2018 IndyCar Series (Dubsy's World) (Outdated)

The 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series is the 23rd season of the Verizon IndyCar Series and the 97th official championship season of American open wheel racing. Josef Newgarden entered the season as the defending IndyCar champion, while Takuma Sato entered the season as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner.
== Drivers and Teams ==
Team 	Engine 	No.	Driver(s) 	Round(s)
AJ Foyt Enterprises 	Chevrolet	4 	Matheus Leist (R) 	All
AJ Foyt Enterprises 	Chevrolet	14 	Tony Kanaan 	All
Andretti Autosport 	Honda 	25 	Stefan Wilson 	6
Andretti Autosport 	Honda 	26 	Zach Veach (R) 	All
Andretti Autosport 	Honda 	27 	Alexander Rossi 	All
Andretti Autosport 	Honda 	28 	Ryan Hunter-Reay 	All
Andretti Autosport 	Honda 	29 	Carlos Munoz 	6
Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 	Honda 	98 	Marco Andretti 	All
Carlin 	Chevrolet	23 	Charlie Kimball 	All
Carlin 	Chevrolet	59 	Max Chilton 	All
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda 	9 	Scott Dixon 	All
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda 	10 	Ed Jones 	All
Dale Coyne Racing 	Honda 	19 	Zachary Claman DeMelo (R)	1, 3-4, 7-8, 10-12, 14-15
Dale Coyne Racing 	Honda 	19 	Pietro Fittipaldi (R) 	2, 5-6, 9, 13, 16-17
Dale Coyne Racing 	Honda 	63 	Pippa Mann 	6
Dale Coyne Racing with Thom Burns 	Honda 	17 	Conor Daly 	6
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 	Honda 	18 	Sebastien Bourdais 	All
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 	Chevrolet	24 	Sage Karam 	6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 	Chevrolet	66 	JR Hildebrand 	6
Ed Carpenter Racing 	Chevrolet	13 	Danica Patrick 	6
Ed Carpenter Racing 	Chevrolet	20 	Jordan King (R) 	1, 3-5, 7-8, 10, 12-13, 16-17
Ed Carpenter Racing 	Chevrolet	20 	Ed Carpenter 	2, 6, 9, 11, 14-15
Ed Carpenter Racing 	Chevrolet	21 	Spencer Pigot 	All
Byrd-Harding Racing 	Chevrolet	87 	James Davison 	6
Harding Racing 	Chevrolet	88 	Gabby Chaves 	All
Juncos Racing 	Chevrolet	32 	Rene Binder (R) 	1, 4, 7-8, 12-13
Juncos Racing 	Chevrolet	32 	Kyle Kaiser (R) 	2-3, 5-6
Lazier Partners Racing 	Chevrolet	50 	Buddy Lazier 	6
Michael Shank Racing 	Honda 	60 	Jack Harvey 	1, 3, 6, 13, 16-17
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 	Honda 	15 	Graham Rahal 	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 	Honda 	30 	Takuma Sato 	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Scuderia Corsa	Honda 	64 	Oriol Servia 	6
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 	Honda 	5 	James Hinchcliffe 	All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 	Honda 	6 	Robert Wickens (R) 	All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 	Honda 	7 	Jay Howard 	6
Team Penske 	Chevrolet	1 	Josef Newgarden 	All
Team Penske 	Chevrolet	3 	Helio Castroneves 	5-6
Team Penske 	Chevrolet	12 	Will Power 	All
Team Penske 	Chevrolet	22 	Simon Pagenaud 	All
=== Team Changes ===
* Carlin announced that they would move up from Indy Lights with ex-Chip Ganassi drivers Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball.
* Chip Ganassi Racing downsized from four cars to two with Scott Dixon remaining in the #9 and 2017 Rookie of the Year Ed Jones joining the team in the #10 car.
* Dale Coyne Racing and former team owners Jimmy Vasser and James Sullivan teamed up to field Sebastien Bourdais' 18 car.
* Harding Racing confirmed it would become a full time organization in 2018 with Gabby Chaves at the wheel and James Davison driving and Indy only entry in conjunction with Jonathan Byrd.
* Juncos Racing confirmed that they would run a limited schedule with Indy Lights champion Kyle Kaiser and Austrian driver Rene Binder. 
* Michael Shank Racing announced that they would field a part time entry for Jack Harvey with support from Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
* Scuderia Corsa joined the series as a co owner of the RLLR 64 car driven by Oriol Servia in the Indianapolis 500.
=== Driver Changes ===
* AJ Foyt Enterprises announced that veteran Tony Kanaan and Indy Lights race winner Matheus Leist would be joining the team. Leist became the youngest IndyCar rookie since Marco Andretti in 2006.
* After being bumped out of an Indy 500 ride in 2017 by two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, Stefan Wilson drove an Andretti Autosport car for the 500 mile race.
* Zach Veach would make his full season debut with Andretti Autosport, replacing Takuma Sato in the #26 car.
* Alexander Rossi and Marco Andretti swapped rides for the 2018 season, with Rossi moving to the #27 and Andretti moving to the Bryan Herta allied #98 car.
* Carlos Munoz announced a return to Andretti Autosport for the Indy 500 after a one year stint with AJ Foyt's team.
