How do the 10 full-time IndyCar teams stack up against one another with eight races of the 2018 season having been completed?
Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay earned his first victory of the 2018 IndyCar season by winning the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on the 14-turn, 2.35-mile temporary street circuit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.
Hunter-Reay’s victory in his #28 Honda delivered Andretti Autosport their second victory through eight races so far this season. As a result of this, they became the second team to win multiple races in 2018.
Team Penske are the only other team with multiple victories so far this season. They have won four races in 2018 thus far, and all four of their victories came in the five races leading up the the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit, as they failed to win either of the two races of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit.
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Hunter-Reay’s victory was also the fourth victory by a Honda driver so far this season, and it came just one day after Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon earned the third victory by a Honda driver in 2018 in his #9 Honda in the first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit.
The two victories by Honda drivers in the two races of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit doubled their win total in the 2018 season to tie the win total of the Chevrolet drivers, specifically the Team Penske drivers, in the 2018 season, as Team Penske are the only Chevrolet team that have had any one or more of their drivers win a race so far this season.
Dale Coyne Racing are the only team aside of Andretti Autosport, Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing that have won a race so far this season, as Sebastien Bourdais won the season opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida back in March for the team in his #18 Honda.
How did the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit affect the IndyCar Team Power Rankings? Here are the formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings and the non-formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings following the eighth race of the 2018 IndyCar season.
To see how the formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings are calculated, click here.
Formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings
Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
1 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 1 | 0 |
2 | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 2 | 0 |
3 | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 |
4 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 4 | 0 |
5 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 6 | +1 |
6 | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 5 | -1 |
7 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 8 | +1 |
8 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | -1 |
9 | Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
10 | Carlin Motorsport | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, A.J. Foyt Enterprises (+1)
Down: Dale Coyne Racing, Ed Carpenter Racing (-1)
Non-formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings
Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
1 | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 1 | 0 |
2 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 2 | 0 |
3 | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 |
4 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 4 | 0 |
5 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 5 | 0 |
6 | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 6 | 0 |
7 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 8 | +1 |
8 | Carlin Motorsport | Chevrolet | 10 | +2 |
9 | Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
10 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | -3 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Carlin Motorsport (+2)
Down: Ed Carpenter Racing (-3)
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The next race on the 2018 IndyCar schedule is the DXC Technology 600, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 9. It is set to be broadcast live from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas on NBC Sports Network starting at 8:00 p.m. ET.