2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500

The 2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was an IndyCar Series event that took place from August 29–30, 2020. It made up the eighth and ninth rounds of the 2020 IndyCar Series season. Initially scheduled to be just one race, the one 500 km race was replaced with a doubleheader weekend after cancellations of the events at Portland and Laguna Seca due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Two 200-lap, 250-mile races formed the advertised 500 mile distance.^[2]

2020 World Wide Technology Raceway

Race details
8th and 9th round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 29 and 30, 2020
Official name	Bommarito Automotive Group 500
Location	World Wide Technology Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.25 mi / 2.012 km
Distance	400 laps 500 mi / 804.672 km
Race 1
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	24.672
Fastest lap
Driver	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time	25.3039 (on lap 183 of 400)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third	Patricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP)
Race 2
Pole position
Driver	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time	24.658
Fastest lap
Driver	Álex Palou (Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh)
Time	25.6915 (on lap 147 of 400)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Patricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP)
Third	Will Power (Team Penske)

Entry list

Separate entry lists were released for both events with identical participants, apart from a sponsor change for Felix Rosenqvist from NTT Data to Monster Energy.

Car No.	Driver Name	Owner/Team	Engine
1	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
7	Oliver Askew  R	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda
20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay  R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet
26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda
27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda
30	Takuma Sato  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
55	Álex Palou  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda
59	Conor Daly	Carlin	Chevrolet
60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda
98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda
Sources:[3][4]

All cars run a Dallara safety tub utilizing the IndyCar mandated Universal Aero Kit 18. All cars also will utilize Firestone tires.

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Practice

Patricio O'Ward was fastest in practice with a time of 24.789 seconds and a speed of 181.532 mph (292.147 km/h).^[5]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	24.789	181.532
2	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	24.867	180.961
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	24.886	180.822

Combined Qualifying Session, August 29

The pole for Saturday's race was won by Will Power with a time of 24.6718 seconds. The new and now two-time Indy 500 Takuma Sato won the pole for Sunday's race with a time of 24.6577 seconds.

Pos Race 1	Pos Race 2	No.	Name	Lap 1	Lap 2
1	3	12	Will Power  W	24.6718	24.6611
2	4	5	Patricio O'Ward	24.7149	24.6873
3	6	9	Scott Dixon	24.7244	24.7613
4	7	10	Marcus Ericsson	24.8120	24.7630
5	1	10	Takuma Sato  W	24.8226	24.6577
6	2	1	Josef Newgarden  W	24.8314	24.6607
7	5	60	Jack Harvey	24.8736	24.7525
8	12	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	24.9024	24.9144
9	11	27	Alexander Rossi	24.9038	24.8860
10	10	88	Colton Herta	24.9100	24.8394
11	14	55	Álex Palou  R	24.9173	24.9224
12	9	10	Felix Rosenqvist	24.9591	24.8088
13	8	22	Simon Pagenaud	24.9815	24.7993
14	18	21	Rinus VeeKay  R	24.9903	25.1833
15	13	7	Oliver Askew  R	24.9926	24.9198
16	15	59	Conor Daly	25.0020	24.9482
17	22	20	Ed Carpenter	25.0667	25.3196
18	21	4	Charlie Kimball	25.0905	25.2390
19	20	98	Marco Andretti	25.2529	25.2012
20	16	18	Santino Ferrucci	25.2542	24.9727
21	19	14	Tony Kanaan	25.3288	25.1918
22	23	15	Graham Rahal	25.4821	25.4521
23	17	26	Zach Veach	25.5661	25.0291
Sources:[6][7]

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Race 1 – August 29

The first 14 laps of the race were run under caution as a result of a six-car crash coming to the green flag. Álex Palou pulled out of line, and was followed by Simon Pagenaud and Oliver Askew. Askew hit Pagenaud, who in turn collected Alexander Rossi. The resulting incident took out Zach Veach, Marco Andretti, and Ed Carpenter, leading to three of the five Andretti Autosport cars retiring inside the opening five laps.^[8] Scott Dixon won the event, his fourth of the season, extending his points lead over Josef Newgarden to 117 points.

