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Indy 500: Marcus Ericsson wins 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 24: Marcus Ericsson os Sweden, driver of the #7 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda drives 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: Marcus Ericsson os Sweden, driver of the #7 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda drives 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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Marcus Ericsson won the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition ahead of the 103rd running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Entering the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition ahead of the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 2004 was the last year during which a team other than Team Penske or Chip Ganassi Racing won this competition. Rahal Letterman Racing won the competition that year with Buddy Rice.

But Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Marcus Ericsson changed this trend.

Ericsson won this competition and the $50,000 that came with it ahead of this year’s running of the 200-lap “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” at the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana.

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Ericsson and six of the other eight drivers who competed in this competition had first-round byes. Ericsson won his quarterfinal matchup over Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden by 0.411 seconds (13.231 to 13.642). He then advanced to the semifinals and defeated Team Penske’s Will Power by 1.927 seconds (12.692 to 14.619).

In the finals, which was set up in a best two out of three format, Ericsson defeated the reigning and three-time winner of the competition, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon.

In the first matchup of the finals, Ericsson defeated Dixon by 0.766 seconds ((11.912 to 12.678). In the second matchup, Dixon defeated Ericsson by 2.429 seconds (12.219 to 14.648). In the winner-take-all third matchup, Ericsson defeated Dixon by 1.338 seconds (11.794 to 13.132) with the fastest pit stop of the competition.

Here are the full round-by-round results of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Pit Stop Competition at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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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There is no more track time for the 33 IndyCar drivers who are set to compete in the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 ahead of the race itself. The race is scheduled to take place beginning at roughly 12:30 p.m. ET on Memorial Day Sunday, May 26, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET.