# 2013 IndyCar Series

The 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series was the 18th season of the IndyCar Series and the 102nd season of American open wheel racing. Its premier event was the 97th Indianapolis 500 held on Sunday, May 26. The 2013 season was the second to feature the Dallara DW12 chassis. Ryan Hunter-Reay entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. Chevrolet entered as the defending Manufacturers' Cup champion.
The 2013 season has featured four first-time winners, the most since 1965. Also highlighting the season is the introduction of doubleheader races, and the experimentation with standing starts at selected events. Heading into the final race of the season, two-time champion Scott Dixon led Hélio Castroneves by 25 points in a two driver fight for the championship. In a race where only nine drivers finished, Dixon finished fifth while Castroneves finished sixth, and as a result, Dixon won his third series title by 27 points. In the manufacturers' championship, Chevrolet defended their title ahead of Honda.
After Lotus decided to withdraw from the IndyCar Series due to a poor 2012 season, the 2013 season marks the first season since 2002 that the series would feature only two engine manufacturers.
2013 was the final season that Izod—which became the main sponsor in the 2010 IndyCar Series—was the main sponsor of the championship; as Verizon Communications was announced as the new series sponsor for the 2014 season.
This was the last season to feature four time champion Dario Franchitti as in race two in Houston, Franchitti would be involved in an accident that would ultimately end his career after 12 seasons in IndyCar. This would also be the final season of E. J. Viso's IndyCar career. For 2014 and beyond, Viso would focus more on Sports cars and Stadium Super Trucks.

## Confirmed entries

* All chassis are composed of a Dallara DW12 "IndyCar Safety Cell" base chassis, and Dallara aerokit. All teams run Firestone tires. On December 21, 2012 Firestone signed a five-year contract extension with IndyCar. Firestone is the official supplier for IndyCar through 2018.
| Team | Engine | No. | Driver(s) | Round(s) |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 14 | Takuma Sato | All |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 41 | Conor Daly R | 5 |
| Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | All |
| Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 25 | Marco Andretti | All |
| Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 26 | Carlos Muñoz R | 5 |
| Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | All |
| Team Venezuela / Andretti Autosport / HVM | Chevrolet | 5 | E. J. Viso | 1–18 |
| Team Venezuela / Andretti Autosport / HVM | Chevrolet | 5 | Carlos Muñoz R | 19 |
| Barracuda Racing | Honda | 98 | Alex Tagliani | 1–13 |
| Barracuda Racing | Honda | 98 | Luca Filippi R | 14, 16–18 |
| Barracuda Racing | Honda | 98 | J. R. Hildebrand | 15, 19 |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 8 | Ryan Briscoe | 5 |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 9 | Scott Dixon | All |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 1–18 |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 10 | Alex Tagliani | 19 |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 83 | Charlie Kimball | All |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 18 | Ana Beatriz | 1–5, 9–10 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 18 | Mike Conway | 6–7, 12–13, 17–18 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 18 | Pippa Mann | 8, 11, 19 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 18 | James Davison R | 14–15 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 18 | Stefan Wilson R | 16 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 19 | Justin Wilson | All |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 63 | Pippa Mann | 5 |
| Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra | All |
| Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | All |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 20 | Ed Carpenter | All |
| KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 11 | Tony Kanaan | All |
| KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | All |
| Lazier Partners Racing | Chevrolet | 91 | Buddy Lazier | 5 |
| Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand | 1–5 |
| Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | Ryan Briscoe | 6–7, 9, 11–12, 15 |
| Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | Oriol Servià | 8, 10, 14, 16–19 |
| Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | Carlos Muñoz R | 13 |
| Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | Townsend Bell | 5 |
| Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 22 | Oriol Servià | 1–5 |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 15 | Graham Rahal | All |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 16 | James Jakes | All |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 17 | Mike Conway | 3 |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 17 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 5 |
| Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 67 | Josef Newgarden | All |
| Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 97 | Lucas Luhr R | 15 |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 55 | Tristan Vautier R | All |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 81 | Katherine Legge | 5 |
| Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | All |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 2 | A. J. Allmendinger | 2–3, 5–7, 19 |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | All |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 12 | Will Power | All |

