EVENT SUMMARY: 2014 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

2014 Season, Event Summaries — By More Front Wing Staff on August 21, 2014 10:28 am

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2014 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Race Winner: Scott Dixon
Official box score – View PDF

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POST-RACE ANALYSIS

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

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POST-RACE POINT STANDINGS

Driver standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Will Power	626
2	3	Helio Castroneves	575
3	77	Simon Pagenaud	545
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	534
5	9	Scott Dixon	523
6	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	519
7	10	Tony Kanaan	443
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	437
9	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	435
10	25	Marco Andretti	424
11	8	Ryan Briscoe	409
12	27	James Hinchcliffe	395
13	67	Josef Newgarden	366
13	83	Charlie Kimball	366
15	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	364
16	19	Justin Wilson	361
17	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	336
18	15	Graham Rahal	323
19	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	296
20	14	Takuma Sato	294
21	17	Sebastian Saavedra	265
22	20	Mike Conway	252
23	20	Ed Carpenter	191
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	626
2	3	Helio Castroneves	575
3	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	545
4	28	DHL Andretti Autosport	534
5	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	523
6	2	Penske Motorsports	519
7	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	443
8	20	Fuzzy’s Vodka Ed Carpenter Racing	443
9	11	KVSH Racing	437
10	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing	435
11	25	Snapple Andretti Autosport	424
12	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	409
13	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport	395
14	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	366
14	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	366
16	7	SMP Racing	364
17	19	Dale Coyne Racing	361
18	98	Bryan Herta Autosport	336
19	15	National Guard RLL Racing	323
20	18	Dale Coyne Racing	296
21	14	ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing	294
22	17	KV-AFS Racing	265
23	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	134
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):

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	2413
2	Honda	1482

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Bonus winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team	Points
1	12	Will Power	$195,000
2	77	Simon Pagenaud	$150,000
3	9	Scott Dixon	$149,000
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	$137,000
5	3	Helio Castroneves	$123,000
6	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	$121,000
7	10	Tony Kanaan	$108,000
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	$83,000
9	83	Charlie Kimball	$68,000
10	34	Carlos Munoz	$67,000
11	7	Mikhail Aleshin	$61,000
11	27	James Hinchcliffe	$61,000
13	20	Mike Conway	$60,000
14	67	Josef Newgarden	$51,000
15	25	Marco Andretti	$50,000
16	8	Ryan Briscoe	$48,000
17	15	Graham Rahal	$44,000
17	20	Ed Carpenter	$43,000
19	98	Jack Hawksworth	$40,000
20	18	Carlos Huertas	$37,000
21	19	Justin Wilson	$33,000
22	14	Takuma Sato	$30,000
23	16	Oriol Servia	$7,000
24	17	Sebastian Saavedra	$4,000

 

Non-Leaders Circle entry winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team
1	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	$385,000
2	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	$110,000
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
Milwaukee	12	Verizon Team Penske
Mid-Ohio	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing
Toronto Race 2	18	Dale Coyne Racing
Toronto Race 1	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing
Iowa	12	Verizon Team Penske
Pocono	12	Verizon Team Penske
Houston Race 2	12	Verizon Team Penske
Houston Race 1	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport
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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IMPORTANT TIMES

Green flag:	4:40 PM ET*
Race broadcast:	US: 4:00 PM EDT on NBC Sports Network Can: 4:00 PM EDT on Sportsnet
Qualifying:	7:35-8:45 PM EDT Saturday * (Broadcast: US: 7:30 PM EDT Saturday on NBC Sports Network Can: 12:00 AM EDT Sunday on Sportsnet ONE)
Practice sessions:	1:00-1:45 PM EDT Saturday 4:15-5:00 PM EDT Saturday 1:00-1:30 PM EDT Sunday
Drivers meeting:	Streamed on INDYCAR ’14 3:15-4:00 PM EDT Sunday
Full weekend schedule:	View PDF
Radio/live timing and scoring:	INDYCAR Race Control

*3:40 PM CDT, 2:40 PM MDT, 1:40 PM PDT (local), 5:40 PM BRT, 9:40 PM BST, 8:40 AM Mon NZST, 6:40 AM Mon AEST, 5:40 AM Mon JST

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TRACK FACTS

Track type:	Permanent road course
Length:	2.385 miles
Race distance:	85 laps (202.73 miles)
Number of turns:	12
Track map:	View Image
Start:	Rolling
Restarts:	Single-file
Event Twitter account and hashtag:	@RaceSonoma, #GoProGrandPrix
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: 5 sets per team; extra set available for rookies and cars outside top 10; same spec used at Barber in 2014 Alternate: 3 sets per team; same spec used in 2013 Wets: 5 sets per team; same spec in use since introduction at Houston earlier this season

