No more oval races remain on the 2018 IndyCar schedule. How do the sport’s 10 full-time teams stack up against one another in these races to close out the season?
Four teams entered the sixth and final oval race of the 17-race 2018 IndyCar season, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500, at Gateway Motorsports Park having won at least one oval race so far this year.
Only one of those four teams entered with two victories in oval races this year, but that one team had not earned a victory in any oval race since they earned victories in both of the first two races of the season.
That team, Team Penske, ended their oval race win drought as a result of Will Power’s victory in the 248-lap race around the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) Gateway Motorsports Park oval in Madison, Illinois.
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Because of this, Team Penske will end the season with victories in half of the oval races that were contested this season, and they will end the season with three times as many victories in oval races as the three other teams that won earned an oval race victory this season.
The three races that won exactly one oval race this season are Chip Ganassi Racing, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Andretti Autosport. Scott Dixon, James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi won the races at Texas Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway and Pocono Raceway for those three teams, respectively,
How did the action from the final oval race of the season affect the IndyCar Team Oval Power Rankings? Here are the formulated IndyCar Team Oval Power Rankings and the non-formulated Team Oval Power Rankings following Team Penske’s third oval race victory of the year.
These are the final sets of formulated IndyCar Team Oval Power Rankings and non-formulated IndyCar Team Oval Power Rankings of the 2018 season as a result of the fact that no more oval races remain on this year’s schedule.
To see how the formulated IndyCar Team Oval Power Rankings are calculated, click here.
Formulated IndyCar Team Oval 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 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | +1 |
| 5 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 4 | -1 |
| 6 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Carlin Motorsport | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Ed Carpenter Racing (+1)
Down: Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (-1)
Non-formulated IndyCar Team Oval Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Carlin Motorsport | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Carlin Motorsport (+2)
Down: Dale Coyne Racing (-2)
There are no formulated rankings predictions for after the next oval race included in this article because of the fact that the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway Motorsports Park was the sixth and final oval race of the 2018 season.
There are no more oval races remaining on the 2018 IndyCar schedule. The next IndyCar oval race will likely be the 2019 Indianapolis 500, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 26. That race is set to be broadcast live from Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana starting at 11:00 a.m. ET on NBC.