Helio Castroneves powered to the Izod IndyCar pole for Sunday’s IndyCar race on Saturday. Photo by Chris Jones
Helio Castroneves knows that every point counts in the IZOD IndyCar Series point standings, so the Brazilian happily accepted the nine bonus points for winning the Verizon P1 Award in a 50-lap heat race for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by DEKALB even though he’ll start 11th by accepting a grid spot penalty for an unapproved engine change (did not meet 2,000-mile threshold).
Castroneves is not the only one moving back on the grid because of unapproved engine change penalties: Scott Dixon, who won Race 1 and finished fifth in Race 3; Takuma Sato, who was second in Race 1; James Jakes, Ana Beatriz and Josef Newgarden.
Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske car, led teammate Will Power across the finish line by 3.1480 seconds for his first pole since April 2012 and 38th overall. James Hinchcliffe finished third and Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti, who started from the pole at Milwaukee last week, finished fourth.
Those drivers, plus Ed Carpenter, will move up to comprise the first two rows.
The three 50-lap heat races on the .875-mile oval set the lineup for the 250-lap race. Race 3 consisted of positions 1 through 6 from single-car qualifying plus the first- and second-place finishers from Races 1 (Dixon and Sato) and 2 (Graham Rahal and Carpenter) to determine the pole winner and the first five rows of the starting grid.
The results of Race 2 determined the odd-numbered positions on the grid, starting with position 11 (Simon Pagenaud, who picked up one bonus point). The results of Race 1 determined the even-numbered positions on the grid, starting with position 12 (Alex Tagliani, who also received one bonus point).
Bonus points — from nine awarded to the pole winner and decreasing by one to three points for seventh/eighth, two points for ninth/10th and one point for 11th/12th — were an added attraction for the only oval race using heat races for qualifying.
IZOD IndyCar Series
Iowa Speedway – Newton, Iowa
Iowa Corn Indy 250 Qualifying – June 22, 2013
1. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (1)
2. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (2)
3. (27) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (3)
4. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (4)
5. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (5)
6. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (6)
7. (14) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (7)
8. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (8)
9. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (9)
10. (4) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 3 (10)
11. (77) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 2 (3)
12. (98) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 1 (3)
13. (19) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 2 (4)
14. (1) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 1 (4)
15. (55) Tristan Vautier, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 2 (5)
16. (67) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 1 (5)
17. (83) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 2 (6)
18. (18) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 1 (6)
19. (5) EJ Viso, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 2 (7)
20. (6) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 1 (7)
21. (16) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 2 (8)
22. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 1 (8)
23. (78) Simona De Silvestro, Dallara-Chevy, Qualifications – Heat Race 2 (9)
24. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, Qualifications – Heat Race 1 (9)
HEAT #1
1. (1) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
2. (2) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
3. (4) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
4. (8) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
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6. (9) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running6. (9) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
7. (6) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
8. (5) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
9. (7) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
Winners average speed: 173.949
Time of Race: 00:15:25.1012
Margin of victory: 0.7768
Cautions: 0
Lead changes: 0
Lap Leaders: Dixon 1 – 50
HEAT #2
1. (7) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
2. (1) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
3. (6) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
4. (8) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
5. (2) Tristan Vautier, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
6. (3) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
7. (5) EJ Viso, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
8. (4) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 48, Contact 9. (9) Simona De Silvestro, Dallara-Chevy, 47, Running
Winners average speed: 170.069
Time of Race: 00:15:46.2056
Margin of victory: Under caution
Cautions: 1
Lead changes: 1
Lap Leaders: Carpenter 1 – 46, Rahal 47 – 50
HEAT #3
1. (1) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
2. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
3. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
4. (2) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
5. (8) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
6. (9) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
7. (10) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
8. (4) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 50, Running
9. (7) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 49, Running
10. (6) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Chevy, 49, Running
Winners average speed: 172.960
Time of Race: 00:15:30.3893
Margin of victory: 3.1480
Cautions: 0
Lead changes: 0
Lap Leaders: Castroneves 1 – 50
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