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2020 Harvest Grand Prix

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United States 2020 Harvest Grand Prix
Race details
12th and 13th round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
DateOctober 2 and 3, 2020
Official nameIndycar Harvest Grand Prix
LocationIndianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, Indiana, United States
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance85 laps
207.315 mi / 333.641 km
Race 1
Weather60 °F (16 °C), mostly cloudy [1]
Pole position
DriverNetherlands Rinus Veekay (Ed Carpenter Racing)
Time01:09.6903
Fastest lap
DriverNetherlands Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing)
Time1:10.5582 (on lap 21 of 85)
Podium
FirstUnited States Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
SecondUnited States Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
ThirdNetherlands Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing)
Race 2
Weather64 °F (18 °C), mostly cloudy [2]
Pole position
DriverAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)
Time1:08.9767
Fastest lap
DriverFrance Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Time1:11.3775 (on lap 53 of 75)
Podium
FirstAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)
SecondUnited States Colton Herta (Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport)
ThirdUnited States Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)

The 2020 Harvest Grand Prix was IndyCar Series event scheduled October 2-3, 2020. It made up the twelfth and thirteenth and penultimate rounds of the series' 2020 season. Rinus VeeKay won pole for the first race with Josef Newgarden taking victory. Will Power led every lap from pole position to take victory in the second race.

Background

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As a result of races cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the IndyCar Series announced on April 6, 2020 that a third trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway would be added to the 2020 season as a support race for the Intercontinental GT Challenge's Indianapolis 8 Hours.[3] The Harvest name paid tribute to the Harvest Auto Racing Classic, the only event held outside the Month of May at the Speedway between 1911 and 1993. Following further race cancellations, on July 27, 2020, the IndyCar Series changed the weekend from a single race to a doubleheader weekend.[4]

The Speedway opened the gates to spectators for the first time in 2020 after being behind closed doors for much of the season, with a limit of 10,000 spectators for practice day, and the three race days (including the Intercontinental GT Challenge event that was the feature).

Entrants

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A. J. Foyt Enterprises announce the signing of Sébastien Bourdais for the remainder of the 2020 season starting with the Harvest Grand Prix.[5] Locally based Dreyer & Reinbold Racing made their third race weekend appearance with Sage Karam, making 2020 the most appearances by the team since the 2013 season.[6] A week before the race, Indycar's medical team declared rookie Oliver Askew as not fit to drive. Arrow McLaren SP replaced Askew with vetern Hélio Castroneves.[7] It would be Castroneves' first open-wheel start away from Team Penske since the 1999 Marlboro 500. A day later, James Hinchcliffe was announced as taking over Andretti Autosport's #26 entry for Zach Veach.[8]

Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
4 United States Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 France Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda
20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
22 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet
26 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda
27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda
30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
41 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda
59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet
60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda
88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda

Practice

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A single practice session was held over the weekend. The session was held October 1 at 2:15 PM ET[9]

Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 01:10.1777
2 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:10.2773
3 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 01:10.3857
Source:[10]

Race 1 – October 1-2

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Qualifying

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Qualifying was held the day before the race at 6:20 PM ET.[9] As the event was doubleheader, series rules meant qualifying was a single round (instead of two rounds as normal), split into two groups. Drivers from the group with the fastest driver having the better time started in the odd number positions, while the group whose fastest time was worse than the other group took even number positions.

Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Group Time Final
grid
1 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 2 01:09.6903 1
2 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1 01:10.4706 2
3 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 2 01:09.7048 3
4 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 1 01:10.5686 4
5 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 2 01:09.7140 5
6 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1 01:10.6234 6
7 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 2 01:09.8007 7
8 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 1 01:10.6500 8
9 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 2 01:09.8193 9
10 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 1 01:10.7290 10
11 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 2 01:09.8830 11
12 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1 01:10.8953 12
13 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 2 01:09.9872 13
14 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 1 01:10.9374 14
15 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 2 01:10.0017 15
16 14 France Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1 01:10.9588 16
17 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 2 01:10.0323 17
18 26 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda 1 01:10.9630 18
19 7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 2 01:10.3965 19
20 18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 1 01:11.0040 20
21 24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 2 01:10.6224 21
22 22 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 1 01:11.0488 22
23 4 United States Charlie Kimball  W  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 2 01:10.7500 23
24 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1 01:14.8983 24
25 41 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 2 01:11.7237 25
Source:[11]

