2020 REV Group Grand Prix

The 2020 REV Group Grand Prix Doubleheader was an IndyCar Series event held July 11–12, 2020. It made up the third and fourth rounds of the series' 2020 season. The race was originally scheduled for June 21, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the weekend was turned in to a double-header event in an effort to make up for races outright cancelled by the pandemic.^[1] The race was also the first event of the 2020 season to allow spectators at the track, with track promoters allowing unrestricted attendance.^[2]

2020 Road America

Race details
3rd and 4th round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 11 and 12, 2020
Official name	REV Group Grand Prix at Road America
Location	Road America
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.048 mi / 6.458 km
Distance	55 laps 222.64 mi / 358.304 km
Race 1
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:45.5191
Fastest lap
Driver	Marco Andretti (Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian)
Time	1:47.591 (on lap 34 of 55)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Will Power (Team Penske)
Third	Álex Palou (Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh)
Race 2
Pole position
Driver	Patricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP)
Time	1:44.8971
Fastest lap
Driver	Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:47.1804 (on lap 13 of 55)
Podium
First	Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Patricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP)
Third	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)

Race 1 – July 11

All sessions for race 1 took place on Saturday, July 11.

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 2:15 CDT. 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.

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Time
1	1	Josef Newgarden  W	2	1:45.5191
2	60	Jack Harvey	1	1:45.7290
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2	1:45.6563
4	15	Graham Rahal	1	1:45.7593
5	12	Will Power  W	2	1:45.8244
6	18	Santino Ferrucci	1	1:45.7696
7	88	Colton Herta	2	1:45.8609
8	10	Felix Rosenqvist	1	1:45.8469
9	9	Scott Dixon  W	2	1:45.9324
10	98	Marco Andretti	1	1:45.9888
11	27	Alexander Rossi  W	2	1:46.1365
12	5	Patricio O'Ward	1	1:46.0356
13	8	Marcus Ericsson	2	1:46.2980
14	55	Álex Palou  R	1	1:46.1260
15	30	Takuma Sato	2	1:46.5368
16	21	Rinus VeeKay  R	1	1:46.1301
17	22	Simon Pagenaud	2	1:46.7090
18	59	Max Chilton	1	1:46.3878
19	20	Conor Daly	2	1:46.8114
20	26	Zach Veach	1	1:46.4707
21	7	Oliver Askew  R	2	1:47.1133
22	4	Charlie Kimball	1	1:47.6862
23	14	Dalton Kellett  R	2	1:47.5761

Race

The race was held at 5:15 EST.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	1:54:09.8697	3	9	16	51
2	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	+2.538	3	5	10	41
3	55	Álex Palou  R	Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh	Honda	55	+3.192	3	14		35
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	55	+3.984	3	3		32
5	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	55	+7.249	3	7		30
6	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	55	+8.200	3	6		28
7	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	55	+11.355	3	4	2	27
8	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	55	+14.784	3	12		24
9	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	55	+15.004	3	15		22
10	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	+15.766	3	13	2	21
11	4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	55	+16.170	3	22		19
12	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	+17.623	3	17		18
13	21	Rinus VeeKay  R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	55	+19.114	3	16		17
14	1	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	+19.184	4	1	25	20
15	7	Oliver Askew  R	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	55	+20.977	3	21		15
16	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	55	+22.649	4	20		14
17	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	55	+37.490	3	18		13
18	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	54	+1 Lap	3	8		12
19	27	Alexander Rossi  W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	54	+1 Lap	5	11		11
20	14	Dalton Kellett  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	54	+1 Lap	4	23		10
21	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	41	Contact	3	19		9
22	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian	Honda	39	Mechanical	5	10		8
23	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	37	Off course	2	2		8

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, 1 point for Pole Position, and 1 point for the winner of the non-pole qualifying group.

