Summaries of 2023 IndyCar Races
2023 INDYCAR RACE SUMMARY
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APR 30    GP of Alabama      BARBER MOTORSPORT PARK     BIRMINGHAM AL - 90 LAPS
MAY 13    GMR GP      INDY MOTOR SPEEDWAY R/C        INDIANAPOLIS IN -  85 LAPS
APR 02      XPEL 375         TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY        FORT WORTH TX - 248 LAPS
MAR 5       Grand Prix of  ST PETERSBURG FLA -  100 LAPS
INDEX
MAY 28       Indy 500          INDY MOTOR SPEEDWAY         INDIANAPOLIS IN -  200 LAPS
JUNE 04         Detroit GP         Street Race            DETROIT, MI -  
JUNE 18     REV Group GP          ROAD AMERICA            ELKHART LAKE, WI  -  55 LAPS
JULY 02       Honda Indy 200                 MID-OHIO                  LEXINGTON, IL  -  80 LAPS
Points Leader - Marcus Ericsson - 51
August 06                 Music City Grand Prix               Streets of NASHVILLE, TN  -  80 LAPS
August 12                      Gallagher Grand Prix                          IMS Road Course -  85 LAPS
August 27         Bommarito Auto Group 500        WWT Raceway      ST LOUIS -  260 LAPS
September 03     Grand Prix of Portland    Portland Int'l Raceway   PORTLAND OR -  110 LAPS
September 10     Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey     WeatherTech Raceway CA -  90 LAPS
APR 16               Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach              LONG BEACH CA  -  85 LAPS
JULY 16                 Honda Indy Toronto                         TORONTO CANADA  -  85 LAPS
JULY 22         Hy-Vee Deals.com 250        Iowa Speedway         NEWTON IA  -  250 LAPS
JULY 23           Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300      Iowa Speedway    NEWTON IA  -  300 LAPS
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Coming into the race, the many accidents that occurred during practice and qualifying was an omen
that the race would not be trouble-free like last year.

The Andretti cars had proven quick over the weekend and they put
Romain Grosjean on pole with
teammate
Colton Herta starting beside him.  Starting in 5th was their new driver, Kyle Kirkwood.
DeFrancesco's car flips into the air after being
hit during the pile-up on the first lap of the race
Herta's car jumping over the wrecked VeeKay and Harvey
Grosjean and McLaughlin end up in tire
barrier while fighting for the lead
TURN 3 - A multi-car accident happened in
the middleof the field on the first lap knocking
5 drivers out including both MSR drivers
(Helio Casatroneves and Simon Pagenaud)
as well as Santino Ferrucci.  As Andretti
driver Devlin DeFrancesco sat helplessly
sideways on the track, rookie
Ben Pedersen
then t-boned him hard, sending the Andretti
car high into the air, spinning it 180-degrees!  
No one was injured.

Most drivers started on the alternate tires,
and would switch to the better primaries at
their first stop.

TURN 9 - On lap 37,
Conor Daly got tapped
from behind and spun, bringing out the 2nd
caution.  
Scott Dixon was in the process of
pitting from the lead, but 4 drivers crossed
the blend line first and Dixon fell back to 5th.

TURN 4 - After the race went green again,
Rinus Veekay didn't make it through and
ended up in the tire barrier.  He then got
slammed by
Jack Harvey.  Kirkwood hit the
back of Harvey, launching his car into the air
and over the two cars.  Kirkwood would be
able to get some repairs to finish the race 3
laps down.  Harvey was hurt and was later
taken to the hospital for further evaluation.

By the middle of the race, the marbles were
very bad all over the place, making any pass
a dangerous proposition.

TURN 8 - As Dixon passed
Marcus Ericsson
for 4th place, Herta's pass on Will Power
ended with Herta in the tire barrier and out of
the race.  Power later received a penalty for
avoidable contact.

TURN 4 - On Lap 71, Grosjean pit from 2nd
place.  He came out just in front of
Scott
McLaughlin
, last year's winner, who was
leading.  They  fought hard and both ended
up in the same tire barrier!  Grosjeans' day
was over and he was obviously very
disappointed as he had a good chance for his
first IndyCar victory.  
McLaughlin's car was pulled out and restarted.
He was at fault and had to serve a drive-
through penalty.  He would finish in 13th - a lap
down.  By this point, 9 cars were now out of
the race.
O'Ward now took over the lead, followed by Ericsson, Dixon, Alex Palou and Josef Newgarden.

With 4 laps to go, Newgarden's car broke and he returned to the pits with the left rear on fire, but
the race stayed green.

O'Ward's tires had been going away and the drivers behind him had double the push-to-pass seconds
left, but he had managed to stay out in front. With 3 laps to go, his car suddenly suffered a strange
plenum problem that shut his engine off for a moment enabling Ericsson to pass him for the lead.  
O'Ward was able to hold on to second place, but he was very disappointed.  Dixon came through in
3rd for another podium finish.

The biggest mover of the race was
Callum Illot who improved 17 positions and finished in 5th - his
and Juncos-Hollinger Racing team's best IndyCar finish ever.

16 cars were running at the end, while 11 cars did not finish, 9 of which were due to contact.
MAR 5
APR 2
APR 16
APR 30
MAY 13
MAY 28
JUN 04
JUN 18
JUL 02
JUL 16
JUL 22
JUL 23
AUG 06
AUG 12
AUG 27
SEP 03
SEP 10
Marcus Ericsson
WINNER