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2015 MAVTV 500
34°05′19″N 117°30′00″W / 34.08858°N 117.50000°W
The 2015 MAVTV 500 was an IndyCar Series motor race held on June 27, 2015, at the Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, California. It was the eleventh round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season and the fourteenth and final Indy car race held at the speedway. The race, which was contested over 250 laps, was won by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Graham Rahal, his first win since 2008. Tony Kanaan, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, finished second, and Marco Andretti finished third driving for Andretti Autosport.
Simon Pagenaud was awarded the pole position by posting the fastest average cumulative speed in qualifying. He was immediately passed for the race lead by his Team Penske teammates, Hélio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya, the former of whom dominated the early portions of the race, leading 43 laps. However, Castroneves was taken out just past the midway point of the race due a crash. Due to the aero package for this race, many drivers, such as Sage Karam, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, and Takuma Sato, would content for the race lead. Will Power soon became the strong contender for the win, leading a race-high 62 laps. However, Power was taken out in a crash with 9 laps to go. Graham Rahal led the final ten laps and held off Kanaan to grab his second IndyCar win. On the final lap, Ryan Briscoe suffered a violent flip, but walked out unhurt.
Six caution flags were issued for 46 laps, and 80 lead changes were recorded, which broke the record for the most lead changes in an Indy car race. The final result saw Montoya increase his Drivers' Championship lead over teammate Power. Scott Dixon remained in third, and Rahal had passed Castroneves for fourth. Despite Honda's victory, Chevrolet continued enlarging their Manufacturers' Championship lead with five races remaining in the 2015 season.
The MAVTV 500 was confirmed to be on the 2015 IndyCar schedule in October 2014, alongside the rest of the 2015 schedule. It was the fourth consecutive year the race was held in the series, and the fourteenth overall American open-wheel race at Auto Club Speedway, a 2.000 miles (3.219 km) superspeedway in Fontana, California. However, unlike the past three IndyCar races at Auto Club, this race was not the season finale and was rescheduled to be held on the afternoon of June 27. The event marked the 11th of 16 scheduled races for the 2015 season. Tony Kanaan was the defending race winner.
Entering the event, Team Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya held the Drivers' Championship points lead with 374 points, 27 ahead of teammate Will Power. Scott Dixon sat third in the standings, 45 points behind Montoya. Hélio Castroneves was fourth with 322 points, while Graham Rahal was fifth with 283 points. Chevrolet was also leading the Manufacturers' Championship with 1003 points. Honda trailed behind in second with 840 points. Montoya, who had won the Indianapolis 500 the month prior, spoke on the possibility of becoming the first driver since Al Unser in 1978 to complete the Triple Crown: "The Triple Crown is not something that I really focus on, but it's something cool that the Verizon IndyCar Series brought back a few years ago and we are proud to be competing for it. Only one team is able to win the Triple Crown this year and it's ours, so that is a cool feeling."
IndyCar implemented a rule surrounding the aero kits that was exclusive to this race. The rear wing mainplane angle was required to be set between 0 and -10.5 degrees, a large difference from the required mainplane angle at Texas earlier that year (-6 to -10.5 degrees). This was done in order to add more downforce to compensate with the higher track temperatures and the forecasted 90 °F (32 °C) climate at the track. Ed Carpenter commented on the rule change: “It’s hard to get your car to work well in all the lanes, but that’s part of the challenge and what I like about the track. In 2012, not many people were running the high groove like I was. The past couple of years people have settled in so you have to get your car to work in other grooves to be able to avoid traffic. It presents you with options if you can figure it out."
Two practice sessions were held prior to the race on Friday, June 26: the first session was held at 9:30 AM local time and lasted for 45 minutes, while the second session was held at 12:45 PM local time and lasted for 75 minutes. A preliminary practice session was also held at 8:30 AM local time for the rookie drivers. It lasted for 60 minutes, and was led by Gabby Chaves with a speed of 167.933 miles per hour (270.262 km/h). Ryan Briscoe lapped fastest in the first practice session with a time of 33.1109 seconds, ahead of Marco Andretti and Simon Pagenaud. Scott Dixon set the fastest lap of the final practice session with a time of 33.0839 seconds, with Pagenaud and Ed Carpenter in second and third, respectively. During the session, James Jakes suffered an engine issue and stopped on-track, which led to the only caution flag of either practice session. As a result, Jakes was not able to make a qualifying attempt.
