IndyCar Driver Road/Street Power Rankings after 2018 Honda Indy 200
By Asher Fair
Nine of the 11 road or street course races on the 2018 IndyCar schedule are in the books. How do the sport’s 21 road and street course drivers stack up against one another?
The ninth of 11 road or street course races and the fourth of six road course races on the 2018 IndyCar schedule was completed when Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi crossed the finish line in the Honda Indy 200 in his #27 Honda comfortably ahead of second place finisher Robert Wickens in his #6 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda.
By winning the Honda Indy 200, Rossi became the third driver to win multiple road or street course races this season, as he also won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the streets of Long Beach, California back in mid-April.
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden and Chip Ganassi Raicng’s Scott Dixon are the only other two drivers who have won multiple road or street course races this season. However, Rossi is the only driver who has won both a street course race and a road course race this year.
Both of Newgarden’s road or street course race victories came in road course races, as he won the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park back in late April, and he won the Kohler Grand Prix at Road America in late June in his #1 Chevrolet.
Both of Dixon’s road or street course race victories came in street course races, as he won the first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan back in early June, and he won the Honda Indy Toronto on the streets of Toronto, Ontario in mid-July in his #9 Honda.
How did the action from the ninth of 11 road or street course races on the 2018 schedule affect the IndyCar Driver Road and Street Course Power Rankings? Here are the formulated IndyCar Driver Road and Street Course Power Rankings and the non-formulated IndyCar Driver Road and Street Course Power Rankings following Rossi’s second road or street course race victory this year.
To see how the formulated IndyCar Driver Road and Street Course Power Rankings are calculated, click here.
NOTE: Gabby Chaves is still included in both sets of IndyCar Driver Road and Street Course Power Rankings despite the fact that he did not drive the #88 Harding Racing Chevrolet in the Honda Indy Toronto or the Honda Indy 200, as he was not released by Harding Racing and is still technically considered a full-time road and street course driver.