2022 Grand Prix of Portland explained

The 2022 Grand Prix of Portland was the sixteenth And penultimate round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 4, 2022, in Portland, Oregon at the Portland International Raceway. Scott McLaughlin qualified on pole. To prevent a first lap first corner pileup the drivers agreed to get the green flag further back on the front straight than previous years. This early start was successful in preventing a first lap pileup, and the race went 97 laps without a yellow. McLaughlin led 104 of 110 laps and won the race from pole. Will Power and Scott Dixon rounded out the podium.

Entry list

Key	Meaning
	Rookie
	Past winner

align=center	!	Driver	Team	Engine
2			Chevrolet
3			Chevrolet
4			Chevrolet
5			Chevrolet
06			Honda
7			Chevrolet
8			Honda
9			Honda
10	Álex Palou		Honda
12	Will Power		Chevrolet
14	Kyle Kirkwood		Chevrolet
15			Honda
18	David Malukas		Honda
20			Chevrolet
21		Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26			Honda
27			Honda
28			Honda
29	Devlin DeFrancesco		Honda
30	Christian Lundgaard		Honda
45			Honda
48			Honda
51	Takuma Sato		Honda
60			Honda
77	Callum Ilott		Chevrolet
Source:[1]

Practice

Practice 1

+ Top Practice Speeds
		Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.5769
2	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	00:58.7024
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.7156
Source:[2]

Practice 2

+ Top Practice Speeds
		Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.3946
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.4083
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.4910
Source:[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

		Driver	Team	Engine	Time
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2
1	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.0029	00:58.2504	00:58.2349	1
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	00:58.0433	N/A	00:57.9651	00:58.3129	8
3	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	00:57.9266	00:58.0868	00:58.4254	2
4	30	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	00:57.9218	00:58.0753	00:58.4482	3
5	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.1497	00:58.3381	00:58.5075	4
6	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	00:58.1408	N/A	00:58.2593	00:58.6090	5
7	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.1465	00:58.3475	N/A	6
8	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	00:58.3020	N/A	00:58.3925	N/A	7
9	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:58.2318	N/A	00:58.3983	N/A	9
10	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	N/A	00:58.0506	00:58.4038	N/A	10
11	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:58.4106	N/A	00:58.4475	N/A	11
12	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	00:58.2292	N/A	00:58.5356	N/A	12
13	14	Kyle Kirkwood	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	00:58.4865	N/A	N/A	N/A	13
14	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.1988	N/A	N/A	14
15	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:58.5097	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
16	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.2628	N/A	N/A	16
17	45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:58.5332	N/A	N/A	N/A	17
18	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.3064	N/A	N/A	18
19	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	00:58.6898	N/A	N/A	N/A	19
20	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	00:58.4398	N/A	N/A	20
21	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	00:58.7534	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	51	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	N/A	00:58.6058	N/A	N/A	22
23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:59.1933	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
24	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	N/A	00:58.6127	N/A	N/A	24
25	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	N/A	00:59.0082	N/A	N/A	25
Source:[4]

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Final Practice

+ Top Practice Speeds
		Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	00:59.0532
2	30	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	00:59.1806
3	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:59.2196
Source:[5]

Race

The race started at 3:30 PM ET on September 4, 2022.

Race classification

		Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led
1	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	01:56:15.6892	3	1	104	54
2	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+1.1792	3	2	2	41
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+1.6006	3	16		35
4	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	110	+13.8892	3	5		32
5	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+14.8208	3	11	2	31
6	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	110	+16.3039	3	7		28
7	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+17.0044	3	9		26
8	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+17.6062	3	8		24
9	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	110	+18.0978	3	14	1	23
10	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	110	+18.6356	3	6		20
11	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+23.5169	3	18		19
12	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+27.5282	3	4		18
13	14	Kyle Kirkwood	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	110	+28.3322	3	13		17
14	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	110	+29.0288	3	10		16
15	45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+31.2329	3	17		15
16	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	110	+32.5754	3	24		14
17	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	110	+33.8121	3	21		13
18	51	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	110	+34.0886	3	22		12
19	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+34.7299	3	15		11
20	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	110	+35.4454	4	12		10
21	30	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+44.5500	4	3	1	10
22	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	3	25		8
23	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	100	+10 Laps	4	19		7
24	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	82	Contact	3	23		6
25	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	67	Pit Fire	2	20		5
Fastest lap Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 00:59.5874 (lap 16)
Source:[6]

Cautions: 1 for 4 laps^[7]

Lead Changes: 9

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Will Power	523
	2	Josef Newgarden	503
	3	Scott Dixon	503
	4	Marcus Ericsson	484
1	5	Scott McLaughlin	482
Source:

Engine manufacturer standings

		Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	1419
	2	Honda	1236
Source:[8]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Notes and References

1. Web site: August 22, 2022. Grand Prix of Portland entry list. September 16, 2022.
2. Web site: September 3, 2022. Practice - Results. September 16, 2022. indycar.com.
3. Web site: September 3, 2022. Practice - Results. September 16, 2022. indycar.com.
4. Web site: September 3, 2022. Qualifications - Postings. September 16, 2022. indycar.com.
5. Web site: September 3, 2022. Practice - Results. September 16, 2022. indycar.com.
6. Web site: September 5, 2022. Race - Results (11inch) - Final. September 16, 2022. indycar.com.
7. Web site: Race Results . 2022-11-30 . Racing-Reference . en-US.
8. Web site: September 4, 2022. Points - Indycar Engine. September 16, 2022. motorsports.nbcsports.com.