2018 ABC Supply 500

2018 Pocono

Race details
14th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 19, 2018
Official name	ABC Supply 500
Location	Pocono Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi / 4.0 km
Distance	200 laps 500 mi / 800 km
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	40.9198 + 41.0808 = 1:22.0006
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan)
Time	41.6072 (on lap 174 of 200)
Podium
First	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Will Power (Team Penske)
Third	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2018 ABC Supply 500 was the 14th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on August 19 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race served as the 14th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. 2018 Indy 500 champion Will Power qualified on pole position,^[1] while 2016 Indy 500 champion Alexander Rossi took victory in the 200-lap race.^[2] The race was marred by a massive crash on lap 6 which ended the races of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Robert Wickens, James Hinchcliffe, Takuma Sato, and Pietro Fittipaldi. Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffe, Sato, and Fittipaldi were unharmed, but Wickens sustained severe injuries and was paralyzed from the chest down as a result.

Results[]

Qualifying[]

Pos	No.	Name	Lap 1 Time	Lap 2 Time	Total Time	Avg. Speed (mph)
1	12	Will Power W	40.9198	41.0808	1:22.0006	219.511
2	1	Josef Newgarden	41.1722	41.0941	1:22.2663	218.802
3	27	Alexander Rossi	41.2094	41.0733	1:22.2827	218.758
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	41.3504	41.2918	1:22.6422	217.806
5	22	Simon Pagenaud	41.2416	41.4148	1:22.6564	217.769
6	6	Robert Wickens R	41.3551	41.3609	1:22.7160	217.612
7	26	Zach Veach R	41.3640	41.3617	1:22.7257	217.587
8	18	Sébastien Bourdais	41.4366	41.3997	1:22.8363	217.296
9	5	James Hinchcliffe	41.4384	41.5076	1:22.9460	217.009
10	30	Takuma Sato	41.4024	41.5993	1:23.0017	216.863
11	98	Marco Andretti	41.5262	41.5542	1:23.0804	216.658
12	10	Ed Jones	41.6197	41.5030	1:23.1227	216.547
13	9	Scott Dixon W	41.5182	41.6572	1:23.1754	216.410
14	14	Tony Kanaan	41.5753	41.6318	1:23.2071	216.328
15	20	Ed Carpenter	41.7411	41.5825	1:23.3236	216.025
16	21	Spencer Pigot	41.8965	41.7556	1:23.6521	215.177
17	19	Pietro Fittipaldi R	41.9230	42.0574	1:23.9804	214.336
18	15	Graham Rahal	41.9882	42.0358	1:24.0240	214.225
19	23	Charlie Kimball	42.6072	42.3310	1:24.9382	211.919
20	4	Matheus Leist R	42.5070	42.5207	1:25.0277	211.696
21	59	Max Chilton	42.8636	43.0146	1:25.8782	209.599
22	88	Conor Daly	42.7467	43.3978	1:26.1445	208.951
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	200	2:36:49.1128	6	3	180	53
2	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	200	+4.4982	6	1	16	42
3	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	200	+41.3557	7	13	3	36
4	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	200	+42.0120	6	8		32
5	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	199	+1 lap	6	2		30
6	26	Zach Veach R	Andretti Autosport	Honda	199	+1 lap	6	7		28
7	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	199	+1 lap	6	11		26
8	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	199	+1 lap	7	5		24
9	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	199	+1 lap	7	19		22
10	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	198	+2 laps	7	15	1	21
11	4	Matheus Leist R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	197	+3 laps	7	20		19
12	10	Ed Jones	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	197	+3 laps	7	12		18
13	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	196	+4 laps	7	21		17
14	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	196	+4 laps	8	18		16
15	88	Conor Daly	Harding Racing	Chevrolet	162	Contact	7	22		15
16	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	17	Contact	0	16		14
17	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	16	Mechanical	1	14		13
18	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	6	Contact	0	4		12
19	6	Robert Wickens R	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	6	Contact	0	6		11
20	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	6	Contact	0	9		10
21	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	6	Contact	0	10		9
22	19	Pietro Fittipaldi R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	6	Contact	0	17		8
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes: ¹ Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 530 2 Alexander Rossi 501 3 Josef Newgarden 464 4 Will Power 449 5 Ryan Hunter-Reay 411

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1,199 2 Chevrolet 988

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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