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IndyCar: Championship Standings After Pocono

By Asher Fair

FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 09: Josef Newgarden, driver of the #2 hum by Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 09: Josef Newgarden, driver of the #2 hum by Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images) /
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The 14th race of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season is officially in the books. With still three of the 17 races remaining, how are the championship standings shaping out?

Coming off of the 14th race of the 2017 IndyCar season at Pocono, Josef Newgarden is still on top of the championship standings. Newgarden drives for Team Penske, the team that owns four of the drivers currently in the top 5 in the standings; the other team represented in the top 5 is Chip Ganassi Racing.

Driver Standings

  • Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 494 points (-)
  • Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda  – 476 points (-18)
  • Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 472 points (-22)
  • Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 468 points (-26)
  • Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 452 points (-42)
  • Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 418 points (-76)
  • Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 399 points (-95)
  • Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 394 points (-100)
  • Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 351 points (-143)
  • James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 327 points (-167)
  • Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 322 points (-172)
  • Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 322 points (-172)
  • Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 306 points (-188)
  • Ed Jones (R), #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 298 points (-196)
  • JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 288 points (-206)
  • Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 256 points (-238)
  • Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 237 points (-257)

    • Mikhail Aleshin

    , #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda –

    237 points (-257)

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  • Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 215 points (-279)
  • Spencer Pigot, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 165 points (-329)
  • Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 160 points (-334)
  • Sebastien Bourdais, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 136 points (-358)
  • Gabby Chaves, #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet – 98 points (-396)
  • Juan Pablo Montoya, #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 93 points (-401)
  • Esteban Gutierrez, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 91 points (-403)
  • Sebastian Saavedra, #17, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet – 61 points (-433)
  • Oriol Servia, #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 61 points (-433)
  • Fernando Alonso (R), #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 47 points (-447)
  • Pippa Mann, #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 32 points (-462)
  • Jay Howard, #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 24 points (-470)
  • Zach Veach, #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 23 points (-471)
  • Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 23 points (-471)
  • James Davison, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 21 points (-473)
  • Jack Harvey (R), #50, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 17 points (-477)
  • Tristan Vautier, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 15 points (-479)
  • Buddy Lazier, #44, Lazier Partners Racing, Chevrolet – 14 points (-480)

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    The next IndyCar race is at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois. That race takes place on Saturday, August 26th, 2017 at 9:40 PM ET and will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network starting at 9:00 PM ET.

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