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HISTORY

Last five wins:	2013 – Will Power, Verizon Team Penske 2012 – Ryan Briscoe, Penske Racing 2011 – Will Power, Penske Racing 2010 – Will Power, Penske Racing 2009 – Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Last five poles:	2013 – Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing (110.748) 2012 – Will Power, Penske Racing (111.116) 2011 – Will Power, Penske Racing (105.479) 2010 – Will Power, Penske Racing (108.337) 2009 – Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing (107.955)
Track pole record:	1:17.2709 (111.116) (2012, Will Power)

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SESSION TIMES

Race – Official results

Rank	Start	Car	Driver	Engine	Laps	Comment
1	3	9	Scott Dixon	C	85
2	10	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	H	85
3	15	77	Simon Pagenaud	H	85
4	20	14	Takuma Sato	H	85
5	19	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	C	85
6	2	67	Josef Newgarden	H	85
7	12	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	H	85
8	13	25	Marco Andretti	H	85
9	16	19	Justin Wilson	H	85
10	1	12	Will Power	C	85
11	7	11	Sebastien Bourdais	C	85
12	4	27	James Hinchcliffe	H	85
13	8	10	Tony Kanaan	C	85
14	17	20	Mike Conway	C	85
15	18	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	H	85
16	22	17	Sebastian Saavedra	C	85
17	5	8	Ryan Briscoe	C	85
18	6	3	Helio Castroneves	C	85
19	9	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	H	85
20	14	15	Graham Rahal	H	85
21	11	83	Charlie Kimball	C	84
22	21	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	H	28	Mechanical

Red=Non-Leaders Circle entry

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Starting lineup:

 

Practice 3 – Sunday morning

 

Qualifying results:

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

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Practice 2 – Saturday afternoon

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Practice 1 – Saturday morning

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PRE-RACE POINT STANDINGS

Driver standings:

Rank	Car	Driver	Points
1	12	Will Power	602
2	3	Helio Castroneves	563
3	77	Simon Pagenaud	510
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	494
5	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	488
6	9	Scott Dixon	472
7	10	Tony Kanaan	425
8	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	424
9	11	Sebastien Bourdais	418
10	25	Marco Andretti	400
11	8	Ryan Briscoe	396
12	27	James Hinchcliffe	377
13	83	Charlie Kimball	357
14	19	Justin Wilson	339
15	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	338
16	67	Josef Newgarden	337
17	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	321
18	15	Graham Rahal	312
19	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	288
20	14	Takuma Sato	261
21	17	Sebastian Saavedra	251
22	20	Mike Conway	235
23	20	Ed Carpenter	191
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	602
2	3	Team Penske	563
3	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	510
4	28	DHL Andretti Autosport	494
5	2	Penske Motorsports	488
6	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	472
7	20	Fuzzy’s Vodka Ed Carpenter Racing	426
8	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	425
9	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing	424
10	11	KVSH Racing	418
11	25	Snapple Andretti Autosport	400
12	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	396
13	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport	377
14	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	357
15	19	Dale Coyne Racing	339
16	7	SMP Racing	338
17	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	337
18	98	Bryan Herta Autosport	321
19	15	National Guard RLL Racing	312
20	18	Dale Coyne Racing	288
20	14	ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing	261
22	17	KV-AFS Racing	251
23	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	134
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):

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	2325
2	Honda	1372

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Bonus winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team	Points
1	12	Will Power	$193,000
2	77	Simon Pagenaud	$135,000
3	3	Helio Castroneves	$123,000
4	9	Scott Dixon	$119,000
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	$117,000
6	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	$112,000
7	10	Tony Kanaan	$108,000
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	$83,000
9	83	Charlie Kimball	$68,000
10	34	Carlos Munoz	$67,000
11	27	James Hinchcliffe	$61,000
12	20	Mike Conway	$60,000
13	7	Mikhail Aleshin	$54,000
14	8	Ryan Briscoe	$48,000
15	25	Marco Andretti	$45,000
16	15	Graham Rahal	$44,000
17	20	Ed Carpenter	$43,000
17	67	Josef Newgarden	$43,000
19	98	Jack Hawksworth	$40,000
20	18	Carlos Huertas	$37,000
21	19	Justin Wilson	$29,000
22	14	Takuma Sato	$20,000
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	$355,000
2	16	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	$110,000
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
Milwaukee	12	Verizon Team Penske
Mid-Ohio	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing
Toronto Race 2	18	Dale Coyne Racing
Toronto Race 1	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing
Iowa	12	Verizon Team Penske
Pocono	12	Verizon Team Penske
Houston Race 2	12	Verizon Team Penske
Houston Race 1	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport
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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