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IndyCar
INDYCAR: Two-In-A-Row For Helio
Helio Castroneves takes his third win of the year and second victory in a two week span after dominating in Japan.
Now in his 11th season with Team Penske, Helio Castroneves is looking more like a young gun with a chip on his shoulder than an old veteran with nothing to prove. (LAT)
Two weeks ago at Kentucky, Helio Castroneves came from nowhere to lead the final four laps in what what was little more than a fuel economy run, but that was far from the case today at Twin Ring Motegi.
Starting from pole position, the three-time Indy 500 winner held a commanding lead over the field, leading 153 of 200 laps to claim his third win of the year.
"Team Penske is about execution and they gave me a fantastic car," said Castroneves. "Every time I wanted to go for it, the car was responding."
What began as a Team Penske 1-2-3 in qualifying almost finished that way by the end of one of the most processional IndyCar races of the year, but Target Chip Ganassi's Dario Franchitti managed to break the Penske stranglehold on the podium, finishing 4.5746 seconds behind the Brazilian. A quarter of the race -- 50 laps -- were run under caution, giving Franchitti a few opportunities to get ahead of Castroneves.
The reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion took the lead on two brief occasions, but didn't have the speed or consistency to mount a serious challenge for the win.
"The race started very well. I was really the only person that could mix it up with Ryan [Briscoe] and Helio [Castroneves] all day. We were very good on restarts. We did make a small mistake on the downforce level today, but we did OK. Helio was just in a class of his own in terms of sheer speed but we could get him on the restarts occasionally. I was fighting as hard as I could with those guys. Will's guys did a great job in the pits and got him back up into contention. We can only control what we do and we did our best."
In the battle for the 2010 championship, Franchitti carved five more points from Will Power's lead, reducing it to 12 markers with one race remaining. Franchitti's second-place finish also netted him the inaugural IZOD IndyCar Series AJ Foyt Oval Champion honors.
Power, who lost track position early --falling as far back as 10th -- executed perfect pit stops all day long, improving his position by as many as three spots thanks to his pit crew. After settling down and finding a comfortable rhythm, the Australian picked off cars one by one, eventually moving ahead of teammate Briscoe to take the final spot on the podium.
"It's great for us to put the Verizon car on the podium," said Power. "I've never finished ahead of [Franchitti] on an oval and one day I'll get it, hopefully this year because if I don't, he'll win [the championship]."
Briscoe looked like the only driver other than Castroneves with enough speed to challenge for the win, but a slight bobble on the final restart relegated him to fourth at the finish.
"It was really exciting out there today. I was racing hard with Dario [Franchitti] and it was awesome. We raced each other hard and clean. There are not too many guys out there that I feel comfortable racing with the way we did. Congratulations to Helio and Team Penske for bringing home the victory. The No. 6 car was great today, although our result was a bit unfortunate. We made a run on Dario on the last restart and he took me down to the white line and I had to back out of the throttle to avoid wrecking. Will was able to get by me after Dario blocked and I was not able to catch back up. Overall though, it was a great result for the team."
Following up with her best performance since Texas in June, Danica Patrick was fast and sharp throughout every phase of the Indy Japan 300. After qualifying 12th -- behind all three of her Andretti Autosport teammates -- Patrick moved forward steadily as the rest of the Andretti clan went in reverse. Patrick would finish fifth, while tony Kanaan finished seventh, Ryan Hunter-Reay ninth and Marco Andretti 11th.
"I'm pleased," said Patrick. "Being a competitor, I always think about what could've, should've, would've been and how it could have been better and where things went a little bit wrong. I thought that the Go.Daddy car ran really well today. I was pleased with the way it handled. When we got in clean air, it was really fast. I think our lap time this year was almost a half-second quicker than the fastest lap time last year. Overall, I think everyone did a really good job. We just kind of lost out on those last pit stops."
Scott Dixon, the winner a year ago at Motegi, improved from 11th to sixth, but never factored at the front of the pack. Unlike Power who had Castroneves and Briscoe running in close proximity to aid the Aussie's championship bid, Franchitti was left to race without the benefit of Dixon's assistance.
Despite Castroneves' win and Dixon's sixth-place result, the two were eliminated from the possibility of winning the 2010 drivers' championship, making it a two-horse race between Power and Franchitti.
Graham Rahal motored from 16th to ninth in his Quick Trim Newman/Haas car, while his teammate, local hero Hideki Mutoh, was forced to settle for 14th after having a quiet race in front of his countrymen.
