Event statistics following the sixth race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season, the 102nd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
Will Power took command on Lap 196 from Stefan Wilson – who along with two others were forced to stop for fuel – and led the final five laps of the race to secure his first Indianapolis 500 win. Power led four times for 59 laps to win by 3.1589 seconds over polesitter Ed Carpenter. It marked an incredible month for Power, who became the first driver to win both the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis 500 – both in the same season and all together.
Additionally, with his two wins at Indianapolis, Power has jumped from 10th to first in the points in two races (was 10th after crashing in last month’s race at Barber Motorsports Park).
Scott Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner, battled to third, followed by Andretti Autosport teammates and former winners Alexander Rossi (2016) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014).
Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana
- Winner (starting position): Will Power (3rd)
- Podium: Will Power, Ed Carpenter, Scott Dixon
- Full Results: Will Power, Ed Carpenter, Scott Dixon, Alexander Rossi, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Simon Pagenaud, Carlos Munoz, Josef Newgarden, Robert Wickens, Graham Rahal, JR Hildebrand, Marco Andretti, Matheus Leist, Gabby Chaves, Stefan Wilson, Jack Harvey, Oriol Servia, Charlie Kimball, Zachary Claman De Melo, Spencer Pigot, Conor Daly, Max Chilton, Zach Veach, Jay Howard, Tony Kanaan, Sage Karam, Helio Castroneves, Sebastien Bourdais, Kyle Kaiser, Danica Patrick, Ed Jones, Takuma Sato, James Davison
- Laps Completed: 200
- Race Leaders: 15
- Lead Changes: 30
- Laps Led: Ed Carpenter (65), Will Power (59), Tony Kanaan (19), Oriol Servia (16), Graham Rahal (12), Zachary Claman De Melo (7), Sebastien Bourdais (4), Carlos Munoz (4), Josef Newgarden (3), Stefan Wilson (3), Spencer Pigot (3), Robert Wickens (2), Alexander Rossi (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Simon Pagenaud (1)
- Pole Position: Ed Carpenter (229.618 mph; 2 minutes, 36.7818 seconds)
- Fastest Race Lap: Helio Castroneves (224.138 mph; 40.1538 seconds; Lap 131)
- Hard Charger: Alexander Rossi (+28; 32nd to 4th)
- Margin of Victory: 3.1589 seconds
- Car Count: 33
- Cars Entered: 35
- Cars Running at Finish: 24 (of 33; or 73 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 18
- Cautions: 7 for 41 laps
- Average Speed: 166.935 mph
- Manufacturer Breakdown: Honda (17), Chevrolet (16)
- Time of Race: 2:59:42.6365
- Green Flag/Yellow Flag Laps: 159/41
Notes of Interest – Race Recap (Indianapolis 500)
- This is Will Power’s second victory of the 2018 IndyCar Series season and the 34th IndyCar victory of his career (32 in IndyCar Series, 2 in Champ Car World Series). Power ties Al Unser Jr. for eighth all-time in IndyCar victories, and his next target is seventh-place and Bobby Unser (35 wins).
- Four of Power’s 34 victories have come on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – three on the road course and one on the oval.
- Power is the second driver this season with multiple victories. Teammate Josef Newgarden has two wins, while Sebastien Bourdais and Alexander Rossi each have one victory.
- Power’s victory marks the fifth time this season that the winner of a race assumed the points lead after that win. Power’s win in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis earlier this month boosted him to seventh in the standings, while Newgarden held the lead after the race.
- Power has now won two races in each of the last four seasons and nine seasons overall, including one in 2007 (Champ Car World Series).
- This is Power’s 31st victory with Team Penske, the most of any driver all-time.
- Twenty of Power’s IndyCar victories have come in a Chevrolet.
- Power now has three podiums this season, all in the last four races. He also finished second in the Long Beach Grand Prix in April. Overall, he has 65 podiums over his career.
- Power has a 6.25 average finish in the last four races and 9.5 overall this season.
- Power is the second Australian-born driver to win the Indianapolis 500, with Scott Dixon winning in 2008 (though Dixon is a native of New Zealand).
- Power led 59 laps in the Indianapolis 500, the second most of a driver this season. It marked the second consecutive race Power has led more than 50 laps in a race (led race-high 56 laps in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis). Power has now led four races for a series-high 201 laps. He also led a race-high 80 laps in the only other oval race this season at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.
- Power has now led six consecutive Indianapolis 500s. In total, he’s led seven races for a total of 135 laps, nearly doubling his previous total in a single afternoon. His previous high in terms of laps led in a race was 23 laps in 2015 (finished second).
- Power’s win was the first at Indianapolis from the front row since 2010, when Dario Franchitti won from the third starting position. The third-place starter has now won 12 Indianapolis 500s and has an average finish 12.14 in 102 races.
- Power improved his average finish in the Indianapolis 500 to 11.91. He now has three top fives and six top 10s in 11 races. His 11 starts are the most by an Australian driver.
- Power is the 12th driver to win the Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske, which now has a record 17 Indianapolis 500 victories. Power is the third driver to win the 500 for Team Penske from the third position.
- This is the second Indianapolis 500 won by car No. 12 (Peter DePaolo, 1925).
- This is the fifth race won by a driver at the age of 37, and the first winner born in 1981.
- This marked the 10th fastest Indianapolis 500, at 166.935 mph.
- Power’s victory is the 21st in his IndyCar career from the front row, and the third from the third starting position. His previous IndyCar win from the third-starting position came at Sonoma Raceway in California in 2013.
- This is Team Penske’s 201st victory in IndyCar racing, dating back to 1969, its fourth this season and third in succession.
Additional notes on all 33 drivers may be found here.
Additional notes on all 33 drivers may be found here.
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