### Driver changes

* A. J. Allmendinger, after being released by Penske Racing's NASCAR team for violating the sports substance abuse policy, returned to the team to take over the No. 2 car vacated by Ryan Briscoe. Allmendinger tested with Team Penske at Sebring on February 18 and 19, 2013. Satisfied with the test results, Allmendinger drove the No. 2 at Barber, Long Beach, Detroit, the Indianapolis 500, and Fontana.
* Rubens Barrichello left the IndyCar Series to compete in Brazilian stock car racing for the 2013 season after failing to find a sponsor to continue in IndyCar.
* Graham Rahal moved from Chip Ganassi Racing to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
* Simona de Silvestro moved from HVM Racing to KV Racing Technology.
* Takuma Sato left Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for A. J. Foyt Enterprises.
* James Jakes left Dale Coyne Racing for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
* E. J. Viso left KV Racing Technology to join in a 3 team alliance between his own Team Venezuela, Andretti Autosport, and HVM Racing. Andretti continued to run as a three car operation, but supplied Viso's team as a satellite fourth car in conjunction with HVM.
* After running a partial 2012 season with Andretti Autosport, Sebastián Saavedra joined Dragon Racing for the 2013 season, replacing Katherine Legge.

#### Mid-season changes

* On May 30, 2013 Panther Racing announced it was terminating its contract with driver J. R. Hildebrand by mutual consent. On the same day, the team announced Ryan Briscoe would replace Hildebrand for the races at Belle Isle.
* On July 26, 2013 Barracuda Racing asked Alex Tagliani to relinquish driving the team's entry for the rest of the season. Luca Filippi drove the #98 at Mid-Ohio. J. R. Hildebrand, as well as Filippi, was being considered for the #98 car for the remainder of the season.

## Schedule

The 2013 IndyCar Series schedule was formally announced on Speed's WindTunnel with Dave Despain, on the evening of September 30, 2012. The schedule consisted of nineteen races, hosted across sixteen venues. Included were three doubleheader events – with one race of the Toronto and Houston doubleheader featuring a standing start (Belle Isle did not utilize a standing start due to the narrowness of the start-finish area). The IndyCar Triple Crown returned for the first time since 1989, featuring the races at Indianapolis, Pocono and Fontana. IndyCar offered a $1,000,000 bonus to a driver who can win all three events, with a $250,000 consolation prize if a driver can win two of the three events.
| Rnd | Race name | Track | Location | Date |
| 1 | Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | S Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida | March 24 |
| 2 | Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama | R Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama | April 7 |
| 3 | 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach | S Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | April 21 |
| 4 | Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé | S Streets of São Paulo | São Paulo, Brazil | May 5 |
| 5 | 97th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race | O Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | May 26 |
| 6 | Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans | S Belle Isle | Detroit, Michigan | June 1 |
| 7 | Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans | S Belle Isle | Detroit, Michigan | June 2 |
| 8 | Firestone 550 | O Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, Texas | June 8 |
| 9 | Milwaukee IndyFest | O Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | June 15 |
| 10 | Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by DeKalb | O Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa | June 23 |
| 11 | Pocono IndyCar 400 fueled by Sunoco | O Pocono Raceway | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | July 7 |
| 12 | Honda Indy Toronto | S Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario | July 13 |
| 13 | Honda Indy Toronto | S Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario | July 14 |
| 14 | Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio | R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | August 4 |
| 15 | GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma | R Sonoma Raceway | Sonoma, California | August 25 |
| 16 | Grand Prix of Baltimore | S Streets of Baltimore | Baltimore, Maryland | September 1 |
| 17 | Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston | S Reliant Park | Houston, Texas | October 5 |
| 18 | Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston | S Reliant Park | Houston, Texas | October 6 |
| 19 | MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships | O Auto Club Speedway | Fontana, California | October 19 |
O Oval/Speedway  R Road course  S Street circuit
BOLD indicates a Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka IndyCar Triple Crown event.