"I am very happy with our finish to be honest," said Rahal. "Really, you have to give all the credit to the Quick Trim team because they're the ones who made up the spots in the pits for me. We didn't quite have a car that was good enough to pass people really. Fourth gear was too long and every time out of Turn 4 I was getting pulled bad so that killed us. Fortunately we got by Marco in the pits and got by Hunter-Reay when he made a mistake. And that's where we had to be all day; we had to wait for others to make mistakes. The team did a great job in the pits so I have to give the credit to them. Going from where we fell back to at the start to move all the way back up to eighth was down to them. I think I only passed a few guys on track so the rest was done in pit lane. The Quick Trim guys did a good job and got us this finish."
Dan Wheldon rounded out the top-10 -- a relative disappointment after taking second- and third-place finishes in the last two rounds -- but delivered a heady drive nonetheless. Wheldon and Rahal were the only two cars outside of the Penske/Ganassi/Andretti camps to crack the top-10.
"The National Guard Panther Racing car was well balanced today, but we just carried too much downforce and drag and it made it very hard to race with," explained Wheldon. "Unfortunately sometimes when you're trying hard, like this team always does, it doesn't go for you. It was one of those days. We'll move on and try to close out this IZOD IndyCar Series season in victory lane."
Of the three Japanese drivers in the field, Takuma Sato was the most impressive, recovering from his crash in practice to lead home the KV Racing trio. Sato, who finished 12th, looked composed and relaxed at Motegi, earning his best oval track finish as a result. E.J. Viso finished 15th in his KV Racing car, but Mario Moraes only got as far as Lap 66 with his KV IndyCar, crashing in Turn 2.
A heavy shower of sparks were seen coming from the left rear of Moraes' car before he spun. The young Brazilian was taken to the hospital for observation.
"It was a tough race but a great result in the end for the Lotus - KV team," said Sato. "It was a difficult start with the tight pack and the slippery track. I needed to be patient, but I did a lot of overtaking today. That was great fun. I had Nick (Harvey) as my spotter and we worked well together. We lost a few places in the middle of the race, but we always fought back to gain positions. Overall, it was a great achievement for the whole team, and I want to thank them for everything they have done this weekend. Finally, I want to thank all the fans for their tremendous support."
Alex Tagliani improved 10 positions during the race to place his Bowers & Wilkins Dallara-Honda 13th, and Justin Wilson moved up from 18th to 16th after languishing in the high teens most of the afternoon.
"We had a quick car and considering the track is known to be very difficult to pass, I think we can be very happy that we came back through the field ten positions," said Tagliani. "Overall, I think we can come away very happy and we finished in front of all the people we needed to finish in front of for the championship. We made up one spot and we'll go into Miami and try to do even better than we did here and wrap up the season doing the best job we can."
Vitor Meira actually went backwards in the race, falling from 14th to 17th, while the fuel strategy gamble made by Rafa Matos' team failed to pay off, leaving the de Ferran Dragon driver to take 18th, the final car on the lead lap.
"It was a tough race today," said Matos. "We tried to gamble on a strategy and it was working well until the yellow flag for Paul Tracy's incident. That hurt us. So, unfortunately, the strategy didn't pay off. It's really tough to pass on this track, so once we cycled to the back of the pack, it got even more difficult. So, of course we are disappointed that we didn't have a better result, but it definitely could have been worse. This track is very tricky."
Behind Matos, Milka Duno drove an alert race to finish five laps down in 19th, and Roger Yasukawa, making his annual start at Motegi, soldiered home to finish 20th, seven laps arrears.
The final five drivers either found the wall or had mechanical woes intervene in their bid to reach the checkered flag.
Alex Lloyd suffered both, first with a reported throttle linkage problem slowing his Boy Scouts of America car on track, bringing out a yellow. He'd bring out another yellow when his Dale Coyne Racing Dallara-Honda went straight on into the wall, ending his day on Lap 131. He would be classified 22nd.
Paul Tracy nudged the wall in his Dreyer & Reinbold car, with the right front suspension taking the brunt of the hit. The popular Canadian would finish 23rd.
Simona De Silvestro retired with mechanical gremlins on Lap 85 after running at the pack of the field, while Moraes would take 24th after his crash and 3B -- Belgium's Bertrand Baguette -- was the first car out, crashing by himself on Lap 1.
The single-groove Twin Ring Motegi track has never been the source of great racing, and the 2010 edition of the Indy Japan 300 did not betray that tradition.
Except for jostling for position on restarts, Helio Castroneves couldn't be touched as he prevented Franchitti from scoring maximum points.
With two weeks to go in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season, the championship battle will be determined once again at Homestead.
