IndyCar: Live Gateway doubleheader qualifying updates
By Asher Fair
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for both races of this weekend’s IndyCar doubleheader at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
IndyCar is set for another doubleheader this weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, the third doubleheader of the 2020 season and the second at an oval.
The two 200-lap races of the Bommarito Automotive Group Race to MEGA Savings 250s around the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) oval in Madison, Illinois, which was originally supposed to host only one 248-lap race, are scheduled to take place today and tomorrow.
The first two doubleheaders of the year took place back in July, with the first having taken place at Road America and the second having taken place at Iowa Speedway.
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For the doubleheader at the Iowa Speedway oval, IndyCar introduced a unique qualifying format. Each driver still completed two laps around the track, but the lap average meant nothing in terms of the starting lineup for either race.
Each driver’s first lap was used to determine his starting position in the first race while each driver’s second lap was used to determine his starting position in the second. That is the qualifying format that is slated to be used again this weekend.
Through the first seven races of the season, Chevrolet have taken six pole positions, including four with Team Penske (three with Josef Newgarden and one with Will Power), one with Arrow McLaren SP (Pato O’Ward) and one with Carlin (Conor Daly), while Honda have taken one with Andretti Herta Autosport (Marco Andretti).
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, who won the 104th running of the Indy 500 this past Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, won last year’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
Who will take the pole positions for these two 200-lap races, and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the 23-driver starting lineups?
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2020 Bommarito Automotive Group Race to MEGA Savings 250s to find out.
Race 1 – Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 182.394
2nd – Pato O’Ward – #5, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 182.076
3rd – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 182.006
4th – Marcus Ericsson – #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 181.364
5th – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 181.286
6th – Josef Newgarden – #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 181.222
7th – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda – 180.915
8th – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 180.705
9th – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 180.695
10th – Colton Herta – #88, Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport, Honda – 180.65
11th – Alex Palou – #55, DCR with Team Goh, Honda – 180.597
12th – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 180.295
13th – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 180.133
14th – Rinus VeeKay – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 180.07
15th – Oliver Askew – #7, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 180.053
16th – Conor Daly – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet – 179.986
17th – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 179.521
18th – Charlie Kimball – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 179.351
19th – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 178.197
20th – Santino Ferrucci – #18, DCR with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda – 178.188
21st – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 177.663
22nd – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 176.595
23rd – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 176.014
Race 2 – Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 182.499
2nd – Josef Newgarden – #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 182.477
3rd – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 182.474
4th – Pato O’Ward – #5, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 182.28
5th – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda – 181.8
6th – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 181.735
7th – Marcus Ericsson – #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 181.723
8th – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 181.457
9th – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 181.387
10th – Colton Herta – #88, Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport, Honda – 181.164
11th – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 180.825
12th – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 180.618
13th – Oliver Askew – #7, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 180.579
14th – Alex Palou – #55, DCR with Team Goh, Honda – 180.56
15th – Conor Daly – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet – 180.374
16th – Santino Ferrucci – #18, DCR with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda – 180.197
17th – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 179.791
18th – Rinus VeeKay – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 178.69
19th – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 178.63
20th – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 178.563
21st – Charlie Kimball – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 178.295
22nd – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 177.728
23rd – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 176.803
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Tune in to NBC Sports Network at 3:00 p.m. ET this afternoon for the opening race of the Bommarito Automotive Group Race to MEGA Savings 250s from World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and tune in to the same channel at the same time tomorrow for the second.