2020 Harvest Grand Prix

2020 Harvest Grand Prix
Race details
12th and 13th round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
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Date	October 2 and 3, 2020
Official name	Indycar Harvest Grand Prix
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Speedway, Indiana, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance	85 laps; 207.315 mi / {{{Distance_km}}} km
Weather	60 °F (16 °C), mostly cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Rinus Veekay (Ed Carpenter Racing)
Time	01:09.6903
Fastest lap
Driver	Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing)
Time	1:10.5582 (on lap 21 of 85)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
Third	Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing)
Weather	64 °F (18 °C), mostly cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	1:08.9767
Fastest lap
Driver	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Time	1:11.3775 (on lap 53 of 75)
Podium
First	Will Power (Team Penske)
Second	Colton Herta (Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport)
Third	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
Chronology
July 2020	May 2021

The 2020 Harvest Grand Prix was IndyCar Series event held on October 2–3, 2020. It made up the twelfth and thirteenth and penultimate rounds of the series' 2020 season. Rinus VeeKay won pole for the first race with Josef Newgarden taking victory. Will Power led every lap from pole position to take victory in the second race.

Background

As a result of races cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the IndyCar Series announced on April 6, 2020, that a third trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway would be added to the 2020 season as a support race for the Intercontinental GT Challenge's Indianapolis 8 Hours.^[3] The Harvest name paid tribute to the Harvest Auto Racing Classic, the only event held outside the Month of May at the Speedway between 1911 and 1993. Following further race cancellations, on July 27, 2020, the IndyCar Series changed the weekend from a single race to a doubleheader weekend.^[4]

The Speedway opened the gates to spectators for the first time in 2020 after being behind closed doors for much of the season, with a limit of 10,000 spectators for practice day, and the three race days (including the Intercontinental GT Challenge event that was the feature).

Entrants

A. J. Foyt Enterprises announce the signing of Sébastien Bourdais for the remainder of the 2020 season starting with the Harvest Grand Prix.^[5] Locally based Dreyer & Reinbold Racing made their third race weekend appearance with Sage Karam, making 2020 the most appearances by the team since the 2013 season.^[6] A week before the race, Indycar's medical team declared rookie Oliver Askew as not fit to drive. Arrow McLaren SP replaced Askew with vetern Hélio Castroneves.^[7] It would be Castroneves' first open-wheel start away from Team Penske since the 1999 Marlboro 500. A day later, James Hinchcliffe was announced as taking over Andretti Autosport's #26 entry for Zach Veach.^[8]

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
7	Hélio Castroneves	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda
20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet
26	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Honda
27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda
30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
41	Dalton Kellett R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
55	Álex Palou R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda
59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet
60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda
98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda

Practice

A single practice session was held over the weekend. The session was held October 1 at 2:15 PM ET^[9]

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	55	Álex Palou R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda	01:10.1777
2	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	01:10.2773
3	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	01:10.3857
Source:^[10]

Race 1 – October 1–2

Qualifying

Qualifying was held the day before the race at 6:20 PM ET.^[9] As the event was doubleheader, series rules meant qualifying was a single round (instead of two rounds as normal), split into two groups. Drivers from the group with the fastest driver having the better time started in the odd number positions, while the group whose fastest time was worse than the other group took even number positions.

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Group	Time	Final grid
								1	21	Rinus VeeKay R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	2	01:09.6903	1
								2	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1	01:10.4706	2
3	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	2	01:09.7048	3
4	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1	01:10.5686	4
5	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	2	01:09.7140	5
6	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	1	01:10.6234	6
7	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	2	01:09.8007	7
8	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	1	01:10.6500	8
9	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	2	01:09.8193	9
10	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	1	01:10.7290	10
11	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	2	01:09.8830	11
12	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1	01:10.8953	12
13	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	2	01:09.9872	13
14	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	1	01:10.9374	14
15	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	2	01:10.0017	15
16	14	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	1	01:10.9588	16
17	55	Álex Palou R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda	2	01:10.0323	17
18	26	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Honda	1	01:10.9630	18
19	7	Hélio Castroneves	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	2	01:10.3965	19
20	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	1	01:11.0040	20
21	24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	2	01:10.6224	21
22	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1	01:11.0488	22
23	4	Charlie Kimball W	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	2	01:10.7500	23
24	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1	01:14.8983	24
25	41	Dalton Kellett R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	2	01:11.7237	25
Source:^[11]

Race

The first race was held October 2 at 3:30 PM ET.^[9]

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	1:44:28.5561	3	2	34	54
2	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+14.2940	3	8		40
3	21	Rinus VeeKay R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	85	+15.0377	3	1	15	37
4	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	85	+17.3950	3	3	29	33
5	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+18.4580	3	7	1	31
6	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+26.1379	3	4		28
7	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+27.3767	3	11	5	27
8	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	85	+28.5311	3	6		24
9	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+30.7960	3	12		22
10	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+36.9727	2	15		20
11	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	85	+47.5513	3	9		19
12	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	85	+56.9548	3	14		18
13	4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+1:10.8969	3	23		17
14	26	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+1:11.9901	3	18		16
15	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	20	1	16
16	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	22		14
17	55	Álex Palou R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	17		13
18	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	24		12
19	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	13		11
20	7	Hélio Castroneves	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	19		10
21	14	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	16		9
22	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	4	10		8
23	24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	21		7
24	41	Dalton Kellett R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	83	+2 Laps	3	25		6
25	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	79	Mechanical	3	5		5
Fastest lap: Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing) – 01:10.5582 (lap 21)
Source:^[12]

