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IndyCar Team Power Rankings after 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix

By Asher Fair

FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 09: Simon Pagenaud, driver of the #22 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet, leads Scott Dixon, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, during the Verizon IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 9, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 09: Simon Pagenaud, driver of the #22 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet, leads Scott Dixon, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, during the Verizon IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 9, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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How did Team Penske’s second victory of the 2019 IndyCar season in the IndyCar Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course affect the IndyCar Team Power Rankings?

Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud earned his first victory of the 2019 IndyCar season by winning the 17-race season’s fifth race, the IndyCar Grand Prix, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he ended a 21-race win drought dating back to the 2017 season in doing so.

Additionally, Pagenaud’s victory in this 85-lap race around the 13-turn, 2.439-mile (3.925-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in Speedway, Indiana made Team Penske the first team to win multiple races this season.

Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden opened up the season by winning the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

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The three teams that now sit in a second place tie on the wins list behind Team Penske are Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Andretti Autosport. Rookie Colton Herta, Takuma Sato and Alexander Rossi each earned one victory for those three teams, respectively.

How did Team Penske’s second victory of the 2019 season affect the IndyCar Team Power Rankings? Here are the formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings and the non-formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings following the IndyCar Grand Prix.

To see how the formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings are calculated, click here.

Formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings

Rank – Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – [2nd (+1)]
2nd – Team Penske, Chevrolet – [1st (-1)]
3rd – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – [4th (+1)]
4th – Andretti Autosport, Honda – [3rd (-1)]
5th – Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – [6th (+1)]
6th – Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – [8th (+2)]
7th – Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – [5th (-2)]
8th – Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda – [7th (-1)]
9th – A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – [9th (0)]
10th – Carlin, Chevrolet – [10th (0)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Ed Carpenter Racing (+2)
Down: Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (-2)

Non-formulated IndyCar Team Power Rankings

Rank – Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Team Penske, Chevrolet – [1st (0)]
2nd – Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – [3rd (+1)]
3rd – Andretti Autosport, Honda – [2nd (-1)]
4th – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – [4th (0)]
5th – Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – [6th (+1)]
6th – Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – [5th (-1)]
7th – Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – [8th (+1)]
8th – Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda – [7th (-1)]
9th – A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – [9th (0)]
10th – Carlin, Chevrolet – [10th (0)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Chip Ganassi Racing, Dale Coyne Racing, Ed Carpenter Racing (+1)
Down: Andretti Autosport, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Harding Steinbrenner Racing (-1)

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The next race on the 2019 IndyCar schedule is the season’s sixth race, the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500. This race is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 26, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET.