2019 IndyCar Classic

2019 Austin
Race details
2nd round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Date	March 24, 2019
Official name	IndyCar Classic
Location	Circuit of the Americas
Course	Permanent racing facility; 3.410 mi / 5.488 km
Distance	60 laps; 204.600 mi / 329.272 km
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	1:46.0177
Fastest lap
Driver	Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing)
Time	1:48.8953 (on lap 54 of 60)
Podium
First	Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing)
Second	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Third	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)

The 2019 IndyCar Classic was the 2nd round of the 2019 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 24, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Will Power qualified on pole position,^[1] while rookie Colton Herta took his first career victory becoming the youngest IndyCar race winner of all time.^[2]

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	12	Will Power	2	1:46.4360	1:46.0221	1:46.0177
2	27	Alexander Rossi	2	1:47.4689	1:45.9263	1:46.1761
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1	1:46.5890	1:46.0057	1:46.3228
4	88	Colton Herta R	1	1:46.7559	1:45.9665	1:46.3594
5	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	1	1:46.2744	1:45.4542	1:46.5680
6	9	Scott Dixon	1	1:46.2076	1:46.3075	1:46.9375
7	2	Josef Newgarden	2	1:46.2993	1:46.3438
8	31	Patricio O'Ward R	1	1:46.8246	1:46.3807
9	26	Zach Veach	2	1:46.5227	1:46.5421
10	15	Graham Rahal	2	1:46.5180	1:46.9676
11	19	Santino Ferrucci R	1	1:46.6126	1:47.3956
12	4	Matheus Leist	2	1:47.4313	1:48.0634
13	59	Max Chilton	1	1:46.8253
14	30	Takuma Sato	2	1:47.7109
15	5	James Hinchcliffe	1	1:46.8670
16	7	Marcus Ericsson R	2	1:48.4259
17	18	Sébastien Bourdais	1	1:47.0702
18	20	Ed Jones	2	1:48.4523
19	21	Spencer Pigot	1	1:48.4895
20	98	Marco Andretti	2	1:48.6521
21	32	Kyle Kaiser R	1	1:48.6343
22	22	Simon Pagenaud	2	1:48.9030
23	60	Jack Harvey	1	1:49.1795
24	14	Tony Kanaan	2	1:50.0743
Source:^[3]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	60	2:00:02.0587	3	4	15	51
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	60	+2.7182	3	7		40
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	60	+3.2311	3	3		35
4	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	60	+8.0612	3	10		32
5	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	60	+15.4015	3	17		30
6	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	60	+19.8494	3	20		28
7	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	60	+22.1467	3	14		26
8	31	Patricio O'Ward R	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	60	+23.2628	3	8		24
9	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	60	+23.5279	3	2		22
10	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson	Honda	60	+23.9532	3	23		20
11	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	60	+24.3838	3	19		19
12	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	60	+27.0568	3	24		18
13	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	60	+31.0677	3	6		17
14	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	Chevrolet	60	+35.6602	3	18		16
15	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	60	+36.2308	3	16		15
16	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	60	+36.7699	4	15		14
17	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	60	+39.2619	5	12		13
18	32	Kyle Kaiser R	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet	60	+46.2357	3	21		12
19	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	60	+55.0378	5	22		11
20	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	60	+1:53.6876	6	11		10
21	59	Max Chilton	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	59	+1 Lap	4	13		9
22	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	58	+2 Laps	5	9		8
23	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	55	+5 Laps	4	5		7
24	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	46	Mechanical	2	1	45	10
Source:^[4]

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.