EVENT SUMMARY: 2014 MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway

2014 Season, Event Summaries — By More Front Wing Staff on August 28, 2014 1:44 pm

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2014 MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Race Winner: Tony Kanaan
2014 Verizon IndyCar Series Champion: Will Power
Official box score – View PDF

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Track facts »
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POST-RACE ANALYSIS

Box score:	View PDF
Lap 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	671
2	3	Helio Castroneves	609
3	9	Scott Dixon	604
4	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	586
5	77	Simon Pagenaud	565
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	563
7	10	Tony Kanaan	544
8	34	Carlos Munoz (*Sunoco Rookie of the Year)	483
9	25	Marco Andretti	463
10	8	Ryan Briscoe	461
10	11	Sebastien Bourdais	461
12	27	James Hinchcliffe	456
13	67	Josef Newgarden	406
14	83	Charlie Kimball	402
15	19	Justin Wilson	395
16	7	Mikhail Aleshin	372
17	98	Jack Hawksworth	366
18	14	Takuma Sato	350
19	15	Graham Rahal	345
20	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	314
21	17	Sebastian Saavedra	291
22	20	Ed Carpenter	262
23	20	Mike Conway	252
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	671
2	3	Team Penske	609
3	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	604
4	2	Penske Motorsports	586
5	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	565
6	28	DHL Andretti Autosport	563
7	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	544
8	20	Fuzzy’s Vodka Ed Carpenter Racing	514
9	34	Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Racing	483
10	25	Snapple Andretti Autosport	463
11	8	NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing	461
11	11	KVSH Racing	461
13	27	United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport	456
14	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	406
15	83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	402
16	19	Dale Coyne Racing	395
17	7	SMP Racing	372
18	98	Bryan Herta Autosport	366
19	14	ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing	350
20	15	National Guard RLL Racing	345
21	18	Dale Coyne Racing	314
22	17	KV-AFS Racing	291
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	2716
2	Honda	1575

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Bonus winnings (unofficial tally):

Rank	Car	Team	Points
1	12	Will Power	$199,000
2	9	Scott Dixon	$169,000
3	77	Simon Pagenaud	$150,000
4	10	Tony Kanaan	$148,000
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	$137,000
6	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	$131,000
7	3	Helio Castroneves	$123,000
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	$83,000
9	34	Carlos Munoz	$72,000
10	27	James Hinchcliffe	$70,000
11	83	Charlie Kimball	$68,000
12	7	Mikhail Aleshin	$61,000
13	20	Mike Conway	$60,000
14	20	Ed Carpenter	$58,000
15	8	Ryan Briscoe	$55,000
16	67	Josef Newgarden	$53,000
17	25	Marco Andretti	$50,000
17	15	Graham Rahal	$44,000
19	98	Jack Hawksworth	$40,000
20	14	Takuma Sato	$38,000
21	18	Carlos Huertas	$37,000
22	19	Justin Wilson	$33,000
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	$415,000
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
Fontana	12	Verizon Team Penske
Sonoma	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports
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:	10:20 PM ET*
Race broadcast:	US: 9:00 PM EDT on NBC Sports Network Can: 9:00 PM EDT on Sportsnet ONE
Qualifying:	5:15-6:30 PM EDT Friday * (Broadcast: US: 7:00 PM EDT Friday on NBC Sports Network Can: No broadcast)
Practice sessions:	1:00-2:15 PM EDT Friday 9:15-9:45 PM EDT Friday
Drivers meeting:	Streamed on INDYCAR ’14 8:00-9:00 PM EDT Saturday
Full weekend schedule:	View PDF
Radio/live timing and scoring:	INDYCAR Race Control

*9:20 PM CDT, 8:20 PM MDT, 7:20 PM PDT (local), 11:20 PM BRT, 3:20 AM Sun BST, 2:20 PM Sun NZST, 12:20 PM Sun AEST, 11:20 AM Sun JST

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TRACK FACTS

Track type:	D-shaped oval
Length:	2 miles
Race distance:	250 laps (500 miles)
Number of turns:	4
Track map:	View JPG
Start:	Rolling (three-wide)
Restarts:	Single-file
Event Twitter account and hashtag:	@ACSUpdates, #MAVTV500
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:	Superspeedway
Boost specs:	140 kPa
Firestone tires available per entry:	15 sets per team; no extra sets available for rookies and cars outside top 10; same spec used at Fontana in 2013 and at Texas in 2014

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HISTORY

Last five wins:	2013 — Will Power, Verizon Team Penske 2012 — Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing 2005 — Dario Franchitti, Andretti Green Racing (IRL sanction) 2004 — Adrian Fernandez, Aguri-Fernandez Racing (IRL sanction) 2003 — Sam Hornish, Jr., Panther Racing (IRL sanction)
Last five poles:	2013 — Will Power, Verizon Team Penske (220.775) 2012 — Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport (216.069) 2005 — Dario Franchitti, Andretti Green Racing (219.398; IRL sanction) 2004 — Helio Castroneves, Marlboro Team Penske (217.479; IRL sanction) 2003 — Helio Castroneves, Marlboro Team Penske (226.757; IRL sanction)
Track record:	241.428 MPH (2000, Gil de Ferran)

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SESSION TIMES

Race – Official results

Rank	Start	Car	Driver	Engine	Laps	Comment
1	7	10	Tony Kanaan	C	250
2	5	9	Scott Dixon	C	250
3	14	20	Ed Carpenter	C	250
4	2	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	C	250
5	11	27	James Hinchcliffe	H	250
6	4	14	Takuma Sato	H	250
7	12	8	Ryan Briscoe	C	250
8	19	34	Carlos Munoz (R)	H	250
9	21	12	Will Power	C	250
10	3	67	Josef Newgarden	H	250
11	18	25	Marco Andretti	H	249
12	6	83	Charlie Kimball	C	249
13	16	19	Justin Wilson	H	249
14	1	3	Helio Castroneves	C	249
15	17	98	Jack Hawksworth (R)	H	249
16	9	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	H	248
17	20	17	Sebastian Saavedra	C	248
18	15	11	Sebastien Bourdais	C	245
19	10	15	Graham Rahal	H	244
20	13	77	Simon Pagenaud	H	243
21	22	18	Carlos Huertas (R)	H	21	Driver Illness
22	8	7	Mikhail Aleshin (R)	H	0	DNS

Red=Non-Leaders Circle entry

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Practice 2 – Friday evening

Notes:
7:00 – Yellow flag for 9-Dixon who spins in Turn 1. Car does not make contact. Car continues back to pit lane under its own power.
18:00 –  Yellow and checkered flag for multi-car accident in Turn 4. Cars involved are 7-Aleshin, 17-Saavedra, 83-Kimball, 11-Bourdais, 98-Hawksworth and 25-Andretti. Aleshin spun between Turns 3 and 4. Car spun up the track and collected Kimball. Aleshin got airborne and made contact with the catch fence. Damage to the catch fence in Turn 4 will end the session.
Medical update from Dr. Terry Trammell, INDYCAR medical consultant: Mikhail Aleshin is conscious and being airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., complaining of injuries to his right shoulder and right foot.

 

Qualifying results:

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

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Practice 1 – Friday morning

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PRE-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
Sonoma	77	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports
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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