Ryan Hunter-Reay won a rain-delayed IndyCar race at Barber Motorsport Park and finished just in front of teammate Marco Andretti for an Andretti Autosport 1-2 this Sunday.
Hunter-Reay had been leading the race since capitalising on a spin by Will Power to take the lead on lap 16.
Ganassi’s Scott Dixon finished third, giving him a fifth consecutive podium finish at the Alabama circuit.
The start of the race had been delayed for more than two-and-a-half hours because of severe thunderstorms and when the race finally got underway it had been trimmed to an abbreviated 100-minute timed event.
The entire field started on wets before taking advantage of a caution to change to slicks almost in unison.
Power, meanwhile, eventually finished fifth behind Simon Pagenaud, but if he was annoyed at being caught out by the conditions, then he at least had plenty of company.
Juan Pablo Montoya was making extraordinary progress through the field early on before spinning into the gravel and losing two laps, while Carlos Munoz's race was ended by a similar spin.
Results - 69 laps
Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Honda 1h40m43.3337s
2. Marco Andretti Andretti/Honda +1.0364s
3. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Chevy +1.4286s
4. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda +2.4350s
5. Will Power Penske/Chevy +3.1559s
6. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda +3.7009s
7. James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Honda +4.6538s
8. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda +5.3417s
9. Tony Kanaan Ganassi/Chevy +6.2513s
10. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Chevy +6.8371s
11. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi/Chevy +7.6182s
12. Jack Hawksworth Herta/Honda +8.5257s
13. Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda +9.6750s
14. Mike Conway Carpenter/Chevy +10.1933s
15. Sebastien Bourdais KV/Chevy +11.3198s
16. Carlos Huertas Coyne/Honda +12.8894s
17. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda +13.7182s
18. Sebastian Saavedra KV/Chevy +14.0955s
19. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy +16.1476s
20. Oriol Servia Rahal/Honda +1 lap
21. Juan Pablo Montoya Penske/Chevy +1 lap
22. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt/Honda +6 laps
Retirement
Carlos Munoz Andretti/Honda 40 laps
Hunter-Reay had been leading the race since capitalising on a spin by Will Power to take the lead on lap 16.
Ganassi’s Scott Dixon finished third, giving him a fifth consecutive podium finish at the Alabama circuit.
The start of the race had been delayed for more than two-and-a-half hours because of severe thunderstorms and when the race finally got underway it had been trimmed to an abbreviated 100-minute timed event.
The entire field started on wets before taking advantage of a caution to change to slicks almost in unison.
Power, meanwhile, eventually finished fifth behind Simon Pagenaud, but if he was annoyed at being caught out by the conditions, then he at least had plenty of company.
Juan Pablo Montoya was making extraordinary progress through the field early on before spinning into the gravel and losing two laps, while Carlos Munoz's race was ended by a similar spin.
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| Ryan Hunter-Reay, winner in Barber. (Photo: LAT for IndyCar) |
Results - 69 laps
Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Honda 1h40m43.3337s
2. Marco Andretti Andretti/Honda +1.0364s
3. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Chevy +1.4286s
4. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda +2.4350s
5. Will Power Penske/Chevy +3.1559s
6. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda +3.7009s
7. James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Honda +4.6538s
8. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda +5.3417s
9. Tony Kanaan Ganassi/Chevy +6.2513s
10. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Chevy +6.8371s
11. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi/Chevy +7.6182s
12. Jack Hawksworth Herta/Honda +8.5257s
13. Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda +9.6750s
14. Mike Conway Carpenter/Chevy +10.1933s
15. Sebastien Bourdais KV/Chevy +11.3198s
16. Carlos Huertas Coyne/Honda +12.8894s
17. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda +13.7182s
18. Sebastian Saavedra KV/Chevy +14.0955s
19. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy +16.1476s
20. Oriol Servia Rahal/Honda +1 lap
21. Juan Pablo Montoya Penske/Chevy +1 lap
22. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt/Honda +6 laps
Retirement
Carlos Munoz Andretti/Honda 40 laps