EVENT SUMMARY: 2014 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston

2014 Season, Event Summaries — By More Front Wing Staff on June 24, 2014 2:36 pm

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2014 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston
Saturday, June 28/Sunday, June 29, 2014

Race 2 Winner: Simon Pagenaud
Official box score – View PDF

Race 1 Winner: Carlos Huertas
Official box score – View PDF

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Post-race analysis, race 2 »
Post-race point standings, race 2 »
Post-race analysis, race 1 »
Post-race point standings, race 1 »
Important times »
Track facts »
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POST-RACE ANALYSIS, RACE 2

Box score:	View PDF
Lap chart:	View PDF
Tire use chart:	View PNG
Leader lap summary:	View PDF
Pit stop summary:	View PDF
Top section times:	View PDF

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POST-RACE POINT STANDINGS, RACE 2

Driver standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Will Power	405
2	3	Helio Castroneves	366
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	364
4	77	Simon Pagenaud	346
5	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	289
6	25	Marco Andretti	281
7	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	270
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	242
9	9	Scott Dixon	237
10	27	James Hinchcliffe	230
11	10	Tony Kanaan	226
12	8	Ryan Briscoe	221
12	19	Justin Wilson	221
14	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	219
15	83	Charlie Kimball	213
16	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	211
17	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	204
18	15	Graham Rahal	180
19	14	Takuma Sato	171
19	67	Josef Newgarden	171
21	17	Sebastian Saavedra	166
22	20	Mike Conway	152
23	20	Ed Carpenter	104
24	16	Oriol Servia	88
25	26	Kurt Busch (R)	80
26	21	JR Hildebrand	66
27	22	Sage Karam (R)	57
28	33	James Davison (R)	34
29	5	Jacques Villeneuve	29
30	68	Alex Tagliani	28
31	16	Luca Filippi	24
32	6	Townsend Bell	22
33	63	Pippa Mann	21
34	41	Martin Plowman (R)	18
35	91	Buddy Lazier	11
36	26	Franck Montagny	8

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Entrant standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Verizon Team Penske	405
2	3	Team Penske	366
3	28	DHL Andretti Autosport	364
4	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	346
5	2	Penske Motorsports	289
6	25	Snapple Andretti Autosport	281
7	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing	270
8	20	Fuzzy’s Vodka Ed Carpenter Racing	256
9	11	KVSH Racing	242
10	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	237
11	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport	230
12	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	226
13	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	221
13	19	Dale Coyne Racing	221
15	98	Bryan Herta Autosport	219
16	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	213
17	7	SMP Racing	211
18	18	Dale Coyne Racing	204
19	15	National Guard RLL Racing	180
20	14	ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing	171
20	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	171
22	17	KV-AFS Racing	166
23	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	112
24	26	Suretone Andretti Autosport	88
25	21	Preferred Freezer Ed Carpenter Racing	66
26	22	Dreyer & Reinbold-Kingdom Racing	57
27	33	Always Evolving KV Racing Technology	34
28	5	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	29
29	68	SFHR/RW Motorsports	28
30	6	Robert Graham KV Racing Technology	22
31	63	Dale Coyne Racing	21
32	41	Alfe AJ Foyt Racing	18
33	91	Lazier Partners Racing	11

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Manufacturer standings:

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	1300
2	Honda	1005

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Bonus winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team	Points
1	12	Will Power	$134,000
2	77	Simon Pagenaud	$106,000
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	$85,000
4	3	Helio Castroneves	$78,000
5	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	$52,000
6	9	Scott Dixon	$44,000
7	10	Tony Kanaan	$43,000
8	7	Mikhail Aleshin	$42,000
8	34	Carlos Munoz	$42,000
8	83	Charlie Kimball	$42,000
11	18	Carlos Huertas	$37,000
12	25	Marco Andretti	$36,000
13	27	James Hinchcliffe	$33,000
14	20	Mike Conway	$30,000
14	20	Ed Carpenter	$30,000
14	98	Jack Hawksworth	$30,000
17	11	Sebastien Bourdais	$29,000
18	19	Justin Wilson	$25,000
19	8	Ryan Briscoe	$21,000
20	15	Graham Rahal	$20,000
21	14	Takuma Sato	$11,000
22	67	Josef Newgarden	$9,000
23	16	Oriol Servia	$7,000
24	17	Sebastian Saavedra	$4,000