Franchitti showed his hand last year, embarking on a fuel economy run almost from the outset that ultimately delivered his second IndyCar Series title. While the Scot is clearly capable of repeating that performance again, the biggest question to answer is whether Will Power can hold back to mimic Franchitti's strategy if the Scot goes on another fuel saving mission.
Power has shown the ability to dance on the edge of disaster on the ovals, but if his main championship rivals opts for restraint rather than raw speed (ala Homestead 2009), can the Aussie adapt and follow in his footsteps?
The time between Motegi and the season finale will be filled with running through a number of different strategy scenarios for the two contenders, but as long as Power has Castroneves and Briscoe fighting to keep Franchitti behind them, Target Chip Ganassi Racing will have an uphill battle if they hope to win their second consecutive title.
For Power, finishing on Franchitti's tail earns him his first championship in all but one scenario.
With a 12-point deficit to overcome, Franchitti can earn 13 points at Homestead with the one point for pole position, the two points for leading the most laps and the 10 points a win pays over second place. With the Homestead trifecta and Power hot on his heels, the title would still go to Franchitti.
From there, a number of combinations exist that could hand the championship to either driver, but unless Franchitti has a perfect weekend, or if Power finishes well behind the No. 10 Target car, Team Penske could be staring at their first championship since Sam Hornish Jr. captured the title for The Captain in 2006.
The championship isn't over, but for the lead to change hands, everything must go right for one driver and exceptionally wrong for the other.
Results Sunday of the Indy Japan 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.52 mile Twin Ring Motegi, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (1) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
2. (4) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
3. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
4. (2) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
5. (12) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
6. (11) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
7. (6) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
8. (16) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
9. (7) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
10. (9) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
11. (5) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
12. (10) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
13. (23) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
14. (17) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
15. (8) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
16. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
17. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
18. (19) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
19. (25) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running
20. (21) Roger Yasukawa, Dallara-Honda, 195, Running
21. (15) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 131, Contact
22. (22) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 114, Contact
23. (24) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 85, Mechanical
24. (20) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 66, Contact
25. (13) Bertrand Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 1, Contact
Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 147.008
Time of Race: 02:04:04.4780
Margin of victory: 4.5746 seconds
Cautions: 4 for 50 laps
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Lap Leaders: Castroneves 1-70, Matos 71-85, Briscoe 86-117, Castroneves 118-200.
Point Standings: Power 587, Franchitti 575, Castroneves 501, Dixon 497, Briscoe 450, Hunter-Reay 426, Kanaan 418, Wheldon 366, Andretti 366, Wilson 349.
Starting from pole position, the three-time Indy 500 winner held a commanding lead over the field, leading 153 of 200 laps to claim his third win of the year.
"Team Penske is about execution and they gave me a fantastic car," said Castroneves. "Every time I wanted to go for it, the car was responding."
What began as a Team Penske 1-2-3 in qualifying almost finished that way by the end of one of the most processional IndyCar races of the year, but Target Chip Ganassi's Dario Franchitti managed to break the Penske stranglehold on the podium, finishing 4.5746 seconds behind the Brazilian. A quarter of the race -- 50 laps -- were run under caution, giving Franchitti a few opportunities to get ahead of Castroneves.
The reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion took the lead on two brief occasions, but didn't have the speed or consistency to mount a serious challenge for the win.
"The race started very well. I was really the only person that could mix it up with Ryan [Briscoe] and Helio [Castroneves] all day. We were very good on restarts. We did make a small mistake on the downforce level today, but we did OK. Helio was just in a class of his own in terms of sheer speed but we could get him on the restarts occasionally. I was fighting as hard as I could with those guys. Will's guys did a great job in the pits and got him back up into contention. We can only control what we do and we did our best."
In the battle for the 2010 championship, Franchitti carved five more points from Will Power's lead, reducing it to 12 markers with one race remaining. Franchitti's second-place finish also netted him the inaugural IZOD IndyCar Series AJ Foyt Oval Champion honors.
Power, who lost track position early --falling as far back as 10th -- executed perfect pit stops all day long, improving his position by as many as three spots thanks to his pit crew. After settling down and finding a comfortable rhythm, the Australian picked off cars one by one, eventually moving ahead of teammate Briscoe to take the final spot on the podium.
"It's great for us to put the Verizon car on the podium," said Power. "I've never finished ahead of [Franchitti] on an oval and one day I'll get it, hopefully this year because if I don't, he'll win [the championship]."
Briscoe looked like the only driver other than Castroneves with enough speed to challenge for the win, but a slight bobble on the final restart relegated him to fourth at the finish.
