| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 15th round of the 2023 IndyCar season | |
 Layout of the World Wide Technology Raceway | |
| Date | August 27, 2023 |
| Official name | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 |
| Location | World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Illinois |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.25 mi / 2.01 km |
| Distance | 260 laps 325 mi / 523 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) |
| Time | 00:49.1936 (total time from 2 laps) |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) |
| Time | 00:25.6786 (on lap 62 of 260) |
| Podium | |
| First | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second |  Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) |
| Third |  David Malukas (Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports) |
The 2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was the fifteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 27, 2023, in Madison, Illinois at the World Wide Technology Raceway. The race consisted of 260 laps & was won by Scott Dixon.
The race marked the first time that the Firestone alternate tires were used at an oval. Teams had 10 sets of tires they could use during the weekend, divided between 8 primary tire sets & 2 alternate sets. Teams were allowed the use of 1 set of alternate tires during first practice and, similar to road/street races, were mandated to use 1 set during the race. No alternate tires were allowed to be used during qualifying.
Entry list
Further information: 2023 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
Practice 1
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 00:24.9944 |
| 2 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 00:25.0902 |
| 3 | 11 |  Takuma Sato W
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 00:25.1107 |
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Qualifying
Due to inclement weather, qualifying was moved to 11:00AM ET on August 27, 2023. Originally, qualifying was scheduled for 2:00 PM ET on August 26.
Qualifying classification
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Total Time | Final grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 24.6564 | 24.5372 | 00:49.1936 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 24.7106 | 24.6342 | 00:49.3448 | 1 |
| 3 | 26 | Colton Herta
|
Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 24.7348 | 24.7303 | 00:49.4651 | 2 |
| 4 | 5 | Pato O'Ward
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 24.7549 | 24.7714 | 00:49.5263 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 |  Álex Palou
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 24.7871 | 24.7726 | 00:49.5597 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 | Felix Rosenqvist
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 24.8476 | 24.7235 | 00:49.5711 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | Scott Dixon W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 24.8145 | 24.7880 | 00:49.6025 | 16 |
| 8 | 11 | Takuma Sato W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 24.8253 | 24.7815 | 00:49.6068 | 17 |
| 9 | 28 |  Romain Grosjean
|
Andretti Autosport | Honda | 24.8447 | 24.7629 | 00:49.6076 | 5 |
| 10 | 18 | David Malukas
|
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | 24.8720 | 24.8267 | 00:49.6987 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Alexander Rossi
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 24.8635 | 24.8670 | 00:49.7305 | 7 |
| 12 | 12 |  Will Power W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 24.8929 | 24.8456 | 00:49.7385 | 8 |
| 13 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood
|
Andretti Autosport | Honda | 24.9159 | 24.9202 | 00:49.8361 | 22 |
| 14 | 77 |  Callum Ilott
|
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 25.0563 | 24.8860 | 00:49.9423 | 9 |
| 15 | 30 | Conor Daly
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 25.0600 | 24.9600 | 00:50.0200 | 11 |
| 16 | 60 | Linus Lundqvist R
|
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 25.0481 | 25.0069 | 00:50.0550 | 12 |
| 17 | 06 |  Hélio Castroneves W
|
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 25.1409 | 24.9964 | 00:50.1373 | 13 |
| 18 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 25.1760 | 25.1311 | 00:50.3071 | 15 |
| 19 | 29 |  Devlin DeFrancesco
|
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | 25.1702 | 25.1483 | 00:50.3185 | 18 |
| 20 | 45 |  Christian Lundgaard
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 25.1649 | 25.1610 | 00:50.3259 | 19 |
| 21 | 78 |  Agustín Canapino R
|
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 25.2154 | 25.2077 | 00:50.4231 | 28 |
| 22 | 21 |  Rinus VeeKay
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 25.2811 | 25.1717 | 00:50.4528 | 20 |
| 23 | 15 | Graham Rahal
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 25.3041 | 25.1557 | 00:50.4598 | 21 |
| 24 | 20 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 25.3705 | 25.1512 | 00:50.5217 | 23 |
| 25 | 51 | Sting Ray Robb R
|
Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | 25.4595 | 25.1615 | 00:50.6210 | 24 |
| 26 | 55 | Benjamin Pedersen R
|
A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 25.4956 | 25.4251 | 00:50.9207 | 25 |
| 27 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci
|
A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 24.9565 | 26.0295 | 00:50.9860 | 26 |
| 28 | 33 | Ed Carpenter
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 25.8225 | 25.7614 | 00:51.5839 | 27 |
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- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Race
The race started at 3:40 PM ET on August 27, 2023.
Race classification
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
Footnotes
- ^ Scott McLaughlin, Scott Dixon, Takuma Sato, Kyle Kirkwood & rookie Agustin Canapino each received a nine-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine changes after the Gallager GP.
- Álex Palou received a nine-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine change prior to qualifying.
References
- Pruett, Marshall (August 22, 2023). "Alternate tires offer opportunities - and unknowns - for IndyCar field at WWTR". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- Bradley, Charles (August 23, 2023). "IndyCar St Louis: Start times, how to watch, entry list & more". Motorsport. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- Dejewski, Kevin (August 26, 2023). "IndyCar qualifying moved to Sunday morning due to weather". motorsportweek.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- Pruett, Marshall (August 26, 2023). "Five teams hit with engine change grid penalties for WWTR". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- Pruett, Marshall (August 27, 2023). "Palou joins grid penalty pack at WWTR". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. August 27, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
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