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Non-Leaders Circle entry winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team
1	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	$175,000
2	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	$80,000
3	41	Alfe AJ Foyt Racing	$10,000
4	26	Suretone Andretti Autosport	$5,000

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Firestone Pit Performance Award winners:

Race	Car	Team
Texas Motor Speedway	18	Dale Coyne Racing
Detroit Race 2	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport
Detroit Race 1	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport
Grand Prix of Indianapolis	28	DHL Andretti Autosport
Barber	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Long Beach	12	Verizon Team Penske
St. Petersburg	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing

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POST-RACE ANALYSIS, RACE 1

Box score:	View PDF
Lap chart:	View PDF
Tire use chart:	View PNG
Leader lap summary:	View PDF
Pit stop summary:	View PDF
Top section times:	View PDF

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POST-RACE POINT STANDINGS, RACE 1

Driver standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Will Power	386
2	3	Helio Castroneves	353
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	336
4	77	Simon Pagenaud	295
5	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	263
6	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	262
7	25	Marco Andretti	259
8	9	Scott Dixon	225
9	27	James Hinchcliffe	214
10	11	Sebastien Bourdais	212
11	10	Tony Kanaan	206
12	19	Justin Wilson	203
13	8	Ryan Briscoe	197
13	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	197
15	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	184
16	83	Charlie Kimball	181
17	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	170
18	15	Graham Rahal	166
19	67	Josef Newgarden	161
20	14	Takuma Sato	160
21	17	Sebastian Saavedra	153
22	20	Mike Conway	135
23	20	Ed Carpenter	104
24	16	Oriol Servia	88
25	26	Kurt Busch (R)	80
26	21	JR Hildebrand	66
27	22	Sage Karam (R)	57
28	33	James Davison (R)	34
29	5	Jacques Villeneuve	29
30	68	Alex Tagliani	28
31	6	Townsend Bell	22
32	63	Pippa Mann	21
33	41	Martin Plowman (R)	18
34	91	Buddy Lazier	11
35	16	Luca Filippi	9
34	26	Franck Montagny	8

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Entrant standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Verizon Team Penske	386
2	3	Team Penske	353
3	28	DHL Andretti Autosport	336
4	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	295
5	2	Penske Motorsports	263
6	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing	262
7	25	Snapple Andretti Autosport	259
8	20	Fuzzy’s Vodka Ed Carpenter Racing	239
9	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	225
10	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport	214
11	11	KVSH Racing	212
12	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	206
13	19	Dale Coyne Racing	203
14	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	197
14	18	Dale Coyne Racing	197
16	98	Bryan Herta Autosport	184
17	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	181
18	7	SMP Racing	170
19	15	National Guard RLL Racing	166
20	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	161
21	14	ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing	160
22	17	KV-AFS Racing	153
23	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	97
24	26	Suretone Andretti Autosport	88
25	21	Preferred Freezer Ed Carpenter Racing	66
26	22	Dreyer & Reinbold-Kingdom Racing	57
27	33	Always Evolving KV Racing Technology	34
28	5	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	29
29	68	SFHR/RW Motorsports	28
30	6	Robert Graham KV Racing Technology	22
31	63	Dale Coyne Racing	21
32	41	Alfe AJ Foyt Racing	18
33	91	Lazier Partners Racing	11

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Manufacturer standings (unofficial; not reflective of penalties or bonuses as of Houston race 1):