"It was really exciting out there today. I was racing hard with Dario [Franchitti] and it was awesome. We raced each other hard and clean. There are not too many guys out there that I feel comfortable racing with the way we did. Congratulations to Helio and Team Penske for bringing home the victory. The No. 6 car was great today, although our result was a bit unfortunate. We made a run on Dario on the last restart and he took me down to the white line and I had to back out of the throttle to avoid wrecking. Will was able to get by me after Dario blocked and I was not able to catch back up. Overall though, it was a great result for the team."
Following up with her best performance since Texas in June, Danica Patrick was fast and sharp throughout every phase of the Indy Japan 300. After qualifying 12th -- behind all three of her Andretti Autosport teammates -- Patrick moved forward steadily as the rest of the Andretti clan went in reverse. Patrick would finish fifth, while tony Kanaan finished seventh, Ryan Hunter-Reay ninth and Marco Andretti 11th.
"I'm pleased," said Patrick. "Being a competitor, I always think about what could've, should've, would've been and how it could have been better and where things went a little bit wrong. I thought that the Go.Daddy car ran really well today. I was pleased with the way it handled. When we got in clean air, it was really fast. I think our lap time this year was almost a half-second quicker than the fastest lap time last year. Overall, I think everyone did a really good job. We just kind of lost out on those last pit stops."
Scott Dixon, the winner a year ago at Motegi, improved from 11th to sixth, but never factored at the front of the pack. Unlike Power who had Castroneves and Briscoe running in close proximity to aid the Aussie's championship bid, Franchitti was left to race without the benefit of Dixon's assistance.
Despite Castroneves' win and Dixon's sixth-place result, the two were eliminated from the possibility of winning the 2010 drivers' championship, making it a two-horse race between Power and Franchitti.
Graham Rahal motored from 16th to ninth in his Quick Trim Newman/Haas car, while his teammate, local hero Hideki Mutoh, was forced to settle for 14th after having a quiet race in front of his countrymen.
"I am very happy with our finish to be honest," said Rahal. "Really, you have to give all the credit to the Quick Trim team because they're the ones who made up the spots in the pits for me. We didn't quite have a car that was good enough to pass people really. Fourth gear was too long and every time out of Turn 4 I was getting pulled bad so that killed us. Fortunately we got by Marco in the pits and got by Hunter-Reay when he made a mistake. And that's where we had to be all day; we had to wait for others to make mistakes. The team did a great job in the pits so I have to give the credit to them. Going from where we fell back to at the start to move all the way back up to eighth was down to them. I think I only passed a few guys on track so the rest was done in pit lane. The Quick Trim guys did a good job and got us this finish."
Dan Wheldon rounded out the top-10 -- a relative disappointment after taking second- and third-place finishes in the last two rounds -- but delivered a heady drive nonetheless. Wheldon and Rahal were the only two cars outside of the Penske/Ganassi/Andretti camps to crack the top-10.
"The National Guard Panther Racing car was well balanced today, but we just carried too much downforce and drag and it made it very hard to race with," explained Wheldon. "Unfortunately sometimes when you're trying hard, like this team always does, it doesn't go for you. It was one of those days. We'll move on and try to close out this IZOD IndyCar Series season in victory lane."
Of the three Japanese drivers in the field, Takuma Sato was the most impressive, recovering from his crash in practice to lead home the KV Racing trio. Sato, who finished 12th, looked composed and relaxed at Motegi, earning his best oval track finish as a result. E.J. Viso finished 15th in his KV Racing car, but Mario Moraes only got as far as Lap 66 with his KV IndyCar, crashing in Turn 2.
A heavy shower of sparks were seen coming from the left rear of Moraes' car before he spun. The young Brazilian was taken to the hospital for observation.
"It was a tough race but a great result in the end for the Lotus - KV team," said Sato. "It was a difficult start with the tight pack and the slippery track. I needed to be patient, but I did a lot of overtaking today. That was great fun. I had Nick (Harvey) as my spotter and we worked well together. We lost a few places in the middle of the race, but we always fought back to gain positions. Overall, it was a great achievement for the whole team, and I want to thank them for everything they have done this weekend. Finally, I want to thank all the fans for their tremendous support."
Alex Tagliani improved 10 positions during the race to place his Bowers & Wilkins Dallara-Honda 13th, and Justin Wilson moved up from 18th to 16th after languishing in the high teens most of the afternoon.
"We had a quick car and considering the track is known to be very difficult to pass, I think we can be very happy that we came back through the field ten positions," said Tagliani. "Overall, I think we can come away very happy and we finished in front of all the people we needed to finish in front of for the championship. We made up one spot and we'll go into Miami and try to do even better than we did here and wrap up the season doing the best job we can."
