2015 Firestone 600

February 2025 USA Firestone 600 TexasMotorSpeedway.svg June 6 2015 Firestone 600 9th 2015 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 2015 Honda Indy Toronto IndyCar Series Texas Motor Speedway Permanent racing facility 1.5 2.4 248 372 595.2 86 F C, clear Will Power Team Penske 23.9500 + 23.9910 = 47.9410 Australia Will Power Team Penske 24.1743 seconds 49 Australia Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Brazil The 2015 Firestone 600 was the ninth round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season. It took take place on Saturday, June 6. The race was contested over 248 laps at the 1.5 mi km on Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was televised by NBCSN in the United States.http://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2015/IndyCar-Series/Texas 2015 Schedule - Firestone 600 Verizon IndyCar Series It marked the 27th IndyCar race held at the speedway since it was first held there in 1997.http://www.indycar.com/News/2015/06/6-2-Notes-Briscoe-back-for-run-at-Texas Briscoe, Vautier, Mann back for Texas Lewandowski Dave June 2, 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series 2 June 2015 Background The second race in last week's rounds 7 and 8 in the IndyCar series marked the first time all season that a race finished without a Penske or Ganassi driver among the top two places. The top performance by either of the super teams was a third-place showing by Penske’s Simon Pagenaud in first race of the dual in Detroit on Saturday.http://blogs.windsorstar.com/sports/bob-duff-little-guys-come-up-big-in-detroit-grand-prix Little guys come up big in Detroit Grand Prix Duff Bob May 31, 2015 The Windsor Star 1 June 2015 June 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150603065112/http://blogs.windsorstar.com/sports/bob-duff-little-guys-come-up-big-in-detroit-grand-prix dead It also marked the best showing by Honda cars with the manufacturer taking 1-2 in the first race, and 2-3 in the second race. Report Qualifying Initial practice and qualifying took place in the afternoon on Friday June 5, 2015 with a final practice occurring later that evening. Pos No. Name Lap 1 Lap 2 Total Time 1 1 AUS Will Power W 23.9500 23.9910 47.9410 2 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud 23.9458 24.0122 47.9580 3 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves W 23.9612 24.0786 48.0398 4 26 COL Carlos Muñoz 24.0177 24.0746 48.0923 5 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 24.0416 24.1173 48.1589 6 15 USA Graham Rahal 24.0610 24.1182 48.1792 7 9 NZL Scott Dixon W 24.0594 24.1259 48.1853 8 10 BRA Tony Kanaan W 24.0665 24.1351 48.2016 9 83 USA Charlie Kimball 24.0897 24.1150 48.2047 10 8 USA Sage Karam R 24.1390 24.1552 48.2942 11 27 USA Marco Andretti 24.1290 24.1752 48.3042 12 7 GBR James Jakes 24.0723 24.2344 48.3067 13 14 JPN Takuma Sato 24.1562 24.1903 48.3465 14 67 USA Josef Newgarden 24.1572 24.2958 48.4530 15 20 USA Ed Carpenter W 24.2105 24.2453 48.4558 16 19 FRA Tristan Vautier 24.2517 24.2643 48.5160 17 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth 24.2722 24.3131 48.5853 18 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 24.3140 24.3429 48.6569 19 5 AUS Ryan Briscoe W 24.4444 24.2444 48.6888 20 98 COL Gabby Chaves R 24.3376 24.3550 48.6926 21 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 24.3495 24.3703 48.7198 22 18 GBR Pippa Mann 24.3600 24.4441 48.8041 23 4 MON Stefano Coletti R 24.6630 24.7685 49.4315Qualifications Race summary The race took place on the evening of Saturday June 6, 2015 and was the fastest IndyCar Series race ever run at the Texas Motor Speedway with an average speed of 191.940 mph.https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/13028462/kate-walker-legitimacy-inequality-european-union-formula-one Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan lead Ganassi 1-2 sweep in crash-free Texas race June 6, 2015 ESPN Associated Press 7 June 2015 It was a relative clean contest with only one caution occurring between laps 84 to 96, which was due to non-contact debris on the front stretch of the track, during the entire 248 lap race. Pole driver Will Power had the lead for the first 7 laps of the race, when Simon Pagenaud took the lead from him and held it for the next 59 laps of the race. Multiple pit stops by others further back in the field to make wing and tire adjustments shuffled the order and put several drivers one to three laps down. Finding the right balance of downforce and tire wear and press would prove