| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 13th round of the 2019 IndyCar season | |
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| Date | July 28, 2019 |
| Official name | Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio |
| Location | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.258 mi / 3.634 km |
| Distance | 90 laps 203.22 mi / 327.05 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 01:05.1569 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  James Hinchcliffe (Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) |
| Time | 01:07.3644 (on lap 79 of 90) |
| Podium | |
| First |  Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second |  Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third |  Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
The 2019 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was an IndyCar Series event held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The race served as the 13th round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season. This marked the 35th time that Indy car racing had raced at Mid-Ohio. The event was supported by races from the three Road to Indy ladder series as well as Stadium Super Trucks and the Global MX-5 Cup. Will Power secured his fourth pole at Mid-Ohio, a record for the track. It was also his 57th overall pole in the IndyCar Series. Scott Dixon beat fellow Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Felix Rosenqvist by a margin of .0934, the closest margin of victory at Mid-Ohio. Points leader Josef Newgarden had a last lap spin which dropped him ten positions from a potential fourth place finish
Background
Entrants
DragonSpeed was originally planning on entering Ben Hanley but pulled out due to visa issues.
Further information: 2019 IndyCar Series § Contracted teams and drivers| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
Practice 1
Practice 1 took place at 11:20 AM ET on July 26, 2019.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon W
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.0973 |
| 2 | 21 | Spencer Pigot
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Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:06.2455 |
| 3 | 22 |  Simon Pagenaud W
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.2665 |
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Practice 2
Practice 2 took place at 3:15 PM ET on July 26, 2019.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Colton Herta R
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Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 01:05.7292 |
| 2 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:05.9313 |
| 3 | 12 | Will Power
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:05.9935 |
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Practice 3
Practice 3 took place at 10:30 AM ET on July 27, 2019.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Colton Herta R
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Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 01:05.7048 |
| 2 | 21 | Spencer Pigot
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Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:05.7625 |
| 3 | 27 | Alexander Rossi W
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Andretti Autosport | Honda | 01:05.8747 |
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Qualifying
Qualifying took place at 2:35 PM ET on July 27, 2019.
Qualifying classification
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Final grid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Will Power
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:05.3775 | N/A | 01:05.4261 | 01:05.1569 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | Alexander Rossi W
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Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:05.2810 | 01:05.1898 | 01:05.5317 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:05.3809 | 01:05.4004 | 01:05.7885 | 3 |
| 4 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:05.6464 | 01:05.4207 | 01:05.8958 | 4 |
| 5 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais
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Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | N/A | 01:05.2702 | 01:05.5616 | 01:06.2040 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist R
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:05.7631 | N/A | 01:05.3968 | 01:06.4914 | 6 |
| 7 | 88 | Colton Herta R
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Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:05.4335 | 01:05.5650 | N/A | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | Scott Dixon W
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:05.7294 | 01:05.6999 | N/A | 8 |
| 9 | 60 |  Jack Harvey
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Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:05.9107 | N/A | 01:05.7231 | N/A | 9 |
| 10 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
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Andretti Autosport | Honda | 01:05.7484 | N/A | 01:05.7328 | N/A | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe
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Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 01:05.9152 | N/A | 01:05.7567 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson R
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Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 01:05.7286 | N/A | 01:06.0428 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 21 | Spencer Pigot
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Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:05.9377 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci R
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Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:05.7588 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | Graham Rahal W
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Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:05.9745 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 59 | Max Chilton
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Carlin | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:05.9981 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 30 |  Takuma Sato
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Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:06.3723 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 20 |  Ed Jones
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Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.1800 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 98 | Marco Andretti
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Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:06.4156 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 20 | 26 | Zach Veach
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Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:06.2115 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 21 | 4 |  Matheus Leist
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A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 01:06.5488 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 21 |
| 22 | 31 | RC Enerson R
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Carlin | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.3196 | N/A | N/A | 22 |
| 23 | 14 | Tony Kanaan
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A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:07.0491 | N/A | N/A | 23 |
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- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warm Up
Final Practice
A Warm Up practice took place at 12:00 PM ET on July 28, 2019.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Josef Newgarden W
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.6442 |
| 2 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist R
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.9027 |
| 3 | 88 | Colton Herta R
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Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 01:06.9386 |
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Race
The race started at 4:00 PM ET on July 28, 2019.
Race classification
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 | Josef Newgarden
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504 | |||||||
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2 | Alexander Rossi
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488 | |||||||
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3 | Simon Pagenaud
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457 | |||||||
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4 | Scott Dixon
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442 | |||||||
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5 | Will Power
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356 | |||||||
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- "Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio". IndyCar.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Honda Indy 200 this weekend at Mid-Ohio". Galion Inquirer. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Full 2019 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio weekend schedule". Motorsport.com. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- "Will Power wins record 4th pole at Honda Indy 200". SportsNet. Associated Press. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- "IndyCar Series Mid-Ohio race results: Scott Dixon holds off teammate in epic last-lap battle". Autoweek. July 29, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- "IndyCar: DragonSpeed, Ben Hanley won't compete at Mid-Ohio". Beyond the Flag. July 24, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 28, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 28, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Race Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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