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2019 NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition – Live updates

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 24: Cars drive down the front stretch during Carb Day for the 103rd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 24, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 24: Cars drive down the front stretch during Carb Day for the 103rd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 24, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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Who will win the NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition leading up to the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

There is no more practice time ahead of the crown jewel on the IndyCar schedule, the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway following today’s Carb Day practice session.

But leading up to this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana, the NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition is still scheduled to take place.

A total of nine of the 33 drivers who qualified for this race and their pit crews are set to compete in this four-round competition. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon enters this competition as the defending winner, as he won it for the third time last year.

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Additional Team Penske enter this competition as 17-time winners, although eight-time winner Helio Castroneves of Team Penske is not set to compete in it.

Team Penske also entered this year’s Indy 500 with 17 Indy 500 pole positions and 17 Indy 500 victories, and Simon Pagenaud delivered them their 18th Indy 500 pole position this past Sunday.

Who will win the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition at Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Follow along with our live updates to find out.

Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Time (seconds)

Round 1

  • Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 12.881
  • Oriol Servia, #77, Team Stange Racing with Arrow SPM, Honda – 13.338

Quarterfinals

Matchup 1

  • Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 14.550
  • Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 13.935

Matchup 2

  • Takuma Sato, #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 13.261
  • James Hinchcliffe, #5, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 13.153

Matchup 3

  • Marcus Ericsson, #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda– 13.231
  • Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 13.642

Matchup 4

  • Felix Rosenqvist, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda –14.389 (+5-second penalty)
  • Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 14.625

Semifinals

Matchup 1

  • Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 32.537
  • James Hinchcliffe, #5, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 33.050

Matchup 2

  • Marcus Ericsson, #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 12.692
  • Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 14.619

Finals

NOTE: Best two out of three

Matchup 1

  • Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 12.678
  • Marcus Ericsson, #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 11.912

Matchup 2

  • Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 12.219
  • Marcus Ericsson, #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 14.648

Matchup 3

  • Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 13.132
  • Marcus Ericsson, #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 11.794

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Tune in to NBC this Sunday, May 26 at 11:00 a.m. ET for the live broadcast of the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season’s sixth race, the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500, from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race is scheduled to get underway later that afternoon at around 12:30 p.m. ET.