# 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix

The 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 12, 2023, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as part of the IndyCar-NASCAR double-header weekend, with the Xfinity Series race taking place Saturday after the IndyCar race, and the Cup Series race being run on Sunday. The race consisted of 85 laps & was won by Scott Dixon.
The race marked Dixon's record-breaking 319th consecutive IndyCar race start and extended his record streak to 19 consecutive IndyCar seasons with at least one victory.

## Entry list

| Key | Meaning |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
| No. | Driver | Team | Engine |
| 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 06 | Hélio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 6 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Alexander Rossi W | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 10 | Álex Palou W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 11 | Marcus Armstrong R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Santino Ferrucci | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 18 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda |
| 20 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Rinus VeeKay W | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Colton Herta W | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 28 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 29 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda |
| 30 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 45 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 51 | Sting Ray Robb R | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda |
| 55 | Benjamin Pedersen R | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 60 | Linus Lundqvist R | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 77 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 78 | Agustín Canapino R | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| Source: ||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was started at 12:30 PM ET on August 11, 2023.

### Qualifying classification

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Time | Time | Time | Final grid |
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final grid |
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Group 1 | Group 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final grid |
| 1 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.2093 | 01:09.9837 | 01:10.1132 | 1 |
| 2 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.0031 | 01:10.0077 | 01:10.2286 | 2 |
| 3 | 7 | Alexander Rossi W | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:10.4055 | N/A | 01:10.0124 | 01:10.2932 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:10.3423 | N/A | 01:10.1503 | 01:10.3453 | 4 |
| 5 | 29 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | 01:10.2805 | N/A | 01:10.2098 | 01:10.3938 | 5 |
| 6 | 28 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:10.3121 | 01:10.1486 | 01:10.4021 | 6 |
| 7 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.3697 | 01:10.2106 | N/A | 7 |
| 8 | 30 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:10.3420 | N/A | 01:10.2228 | N/A | 14 |
| 9 | 10 | Álex Palou W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.3658 | 01:10.2974 | N/A | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:10.4119 | N/A | 01:10.4389 | N/A | 9 |
| 11 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:10.3855 | N/A | 01:10.4782 | N/A | 10 |
| 12 | 06 | Hélio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.3196 | 01:10.5207 | N/A | 18 |
| 13 | 26 | Colton Herta W | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:10.4398 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11 |
| 14 | 60 | Linus Lundqvist R | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.4570 | N/A | N/A | 12 |
| 15 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 01:10.4869 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 |
| 16 | 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.5006 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 17 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:10.5237 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 18 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.6348 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 19 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:10.6150 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25 |
| 20 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay W | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:10.7249 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 21 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 01:10.6461 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 22 | 20 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:11.0083 | N/A | N/A | 21 |
| 23 | 18 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | 01:10.8687 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 27 |
| 24 | 78 | Agustín Canapino R | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:11.0611 | N/A | N/A | 22 |
| 25 | 51 | Sting Ray Robb R | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | 01:11.5658 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23 |
| 26 | 77 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:11.1027 | N/A | N/A | 24 |
| 27 | 55 | Benjamin Pedersen R | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:11.2971 | N/A | N/A | 26 |
| Source: ||||||||||

#### Notes

* Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

## Race

The race started on August 12, 2023 and was scheduled to start at 2:00 PM ET before being rescheduled to start at 2:20 PM ET.

### Race classification

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | 01:51:24.7579 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 51 |
| 2 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | +0.4779 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 44 |
| 3 | 5 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 85 | +8.0925 | 3 | 4 | | 35 |
| 4 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | +9.3211 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | 7 | Alexander Rossi W | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 85 | +9.7935 | 3 | 3 | | 30 |
| 6 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | +14.6929 | 3 | 16 | | 28 |
| 7 | 10 | Álex Palou W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | +17.6505 | 3 | 8 | | 26 |
| 8 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | +22.1977 | 3 | 10 | | 24 |
| 9 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 85 | +23.4238 | 3 | 13 | | 22 |
| 10 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | +30.3957 | 3 | 17 | | 20 |
| 11 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay W | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | +32.6728 | 3 | 19 | | 19 |
| 12 | 60 | Linus Lundqvist R | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 85 | +35.1190 | 3 | 12 | | 18 |
| 13 | 26 | Colton Herta W | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 85 | +42.4355 | 5 | 11 | | 17 |
| 14 | 30 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | +47.0297 | 3 | 14 | | 16 |
| 15 | 06 | Hélio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 85 | +48.1724 | 3 | 18 | | 15 |
| 16 | 18 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | 85 | +61.9413 | 4 | 27 | | 14 |
| 17 | 77 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | +69.5965 | 3 | 24 | | 13 |
| 18 | 28 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 84 | +1 Laps | 4 | 6 | | 12 |
| 19 | 29 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | 84 | +1 Laps | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 20 | 20 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 Laps | 3 | 21 | | 10 |
| 21 | 78 | Agustín Canapino R | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 Laps | 3 | 22 | | 9 |
| 22 | 51 | Sting Ray Robb R | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | 84 | +1 Laps | 3 | 23 | | 8 |
| 23 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 Laps | 4 | 20 | | 7 |
| 24 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 83 | +2 Laps | 5 | 7 | | 6 |
| 25 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 83 | +2 Laps | 5 | 25 | | 5 |
| 26 | 55 | Benjamin Pedersen R | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 79 | +5 Laps | 4 | 26 | | 5 |
| 27 | 6 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 68 | Mechanical | 3 | 9 | | 5 |
| Fastest lap: Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) - 01:12.5917 (Lap 22) |||||||||||
| Source: |||||||||||

## Championship standings after the race

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Álex Palou | 539 |
| 1 | 2 | Scott Dixon | 438 |
| 1 | 3 | Josef Newgarden | 434 |
| | 4 | Scott McLaughlin | 395 |
| 1 | 5 | Pato O'Ward | 388 |
| Source: ||||
| | Pos. | Manufacturer | Points |
| | 1 | Honda | 1204 |
| | 2 | Chevrolet | 1166 |
| Source: ||||
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 Hélio Castroneves, Jack Harvey & David Malukas each received a six-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine changes after the Nashville GP.
* ↑ Josef Newgarden received a six-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine change after qualifying.