2017 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

2017 Sonoma

Race details
17th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season
Date	September 17, 2017
Official name	GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
Location	Sonoma Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.2 mi / 3.5 km
Distance	85 laps 195.755 mi / 315.037 km
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:15.5205
Podium
First	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Second	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Third	Will Power (Team Penske)

The 2017 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma was the 17th and final round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season.[1] The race was contested on September 17, 2017, on the IndyCar layout of Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, and served as the season finale for the series. Josef Newgarden of Team Penske won the pole for the race; he would finish second, which allowed him to win the championship.[2] Newgarden's teammate, Simon Pagenaud, won the race for his second consecutive Sonoma victory.[3]

References

1. "09/17/2017 race: GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (IndyCar) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
2. Ayello, Jim (September 17, 2017). "Josef Newgarden wins his first Verizon IndyCar Series championship". USA Today. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
3. Robinson, Mark (September 17, 2017). "Pagenaud Wins Sonoma Finale as Newgarden Claims Championship". IndyCar.com. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

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