Inside the box score: INDYCAR Grand Prix
MAY 15, 2017
Numbers to note following the INDYCAR Grand Prix at the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, the fifth race of the 2017 Verizon Indy Car Series season:
5 – Different winners in as many Verizon IndyCar Series races in 2017.
6 – Consecutive top-five finishes for Simon Pagenaud, dating to Sonoma Raceway in 2016.
10 – Points separating Pagenaud from Scott Dixon in the Verizon IndyCar Series standings after the INDYCAR Grand Prix.
11 – Consecutive seasons in which Will Power has won at least one Indy car race.
14 – Positions gained by Graham Rahal, most of any driver in the INDYCAR Grand Prix.
15 – Laps in which Rahal improved his position, most of any driver … Wins from pole position by Power. Half of Power’s career wins have come after he won the pole position.
30 – Indy car wins for Power, which broke a tie with Rick Mears and Helio Castroneves for 11th on the all-time list.
35 – Total positions gained by Pagenaud in 2017.
47 – Indy car poles for Power, who is fifth on the all-time list.
212 – Consecutive starts by Dixon, the second-longest streak in Indy car history.
270 – Consecutive starts by Tony Kanaan, extending his all-time record.
332 – Indy car starts for Castroneves which is third on the all-time list. Kanaan is fourth with his 331 starts.