It was a great weekend for the Ganassi squad as Scott Dixon led both his teammates across the finish line to make it the team's first-ever 1-2-3 sweep in the IndyCar Series at Pocono.
Dixon finished first ahead Charlie Kimball and veteran Dario Franchitti to earn his first win of the season. It was a hard race for Andretti Autosport, which were the favorites at Pocono, as its best placed driver was Marco Andretti with a 10th place finish.
What is more astonishing, is that all three Ganassi drivers had to start from ther back of the grid and still managed to fight their way up to the front, thanks in part to their ability to do the extra mileage on a tank of fuel.
Penske’s Will Power passed Simon Pagenaud late in the race to secure fourth while the Frenchman lost an additional position to Josef Newgarden just before the end.
The Andretti team was plagued by all kind of trouble right from the start even though Marco Andretti led most of the race before struggling with fuel mileage over his final stint and drifted back to 10th.
Canadian James Hinchcliffe day’s work ended-up early after his car looped up into the wall. Meanwhile, his teammate EJ Viso, suffering from mechanical issues had to retire for good back in the pits.
Current Indycar champion, Ryan Hunter-Reay had no better luck as he was punted from behind in the pits by Takuma Sato who badly misjudged his own entry.
Results - 160 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Honda 2h04m26.4178s
2. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Honda +0.4572s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi/Honda +1.1989s
4. Will Power Penske/Chevy +5.6320s
5. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda +7.1949s
6. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda +9.4074s
7. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda +13.3012s
8. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy +13.9376s
9. Ed Carpenter Carpenter/Chevy +15.5500s
10. Marco Andretti Andretti/Chevy +18.4584s
11. Simona de Silvestro KV/Chevy +32.0478s
12. James Jakes Rahal/Honda +36.2536s
13. Tony Kanaan KV/Chevy +41.5507s
14. Ryan Briscoe Panther/Chevy +1 lap
15. Pippa Mann Coyne/Honda +1 lap
16. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon/Chevy +1 lap
17. Alex Tagliani Herta/Honda +2 laps
18. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda +2 laps
19. Tristan Vautier Schmidt/Honda +2 laps
Retirements:
Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Chevy 121 laps
EJ Viso Andretti/Chevy 104 laps
Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda 61 laps
Sebastian Saavedra Dragon/Chevy 2 laps
James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Chevy 0 lap
Dixon finished first ahead Charlie Kimball and veteran Dario Franchitti to earn his first win of the season. It was a hard race for Andretti Autosport, which were the favorites at Pocono, as its best placed driver was Marco Andretti with a 10th place finish.
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| Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon, Charlie Kimball. (Photo: IndyCar) |
What is more astonishing, is that all three Ganassi drivers had to start from ther back of the grid and still managed to fight their way up to the front, thanks in part to their ability to do the extra mileage on a tank of fuel.
Penske’s Will Power passed Simon Pagenaud late in the race to secure fourth while the Frenchman lost an additional position to Josef Newgarden just before the end.
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| Charlie Kimball. (Photo: IndyCar) |
The Andretti team was plagued by all kind of trouble right from the start even though Marco Andretti led most of the race before struggling with fuel mileage over his final stint and drifted back to 10th.
Canadian James Hinchcliffe day’s work ended-up early after his car looped up into the wall. Meanwhile, his teammate EJ Viso, suffering from mechanical issues had to retire for good back in the pits.
Current Indycar champion, Ryan Hunter-Reay had no better luck as he was punted from behind in the pits by Takuma Sato who badly misjudged his own entry.
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| Scott Dixon. (Photo: IndyCar) |
Results - 160 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Honda 2h04m26.4178s
2. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Honda +0.4572s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi/Honda +1.1989s
4. Will Power Penske/Chevy +5.6320s
5. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda +7.1949s
6. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda +9.4074s
7. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda +13.3012s
8. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy +13.9376s
9. Ed Carpenter Carpenter/Chevy +15.5500s
10. Marco Andretti Andretti/Chevy +18.4584s
11. Simona de Silvestro KV/Chevy +32.0478s
12. James Jakes Rahal/Honda +36.2536s
13. Tony Kanaan KV/Chevy +41.5507s
14. Ryan Briscoe Panther/Chevy +1 lap
15. Pippa Mann Coyne/Honda +1 lap
16. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon/Chevy +1 lap
17. Alex Tagliani Herta/Honda +2 laps
18. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda +2 laps
19. Tristan Vautier Schmidt/Honda +2 laps
Retirements:
Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Chevy 121 laps
EJ Viso Andretti/Chevy 104 laps
Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda 61 laps
Sebastian Saavedra Dragon/Chevy 2 laps
James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Chevy 0 lap