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Status	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	200	1:44:30.7944	3	3	28	51
2	30	Takuma Sato  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	200	+0.1404	3	5	14	41
3	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	200	+7.0052	3	2	94	38
4	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	200	+7.7019	3	10		32
5	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	200	+8.3504	3	4		30
6	21	Rinus VeeKay  R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	200	+12.4145	3	14		28
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	200	+13.0556	3	8		26
8	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	200	+13.8107	3	12	1	25
9	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	200	+15.0319	4	21		22
10	59	Conor Daly	Carlin	Chevrolet	200	+15.6721	4	16		20
11	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	200	+16.2600	4	7		19
12	1	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	200	+16.8155	4	6		18
13	4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	200	+21.4079	4	18		17
14	7	Oliver Askew  R	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	200	+24.0143	4	15		16
15	55	Álex Palou  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda	200	+24.6954	3	11		15
16	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	200	+27.0938	4	20	2	15
17	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	198	+2 laps	5	1	61	15
18	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	124	Mechanical	5	22		12
19	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	67	Contact	5	13		11
20	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	3	Contact	1	17		10
21	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	2	Contact	0	23		9
22	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	0	Contact	0	9		8
23	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	0	Contact	0	19		7
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.

Race 2 had no DNFs.

Race statistics

Lead changes: 6 Lap leader breakdown From lap To lap Total laps Driver 1 61 61 Will Power 62 64 3 Scott Dixon 65 65 1 Felix Rosenqvist 66 67 2 Santino Ferrucci 68 161 94 Patricio O'Ward 162 175 14 Takuma Sato 176 200 25 Scott Dixon

Cautions:2 for 25 laps From lap To lap Total laps Reason 1 12 12 Contact: Car 7 (Askew), 20 (Carpenter), 22 (Pagenaud), 26 (Veach), 27 (Rossi), 98 (Andretti) in Turn 4 108 120 13 Conditions

Average speed: 143.522 mph (230.976 km/h)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 386 2 Josef Newgarden 269 3 Patricio O'Ward 256 2 4 Takuma Sato 248 1 5 Graham Rahal 226

Engine Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 688 2 Chevrolet 579

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Race 2 – August 30

The second race began under caution after a vehicle spilled oil on the track during the pace laps. Josef Newgarden won the race, his second win of the season.^[9]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Status	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	1	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	200	1:32:15.2431	3	2	48	51
2	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	200	+1.4356	3	4	36	41
3	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	200	+3.3580	3	3	40	36
4	21	Rinus VeeKay  R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	200	+4.4369	3	18		32
5	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	200	+6.2173	3	6		30
6	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	200	+7.0022	3	10	10	29
7	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	200	+9.6894	3	9		26
8	59	Conor Daly	Carlin	Chevrolet	200	+9.9199	3	15		24
9	30	Takuma Sato  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	200	+10.8130	3	1	66	26
10	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	200	+15.6741	3	16		20
11	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	200	+16.6569	3	12		19
12	55	Álex Palou  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda	200	+18.8580	3	14		18
13	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	200	+20.0777	3	5		17
14	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	200	+20.9892	3	11		16
15	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	199	+1 Lap	3	20		15
16	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	199	+1 Lap	3	8		14
17	7	Oliver Askew  R	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	199	+1 Lap	3	13		13
18	4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	199	+1 Lap	3	21		12
19	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	199	+1 Lap	3	19		11
20	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	198	+2 Laps	3	23		10
21	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	197	+3 Laps	3	22		9
22	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	196	+4 Laps	4	17		8
23	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	190	+10 Laps	3	7		7
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.

Race statistics

Lead changes: 8 Lap leader breakdown From lap To lap Total laps Driver 1 59 59 Takuma Sato 60 95 36 Patricio O'Ward 96 97 2 Will Power 98 101 4 Josef Newgarden 102 108 7 Takuma Sato 109 113 5 Colton Herta 114 151 38 Will Power 152 156 5 Colton Herta 157 200 44 Josef Newgarden

Cautions:2 for 5 laps From lap To lap Total laps Reason 1 1 1 Start under Yellow (Oil on track) 197 200 4 Contact: Car #30 (Sato) in Turn 2

Average speed: 162.594 mph (261.670 km/h)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 416 2 Josef Newgarden 320 3 Patricio O'Ward 297 4 Takuma Sato 274 2 5 Colton Herta 250

Engine Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 747 2 Chevrolet 674

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.