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IndyCar: Oval Track Standings After Iowa

ByAsher Fair|
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 28: Takuma Sato of Japan, driver of the #26 Andretti Autosport Honda, and Helio Castroneves of Brazil, driver of the #3 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet, lead the field during the 101st Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 28, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 28: Takuma Sato of Japan, driver of the #26 Andretti Autosport Honda, and Helio Castroneves of Brazil, driver of the #3 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet, lead the field during the 101st Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 28, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

The fourth oval track race of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season is officially in the books. With still two of the six oval track races remaining, how are the oval track championship standings shaping out?

Coming off of the fourth oval track race of the 2017 IndyCar season at Iowa, Helio Castroneves is on top of the oval track championship standings. Castroneves drives for Team Penske, which is one of only three teams represented in the top 5. Andretti Autosport and Chip Ganassi Racing are the other two.

Driver Standings

  1. Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 193 points (-)
  2. Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 185 points (-8)
  3. Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 182 points (-11)
  4. Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 169 points (-24)
  5. Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 158 points (-35)
  6. JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 155 points (-38)
  7. Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 142 points (-51)
  8. Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 138 points (-55)
  9. Ed Jones, #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 137 points (-56)
  10. Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 133 points (-60)
  11. Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda  – 130 points (-63)
  12. Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 130 points (-63)
  13. Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 128 points (-65)
  14. Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 104 points (-89)
  15. Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 98 points (-95)
  16. Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 92 points (-101)
  17. Mikhail Aleshin, #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 92 points (-101)
  18. James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 87 points (-106)
  19. Gabby Chaves, #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet – 83 points (-110)
  20. Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 80 points (-113)
  21. Juan Pablo Montoya, #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 73 points (-120)
  22. Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 71 points (-122)
  23. Fernando Alonso (R), #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 47 points (-146)
  24. Oriol Servia, #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 40 points (-153)
  25. Sebastian Saavedra, #17, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet – 33 points (-160)
  26. Pippa Mann, #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 32 points (-161)
  27. Spencer Pigot, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 29 points (-164)
  28. Jay Howard, #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 24 points (-169)
  29. Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 23 points (-170)
  30. James Davison, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 21 points (-172)
  31. Esteban Gutierrez, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 17 points (-176)
  32. Jack Harvey (R), #50, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 17 points (-176)
  33. Tristan Vautier, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 15 points (-178)
  34. Buddy Lazier, #44, Lazier Partners Racing, Chevrolet – 14 points (-179)
  35. Zach Veach, #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 12 points (-181)
  36. Sebastien Bourdais, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 11 points (-182)

Next: IndyCar Championship Standings

The next IndyCar oval track race is at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. That race takes place on Sunday, August 20th, 2017 at 2:30 PM ET and will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network starting 2:00 PM ET.

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