* Zachary Claman DeMelo and Pietro Fittipaldi, two rookies, were signed on to split the schedule in Dale Coyne's #19 car with Fittipaldi driving the Indianapolis 500. Conor Daly would also join the team for the 500 with an alliance with former Lazier partner Thom Burns.
* JR Hildebrand joined Sage Karam at Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the Indianapolis 500, marking the first time the team ran two cars in a race since 2011.
* After announcing that her final professional race would be at the Brickyard, Danica Patrick announced that she would make her Indianapolis 500 attempt with Ed Carpenter Racing.
* Spencer Pigot moved into a full time role with Ed Carpenter Racing, replacing JR Hildebrand in the #21. British ex- Formula 2 driver Jordan King would be brought in as the road course driver in the #20 car.
* Buddy Lazier would bring his small team back for his final Indy 500 bow, his car number representing his age at 50.
* After one year with Andretti Autosport, reigning Indy 500 champ Takuma Sato moved to the new second full time car for RLLR.
* Long time DTM driver Robert Wickens was confirmed as the driver of the second Schmidt Peterson Motorsports car. Jay Howard would join the team for the Indianapolis 500 in a third car.
* Helio Castroneves drove at both Indy races for Roger Penske after moving to his newly opened sportscar team.
== Season Summary ==
=== Season highlights ===
* In the first race of the new 2018 car, Scott Dixon held off Simon Pagenaud in a thrilling battle seeing Pagenaud getting around Dixon with eight to go only for Dixon to get back around him with five to go.
* Ryan Hunter-Reay avoided early race chaos to break a winless streak dating back to 2015 in the oval debut of the new Indycar.
* Scott Dixon held off Ed Carpenter to win his second Indianapolis 500 in an outstanding race.
* James Hinchcliffe got around Josef Newgarden with three laps to go to win his hometown race in a thrilling finish.
* Marco Andretti broke a 122 race winless streak at Pocono passing Alexander Rossi with two laps to go to win.
* Ed Jones became IndyCar's first first time winner since Alexander Rossi in 2016 in dominating fashion at Sonoma while his teammate Scott Dixon finished third to clinch the championship over Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud.
=== Race results ===
Rd.	Race 	Race Winner 	Race Winner 	Race Winner
Rd.	Race 	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer
1 	St. Petersburg 	Scott Dixon 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
2 	Phoenix 	Ryan Hunter-Reay 	Andretti Autosport 	Honda
3 	Long Beach 	Josef Newgarden 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
4 	Birmingham 	Graham Rahal 	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
5 	Indianapolis GP 	Alexander Rossi 	Andretti Autosport 	Honda
6 	Indianapolis 500	Scott Dixon 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
7 	Detroit 1 	Simon Pagenaud 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
8 	Detroit 2 	Josef Newgarden 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
9 	Texas 	Alexander Rossi 	Andretti Autosport 	Honda
10 	Road America 	Graham Rahal 	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
11 	Iowa 	Simon Pagenaud 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
12 	Toronto 	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 	Honda
13 	Mid-Ohio 	Simon Pagenaud 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
14 	Pocono 	Marco Andretti 	Andretti Herta Autosport 	Honda
15 	Gateway 	Scott Dixon 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
16 	Portland 	Will Power 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
17 	Sonoma 	Ed Jones 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
=== Driver Standings ===
Pos 	Driver 	Team
1 	Scott Dixon 	Chip Ganassi Racing
2 	Josef Newgarden 	Team Penske
3 	Simon Pagenaud 	Team Penske
4 	Alexander Rossi 	Andretti Autosport
5 	Graham Rahal 	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
6 	Will Power 	Team Penske
7 	Sebastien Bourdais 	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan
8 	Ed Jones 	Chip Ganassi Racing
9 	Ryan Hunter-Reay 	Andretti Autosport
10 	James Hinchcliffe 	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
11 	Spencer Pigot 	Ed Carpenter Racing
12 	Marco Andretti 	Andretti Herta Autosport
13 	Takuma Sato 	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14 	Charlie Kimball 	Carlin
15 	Zach Veach (RY) 	Andretti Autosport
16 	Tony Kanaan 	AJ Foyt Enterprises
17 	Robert Wickens (R) 	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
18 	Max Chilton 	Carlin
19 	Matheus Leist (R) 	AJ Foyt Enterprises
20 	Gabby Chaves 	Harding Racing
21 	Jordan King (R) 	Ed Carpenter Racing
22 	Zachary Claman DeMelo (R)	Dale Coyne Racing
23 	Ed Carpenter 	Ed Carpenter Racing
24 	Pietro Fittipaldi (R) 	Dale Coyne Racing
25 	Jack Harvey 	Michael Shank Racing
26 	Kyle Kaiser (R) 	Juncos Racing
27 	Helio Castroneves 	Team Penske
28 	Rene Binder (R) 	Juncos Racing
29 	JR Hildebrand 	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
30 	Carlos Munoz 	Andretti Autosport
31 	Sage Karam 	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
32 	Stefan Wilson 	Andretti Autosport
33 	James Davison 	Harding Racing
34 	Danica Patrick 	Ed Carpenter Racing
35 	Oriol Servia 	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
36 	Jay Howard 	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
37 	Conor Daly 	Dale Coyne Racing
Pippa Mann 	Dale Coyne Racing 	
Buddy Lazier	Lazier Partners Racing 	
=== Manufacturer Standings ===
Pos	Manufacturer
1 	Honda
2 	Chevrolet
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