pivotal in the race.http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/texas-motor-speedway/article23321217.html Castroneves has enough downforce for another top-five finish Henry John June 6, 2015 Star-Telegram 7 June 2015 In lap 67, Tony Kanaan took the lead. During the caution beginning in lap 84, pretty much the entire field pitted, and pit times resulted in a major reshuffling of order once again with Juan Pablo Montoya holding the lead when the race resumed on lap 96, with Kanaan retaking the lead on lap 103. As cars pitted for fuel beginning in lap 138, the lead was again reshuffled, with the lead passing to Scott Dixon, Hélio Castroneves, James Jakes and then back to Dixon. Another round of pitting for fuel again reshuffled the lead over a ten lap period, with Kanaan, then Castroneves and then Marco Andretti taking the lead. Dixon re-took the lead on lap 194 and would maintain lead for the rest of the race with the except of his taking his final pit stop for fuel on lap 228 end up having the lead for a total of 97 laps, eclipsing his season total of 59 in laps led in one race. He would go on to win the race, which his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kanaan taking second, and Castroneves taking the third podium position for Team Penske. The top 4 finishers were all Chevrolet cars which dominated the race and the top finishers suggest high downforce will be the way to success on oval courses for the remainder of the season.http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/more-sports/motor-sports/headlines/20150606-fraley-strategic-change-helps-scott-dixon-takes-firestone-600-by-force.ece Strategic change helps Scott Dixon takes Firestone 600 by force Fraley Gerry June 6, 2015 Dallas Morning News 7 June 2015 Race results Pos Position No. Car Number Driver Team Engine &Aero Kit Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed Pts. Points 1 9 NZL Scott Dixon W Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 248 1:52:47.8511191.94 mph 5 7 97 53 2 10 BRA Tony Kanaan W Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 248 +7.8000 5 8 57 41 3 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves W Team Penske Chevrolet 248 +9.9446 5 3 7 36 4 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 248 +10.4608 5 5 16 33 5 27 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 248 +26.0947 4 11 2 31 6 26 COL Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 247 +1 Lap 4 4 28 7 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 247 +1 Lap 5 9 1 27 8 5 AUS Ryan Briscoe W Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 247 +1 Lap 5 19 24 9 7 GBR James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 247 +1 Lap 4 12 2 23 10 98 COL Gabby Chaves R Bryan Herta Autosport Honda 246 +2 Laps 5 20 20 11 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 246 +2 Laps 4 2 59 20 12 8 USA Sage Karam R Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 245 +3 Laps 6 10 18 13 1 AUS Will Power W Team Penske Chevrolet 244 +4 Laps 5 1 7 19 14 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 244 +4 Laps 7 18 16 15 15 USA Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 243 +5 Laps 6 6 15 16 14 JPN Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 243 +5 Laps 8 13 14 17 18 GBR Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 242 +6 Laps 5 22 13 18 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 241 +7 Laps 7 21 12 19 4 MON Stefano Coletti R KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 239 +9 Laps 8 23 11 20 19 FRA Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Honda 156 Wheel bearing 3 16 10 21 67 USA Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Chevrolet 149 Engine 5 14 9 22 20 USA Ed Carpenter W CFH Racing Chevrolet 147 Engine 4 15 8 23 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 62 Suspension 4 17 7OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Key Meaning R Rookie W Past winner Championship standings after the race Drivers' standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 348 10px 2 AUS Will Power 313 10px 3 NZL Scott Dixon 305 10px 4 BRA Hélio Castroneves 286 10px 5 USA Graham Rahal 261 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links http://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2015/IndyCar-Series/Texas Firestone 600 2015 2015 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 2015 Honda Indy Toronto 2014 Firestone 600 2016 Firestone 600 Category:2015 in IndyCar Category:2015 in sports in Texas 2015 Firestone 600 Category:Firestone 600