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2023 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland

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United States 2023 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland
Race details
16th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
DateSeptember 3, 2023
Official nameBitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland
LocationPortland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon
CoursePermanent road course
1.964 mi / 3.161 km
Distance110 laps
216.04 mi / 347.68 km
Pole position
DriverUnited States Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time00:58.3195
Fastest lap
DriverUnited States Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time00:59.3817 (on lap 28 of 110)
Podium
FirstSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondSweden Felix Rosenqvist (Arrow McLaren)
ThirdNew Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2023 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland was the penultimate round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 3, 2023, in Portland, Oregon at the Portland International Raceway; and was won for a second time by Álex Palou who qualified fifth and led 69 of 110 laps in his Chip Ganassi Racing number 10 Honda.

Arrow McLaren's Felix Rosenqvist finished second while Palou's veteran teammate Scott Dixon came in third. Graham Rahal qualified on the pole and finished twelfth.

By virtue of his race win, Palou wrapped up the championship before the final race of the season, a feat last accomplished by Sébastien Bourdais when he won the 2007 Champ Car championship in the penultimate race.[1]

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda
28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30 Estonia Jüri Vips  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
60 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source:[2]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.1776
2 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 00:58.3246
3 10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.3555
Source:[3]

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.1516
2 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.2695
3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.2785
Source:[4]

Qualifying

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Qualifying started at 12:30 PM PT on September 2, 2023.

Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.1612 N/A 00:58.3248 00:58.3195 1
2 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin  W  Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 00:58.0525 00:58.0777 00:58.3525 2
3 26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.0843 N/A 00:58.2338 00:58.4576 3
4 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.3701 00:58.2653 00:58.5803 4
5 10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:57.9651 00:58.3232 00:58.6492 5
6 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 00:58.1025 00:58.2579 00:58.6737 6
7 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.1913 N/A 00:58.3779 N/A 7
8 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:58.3075 N/A 00:58.4973 N/A 8
9 7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 00:58.4637 00:58.5023 N/A 9
10 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.5952 00:58.5479 N/A 10
11 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:57.8967 N/A 00:59.3053 N/A 11
12 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.0890 N/A No Time N/A 12
13 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:58.3240 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 00:58.6652 N/A N/A 14
15 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 00:58.3522 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 00:58.6835 N/A N/A 16
17 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.3678 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 30 Estonia Jüri Vips  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 00:58.7454 N/A N/A 18
19 20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:58.6529 N/A N/A N/A 25[a]
20 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 00:58.7753 N/A N/A 19
21 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 00:58.6748 N/A N/A N/A 20
22 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 00:58.8006 N/A N/A 21
23 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 00:59.0633 N/A N/A N/A 22
24 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda N/A 00:58.9016 N/A N/A 23
25 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 00:59.2642 N/A N/A N/A 24
26 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 00:59.2175 N/A N/A 26
27 60 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 00:59.4364 N/A N/A 27[b]
Source:[7]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:59.4533
2 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:59.5342
3 10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:59.5716
Source:[8]

Race

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The race started at 12:30 PM PT on September 3, 2023.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 01:57:01.9814 3 5 69 53
2 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 110 +5.4353 3 11 3 41
3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 +8.0669 3 4 15 36
4 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 110 +19.0572 3 6 32
5 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 110 +21.0831 3 12 30
6 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 110 +21.8799 3 13 28
7 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 +30.5820 3 10 26
8 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 110 +32.6211 4 23 2 25
9 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 110 +33.0282 3 2 22
10 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 110 +33.7836 3 16 20
11 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 +34.4757 3 17 19
12 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 +38.6995 3 1 21 20
13 26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 110 +39.7582 4 3 17
14 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 100 +40.3373 3 21 16
15 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 110 +40.4769 3 8 15
16 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 110 +41.1279 3 22 14
17 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 110 +42.5578 3 20 13
18 30 Estonia Jüri Vips  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 3 18 12
19 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 3 14 11
20 7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 109 +1 Lap 4 9 10
21 20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 109 +1 Lap 4 25 9
22 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 109 +1 Lap 3 26 8
23 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 3 24 7
24 60 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 109 +1 Lap 4 27 6
25 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 108 +2 Laps 3 7 5
26 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 82 Mechanical 3 19 5
27 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 31 Contact 2 15 5
Fastest lap: United States Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 00:59.3817 (lap 28)
Source:[9]

Championship standings after the race

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^ = clinched season championship

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Ryan Hunter-Reay received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change after the Bommarito 500.[5]
  2. ^ Tom Blomqvist received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change after qualifying.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Kelly, Paul (September 3, 2023). "Palou Clinches Championship With Decisive Portland Victory". Indycar.com. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland entry list" (PDF). October 28, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  5. ^ Dejewski, Kevin (September 1, 2023). "IndyCar announces grid penalty for Hunter-Reay". motorsportweek.com. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "indyCar Announces Portland Grid Penalty". motorsportweek.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. September 3, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.


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