Vitor Meira actually went backwards in the race, falling from 14th to 17th, while the fuel strategy gamble made by Rafa Matos' team failed to pay off, leaving the de Ferran Dragon driver to take 18th, the final car on the lead lap.
"It was a tough race today," said Matos. "We tried to gamble on a strategy and it was working well until the yellow flag for Paul Tracy's incident. That hurt us. So, unfortunately, the strategy didn't pay off. It's really tough to pass on this track, so once we cycled to the back of the pack, it got even more difficult. So, of course we are disappointed that we didn't have a better result, but it definitely could have been worse. This track is very tricky."
Behind Matos, Milka Duno drove an alert race to finish five laps down in 19th, and Roger Yasukawa, making his annual start at Motegi, soldiered home to finish 20th, seven laps arrears.
The final five drivers either found the wall or had mechanical woes intervene in their bid to reach the checkered flag.
Alex Lloyd suffered both, first with a reported throttle linkage problem slowing his Boy Scouts of America car on track, bringing out a yellow. He'd bring out another yellow when his Dale Coyne Racing Dallara-Honda went straight on into the wall, ending his day on Lap 131. He would be classified 22nd.
Paul Tracy nudged the wall in his Dreyer & Reinbold car, with the right front suspension taking the brunt of the hit. The popular Canadian would finish 23rd.
Simona De Silvestro retired with mechanical gremlins on Lap 85 after running at the pack of the field, while Moraes would take 24th after his crash and 3B -- Belgium's Bertrand Baguette -- was the first car out, crashing by himself on Lap 1.
The single-groove Twin Ring Motegi track has never been the source of great racing, and the 2010 edition of the Indy Japan 300 did not betray that tradition.
Except for jostling for position on restarts, Helio Castroneves couldn't be touched as he prevented Franchitti from scoring maximum points.
With two weeks to go in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season, the championship battle will be determined once again at Homestead.
Franchitti showed his hand last year, embarking on a fuel economy run almost from the outset that ultimately delivered his second IndyCar Series title. While the Scot is clearly capable of repeating that performance again, the biggest question to answer is whether Will Power can hold back to mimic Franchitti's strategy if the Scot goes on another fuel saving mission.
Power has shown the ability to dance on the edge of disaster on the ovals, but if his main championship rivals opts for restraint rather than raw speed (ala Homestead 2009), can the Aussie adapt and follow in his footsteps?
The time between Motegi and the season finale will be filled with running through a number of different strategy scenarios for the two contenders, but as long as Power has Castroneves and Briscoe fighting to keep Franchitti behind them, Target Chip Ganassi Racing will have an uphill battle if they hope to win their second consecutive title.
For Power, finishing on Franchitti's tail earns him his first championship in all but one scenario.
With a 12-point deficit to overcome, Franchitti can earn 13 points at Homestead with the one point for pole position, the two points for leading the most laps and the 10 points a win pays over second place. With the Homestead trifecta and Power hot on his heels, the title would still go to Franchitti.
From there, a number of combinations exist that could hand the championship to either driver, but unless Franchitti has a perfect weekend, or if Power finishes well behind the No. 10 Target car, Team Penske could be staring at their first championship since Sam Hornish Jr. captured the title for The Captain in 2006.
The championship isn't over, but for the lead to change hands, everything must go right for one driver and exceptionally wrong for the other.
Results Sunday of the Indy Japan 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.52 mile Twin Ring Motegi, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (1) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
2. (4) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
3. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
4. (2) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
5. (12) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
6. (11) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
7. (6) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
8. (16) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
9. (7) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
10. (9) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
11. (5) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
12. (10) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
13. (23) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
14. (17) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
15. (8) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
16. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
17. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
18. (19) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
19. (25) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running
20. (21) Roger Yasukawa, Dallara-Honda, 195, Running
21. (15) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 131, Contact
22. (22) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 114, Contact
23. (24) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 85, Mechanical
24. (20) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 66, Contact
25. (13) Bertrand Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 1, Contact
Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 147.008
Time of Race: 02:04:04.4780
Margin of victory: 4.5746 seconds
Cautions: 4 for 50 laps
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Lap Leaders: Castroneves 1-70, Matos 71-85, Briscoe 86-117, Castroneves 118-200.
Point Standings: Power 587, Franchitti 575, Castroneves 501, Dixon 497, Briscoe 450, Hunter-Reay 426, Kanaan 418, Wheldon 366, Andretti 366, Wilson 349.
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