Indycar race results from Barber Motorsports Park
The Indycar Series drivers are on the starting grid in Birmingham, Alabama. Barber Motorsports Park is set to host the first true road course event of the session.
View the Barber race results for the Indycar Series below.
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Romain Grosjean and Alex Palou set the front row. 90 laps of road course racing are up next…
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Race Report
Green flag, Grosjean gets the jump and he’s clear before turn one. O’Ward follows him through and takes 2nd away.
O’Ward looks outside of Grosjean. Grosjean drives deep into the corner to defend, he misses the corner and runs O’Ward wide. Palou retakes 2nd as grosjean holds the lead.
Lap 3, Palou dives inside of Grosjean in turn five. Grosjean holds him off. Felix Rosenqvist gets spun behind them, no caution.
Lap 27, Grosjean leads Palou by 1.6 seconds. green flag stops are set to begin for most of the field as it’s a two stop race for those drivers. Newgarden, McLaughlin, Rossi, Rosenqvist and Power pitted much earlier and those drivers are making this a three-stop race.
Lap 30, most of the leaders head for the pit lane. Newgarden leads but he’s one of the drivers on a three-stop strategy. Grosjean cycles out in 6th. Grosjean is 22 seconds behind Newgarden.
Lap 31, O’Ward looks inside of Palou into turn four. Palou is in the marbles, O’Ward takes the spot away.
Lap 37, McLaughlin has a run on Newgarden. He takes the lead away. Newgarden heads to the pit lane. McLaughlin, Rossi, Power and Rosenqvist pit the next lap. Grosjean cycles back to the lead.
Lap 39
Lap 39, Sting Ray Robb is stalled on the track. The caution is out.
Green, Grosjean leads Mclaughlin into turn one.
Lap 60, Grosjean leads McLaughlin by 2.5 seconds.
Lap 61, Grosjean hits the pit lane for the final time. Newgarden has a line of cars behind him as he’s stacking up the field. Dixon works inside and the entire train of three cars gets by Newgarden as he gathers it up.
Lap 65
Lap 65, McLaughlin blocks a run from Grosjean on the inside. Grosjean moves to the outside, gases it up and they run wheel to wheel! Grosjean has the inside on the next corner, they bang wheels and Grosjean takes the spot. It’s a battle for 4th but the top 3 still need to pit.
Lap 67, Power pits from the lead. Romain Grosjean cycles back to the front. He leads McLaughlin by 1 second.
20 to go
20 to go, McLaughlin has climbed back to the bumper of Grosjean and the battle for the lead heats up once again. Grosjean is on defense and he’s out of push-to-pass.
19 to go, Grosjean runs wide in turn five. He swings the door wide open for McLaughlin. Scott McLaughlin takes the lead away.
10 to go, McLaughlin leads Grosjean by 2.3 seconds. Will Power is 4 seconds back with slightly fresher tires.
Scott McLaughlin wins at Barber Motorsports Park!
Barber Motorsports Park
April 30, 2023
Indycar Series
Pos | Driver
1. Scott McLaughlin
2. Romain Grosjean
3. Will Power
4. Pato O’Ward
5. Alex Palou
6. Christian Lundgaard
7. Scott Dixon
8. Alexander Rossi
9. Felix Rosenqvist
10. Marcus Ericsson
11. Marcus Armstrong
12. Kyle Kirkwood
13. Callum Ilott
14. Colton herta
15. Josef Newgarden
16. Rinus VeeKay
17. Graham Rahal
18. Simon Pagenaud
19. David Malukas
20. Santino Ferrucci
21. Helio Castroneves
22. Benjamin Pedersen
23. Devlin DeFrancesco
24. Jack Harvey
25. Conor Daly
26. Agustin Canapino
27. Sting Ray Robb
Indycar Series
Point Standings
(After 4 of 17 Races)
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Marcus Ericsson
130
2. Pato O’Ward
-3
3. Alex Palou
-9
4. Scott McLaughlin
-11
5. Romain Grosjean
-15
6. Josef Newgarden
-25
7. Will Power
-26
8. Scott Dixon
-32
9. Kyle Kirkwood
-38
10. Colton Herta
-45