Race statistics

Average speed: 116.027 mph (186.727 km/h)

Lead changes: 5

Lap leader breakdown
From lap	To lap	Total laps	Driver
1	12	12	Josef Newgarden
13	14	2	Graham Rahal
15	27	13	Josef Newgarden
28	29	2	Marcus Ericsson
30	39	10	Will Power
40	55	16	Scott Dixon

Cautions: 3 for 7 laps
From lap	To lap	Total laps	Reason
38	40	3	#60 (Harvey) off course turn 3
42	43	2	#5 (O'Ward) & #20 (Daly) contact turn 7
45	46	2	#14 (Kellett) off course turn 14

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Scott Dixon	155
	2	Simon Pagenaud	93
1	3	Colton Herta	88
1	4	Josef Newgarden	84
	5	Graham Rahal	81

Race 2 – July 12

All sessions for race 2 took place on Sunday, July 12.

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 10:00 a.m. EST

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Time
1	5	Patricio O'Ward	2	1:44.8971
2	88	Colton Herta	1	1:44.9250
3	55	Álex Palou  R	2	1:44.9192
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1	1:45.1534
5	15	Graham Rahal	2	1:45.0324
6	9	Scott Dixon  W	1	1:45.2674
7	10	Felix Rosenqvist	2	1:45.1487
8	12	Will Power  W	1	1:45.2995
9	60	Jack Harvey	2	1:45.5094
10	27	Alexander Rossi  W	1	1:45.3722
11	18	Santino Ferrucci	2	1:45.5676
12	30	Takuma Sato	1	1:45.4320
13	4	Charlie Kimball	2	1:45.8344
14	1	Josef Newgarden  W	1	1:45.4605
15	21	Rinus VeeKay  R	2	1:46.0330
16	8	Marcus Ericsson	1	1:45.7852
17	26	Zach Veach	2	1:46.1816
18	7	Oliver Askew  R	1	1:46.0735
19	98	Marco Andretti	2	1:46.2213
20	20	Conor Daly	1	1:46.4850
21	59	Max Chilton	2	1:46.6091
22	22	Simon Pagenaud	1	1:46.5734
23	14	Dalton Kellett  R	1	1:47.3130

Race

The race took place at 12:40 p.m. EST.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	1:51:22.0391	3	7	8	51
2	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	55	+2.869	3	1	43	44
3	27	Alexander Rossi  W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	55	+8.616	3	10		35
4	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	+14.223	3	16		32
5	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	55	+32.416	3	2		31
6	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	55	+35.888	4	11		28
7	55	Álex Palou  R	Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh	Honda	55	+36.770	3	3		26
8	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	55	+47.943	3	12		24
9	1	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	+48.786	3	14		22
10	4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	55	+53.060	3	13		20
11	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	+53.971	4	8	4	20
12	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	+54.534	3	6		18
13	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	+56.393	3	22		17
14	21	Rinus VeeKay  R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	55	+1:00.437	3	15		16
15	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	55	+1:00.468	3	21		15
16	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	55	+1:06.835	3	17		14
17	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	55	+1:08.295	3	9		13
18	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	55	+1:45.468	7	20		12
19	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian	Honda	54	+1 Lap	3	19		11
20	14	Dalton Kellett  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	54	+1 Lap	4	23		10
21	7	Oliver Askew  R	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	53	Off course	4	18		9
22	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	0	Contact	0	4		8
23	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	0	Contact	0	5		7

Race statistics

Average speed: 118.942 mph (191.419 km/h)

Lead changes: 8

Lap leader breakdown
From lap	To lap	Total laps	Driver
1	14	14	Patricio O'Ward
15	16	2	Felix Rosenqvist
17	20	4	Will Power
21	27	7	Patricio O'Ward
28	29	2	Felix Rosenqvist
30	40	11	Patricio O'Ward
41	42	2	Felix Rosenqvist
43	53	11	Patricio O'Ward
54	55	2	Felix Rosenqvist

Cautions: 2 for 4 laps
From lap	To lap	Total laps	Reason
1	3	3	#12 (Power) & #28 (Hunter-Reay) contact turn 1; #12 (Power) & #15 (Rahal) contact turn 3
6	6	1	#12 (Power) spin turn 13

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Scott Dixon	173
1	2	Colton Herta	119
1	3	Simon Pagenaud	110
4	4	Patricio O'Ward	110
1	5	Josef Newgarden	106