### Schedule development

* The Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix returned to the 2.346 miles (3.776 km) track layout used from 1998 to 2001.
* IndyCar went to Pocono Raceway July 7, 2013, for a 400-mile (640 km) race. It was the first open-wheel race at Pocono since 1989. A contract had been signed to continue the event through 2015.
* The Edmonton Indy did not return after the promoter Octane Motorsports made a business decision not to promote the race in 2013. The city announced that they would not seek another promoter.
* The Grand Prix of Houston at Reliant Park returned to American open-wheel racing as an IndyCar Series event on October 4–6. Mi-Jack Promotions, Reliant Park, and IndyCar have signed a contract for the event through 2017. Shell has signed a 4-year title sponsorship deal for the event with dual branding of their lubricants division. The event was last run as a Champ Car event in 2007.
* IndyCar had discussions to add a twentieth round of the championship at a circuit in Europe. Venues put forward as candidates for the event include Monza, Imola, and Mugello. The event failed to materialize, and the series moved its international focus towards the possibility of adding races to the series in 2015 at the earliest.

## Results

| Rd. | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race Winner | Race Winner | Race Winner | Report |
| Rd. | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Report |
| 1 | St. Petersburg | Will Power | Will Power | Hélio Castroneves | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | Report |
| 2 | Birmingham | Ryan Hunter-Reay | James Jakes | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | Report |
| 3 | Long Beach | Dario Franchitti | E. J. Viso | Takuma Sato | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | Report |
| 4 | São Paulo | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Tony Kanaan | Takuma Sato | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | Report |
| 5 | Indianapolis | Ed Carpenter | Justin Wilson | Ed Carpenter | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | Report |
| 6 | Detroit 1 | Dario Franchitti | Mike Conway | Mike Conway | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | Report |
| 7 | Detroit 2 | Mike Conway | Mike Conway | Mike Conway | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | Report |
| 8 | Texas | Will Power | Tony Kanaan | Hélio Castroneves | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | Report |
| 9 | Milwaukee | Marco Andretti | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Takuma Sato | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | Report |
| 10 | Iowa | Hélio Castroneves | Ed Carpenter | James Hinchcliffe | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | Report |
| 11 | Pocono | Marco Andretti | Takuma Sato | Marco Andretti | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
| 12 | Toronto 1 | Dario Franchitti | Hélio Castroneves | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
| 13 | Toronto 2 | Scott Dixon | Dario Franchitti | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
| 14 | Mid-Ohio | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Simon Pagenaud | Charlie Kimball | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
| 15 | Sonoma | Dario Franchitti | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | Report |
| 16 | Baltimore | Scott Dixon | Sébastien Bourdais | Will Power | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | Report |
| 17 | Houston 1 | Takuma Sato | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
| 18 | Houston 2 | Hélio Castroneves | Luca Filippi | Will Power | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | Report |
| 19 | Fontana | Will Power | James Hinchcliffe | Will Power | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | Report |

## Race summaries
### Round 1: St. Petersburg

James Hinchcliffe won the first IndyCar race of his career, taking the lead from Hélio Castroneves on a restart on lap 85 of 110. Hinchcliffe held off Castroneves by 1.09 seconds, with Marco Andretti finishing third, passing Simona de Silvestro for the position on the final lap.
Will Power dominated the early parts of the race, but dropped to 16th at the finish after contact with J. R. Hildebrand. Dario Franchitti finished last after an early crash, and defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay dropped out with mechanical problems.

### Round 2: Barber

Ryan Hunter-Reay won the pole position and led 53 laps en route to victory. After a sequence of pit stops around lap 50, Hélio Castroneves led. Hunter-Reay caught up and passed Castroneves for the lead on lap 76, with Scott Dixon moving up to second. Hunter-Reay held off the charge of Dixon over the last 5–10 laps, to seal the win. Castroneves held on to finish third. Will Power started second, but slid off the track in turn one at the start, losing several positions. After working his way back to the front for two laps, he came home 5th.

### Round 3: Long Beach

Takuma Sato led 50 of 80 laps, and won his first career IndyCar race at the 39th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Sato effectively took control of the race on lap 23, when he passed Ryan Hunter-Reay for second place in turn 1. After the leaders cycled through pit stops, Sato assumed the lead on lap 31, and did not relinquish the top spot for the remainder of the race. Sato's win was the first for A. J. Foyt Enterprises since 2002 and their first ever (in the team's 34th season) not on an Oval.
Top teams Penske, Ganassi, and Andretti were all shut out of the podium. In addition, contenders and Andretti teammates James Hinchcliffe and Hunter-Reay both dropped out early due to contact.

