2018 Kohler Grand Prix

2018 Road America

Race details
10th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season
Date	June 24, 2018
Official name	Kohler Grand Prix
Location	Road America
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.048 mi / 6.458 km
Distance	55 laps 222.64 mi / 358.304 km
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:43.2026
Fastest lap
Driver	Zach Veach (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:45.2421 (on lap 46 of 55)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Third	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2018 Kohler Grand Prix was an IndyCar Series event held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race served as the 10th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. Reigning champion Josef Newgarden qualified on pole position,[1] and took victory in the 55 lap race.[2]

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	1	Josef Newgarden	2	1:43.0010	1:42.9296	1:43.2026
2	12	Will Power W	1	1:43.4455	1:43.0745	1:43.2508
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1	1:43.0943	1:42.9860	1:43.3811
4	27	Alexander Rossi	1	1:43.0740	1:42.7998	1:43.4361
5	6	Robert Wickens R	2	1:42.9097	1:43.0737	1:43.7121
6	18	Sébastien Bourdais	1	1:43.6921	1:43.0505	1:43.7332
7	30	Takuma Sato	2	1:43.3077	1:43.1108
8	9	Scott Dixon W	2	1:43.0993	1:43.1769
9	15	Graham Rahal	2	1:43.2588	1:43.1874
10	21	Spencer Pigot	2	1:43.4150	1:43.1995
11	26	Zach Veach R	1	1:43.4578	1:43.2265
12	10	Ed Jones	1	1:43.6753	1:43.3544
13	20	Jordan King R	1	1:43.7356
14	22	Simon Pagenaud	2	1:43.4153
15	98	Marco Andretti	1	1:43.9843
16	5	James Hinchcliffe	2	1:43.8591
17	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	1	1:44.0189
18	14	Tony Kanaan	2	1:44.1165
19	23	Charlie Kimball	1	1:45.1161
20	4	Matheus Leist R	2	1:44.3438
21	32	Alfonso Celis Jr. R	1	1:45.5584
22	59	Max Chilton	2	1:44.3442
23	88	Gabby Chaves	2	1:44.6258
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-06-25 at the Wayback Machine

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.^1
1	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	1:40:16.4165	3	1	53	54
2	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	55	+3.3759	3	3		40
3	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	+5.4902	3	8	2	36
4	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	55	+14.8772	3	7		32
5	6	Robert Wickens R	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	55	+23.8993	3	5		30
6	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	55	+32.5513	3	9		28
7	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	55	+42.1868	3	14		26
8	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	55	+42.5336	3	10		24
9	10	Ed Jones	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	+46.2118	3	12		22
10	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	55	+47.5359	3	16		20
11	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	55	+48.1468	3	15		19
12	20	Jordan King R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	55	+53.4242	3	13		18
13	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	55	+1:00.3249	3	6		17
14	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	55	+1:05.2583	4	18		16
15	4	Matheus Leist R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	55	+1:09.7681	3	20		15
16	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	55	+1:23.4715	3	4		14
17	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	55	+1:24.3709	3	22		13
18	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	55	+1:43.1557	4	19		12
19	88	Gabby Chaves	Harding Racing	Chevrolet	54	+1 Lap	5	23		11
20	32	Alfonso Celis Jr. R	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet	54	+1 Lap	3	21		10
21	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	54	+1 Lap	4	17		9
22	26	Zach Veach R	Andretti Autosport	Honda	54	+1 Lap	5	11		8
23	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	Mechanical	1	2		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.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 393 2 2 Ryan Hunter-Reay 348 1 3 Alexander Rossi 348 1 4 Josef Newgarden 343 2 5 Will Power 328

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 833 2 Chevrolet 706

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. Malsher, David (June 23, 2018). "Road America IndyCar: Newgarden beats Honda hordes to pole". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
2. Malsher, David (June 24, 2018). "Road America IndyCar: Newgarden wins, Power and Rossi hit trouble". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

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