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	1164
2	Honda	871

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Bonus winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team	Points
1	12	Will Power	$134,000
2	3	Helio Castroneves	$78,000
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	$77,000
4	77	Simon Pagenaud	$76,000
5	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	$45,000
6	9	Scott Dixon	$44,000
7	34	Carlos Munoz	$42,000
8	10	Tony Kanaan	$41,000
9	18	Carlos Huertas	$37,000
10	27	James Hinchcliffe	$33,000
11	25	Marco Andretti	$32,000
11	83	Charlie Kimball	$32,000
13	20	Mike Conway	$30,000
13	20	Ed Carpenter	$30,000
15	19	Justin Wilson	$25,000
16	7	Mikhail Aleshin	$22,000
17	11	Sebastien Bourdais	$20,000
17	15	Graham Rahal	$20,000
19	8	Ryan Briscoe	$16,000
20	98	Jack Hawksworth	$15,000
21	14	Takuma Sato	$11,000
22	67	Josef Newgarden	$9,000
23	16	Oriol Servia	$7,000
24	17	Sebastian Saavedra	$4,000

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Non-Leaders Circle entry winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team
1	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	$155,000
2	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	$65,000
3	41	Alfe AJ Foyt Racing	$10,000
4	26	Suretone Andretti Autosport	$5,000

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IMPORTANT TIMES

Green flag:	Saturday and Sunday: 3:45 PM EDT*
Race broadcast:	US: 3:00 PM EDT Saturday and Sunday on NBC Sports Network Can: 3:00 PM EDT Saturday and Sunday on Sportsnet ONE (Sunday only: replay at 11:00 PM ET on Sportsnet West/Pacific)
Qualifying:	Race 1: 11:00 AM-12:10 PM EDT Saturday (Firestone Fast 6) Race 2: 11:00-11:30 AM EDT Sunday (In groups) * (Broadcast: US: 2:00 PM EDT Saturday on NBC Sports Network; No broadcast Sunday Can: 2:00 PM EDT Saturday on Sportsnet ONE; No broadcast Sunday)
Practice sessions:	11:00-11:45 AM EDT Friday 3:00-3:45 PM EDT Friday (followed by 10 minutes of standing start practice)
Drivers meeting:	Streamed on INDYCAR ’14 2:00-3:00 PM EDT Saturday and Sunday
Full weekend schedule:	View PDF
Radio/live timing and scoring:	INDYCAR Race Control

*2:45 PM CDT (local), 1:45 PM MDT, 12:45 PM PDT, 4:45 PM BRT, 8:45 PM BST, 7:45 AM Sun/Mon NZST, 5:45 AM Sun/Mon AEST, 4:45 AM Sun/Mon JST

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TRACK FACTS

Track type:	Temporary street course M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Speedway at NRG Park
Length:	1.683 miles
Race distance:	Two races, 90 laps (153 miles) each
Number of turns:	10
Track map:	View JPG
Start:	Race 1: Standing Race 2: Rolling
Restarts:	Single-file
Event Twitter account and hashtag:	@GPHOU, #gphou
Weather forecast:	Disabled

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ENTRANT FACTS

Entry list:	View PDF
Past entrant performance:	View PDF
Spotter guide:	View PDF
Pit assignments:	View PDF
Engineer and race strategist list:	Visit thesetupsheet.com
Wing configuration:	Road/street
Boost specs:	150 kPa; increase to 160 kPa for push-to-pass
Push-to-pass specs:	10 pushes; 15 seconds per push; no activation delay
Firestone tires available per entry:	Primary: 9 sets per team plus one set for rookies and out-of-top-ten cars; used at all previous road/street course events; no compound change from 2013 * Alternate: 3 sets per team; same tread compound that was used in 2013 and will be used at all 2014 street course events * Wets: A new wet tire will debut at Houston with deeper treads and a CFD-optimized tread patternRace-time live tire tracking

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HISTORY

Last five wins:	2013 – Race 2: Will Power, Verizon Team Penske 2013 – Race 1: Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing 2007 – Sebastien Bourdais, Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing (Champ Car sanction) 2006 – Sebastien Bourdais, Newman/Haas Racing (Champ Car sanction) 2001 – Gil de Ferran, Team Penske (CART sanction; downtown course)
Last four poles:	2013 – Takuma Sato, ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing  (97.305 MPH) 2007 – Will Power, Team Australia (105.545 MPH; Champ Car sanction) 2006 – Mario Dominguez, Forsythe Racing (104.850 MPH; Champ Car sanction) 2001 – Gil de Ferran, Team Penske (92.513 MPH; CART sanction; downtown course)
Track record:	0:57.405 (2007, Will Power)