### Round 4: São Paulo

In the dramatic closing laps, Takuma Sato was leading, looking for his second consecutive victory. Josef Newgarden was running second, and in third was a hard-charging James Hinchcliffe. Newgarden challenged Sato for the lead with a few laps to go, but Sato held the lead. Hinchcliffe then managed to take over second, and set his sights on Sato. On the backstretch, Hinchcliffe went side-by-side, but again Sato held the lead, with what some thought may have been intentional 'blocking.' On the final lap, Hinchcliffe again tried for the lead on the backstretch, and again Sato aggressively defended his position. At the end of the backstretch, going into the final turn, Sato slid high, and Hinchcliffe slipped by on the inside to take the win by 0.3463 seconds. At the same time, Marco Andretti made a similar pass for third place, to round out the podium.

### Round 5: Indianapolis 500

A race record 68 lead changes amongst 14 different drivers highlighted the most competitive and fastest Indy 500 in history. On a restart with three laps to go, Ryan Hunter-Reay led rookie Carlos Muñoz, Tony Kanaan, and Marco Andretti. At the green flag, the top three cars went three-wide into turn one, with Kanaan taking the lead. Seconds later, Dario Franchitti hit the outside wall in turn one, bringing out the race ending final caution. Tony Kanaan completed the final two laps in the lead under yellow, and won his first Indy 500, a popular victory after eleven previous unsuccessful attempts.

### Round 6: Detroit (Sat.)

The first race of the Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar) saw part-time driver Mike Conway dominate. The series began utilizing a revised and upgraded version of the Belle Isle circuit, a layout used by CART from 1998–2001. Conway took the lead on lap 44 and led a total of 47 laps en route to victory. In the second half, Conway pulled out to an insurmountable 20-second lead at one point.

### Round 7: Detroit (Sun.)

Mike Conway started from the pole position and looked to sweep the weekend of races in the second race of the Chevrolet Dual at Detroit. Conway led 31 of the first 45 laps, but after a sequence of pit stops, and a failed tire strategy, was shuffled back to third in the closing stages. After a ten-car accident that took out several front-runners, the final stint shaped up as a three-car battle between Simon Pagenaud, James Jakes, and Conway. Pagenaud came to the lead when Jakes pitted on lap 58. Jakes came back out on the track close behind, with Conway charging in third. Pagenaud held off the challenge, and won his first-career IndyCar race, and the first victory for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports.

### Round 8: Texas

Hélio Castroneves dominated en route to his first win of the season, and Team Penske's first victory of 2013. Castroneves led the final 132 laps, and won over second place Ryan Hunter-Reay by 4.6919 seconds. However, Castroneves' car failed post-race inspection due to an illegal underwing. The team was fined $35,000 but Castroneves maintained the victory.

### Round 9: Milwaukee

Ryan Hunter-Reay won for the second year in a row at Milwaukee, taking the lead from Takuma Sato with 53 laps to go, after executing a daring pass on Hélio Castroneves only a few laps before. Marco Andretti started on the pole and led 61 laps, but an electrical problem dropped him from contention. The combination of these events meant Hunter-Reay passed his Andretti Autosport teammate for 2nd in the championship.

### Round 10: Iowa

James Hinchcliffe led 226 of 250 laps, dominating his way to victory. Second place Ryan Hunter-Reay mounted a charge in the waning laps as Hinchcliffe developed some handling problems, but fell short at the finish. Hélio Castroneves finished 8th, but held on to the championship points lead.

### Round 11: Pocono

IndyCars returned to Pocono for the first time since 1989. Marco Andretti started on the pole, and dominated most of the first half. His fuel stop strategy, however, forced him to conserve late in the race, and dropped him to a 10th-place finish. Early contenders Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato dropped out when Sato overshot the entrance to pit road, slamming into Hunter-Reay's car from behind. In the late stages, Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon, Charlie Kimball, and Dario Franchitti came to the front after a well-executed final pit stop strategy. Dixon led the Ganassi sweep of the podium, owner Chip Ganassi's first 1–2–3 sweep, the team's 100th Indycar win, and the 200th victory for Honda in the series.

### Round 12: Toronto (Sat.)

The second doubleheader of the season was held at Toronto. The Saturday race was scheduled to utilize a standing start, but it was waved off when Josef Newgarden stalled on the track. Scott Dixon won, while Sébastien Bourdais finished second, his first open-wheel podium since 2007.

