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IndyCar: Driver Power Rankings after 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Race #1

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 27: Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 27: Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MAY 27: Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MAY 27: Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /

Non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings 

Rank Driver Car, Team, Engine Last Rank Trend
1 Scott Dixon #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda 3 +2
2 Alexander Rossi #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda 2 0
3 Will Power #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet 1 -2
4 Josef Newgarden #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet 4 0
5 Ryan Hunter-Reay #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda 5 0
6 Robert Wickens #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda 6 0
7 Marco Andretti #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda 11 +4
8 Graham Rahal #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda 7 -1
9 Sebastien Bourdais #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda 9 0
10 James Hinchcliffe #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda 10 0
11 Simon Pagenaud #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet 8 -3
12 Takuma Sato #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda 16 +4
13 Ed Jones #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda 18 +5
14 Spencer Pigot #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet 14 0
15 Zach Veach #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda 17 +2
16 Tony Kanaan #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet 15 -1
17 Matheus Leist #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet 12 -5
18 Gabby Chaves #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet 13 -5
19 Charlie Kimball #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet 19 0
20 Max Chilton #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet 20 0

Biggest Movers
Up: Ed Jones (+5)
Down: Matheus Leist, Gabby Chaves (-5)

Conclusion

In the first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit, the casual viewer may have thought the “Chevrolet” was a misprint and it should have been called the Honda Dual in Detroit, as Scott Dixon led a top six Honda driver sweep of the finishing order.

As a result, it is no surprise to see so many Honda drivers toward the top of both the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings and the non-formulated Indycar Driver Power Rankings. This race was the second race so far this season during which Honda drivers have swept the top six positions in the finishing order. They also did in in the season opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

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To show just how competitive the Honda drivers have been, only two of the Honda drivers who made up the top six of the finishing order in St. Petersburg finished in the top six on Belle Isle. Those drivers were Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay, who finished in third and fifth place, respectively, in St. Petersburg, and third and second, respectively, on Belle Isle.

Can the Honda drivers start to collect more victories as the season progresses to reflect just how strong they have been so far this season? If the first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit, a race that no Chevrolet driver led at any point, is any indicator, they just might.

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The next IndyCar race is scheduled to take place tomorrow. That race is the second race of the 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit, and it is set to be broadcast live on ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET.