Statistics from the 2018 Indy 500

Statistics from the 2018 Indy 500

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Will Power will take a bit more $2.5 million from the prize fund of the 102nd Running of Indianapolis 500 as the winner in the race.

Power became the first Australian winner of the Indianapolis 500, capturing his first victory in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. He beat pole sitter Ed Carpenter to the finish by 3.1589 seconds to score 17th Indy 500 victory for Team Penske.

Carpenter earned $911,504 for his career-best “500” finish. He led a race-high 65 laps, also a best among his 15 career starts.

2008 Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon earned $587,129 for finishing third.

Will Power
Will Power and his son Beau; photo: Indycar

“Man, I just can’t believe it. I changed my attitude a lot after Barber. Very positive, I had a great month. I just can’t believe it. I’ve got to thank Roger Penske, Verizon and my parents for allowing me to get to this point. I just can’t describe it. Feel like collapsing, want to cry. I couldn’t stop screaming. I can’t believe it”, Power said right after the race.

“(On the last restart) I’m like, ‘I have to get these guys.’ I don’t know how much fuel they got, but this is the restart of my life. And then I go on, and the two (Stefan Wilson and Jack Harvey) pit, and I’m like, ‘Man, I think I’m going to win this!’ I was screaming with one to go. Man, I got this. Unbelievable. I was wondering if I was ever going to win it, and thoughts went through my mind during the month like that. In my career, I’ve had so many wins, so many poles. But everyone always talks about the ‘500’. And I won it. I just couldn’t imagine winning a race in front of a crowd like this, this many people. It’s just amazing. What an event. I love it.”

Will Power
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Here are some of the statistics from the 2018 Indy 500

  1. (3) Will Power, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $2,525,454
  2. (1) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $911,504
  3. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 200, Running, $587,129
  4. (32) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 200, Running, $454,804
  5. (14) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 200, Running, $419,804
  6. (2) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $419,804
  7. (21) Carlos Munoz, Honda, 200, Running, $254,005
  8. (4) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $400,654
  9. (18) Robert Wickens, Honda, 200, Running, $424,979
  10. (30) Graham Rahal, Honda, 200, Running, $401,229
  11. (27) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $225,305
  12. (12) Marco Andretti, Honda, 200, Running, $364,129
  13. (11) Matheus Leist, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $357,129
  14. (22) Gabby Chaves, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $315,305
  15. (23) Stefan Wilson, Honda, 200, Running, $212,330
  16. (31) Jack Harvey, Honda, 200, Running, $200,305
  17. (26) Oriol Servia, Honda, 200, Running, $211,105
  18. (15) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 200, Running, $300,305
  19. (13) Zachary Claman De Melo, Honda, 199, Running, $339,354
  20. (6) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 199, Running, $346,154
  21. (33) Conor Daly, Honda, 199, Running, $200,305
  22. (20) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 198, Running, $300,305
  23. (25) Zach Veach, Honda, 198, Running, $334,129
  24. (28) Jay Howard, Honda, 193, Running, $200,305
  25. (10) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 187, Contact, $346,954
  26. (24) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 154, Contact, $203,305
  27. (8) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 145, Contact, $205,305
  28. (5) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 137, Contact, $348,829
  29. (17) Kyle Kaiser, Chevrolet, 110, Mechanical, $205,805
  30. (7) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 67, Contact, $208,305
  31. (29) Ed Jones, Honda, 57, Contact, $338,129
  32. (16) Takuma Sato, Honda, 46, Contact, $300,305
  33. (19) James Davison, Chevrolet, 45, Contact, $200,305

Race Statistics

Winner’s average speed: 166.935 mph

Time of Race: 2:59:42.6365

Margin of victory: 3.1589 seconds

Cautions: 7 for 41 laps

Lead changes: 30 among 15 drivers

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Lap Leaders:

Carpenter, Ed 1 – 30

Newgarden, Josef 31

Pigot, Spencer 32 – 34

Carpenter, Ed 35 – 50

Claman De Melo, Zachary 51 – 55

Carpenter, Ed 56 – 62

Kanaan, Tony 63 – 64

Carpenter, Ed 65 – 72

Kanaan, Tony 73 – 89

Carpenter, Ed 90 – 91

Power, Will 92 – 94

Servia, Oriol 95

Bourdais, Sebastien 96

Rahal, Graham 97 – 105

Claman De Melo, Zachary 106 – 107

Power, Will 108 – 128

Hunter-Reay, Ryan 129

Bourdais, Sebastien 130 – 132

Newgarden, Josef 133 – 134

Rahal, Graham 135 – 137

Munoz, Carlos 138 – 140

Power, Will 141 – 170

Carpenter, Ed 171 – 172

Rossi, Alexander 173

Pagenaud, Simon 174

Munoz, Carlos 175

Servia, Oriol 176 – 177

Wickens, Robert 178 – 179

Servia, Oriol 180 – 192

Wilson, Stefan 193 – 195

Power, Will 196 – 200

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