### Round 13: Toronto (Sun.)

Scott Dixon swept the second race of the doubleheader, as well as winning his third consecutive race overall. After waving off the previous day, the Sunday race utilized a standing start, the first American Indycar race to utilize a standing start in modern times.

### Round 14: Mid-Ohio

Charlie Kimball became the fourth first-time winner of the season, and the 9th different winner in 14 races. Kimball took the lead for good on lap 73 of 90, and won even after crashing his primary car earlier in the weekend. Some drivers in the field were attempting to execute a two-stop strategy, but in doing so, fuel-saving measures were needed. In a race that went without a caution, Kimball's race strategist made the call to switch to a three-stop run, which allowed a much faster pace, and Kimball pulled away to a commanding victory.
On the final lap, 6th place Hélio Castroneves held off Scott Dixon at the line, allowing him to leave the weekend with a 31-point lead in the championship standings.

### Round 15: Sonoma

Lucas Luhr made his IndyCar Series debut, driving the #97 Honda for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. J. R. Hildebrand drove the #98 car for Barracuda Racing. Dario Franchitti won the pole. Will Power and Scott Dixon battled most of the race, but when Dixon hit one of Power's crew members, Dixon received a drive-through penalty. Power led the final sixteen laps to take his first win of the season, and as a result, Power became the tenth different winner of the 2013 season.

### Round 16: Baltimore

Simon Pagenaud won his second race of the season. Hélio Castroneves finished 9th, and maintained the points lead.

### Round 17: Houston (Sat.)

The first race of the Houston doubleheader saw Scott Dixon win, and points leader Hélio Castroneves struggle. Castroneves suffered mechanical problems and came home 18th. Dixon closed the championship deficit to 8 points with two events remaining.

### Round 18: Houston (Sun.)

The second race of the Houston doubleheader was won by Will Power, and Scott Dixon came home second. For the second day in a row, Hélio Castroneves suffered gearbox troubles, which relegated him to a 23rd-place finish. Dixon took the points lead for the first time, holding a 25-point advantage with one race left.
This race however was marred by a major crash involving Dario Franchitti, Takuma Sato and E. J. Viso on the final lap. Franchitti touched wheels with Sato and his car was launched up into the catch fence. Debris injured thirteen spectators, while Franchitti was hospitalized with a concussion, fractured ankle, and two spinal fractures; these injuries forced him to retire from racing. Sato and Viso were uninjured.

### Round 19: Fontana

Before this race it was announced by Team Penske that A. J. Allmendinger would return to the team, driving their #2 Chevrolet. J. R. Hildebrand was announced by Barracuda Racing to drive their #98 Honda.
Will Power, from the pole, quickly lost the lead to a faster Sébastien Bourdais who dominated the first quarter of the race. Meanwhile, Castroneves went from 10th to 5th place and watched the battle for the lead between Kanaan, Hunter-Reay, Bourdais and a fast Carlos Muñoz while Dixon kept the pace in 15th place.
At lap 111, Justin Wilson lost the rear of his car and was avoided by Josef Newgarden who collected Oriol Servià in the process. Then Wilson was hit by Tristan Vautier involving also James Jakes and Simona de Silvestro in the accident. Wilson was sent to the local hospital with minor fractures.
At the checkered flag Will Power finally grabbed the win at Fontana, followed by Ed Carpenter and Tony Kanaan. Dixon finished in 5th place, which was enough to give him the season title, while Castroneves had a tough night and finished 6th. Dixon become the new Indycar Series Champion, winning previously in 2003 and 2008 making him a three time champion. This race was also a battle of attrition as only 9 of the 25 starters finished the race.