Race 2 – October 3

Qualifying

Qualifying at 10:20 AM ET.^[13]

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Group	Time	Final grid
								1	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	01:08.9767	1
								2	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	1	01:09.1017	2
3	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	2	01:09.2315	3
4	55	Álex Palou R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda	1	01:09.1584	4
5	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	2	01:09.2477	5
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	1	01:09.1755	6
7	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	2	01:09.4216	7
8	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1	01:09.2988	8
9	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	01:09.4557	9
10	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1	01:09.3258	10
11	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	2	01:09.4791	11
12	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	1	01:09.3730	12
13	26	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Honda	2	01:09.5754	13
14	21	Rinus VeeKay R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	1	01:09.4057	14
15	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	2	01:09.5824	15
16	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1	01:09.4109	16
17	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	2	01:09.6077	17
18	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	1	01:09.6739	18
19	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	01:09.9216	19
20	7	Hélio Castroneves	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	1	01:09.7761	20
21	14	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	2	01:09.9427	21
22	24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	1	01:09.9159	22
23	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	2	01:09.9531	23
24	4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	1	01:09.9661	24
25	41	Dalton Kellett R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	1	01:10.1960	25
Source:^[14]

Race

The second race of the weekend was held October 3 at 2:30 PM ET.^[13]

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	1:32:08.5228	2	1	75	54
2	88	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	75	+0.8932	2	2		41
3	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	75	+6.1900	2	3		35
4	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+9.5889	2	9		32
5	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	75	+10.0770	2	5		30
6	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	75	+17.9886	2	7		28
7	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	75	+18.5055	2	10		26
8	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+20.5209	2	15		24
9	55	Álex Palou R	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	Honda	75	+23.2356	2	4		22
10	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+35.4374	2	19		20
11	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+39.4429	2	8		19
12	18	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	75	+40.2812	2	11		18
13	26	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Honda	75	+52.7124	2	13		17
14	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	75	+52.9907	2	17		16
15	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+54.5865	2	16		15
16	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	75	+55.3748	3	6		14
17	21	Rinus VeeKay R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	75	+59.7606	2	14		13
18	14	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	75	+1:10.9683	2	21		12
19	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	75	+1:11.4686	2	18		11
20	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	74	+1 Lap	2	23		10
21	7	Hélio Castroneves	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	74	+1 Lap	3	20		9
22	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	74	+1 Lap	2	12		8
23	4	Charlie Kimball	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	74	+1 Lap	3	24		7
24	24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	74	+1 Lap	2	22		6
25	41	Dalton Kellett R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	73	+2 Laps	3	25		5
Fastest lap: Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske) – 01:11.3775 (lap 53)
Source:^[15]

References

↑ "Indianapolis, IN Weather History".
↑ "Indianapolis, IN Weather History".
↑ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar's latest schedule change: three races added, including one at IMS; Detroit canceled". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "INDYCAR Harvest GP". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "Sebastien Bourdais Signed to Drive the No. 14 Chevrolet in 2021; He Will Debut in the Harvest Grand". September 15, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "Karam rejoins D&R Racing for IndyCar Harvest GP". Racer.com. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "Askew withdraws from IndyCar Harvest GP". Arrow McLaren SP. September 24, 2020. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ Pruett, Marshall (September 25, 2020). "Hinchcliffe takes Veach's Andretti seat". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
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↑ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. October 1, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course Split Sessions)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 1, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 2, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
1 2 "INDYCAR Harvest GP Race 2". IndyCar Series. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course Split Sessions)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 3, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 3, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

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[1] "Indianapolis, IN Weather History".

[2] "Indianapolis, IN Weather History".

[3] Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar's latest schedule change: three races added, including one at IMS; Detroit canceled". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[4] "INDYCAR Harvest GP". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[5] "Sebastien Bourdais Signed to Drive the No. 14 Chevrolet in 2021; He Will Debut in the Harvest Grand". September 15, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[6] "Karam rejoins D&R Racing for IndyCar Harvest GP". Racer.com. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[7] "Askew withdraws from IndyCar Harvest GP". Arrow McLaren SP. September 24, 2020. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[8] Pruett, Marshall (September 25, 2020). "Hinchcliffe takes Veach's Andretti seat". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[Race1Skd-9] 1 2 3 "INDYCAR HARVEST GP RACE 1". IndyCar.com. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[10] "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. October 1, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[11] "Qualifications - Results (Road Course Split Sessions)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 1, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[12] "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 2, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[Race2Skd-13] 1 2 "INDYCAR Harvest GP Race 2". IndyCar Series. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[14] "Qualifications - Results (Road Course Split Sessions)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 3, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[15] "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. October 3, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

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