IndyCar: Championship Standings After Gateway
By Asher Fair
The 15th race of the 2017 IndyCar season is officially in the books. With just two of the 17 races remaining, how are the championship standings shaping out?
Coming off of the 15th race of the 2017 IndyCar season at Gateway, 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.
Newgarden maintained his lead in the championship standings by winning the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.
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As of now, it would appear as though the championship battle will come down to the drivers currently in the top 4 in the standings.
Newgarden did stretch his lead over Scott Dixon from 18 points to 31 points, but 31 points is not a huge gap, especially with the season finale at Sonoma season paying double points.
All four of the top 4 drivers are within just 43 points of each other, while Will Power, who wrecked after starting from pole on the initial start of the race at Gateway, sits in 5th place in the standings 40 points behind Simon Pagenaud, who sits in 4th.
IndyCar Championship Standings
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine/Aero Kit | Points | Behind |
| 1 | Josef Newgarden | #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet | 547 | (-) |
| 2 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda | 516 | -31 |
| 3 | Helio Castroneves | #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet | 505 | -42 |
| 4 | Simon Pagenaud | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet | 504 | -43 |
| 5 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet | 464 | -83 |
| 6 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda | 436 | -111 |
| 7 | Alexander Rossi | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda | 422 | -125 |
| 8 | Takuma Sato | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda | 410 | -137 |
| 9 | Tony Kanaan | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda | 365 | -182 |
| 10 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda | 351 | -196 |
| 11 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda | 337 | -210 |
| 12 | Max Chilton | #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda | 336 | -211 |
| 13 | Marco Andretti | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda | 322 | -225 |
| 14 | Ed Jones | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda | 315 | -232 |
| 15 | JR Hildebrand | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet | 300 | -247 |
| 16 | Carlos Munoz | #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet | 278 | -269 |
| 17 | Charlie Kimball | #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda | 263 | -284 |
| 18 | Conor Daly | #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet | 245 | -302 |
| 19 | Mikhail Aleshin | #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda | 237 | -310 |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet | 169 | -378 |
| 21 | Spencer Pigot | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet | 165 | -382 |
| 22 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda | 157 | -390 |
| 23 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet | 98 | -449 |
| 24 | Juan Pablo Montoya | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet | 93 | -454 |
| 25 | Esteban Gutierrez | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda | 91 | -456 |
| 26 | Sebastian Saavedra | #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda | 80 | -467 |
| 27 | Oriol Servia | #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda | 61 | -486 |
| 28 | Fernando Alonso | #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda | 47 | -500 |
| 29 | Pippa Mann | #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda | 32 | -515 |
| 30 | Jay Howard | #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda | 24 | -523 |
| 31 | Zach Veach | #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevolet | 23 | -524 |
| 32 | Sage Karam | #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet | 23 | -524 |
| 33 | James Davison | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda | 21 | -526 |
| 34 | Jack Harvey | #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda | 17 | -530 |
| 35 | Tristan Vautier | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda | 15 | -532 |
| 36 | Buddy Lazier | #44, Lazier Partners Racing, Chevrolet | 14 | -533 |
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