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SESSION TIMES

Race 2 – Official results

Rank	Start	Car	Driver	Engine	Laps	Comment
1	3	77	Simon Pagenaud	H	90
2	2	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	H	90
3	23	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	H	90
4	19	83	Charlie Kimball	C	90
5	5	11	Sebastien Bourdais	C	90
6	21	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	H	90
7	14	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	C	90
8	15	8	Ryan Briscoe	C	90
9	16	25	Marco Andretti	H	90
10	8	10	Tony Kanaan	C	90
11	18	12	Will Power	C	90
12	6	19	Justin Wilson	H	89
13	17	20	Mike Conway	C	89
14	7	27	James Hinchcliffe	H	89
15	12	16	Luca Filippi (R)	H	88
16	4	15	Graham Rahal	H	87
17	20	17	Sebastian Saavedra	C	84
18	11	9	Scott Dixon	C	78
19	10	14	Takuma Sato	H	74	Contact
20	22	67	Josef Newgarden	H	61	Mechanical
21	1	3	Helio Castroneves	C	48	Contact
22	9	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	H	40	Contact
23	13	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	H	2	Off course

Red=Non-Leaders Circle entry

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Starting line-up, race 2:

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Qualifying results, race 2:

Notes:
Group 1 – 67-Newgarden penalized for qualifying interference on 2-Montoya. He will lose his two fastest laps of the session. He had been sixth.

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Race 1 – Official results

Rank	Start	Car	Driver	Engine	Laps	Comment
1	19	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	H	80
2	11	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	C	80
3	23	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	H	80
4	9	11	Sebastien Bourdais	C	80
5	5	27	James Hinchcliffe	H	80
6	21	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	H	80
7	8	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	H	80
8	16	25	Marco Andretti	H	80
9	2	3	Helio Castroneves	C	80
10	7	19	Justin Wilson	H	80
11	14	15	Graham Rahal	H	80
12	15	8	Ryan Briscoe	C	80
13	22	10	Tony Kanaan	C	80
14	18	12	Will Power	C	79
15	20	17	Sebastian Saavedra	C	79
16	1	77	Simon Pagenaud	C	74
17	17	20	Mike Conway	C	55	Mechanical
18	13	83	Charlie Kimball	C	54	Contact
19	3	9	Scott Dixon	C	46	Contact
20	12	67	Josef Newgarden	H	41	Mechanical
21	4	16	Luca Filippi (R)	H	36	Contact
22	6	14	Takuma Sato	H	32	Contact
23	10	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	H	31	Contact

Red=Non-Leaders Circle entry

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Starting line-up, race 1:

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Qualifying results, race 1:

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Qualifying groups:
Group 1: 3-Castroneves, 8-Briscoe, 9-Dixon, 11-Bourdais, 18-Huertas, 20-Conway, 27-Hinchcliffe, 28-Hunter-Reay, 34-Munoz, 77-Pagenaud, 83-Kimball, 98-Hawksworth.
Group 2: 2-Montoya, 7-Aleshin, 10-Kanaan, 12-Power, 14-Sato, 15-Rahal, 16-Filippi, 17-Saavedra, 19-Wilson, 25-Andretti, 67-Newgarden.

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Practice 2 – Friday afternoon

Notes:
4:00 – Red flag for 7-Aleshin, who spins and is against the wall in turn 4. Car is assisted by Holmatro Safety Team and returns to the pit lane under its own power.
10:00 – Red flag for 10-Kanaan, who has stopped in turn 2 and is in need of assistance after sliding through a corner and becoming high-centered on a curb.
42:00 – Red flag and checkered for 98-Hawksworth, who makes contact with the barrier in turn 2; left-front damage.

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Practice 1 – Friday morning

Notes:
20:00 – Red flag for track inspection after a piece of seam filler lifts in turn 9.

