Pagenaud goes from last to first in Iowa race No. 1

Simon Pagenaud showed on Friday night that he had a car which could win from last place in winning the first of two IndyCar events from Iowa Speedway.

Pagenaud took the lead on lap 178 and held off Scott Dixon and Oliver Askew down the stretch for his first win of the season.

NEWTON, Iowa – Results Friday of the Iowa INDYCAR 250s Race 1 NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (23) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 250, Running
2. (17) Scott Dixon, Honda, 250, Running
3. (14) Oliver Askew, Chevrolet, 250, Running
4. (8) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 250, Running
5. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 250, Running
6. (5) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 250, Running
7. (9) Jack Harvey, Honda, 250, Running
8. (1) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 250, Running
9. (10) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 250, Running
10. (6) Takuma Sato, Honda, 249, Running
11. (18) Alex Palou, Honda, 249, Running
12. (21) Graham Rahal, Honda, 248, Running
13. (11) Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 247, Running
14. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 247, Running
15. (16) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 247, Running
16. (12) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 247, Running
17. (15) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 245, Running
18. (19) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 213, In Pits
19. (4) Colton Herta, Honda, 156, Contact
20. (13) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 156, Contact
21. (3) Will Power, Chevrolet, 142, Contact
22. (20) Marco Andretti, Honda, 128, Mechanical
23. (22) Zach Veach, Honda, 95, Mechanical

Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed:
 132.220 mph
Time of Race: 1:41:25.2939
Margin of victory: 0.4954 of a second
Cautions: 1 for 26 laps
Lead changes: 7 among 6 drivers

Lap Leaders:
Daly 1 – 13
Newgarden 14 – 70
Rosenqvist 71 – 77
Sato 78 – 126
Newgarden 127 – 137
Pagenaud 138 – 147
O’Ward 148 – 177
Pagenaud 178 – 250

NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings: Dixon 213, Pagenaud 163, O’Ward 143, Newgarden 137, Herta 130, Ericsson 115, Rahal 106, Rosenqvist 105, Ferrucci 104, Power 101.

John Boarman
John Boarmanhttp://www.tireball.com
Founder and Owner of Tireball Sports.

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