Race

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The first race was held October 2 at 3:30 PM ET.[9]

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 85 1:44:28.5561 3 2 34 54
2 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +14.2940 3 8 40
3 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +15.0377 3 1 15 37
4 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 85 +17.3950 3 3 29 33
5 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +18.4580 3 7 1 31
6 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +26.1379 3 4 28
7 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +27.3767 3 11 5 27
8 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85 +28.5311 3 6 24
9 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +30.7960 3 12 22
10 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +36.9727 2 15 20
11 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 85 +47.5513 3 9 19
12 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +56.9548 3 14 18
13 4 United States Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 +1:10.8969 3 23 17
14 26 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +1:11.9901 3 18 16
15 18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 20 1 16
16 22 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 22 14
17 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 17 13
18 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 24 12
19 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 13 11
20 7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 19 10
21 14 France Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 16 9
22 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 4 10 8
23 24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 21 7
24 41 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 83 +2 Laps 3 25 6
25 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 79 Mechanical 3 5 5
Fastest lap: Netherlands Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing) – 01:10.5582 (lap 21)
Source:[12]

Race 2 – October 3

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Qualifying

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Qualifying at 10:20 AM ET.[13]

Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Group Time Final
grid
1 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 2 01:08.9767 1
2 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 1 01:09.1017 2
3 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 2 01:09.2315 3
4 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 1 01:09.1584 4
5 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 2 01:09.2477 5
6 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 1 01:09.1755 6
7 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 2 01:09.4216 7
8 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1 01:09.2988 8
9 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 2 01:09.4557 9
10 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1 01:09.3258 10
11 18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 2 01:09.4791 11
12 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 1 01:09.3730 12
13 26 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda 2 01:09.5754 13
14 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 1 01:09.4057 14
15 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 2 01:09.5824 15
16 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1 01:09.4109 16
17 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 2 01:09.6077 17
18 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 1 01:09.6739 18
19 22 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 2 01:09.9216 19
20 7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 1 01:09.7761 20
21 14 France Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 2 01:09.9427 21
22 24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 1 01:09.9159 22
23 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 2 01:09.9531 23
24 4 United States Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1 01:09.9661 24
25 41 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1 01:10.1960 25
Source:[14]

Race

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The second race of the weekend was held October 3 at 2:30 PM ET.[13]

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 75 1:32:08.5228 2 1 75 54
2 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 75 +0.8932 2 2 41
3 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 75 +6.1900 2 3 35
4 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 75 +9.5889 2 9 32
5 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 75 +10.0770 2 5 30
6 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 75 +17.9886 2 7 28
7 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 75 +18.5055 2 10 26
8 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 +20.5209 2 15 24
9 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 75 +23.2356 2 4 22
10 22 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 75 +35.4374 2 19 20
11 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 +39.4429 2 8 19
12 18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 75 +40.2812 2 11 18
13 26 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda 75 +52.7124 2 13 17
14 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 75 +52.9907 2 17 16
15 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 +54.5865 2 16 15
16 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 75 +55.3748 3 6 14
17 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 75 +59.7606 2 14 13
18 14 France Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 75 +1:10.9683 2 21 12
19 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 75 +1:11.4686 2 18 11
20 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 74 +1 Lap 2 23 10
21 7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 74 +1 Lap 3 20 9
22 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 74 +1 Lap 2 12 8
23 4 United States Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 74 +1 Lap 3 24 7
24 24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 74 +1 Lap 2 22 6
25 41 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 73 +2 Laps 3 25 5
Fastest lap: France Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske) – 01:11.3775 (lap 53)
Source:[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Indianapolis, IN Weather History".
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  3. ^ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar's latest schedule change: three races added, including one at IMS; Detroit canceled". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  4. ^ "INDYCAR Harvest GP". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  5. ^ "Sebastien Bourdais Signed to Drive the No. 14 Chevrolet in 2021; He Will Debut in the Harvest Grand". September 15, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "Karam rejoins D&R Racing for IndyCar Harvest GP". Racer.com. September 22, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "Askew withdraws from IndyCar Harvest GP". Arrow McLaren SP. September 24, 2020. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  8. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 25, 2020). "Hinchcliffe takes Veach's Andretti seat". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "INDYCAR HARVEST GP RACE 1". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  10. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course Split Sessions)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  13. ^ a b "INDYCAR Harvest GP Race 2". IndyCar Series. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  14. ^ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course Split Sessions)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.


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