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PRE-RACE POINT STANDINGS

Driver standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Will Power	370
2	3	Helio Castroneves	331
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	310
4	77	Simon Pagenaud	279
5	25	Marco Andretti	235
6	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	227
7	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	223
8	9	Scott Dixon	214
9	10	Tony Kanaan	189
10	19	Justin Wilson	182
11	27	James Hinchcliffe	181
12	11	Sebastien Bourdais	180
13	8	Ryan Briscoe	179
14	83	Charlie Kimball	169
15	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	163
16	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	156
17	14	Takuma Sato	151
17	67	Josef Newgarden	151
19	15	Graham Rahal	147
20	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	146
21	17	Sebastian Saavedra	138
22	20	Mike Conway	122
23	20	Ed Carpenter	104
24	16	Oriol Servia	88
25	26	Kurt Busch (R)	80
26	21	JR Hildebrand	66
27	22	Sage Karam (R)	57
28	33	James Davison (R)	34
29	5	Jacques Villeneuve	29
30	68	Alex Tagliani	28
31	6	Townsend Bell	22
32	63	Pippa Mann	21
33	41	Martin Plowman (R)	18
34	91	Buddy Lazier	11
35	26	Franck Montagny	8

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Entrant standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Verizon Team Penske	370
2	3	Team Penske	331
3	28	DHL Andretti Autosport	310
4	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	279
5	25	Snapple Andretti Autosport	235
6	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing	227
7	20	Fuzzy’s Vodka Ed Carpenter Racing	226
8	2	Penske Motorsports	223
9	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	214
10	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	189
11	19	Dale Coyne Racing	182
12	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport	181
13	11	KVSH Racing	180
14	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	179
15	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	169
16	7	SMP Racing	163
17	98	Bryan Herta Autosport	156
18	14	ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing	151
18	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	151
20	15	National Guard RLL Racing	147
21	18	Dale Coyne Racing	146
22	17	KV-AFS Racing	138
23	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	88
23	26	Suretone Andretti Autosport	88
25	21	Preferred Freezer Ed Carpenter Racing	66
26	22	Dreyer & Reinbold – Kingdom Racing	57
27	33	Always Evolving KV Racing Technology	34
28	5	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	29
29	68	SFHR/RW Motorsports	28
30	6	Robert Graham KV Racing Technology	22
31	63	Dale Coyne Racing	21
32	41	Alfe AJ Foyt Racing	18
33	91	Lazier Partners Racing	11

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Manufacturer standings:

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	1092
2	Honda	755

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Bonus winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team	Points
1	12	Will Power	$134,000
2	77	Simon Pagenaud	$76,000
3	3	Helio Castroneves	$74,000
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	$70,000
5	9	Scott Dixon	$44,000
6	10	Tony Kanaan	$41,000
7	83	Charlie Kimball	$32,000
8	20	Mike Conway	$30,000
8	20	Ed Carpenter	$30,000
10	25	Marco Andretti	$27,000
10	34	Carlos Munoz	$27,000
12	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	$25,000
13	27	James Hinchcliffe	$24,000
14	19	Justin Wilson	$23,000
15	7	Mikhail Aleshin	$22,000
16	15	Graham Rahal	$20,000
17	8	Ryan Briscoe	$16,000
18	14	Takuma Sato	$11,000
19	11	Sebastien Bourdais	$10,000
20	67	Josef Newgarden	$9,000
21	16	Oriol Servia	$7,000
21	18	Carlos Huertas	$7,000
21	98	Jack Hawksworth	$7,000
24	17	Sebastian Saavedra	$4,000

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Non-Leaders Circle entry winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team
1	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	$135,000
2	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	$50,000
3	41	Alfe AJ Foyt Racing	$10,000
4	26	Suretone Andretti Autosport	$5,000

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Firestone Pit Performance Award winners:

Race	Car	Team
Texas Motor Speedway	18	Dale Coyne Racing
Detroit Race 2	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport
Detroit Race 1	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport
Grand Prix of Indianapolis	28	DHL Andretti Autosport
Barber	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Long Beach	12	Verizon Team Penske
St. Petersburg	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing

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