IndyCar: Complete point standings at the summer break

IndyCar is in the opening stages of a five-week stint without any races. Here is how the championship standings look after the first 10 races of the 2021 season.

The first of four off weekends for IndyCar between the Independence Day race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and the inaugural race on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee is in the books.

This past weekend was initially scheduled to feature a race on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, but for the second consecutive season, that race was called off as a result of COVID-19-related restrictions. It was not replaced on the schedule, leaving a whopping 35 days between races.

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There are now 10 races in the books this season, and there are six left to be contested.

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The race in Nashville is scheduled to head a three-week stretch of races which also includes a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and one at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

After that, the series has another two-week break, leading into another three-week stretch of races to cap off the season. This season-ending three-week stretch includes races at Portland International Raceway, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and the streets of Long Beach, California.

Now that we are amid what would still be the summer break even had the Toronto race not been canceled again, take a look at how the championship battle is shaping up.

NOTE: Italics indicate part-time driver.

Championship standings
1 – Alex Palou – 384 (0)
2 – Pato O’Ward – 345 (-39)
3 – Scott Dixon – 328 (-56)
4 – Josef Newgarden – 315 (-69)
5 – Marcus Ericsson – 280 (-104)
6 – Simon Pagenaud – 271 (-113)
7 – Colton Herta – 260 (-124)
8 – Rinus VeeKay – 257 (-127)
9 – Graham Rahal – 256 (-128)
10 – Takuma Sato – 226 (-158)
11 – Will Power – 209 (-175)
12 – Alexander Rossi – 201 (-183)
13 – Scott McLaughlin – 198 (-186)
14 – Jack Harvey – 170 (-214)
15 – Sebastien Bourdais – 155 (-229)
16 – Romain Grosjean – 151 (-233)
17 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – 145 (-239)
18 – Conor Daly – 142 (-242)
19 – James Hinchcliffe – 131 (-253)
20 – Santino Ferrucci – 127 (-257)
21 – Ed Jones – 125 (-259)
22 – Helio Castroneves – 103 (-281)
23 – Ed Carpenter – 99 (-285)
24 – Dalton Kellett – 95 (-289)
25 – Felix Rosenqvist – 94 (-290)
26 – Tony Kanaan – 79 (-305)
27 – Max Chilton – 77 (-307)
28 – Jimmie Johnson – 56 (-328)
29 – Juan Pablo Montoya – 53 (-331)
30 – Sage Karam – 53 (-331)
31 – Pietro Fittipaldi – 34 (-350)
32 – J.R. Hildebrand – 30 (-354)
33 – Oliver Askew – 24 (-360)
34 – Marco Andretti – 22 (-362)
35 – Cody Ware – 11 (-373)
36 – Ryan Norman – 10 (-374)
37 – Simona de Silvestro – 10 (-374)
38 – Stefan Wilson – 10 (-374)
39 – Charlie Kimball – 8 (-376)
40 – Kevin Magnussen – 7 (-377)

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The inaugural race on the streets of Nashville, the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 8.