With eight of the 17 scheduled races on the 2018 IndyCar schedule now in the books, how do the sport’s 20 full-time drivers stack up against one another?
Following the win by Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay in the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit around the 14-turn, 2.35-mile temporary street circuit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, six different drivers have won at least one of the eight races that have been contested so far in the 2018 IndyCar season.
Hunter-Reay’s victory in his #28 Honda was the fourth victory of the season by a Honda driver. Four different Honda drivers have accounted for those four victories. Two drivers, both Team Penske drivers, have accounted for the four wins earned by Chevrolet drivers so far this season. Those two drivers, Josef Newgarden and Will Power, have each won twice in 2018 thus far in their #1 Chevrolet and #12 Chevrolet, respectively.
Following three straight victories by Team Penske drivers, including two in a row by Will Power, Honda drivers responded by dominating the weekend of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit. Before Hunter-Reay won the second race of the weekend, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon won the first in his #9 Honda for his first victory of the 2018 season.
How did Ryan Hunter-Reay’s victory in the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit affect the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings? Here are the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings and the non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings after the action on the streets of Belle Isle.
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