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2015 MAVTV 500
34°05′19″N 117°30′00″W / 34.08858°N 117.50000°W
The 2015 MAVTV 500 was an IndyCar Series motor race held on June 27, 2015, at the Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, California. It was the eleventh round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season and the fourteenth and final Indy car race held at the speedway. The race, which was contested over 250 laps, was won by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Graham Rahal, his first win since 2008. Tony Kanaan, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, finished second, and Marco Andretti finished third driving for Andretti Autosport.
Simon Pagenaud was awarded the pole position by posting the fastest average cumulative speed in qualifying. He was immediately passed for the race lead by his Team Penske teammates, Hélio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya, the former of whom dominated the early portions of the race, leading 43 laps. However, Castroneves was taken out just past the midway point of the race due a crash. Due to the aero package for this race, many drivers, such as Sage Karam, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, and Takuma Sato, would content for the race lead. Will Power soon became the strong contender for the win, leading a race-high 62 laps. However, Power was taken out in a crash with 9 laps to go. Graham Rahal led the final ten laps and held off Kanaan to grab his second IndyCar win. On the final lap, Ryan Briscoe suffered a violent flip, but walked out unhurt.
Six caution flags were issued for 46 laps, and 80 lead changes were recorded, which broke the record for the most lead changes in an Indy car race. The final result saw Montoya increase his Drivers' Championship lead over teammate Power. Scott Dixon remained in third, and Rahal had passed Castroneves for fourth. Despite Honda's victory, Chevrolet continued enlarging their Manufacturers' Championship lead with five races remaining in the 2015 season.
The MAVTV 500 was confirmed to be on the 2015 IndyCar schedule in October 2014, alongside the rest of the 2015 schedule. It was the fourth consecutive year the race was held in the series, and the fourteenth overall American open-wheel race at Auto Club Speedway, a 2.000 miles (3.219 km) superspeedway in Fontana, California. However, unlike the past three IndyCar races at Auto Club, this race was not the season finale and was rescheduled to be held on the afternoon of June 27. The event marked the 11th of 16 scheduled races for the 2015 season. Tony Kanaan was the defending race winner.
Entering the event, Team Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya held the Drivers' Championship points lead with 374 points, 27 ahead of teammate Will Power. Scott Dixon sat third in the standings, 45 points behind Montoya. Hélio Castroneves was fourth with 322 points, while Graham Rahal was fifth with 283 points. Chevrolet was also leading the Manufacturers' Championship with 1003 points. Honda trailed behind in second with 840 points. Montoya, who had won the Indianapolis 500 the month prior, spoke on the possibility of becoming the first driver since Al Unser in 1978 to complete the Triple Crown: "The Triple Crown is not something that I really focus on, but it's something cool that the Verizon IndyCar Series brought back a few years ago and we are proud to be competing for it. Only one team is able to win the Triple Crown this year and it's ours, so that is a cool feeling."
IndyCar implemented a rule surrounding the aero kits that was exclusive to this race. The rear wing mainplane angle was required to be set between 0 and -10.5 degrees, a large difference from the required mainplane angle at Texas earlier that year (-6 to -10.5 degrees). This was done in order to add more downforce to compensate with the higher track temperatures and the forecasted 90 °F (32 °C) climate at the track. Ed Carpenter commented on the rule change: “It’s hard to get your car to work well in all the lanes, but that’s part of the challenge and what I like about the track. In 2012, not many people were running the high groove like I was. The past couple of years people have settled in so you have to get your car to work in other grooves to be able to avoid traffic. It presents you with options if you can figure it out."
Two practice sessions were held prior to the race on Friday, June 26: the first session was held at 9:30 AM local time and lasted for 45 minutes, while the second session was held at 12:45 PM local time and lasted for 75 minutes. A preliminary practice session was also held at 8:30 AM local time for the rookie drivers. It lasted for 60 minutes, and was led by Gabby Chaves with a speed of 167.933 miles per hour (270.262 km/h). Ryan Briscoe lapped fastest in the first practice session with a time of 33.1109 seconds, ahead of Marco Andretti and Simon Pagenaud. Scott Dixon set the fastest lap of the final practice session with a time of 33.0839 seconds, with Pagenaud and Ed Carpenter in second and third, respectively. During the session, James Jakes suffered an engine issue and stopped on-track, which led to the only caution flag of either practice session. As a result, Jakes was not able to make a qualifying attempt.
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