2015 MAVTV 500

2015 MAVTV 500

Race details
11th round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season
Date	June 27, 2015
Official name	MAVTV 500
Location	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.000 mi / 3.219 km
Distance	250 laps 500.000 mi / 804.672 km
Weather	89 °F (32 °C), dry, overcast
Pole position
Driver	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Time	1:05.7679
Fastest lap
Driver	Takuma Sato (A. J. Foyt Enterprises)
Time	33.0027 sec. - 218.164 mph (351.101 km/h) (on lap 229 of 250)
Podium
First	Graham Rahal (RLL Racing)
Second	Tony Kanaan (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport)

The 2015 MAVTV 500 IndyCar race was an open-wheel motorsport event held on June 27, 2015, at the 2.000-mile (3.219 km) oval course at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It marked the 11th round of the 2015 season and unlike the previous season, was not the championship's final race of the season.

The race featured an IndyCar Series record 80 lead changes. The race was the first race since the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship to feature pack-style racing. While many observers applauded the race as being one of the most exciting races in recent IndyCar history (Jan Wagner of the Del Mar Times called it "one of the best IndyCar races ever"),^[1] others questioned the racing as being too dangerous.^[2][3][4][5] The race ended with a spectacular airborne crash from Ryan Briscoe, who was uninjured.^[6]

Report

Qualifying

Initial practice and qualifying took place in the afternoon on Friday June 27, 2015 with a final practice occurring later that evening.

Pos	No.	Name	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total Time
1	22	Simon Pagenaud	32.8599	32.9080	1:05.7679
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	32.9164	32.9171	1:05.8335
3	27	Marco Andretti	33.0378	33.0788	1:06.1166
4	20	Ed Carpenter W	32.9883	33.1680	1:06.1563
5	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	33.1160	33.1670	1:06.2830
6	10	Tony Kanaan W	33.1022	33.2011	1:06.3033
7	9	Scott Dixon	33.1371	33.1662	1:06.3033
8	1	Will Power W	33.0502	33.2555	1:06.3057
9	14	Takuma Sato	33.0883	33.2378	1:06.3261
10	8	Sage Karam R	33.1253	33.2159	1:06.3412
11	26	Carlos Muñoz	33.1895	33.2072	1:06.3967
12	67	Josef Newgarden	33.3031	33.2128	1:06.5159
13	83	Charlie Kimball	33.2668	33.3253	1:06.5921
14	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	33.3422	33.3296	1:06.6718
15	11	Sébastien Bourdais	33.3614	33.3920	1:06.7534
16	5	Ryan Briscoe	33.4218	33.3914	1:06.8132
17	41	Jack Hawksworth	33.3911	33.4781	1:06.8692
18	98	Gabby Chaves R	33.6946	33.6832	1:07.3778
19	15	Graham Rahal	33.6841	33.7193	1:07.4034
20	19	Tristan Vautier	33.7516	33.7536	1:07.5052
21	4	Stefano Coletti R	33.6009	34.1179	1:07.7188
22	18	Pippa Mann	34.2066	34.1928	1:08.3994
23	7	James Jakes	DNQ	DNQ	No Time
Qualifications

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	250	2:57:40.6179	9	19	15	51
2	10	Tony Kanaan W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	250	+0.3157	8	6	23	41
3	27	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	250	+1.2490	9	3	31	36
4	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	+2.1182	8	5	5	33
5	8	Sage Karam R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	250	+2.9539	10	10	5	31
6	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	250	+3.6092	9	7	7	29
7	7	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	250	+4.9846	9	23		26
8	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	250	+5.3595	10	13		24
9	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	250	+7.4054	10	1	3	24
10	41	Jack Hawksworth	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	250	+9.5128	10	17		20
11	26	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Honda	250	+11.6907	10	11	14	20
12	4	Stefano Coletti R	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	250	+11.9206	10	21		18
13	18	Pippa Mann	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	250	+24.3450	10	22		17
14	11	Sébastien Bourdais	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	250	+25.1511	12	15		16
15	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	249	Contact	10	15	3	16
16	5	Ryan Briscoe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	249	Contact	11	16	7	15
17	19	Tristan Vautier	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	246	+4 Laps	9	20		13
18	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	241	Contact	7	9	31	13
19	1	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	241	Contact	7	8	62	14
20	98	Gabby Chaves R	Bryan Herta Autosport	Honda	237	+13 Laps	10	18		10
21	67	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	161	Contact	5	12		9
22	20	Ed Carpenter W	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	157	Contact	4	4	1	9
23	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	136	Contact	4	2	43	8
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Juan Pablo Montoya	407
	2	Will Power	361
	3	Scott Dixon	358
1	4	Graham Rahal	334
1	5	Hélio Castroneves	330

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. Wagner, Jan (2015-07-15). "AutoMatters+: MAVTV 500 – One of the Best IndyCar Races Ever". Del Mar Times. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
2. "DiZinno: IndyCar's Double-Edged Sword in Fontana | MotorSportsTalk". Motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
3. "Montoya increases points lead, but not happy with how it happened | MotorSportsTalk". Motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
4. "Kanaan misses out on MAVTV 500 repeat, but frustrated over race (VIDEO) | MotorSportsTalk". Motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
5. "Reactions on social run gamut: Was IndyCar's MAVTV 500 pack racing, or the edge of brilliance? | MotorSportsTalk". Motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
6. "IndyCar: Briscoe airborne in frightening crash, but emerges unscathed | MotorSportsTalk". Motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.

External links

• Official website
• IndyCar Toronto event page