2023 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend

The 2023 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend was a pair of IndyCar motor races held on July 22, 2023, and July 23, 2023, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. They were the 11th and 12th rounds of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race weekend has been held since 2007, except for a brief hiatus in 2021 after a change of focus by the owner of the track.

2023 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend

Race details
11th and 12th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Layout of the Iowa Speedway circuit
Date	July 22–23, 2023
Official name	Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend
Location	Iowa Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.894 mi / 1.439 km
Distance	Both 250 laps 223.5 mi / 359.688 km
Race 1
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	00:17.7395
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Time	00:18.8622 (on lap 210 of 250)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Third	Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
Race 2
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	00:17.7246
Fastest lap
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	00:18.9980 (on lap 108 of 250)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Will Power (Team Penske)
Third	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The first race (officially the Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart) was held on July 22, 2023, with the second (officially the Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade) being held on July 23, 2023. Each race consisted of 250 laps and were both won by Josef Newgarden.

Each race was accompanied with concerts before and after it with Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney performing on Saturday, and Zac Brown Band and Ed Sheeran performing on Sunday.^[1]

Race 1 - Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart

Entry List

Further information: 2023 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda
20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda
30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
60	Conor Daly	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source:[2]

Practice

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:18.2420
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:18.2897
3	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:18.2992
Source:[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying for Race 1 was scheduled to start at 9:30 AM ET on July 22, 2023 however a downpour hit the track just before qualifying was due to start, resulting in a delayed start of almost two hours. Each entrant turned two consecutive laps, with their first lap time counting towards Race 1 qualifying.

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total Time	Final grid
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	None	None	00:17.7395	1
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	None	None	00:17.8469	2
3	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	None	None	00:17.8720	3
4	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.0091	4
5	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.0414	5
6	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	None	None	00:18.0535	6
7	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.0601	7
8	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	None	None	00:18.0786	8
9	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	None	None	00:18.0808	9
10	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.0880	10
11	11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.0998	11
12	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	None	None	00:18.1288	12
13	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1653	13
14	06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1671	14
15	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.1826	15
16	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.2062	16
17	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.2095	26[a]
18	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	None	None	00:18.2133	17
19	33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.2237	18
20	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.2450	19
21	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.3005	20
22	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.3109	21
23	60	Conor Daly	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.3249	22
24	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.3334	23
25	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.3862	24
26	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.4367	25
27	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.7725	27
28	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	None	None	No Time[b]	28
Source:[5]

Race

The race started at 3:06 PM ET on July 22, 2023.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	01:33:40.4758	4	3	129	53
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	+3.3755	4	2		40
3	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	250	+9.6072	4	5		35
4	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	250	+14.6385	4	10		32
5	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	+22.4025	4	1	119	32
6	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	249	+1 Lap	4	4		28
7	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	249	+1 Lap	4	17		26
8	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	249	+1 Lap	4	7	1	25
9	11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	249	+1 Lap	4	11	1	23
10	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	249	+1 Lap	4	20		20
11	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	249	+1 Lap	4	8		19
12	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	248	+2 Laps	4	9		18
13	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	248	+2 Laps	4	21		17
14	06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	248	+2 Laps	4	14		16
15	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	247	+3 Laps	4	23		15
16	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	247	+3 Laps	4	24		14
17	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	247	+3 Laps	4	15		13
18	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	247	+3 Laps	4	26		12
19	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	246	+4 Laps	4	6		11
20	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	246	+4 Laps	4	19		10
21	60	Conor Daly	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	245	+5 Laps	4	22		9
22	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	245	+5 Laps	4	12		8
23	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	244	+6 Laps	4	16		7
24	33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	243	+7 Laps	4	18		6
25	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	242	+8 Laps	6	27		5
26	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	241	+9 Laps	5	25		5
27	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	235	+15 Laps	5	28		5
28	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	149	Contact	2	13		5
Fastest lap: Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) – 00:18.8622 (lap 210)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 442 1 2 Josef Newgarden 344 1 3 Scott Dixon 328 1 4 Pato O'Ward 309 1 5 Marcus Ericsson 307 Source:[6]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 915 2 Chevrolet 847 Source:[7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Race 2 - Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade

Entry list

Further information: 2023 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

The entry list for Race 2 was the same as for Race 1.

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda
20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda
30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
60	Conor Daly	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source:[2]

Qualifying

Qualifying for Race 2 took place at the same time as for Race 1, with each entrant's second of two lap times counting towards Race 2 qualifying.

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total Time	Final grid
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	None	None	00:17.7246	1
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	None	None	00:17.9163	2
3	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	None	None	00:18.0191	3
4	33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.0595	4
5	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	None	None	00:18.0783	5
6	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.0851	6
7	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.0948	7
8	06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1094	8
9	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1129	9
10	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1134	10
11	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.1608	11
12	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1699	12
13	11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1830	13
14	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.1904	14
15	60	Conor Daly	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.1911	15
16	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.1991	16
17	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	None	None	00:18.2137	17
18	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.2176	18
19	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	None	None	00:18.2284	19
20	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	None	None	00:18.2463	20
21	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.2536	21
22	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.3033	22
23	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.3319	23
24	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.3331	24
25	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.4026	25
26	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	None	None	00:18.4379	26
27	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	None	None	00:18.6701	27
28	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	None	None	No Time[b]	28
Source:[8]

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:18.7675
2	11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:18.8359
3	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	00:19.0318
Source:[9]

Race

The race started at 2:30 PM ET on July 23, 2023.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	01:40:25.7356	4	7	212	53
2	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	+0.7050	4	1	30	42
3	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	250	+2.6864	5	12		35
4	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	250	+4.1167	4	16	2	33
5	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	+7.8891	5	2	2	31
6	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	249	+1 Lap	5	9	1	29
7	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	249	+1 Lap	5	5		26
8	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	249	+1 Lap	5	3		24
9	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	249	+1 Lap	5	10	3	23
10	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	249	+1 Lap	6	11		20
11	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	249	+1 Lap	6	17		19
12	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	249	+1 Lap	6	20		18
13	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	249	+1 Lap	5	21		17
14	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	248	+2 Laps	5	24		16
15	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	248	+2 Laps	5	18		15
16	06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	248	+2 Laps	5	8		14
17	60	Conor Daly	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	248	+2 Laps	5	15		13
18	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	248	+2 Laps	5	14		12
19	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	247	+3 Laps	5	22		11
20	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	247	+3 Laps	5	6		10
21	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	246	+4 Laps	5	19		9
22	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	245	+5 Laps	6	27		8
23	33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	244	+6 Laps	5	4		7
24	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	237	Contact	5	25		6
25	11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	237	+13 Laps	6	13		5
26	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	236	+14 Laps	8	23		5
DSQ	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	193	Performance [c]	5	28		5
DSQ	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	152	Safety [d]	3	26		5
Fastest lap: Will Power (Team Penske) – 00:18.9980 (lap 108)
Source:[10]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 477 2 Josef Newgarden 397 3 Scott Dixon 357 1 4 Marcus Ericsson 330 1 5 Scott McLaughlin 329 Source:[10]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 978 2 Chevrolet 943 Source:[11]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

1. Jack Harvey received a nine-place grid penalty due to avoidable contact during the previous round.^[4]
2. Benjamin Pedersen was disallowed to partake in qualifying due to his car failing morning inspections.
3. Pedersen was parked on Lap 195 for failure to meet performance standards per Rule 7.9.1
4. Per rule 7.11.1.2, left pit box with wheel nut not secured on car after tire change. Caused Lap 157 caution when loose wheel exited car, and immediately parked by INDYCAR officials.