## Points standings

* Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

### Driver standings

* One point is awarded to any driver who leads at least one lap during a race. Two additional points are awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
* Bonus points are awarded for qualifying performance:
** At all tracks except Indianapolis and Iowa, the driver who qualifies on pole earns one point.
*** In qualifying for race two of a double header weekend, the fastest driver in each of the two qualifying groups receives a bonus point.
** At Indianapolis, drivers who advance to Q2 earn bonus points. Drivers who qualify tenth through twenty-fourth earn four qualifying points, and the remaining qualifying drivers earn three points.
** At Iowa, the third-place driver in the first two heat races earn one bonus. The ten drivers who qualified for the third heat race earn points based on the result of that race.
| Pos | Driver | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | DET | TEX | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | FON | Pts |
| 1 | Scott Dixon | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 14$^{16}$ | 4 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 16$^5$ | 1 | 1 | 1* | 7 | 15* | 19 | 1* | 2 | 5 | 577 |
| 2 | Hélio Castroneves | 2* | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6$^8$ | 5 | 8 | 1* | 2 | 8$^1$ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 23$^c$ | 6 | 550 |
| 3 | Simon Pagenaud | 24 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8$^{21}$ | 12 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 6$^{11}$ | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 508 |
| 4 | Will Power | 16 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 19$^6$ | 8 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 17$^2$ | 4 | 15* | 18 | 4 | 1 | 18* | 12 | 1* | 1* | 498 |
| 5 | Marco Andretti | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4$^3$ | 20 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9$^4$ | 10* | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 484 |
| 6 | Justin Wilson | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 5$^{14}$ | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 472 |
| 7 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 18 | 1* | 24 | 11 | 3$^7$ | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 469 |
| 8 | James Hinchcliffe | 1 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 21$^9$ | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1*$^3$ | 24 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 449 |
| 9 | Charlie Kimball | 12 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 9$^{19}$ | 14 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 1* | 20 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 427 |
| 10 | Dario Franchitti | 25 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 23$^{17}$ | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | | 418 |
| 11 | Tony Kanaan | 4 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 1$^{12}$ | 13 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3$^8$ | 13 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 397 |
| 12 | Sébastien Bourdais | 11 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 29$^{15}$ | 24 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 370 |
| 13 | Simona de Silvestro | 6 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 17$^{24}$ | 16 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 362 |
| 14 | Josef Newgarden | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 28$^{25}$ | 7 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 348 |
| 15 | E. J. Viso | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 18$^4$ | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 16 | | 340 |
| 16 | Ed Carpenter | 14 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 10*$^1$ | 18 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4$^6$ | 9 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 333 |
| 17 | Takuma Sato | 8 | 14 | 1* | 2* | 13$^{18}$ | 19 | 23 | 11 | 7* | 23$^7$ | 22 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 322 |
| 18 | Graham Rahal | 13 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 25$^{26}$ | 9 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 5$^9$ | 18 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 319 |
| 19 | James Jakes | 15 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 20$^{20}$ | 10 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 294 |
| 20 | Tristan Vautier RY | 21 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 16$^{28}$ | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 266 |
| 21 | Sebastián Saavedra | 20 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 32$^{27}$ | 22 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 236 |
| 22 | Oriol Servià | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 11$^{13}$ | | | 19 | | 7$^{10}$ | | | | 14 | | 12 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 233 |
| 23 | Mike Conway | | | 25 | | | 1* | 3* | | | | | 7 | 7 | | | | 16 | 9 | | 185 |
| 24 | Alex Tagliani | 10 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 24$^{11}$ | 23 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24$^{12}$ | 17 | 17 | 10 | | | | | | 14 | 180 |
| 25 | J. R. Hildebrand | 19 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 33$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | 11 | 112 |
| 26 | Ryan Briscoe | | | | | 12$^{23}$ | 21 | 13 | | 15 | | 14 | 22 | | | 17 | | | | | 100 |
| 27 | A. J. Allmendinger | | 19 | 23 | | 7$^5$ | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 79 |
| 28 | Carlos Muñoz R | | | | | 2$^2$ | | | | | | | | 17 | | | | | | 23 | 74 |
| 29 | Ana Beatriz | 22 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 15$^{29}$ | | | | 19 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | 72 |
| 30 | Luca Filippi R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | 22 | 10 | 19 | | 53 |
| 31 | Pippa Mann | | | | | 30$^{30}$ | | | 24 | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 25 | 34 |
| 32 | James Davison R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 18 | | | | | 27 |
| 33 | Stefan Wilson R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | 14 |
| 34 | Conor Daly R | | | | | 22$^{31}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 35 | Townsend Bell | | | | | 27$^{22}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 36 | Lucas Luhr R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | | | | | 8 |
| 37 | Katherine Legge | | | | | 26$^{33}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 38 | Buddy Lazier | | | | | 31$^{32}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| — | Michel Jourdain Jr. | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | DET | TEX | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | FON | Pts |
| Color | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | 4th & 5th place |
| Light Blue | 6th–10th place |
| Dark Blue | Finished (Outside Top 10) |
| Purple | Did not finish |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did Not Start (DNS) |
| White | Race abandoned (C) |
| Blank | Did not participate |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position (1 point; except Indy and Iowa) |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| * | Led most race laps (2 points) |
| DNS | Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS), earns half the points had they taken part. |
| $^{1–33}$ | Results for the Indy 500 qualifying and the top 12 drivers in the Iowa qualifying heats. |
| $^c$ | Qualifying canceled no bonus point awarded |
| RY Rookie of the Year ||
| R Rookie ||

