WWT Raceway at Gateway - Indycar Series (Photo: James Black)
Indycar Race Results: August 21, 2021 (Gateway)
Shane Walters
WWT Raceway at Gateway results for the NTT Indycar Series
Tonight, the NTT Indycar Series unloads across the river from Downtown St. Louis, MO in Madison, IL. The 1.25-mile of WWT Raceway at Gateway is set to host the open wheel cars on an oval.
View Gateway results for the Indycar Series below.
Will Power and Colton Herta line up on the front row. The field lines up in a three wide salute for the racing fans. 260 laps of oval racing are up next…
Indycar Report
Green flag, Power leads into turn one as Newgarden works inside of Herta for 2nd. Herta holds that spot.
Lap 2, Herta has a run on Power back in turn one, he’s clear, Herta leads.
Graham Rahal and Ed Jones crash at WWT Raceway at Gateway – NTT Indycar Series (Photo: Joe Skibinksi)
Lap 3, Ed Jones and Graham Rahal tangle into turn one. Jones forces him wide and they make contact. Both drivers tag the wall, caution.
Green, Herta leads the field into turn one. Dalton Kellet is around behind them and the caution is back out.
Colton Herta, Will Power at WWT Racewat at Gateway – Indycar Series (Photo: Chris Owens)
Green, Herta leads Power. Newgarden and Pagenaud fight for space behind them. Newgarden pinches and clips the front wing of Pagenaud. Debris flies and another caution is out.
Green, but the caution lights are still out. They drop the yellow once again.
Green, Herta leads Power into turn one.
Lap 56
Lap 56, Ed Carpentor spins over the curb in turn three. He backs it into the fence and the caution is out.
The field hits the pit lane. Newgarden wins the race to the pit exit and takes over the lead, Power 2nd as Herta falls to 3rd.
Scott Dixon, Alex Palou crash at WWT Raceway – NTT Indycar Series (Photo: Joe Skibinksi)
Green, Alex Palou, Rinus VeeKay and Scott Dixon tangle in turn one. All three make heavy contact with the wall. The caution is back out. VeeKay drove it deep and turned them both.
Green, Newgarden leads Power. Alexander Rossi forces it inside of Herta into turn one, Rossi takes over 3rd.
Lap 79, Rossi has a run on Power into turn one. He drives right by on the inside.
Lap 92, Grosjean is charging through the field. He’s passed three cars in 5 laps and he’s up to 9th. He entering high and crossing for a late apex to cut under cars off the corner and keep his nose in clean air.
Pit cycle
Lap 112, Ryan Hunter-Reay hits the pit lane to begin the green flag pit cycle. This is an early stop.
Lap 128, Grosjean brushes the wall on cold tires after a pit stop.
Lap 132, Rossi pits from 2nd. Two laps later, Newgarden to the pit lane. Newgarden holds the race lead.
Lap 138, Herta drives under Rossi to take over 2nd.
Lap 139, Herta has a run on Newgarden for the race lead. Newgarden throws a block into turn one but Herta forces his way to the inside and clears him. Herta to the lead.
Pit cycle
Lap 185, Herta pits from the race lead under green. They drop the jack and he’s broken the driveline exiting his pit box!
Lap 198, Newgarden pits from the race lead.
Lap 201, Alexander Rossi hits the wall in turn two. He got loose and chased it into the marbles before tagging the wall and ripping the right front off. The caution is out. Grosjean is trapped a lap down.
Green, Newgarden snakes down the front stretch and leads O’Ward into turn one.
25 to go, Newgarden leads O’Ward by 0.7 seconds.
10 to go, Newgarden maintains the gap.
Josef Newgarden wins at Gateway!
Josef Newgarden at WWT Racewat at Gateway – NTT Indycar Series (Photo: Chris Owens)
Gateway Results August 21, 2021 Indycar Series
Pos | Driver
1. Josef Newgarden 2. Pato O’Ward 3. Will Power 4. Scott McLaughlin 5. Sebastien Bourdais 6. Takuma Sato 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 8. Simon Pagenaud 9. Marcus Ericsson 10. Jack Harvey 11. Conor Daly 12. Dalton Kellett 13. Tony Kanaan 14. Romain Grosjean 15. James Hinchcliffe 16. Felix Rosenqvist 17. Alexander Rossi 18. Colton Herta 19. Scott Dixon 20. Alex Palou 21. Rinus VeeKay 22. Ed Carpenter 23. Graham Rahal 24. Ed Jones
Josef Newgarden in victory lane – WWT Racewat at Gateway – NTT Indycar Series (Photo: Joe Skibinksi)