The 12th race of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season is officially in the books. With still five of the 17 races remaining, how are the championship standings shaping out? Who are the real contenders, and who are the pretenders?
Coming off of the 12th race of the 2017 IndyCar season at Toronto, Scott Dixon is still on top of the championship standings. Dixon drives for Chip Ganassi Racing, which is one of only three teams represented in the top 5. Team Penske owns the drivers from 2nd through 4th place and has another driver tied for 5th with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
Driver Standings
- Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 423 points (-)
- Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 420 points (-3)
- Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 404 points (-19)
- Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 400 points (-23)
- Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 359 points (-64)
- Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 359 points (-64)
- Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 351 points (-72)
- Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 330 points (-93)
- Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 306 points (-117)
- James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 297 points (-126)
- Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 295 points (-128)
- Ed Jones, #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 276 points (-147)
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 273 points (-150)
- Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 268 points (-155)
- JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 263 points (-160)
- Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 224 points (-199)
- Mikhail Aleshin, #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 221 points (-202)
- Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 206 points (-217)
- Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 179 points (-244)
- Spencer Pigot, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 154 points (-269)
- Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 142 points (-281)
- Sebastien Bourdais, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 136 points (-287)
- Juan Pablo Montoya, #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 93 points (-330)
- Gabby Chaves, #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet – 83 points (-340)
- Esteban Gutierrez, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 73 points (-350)
- Oriol Servia, #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 61 points (-362)
- Sebastian Saavedra, #17, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet – 52 points (-371)
- Fernando Alonso (R), #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 47 points (-376)
- Pippa Mann, #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 32 points (-391)
- Jay Howard, #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 24 points (-399)
- Zach Veach, #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 23 points (-400)
- Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 23 points (-400)
- James Davison, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 21 points (-402)
- Jack Harvey (R), #50, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 17 points (-406)
- Tristan Vautier, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 15 points (-408)
- Buddy Lazier, #44, Lazier Partners Racing, Chevrolet – 14 points (-409)
Next: Josef Newgarden Wins At Toronto
The next IndyCar race is at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. That race takes place on Sunday, July 30th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ET and will be broadcast live on CNBC starting at 3:00 PM ET with a replay set for 7:00 PM ET on NBC Sports Network.
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