° 13 14 * 2 ° 1* 9 23 ° 18th 3 1* 5 4 ° 21st 2 ° 1 ° 20 ° 6th 3 562 06th  G. Rahal 17th 10 13 21st 6th 14th 12 ° 1* 1* 4th 8th 5 9 3 ° 9 ° 12 5 6th 522 07th  A. Rossi 11 19th 5 15th 8th 3 7 ° 5 7th 22nd 13 11 2 6th 3 ° 6th 1* 21st 494 08th  T. Satō 5 ° 18th 9 16 12 4th 1 ° 8th 4 ° 10 19th 16 16 5 13 19th 19th 20th 441 09  R. Hunter-Reay 4th 17 ° 11 13 3 10 27 ° 13 17th 19th 14th 3 6th 8th 8 ° 15th 3 ° 8th 421 10  T. Canaan 12 15th 7th 6th 20th 7th 5 ° 15th 10 2 ° 21st 9 19th 16 5 ° 16 20th 16 403 11  M. Chilton 16 14th 12 20th 7th 15th 4 * 11 15th 8 ° 9 14 ° 7 ° 15th 18th 17 ° 8th 12 396 12  M. Andretti 7th 20th 21st 18th 16 8th 8th 12 13 6th 18th 17 ° 4th 12 11 ° 14th 16 7th 388 13  J. Hinchcliffe 9 ° 1 ° 6th 12 13 17th 22nd 3 ° 20th 14th 20th 10 3 11 20 ° 8th 21st 22nd 376 14th  E. Jones 10 6th 16 11 19th 11 3 9 22nd 17th 7th 18th 20th 21st 17th 13 13 19th 354 15th  J. Hildebrand 13 11 INJ 3 14th 6th 16 ° 17th 18th 12 16 2 13 17th 19 ° 18th 15th 14th 347 16  C. Muñoz 21st 7th 17th 10 15th 24 10 14th 11 18th 11 20th 15th 18th 10 9 10 15th 328 17th  C. Kimball 18th 21st 15 ° 8th 21st 16 25 ° 21st 8th 21 ° 6 ° 15 ° 12 13 16 7th 7th 11 327 18th  C. Daly 15th 16 18th 14th 17th 26th 30th 22nd 12 7th 15th 19th 17th 10 14th 5 11 10 ° 305 19th  M. Aleshin 14th 12 10 17th 18th 13 13 6 ° 16 15th 10 21st   14th         237 20th  S. Pigot 20th 8th 20th   9 29 18th 10 21st   12   18th 19th     12 ° 13 218 21st  S. Bourdais 1* 2 8th 19th 22nd WD INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 10 ° 17th 9 214 22nd  E. Carpenter       7th   2 11 °     11   12     12 21st     169 23  G. Chaves           25th 9     5         15th       98 24  J. Montoya         10 18th 6 °                       93 25th  E. Gutiérrez             19th 14th   17th 13 14th 20th 22nd       91 26th  S. Saavedra           31 15th           11   21st 11     80 27  O. Servia           12 21st 20th 19th                   61 28  J. Harvey           27 31                   14th 18th 57 29  F. Alonso           5 24 °                       47 30th  P. Mann           28 17th                       32 31  Z. DeMelo                                   17th 26th 32  J. Howard           20th 33                       24 33  Z. Veach     19th     32 26th                       23 34  S. Karam           21st 28                       23 35  J. Davison           33 20 °                       21st 36  T. Vautier                   16 °                 15th 37  B. Lazier           30th 29                       14th Item driver STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC GAT WGL SNM Points

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green 4th and 5th place Light Blue 6th to 10th place Dark blue Race ended (outside of the first ten pilots) violet Race not finished red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated did not appear (DNA) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) Further notation fat Pole position (1 point) Italic Fastest race lap * Most lead laps (2 points + 1 point) ° At least one lead lap (1 point) Rookie of the Year Rookie Qualifying for the Indianapolis 500: colour meaning gold 1st place silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green 4th and 5th place Light Blue 6th to 9th place Dark blue 10th to 33rd place red not qualified

• Hélio Castroneves received a bonus point as runner-up in qualifying for the first race and Ryan Hunter-Reay as runner-up in qualifying for the second race of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule. indycar.com, accessed March 12, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official website of the IndyCar Series