### Entrant standings

* Based on the entrant, used for oval qualifications order, and starting grids when qualifying is cancelled.
* Only full-time entrants, and at-large part-time entrants shown.
| Pos | Driver | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | DET | TEX | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | FON | Pts |
| 1 | #9 Chip Ganassi Racing | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 14$^{16}$ | 4 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 16$^5$ | 1 | 1 | 1* | 7 | 15* | 19 | 1* | 2 | 5 | 577 |
| 2 | #3 Team Penske | 2* | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6$^8$ | 5 | 8 | 1* | 2 | 8$^1$ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 23$^1$ | 6 | 535 |
| 3 | #77 Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | 24 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8$^{21}$ | 12 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 6$^{11}$ | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 508 |
| 4 | #12 Team Penske | 16 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 19$^6$ | 8 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 17$^2$ | 4 | 15* | 18 | 4 | 1 | 18* | 12 | 1* | 1* | 498 |
| 5 | #25 Andretti Autosport | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4$^3$ | 20 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9$^4$ | 10* | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 484 |
| 6 | #19 Dale Coyne Racing | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 5$^{14}$ | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 472 |
| 7 | #28 Andretti Autosport | 18 | 1* | 24 | 11 | 3$^7$ | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 469 |
| 8 | #27 Andretti Autosport | 1 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 21$^9$ | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1*$^3$ | 24 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 449 |
| 9 | #10 Chip Ganassi Racing | 25 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 23$^{17}$ | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 435 |
| 10 | #83 Chip Ganassi Racing | 12 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 9$^{19}$ | 14 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 1* | 20 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 427 |
| 11 | #11 KV Racing Technology | 4 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 1$^{12}$ | 13 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3$^8$ | 13 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 397 |
| 12 | #7 Dragon Racing | 11 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 29$^{15}$ | 24 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 370 |
| 13 | #78 KV Racing Technology | 6 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 17$^{24}$ | 16 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 362 |
| 14 | #67 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 28$^{25}$ | 7 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 348 |
| 15 | #5 Team Venezuela / Andretti Autosport / HVM | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 18$^4$ | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 347 |
| 16 | #20 Ed Carpenter Racing | 14 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 10*$^1$ | 18 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4$^6$ | 9 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 333 |
| 17 | #4 Panther Racing | 19 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 33$^{10}$ | 21 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 7$^{10}$ | 14 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 324 |
| 17 | #14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 8 | 14 | 1* | 2* | 13$^{18}$ | 19 | 23 | 11 | 7* | 23$^7$ | 22 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 322 |
| 18 | #18 Dale Coyne Racing | 22 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 15$^{29}$ | 1* | 3* | 24 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 319 |
| 19 | #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 13 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 25$^{26}$ | 9 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 5$^9$ | 18 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 319 |
| 20 | #16 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 15 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 20$^{20}$ | 10 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 294 |
| 21 | #55 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 21 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 16$^{28}$ | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 266 |
| 22 | #98 Barracuda Racing | 10 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 24$^{11}$ | 23 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24$^{12}$ | 17 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 256 |
| 23 | #6 Dragon Racing | 20 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 32$^{27}$ | 22 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 236 |
| 24 | #22 Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 11$^{13}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 112 |
| 25 | #2 Team Penske | | 19 | 23 | | 7$^5$ | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 79 |
| Pos | Driver | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | DET | TEX | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | FON | Pts |