2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500
# 2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500

The 2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was an IndyCar Series event that took place from August 29-30, 2020. It made up the eighth and ninth rounds of the 2020 IndyCar Series season. Initially scheduled to be just one race, the one 500km race was replaced with a doubleheader weekend after cancellations of the events at Portland and Laguna Seca due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two 200-lap, 250-mile races formed the advertised 500 mile distance.

## Entry list

Separate entry lists were released for both events with identical participants, apart from a sponsor change for Felix Rosenqvist from NTT Data to Monster Energy.

| Car No. | Driver Name | Owner/Team | Engine |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Charlie Kimball | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Patricio O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Oliver Askew R | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 18 | Santino Ferrucci | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Rinus VeeKay R | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 30 | Takuma Sato W | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 55 | Álex Palou R | Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh | Honda |
| 59 | Conor Daly | Carlin | Chevrolet |
| 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 88 | Colton Herta | Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda |
| 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| Sources: ||||

All cars run a Dallara safety tub utilizing the IndyCar mandated Universal Aero Kit 18. All cars also will utilize Firestone tires.

| Key | Meaning |
| - | - |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |

## Practice

Patricio O'Ward was fastest in practice with a time of 24.789 seconds and a speed of 181.532 mph (292.147 km/h).

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Patricio O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet | 24.789 | 181.532 |
| 2 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 24.867 | 180.961 |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 24.886 | 180.822 |

## Combined Qualifying Session, August 29

The pole for Saturday's race was won by Will Power with a time of 24.6718 seconds. The new and now two-time Indy 500 Takuma Sato won the pole for Sunday's race with a time of 24.6577 seconds.

| Pos Race 1 | Pos Race 2 | No. | Name | Lap 1 | Lap 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 12 | Will Power W | 24.6718 | 24.6611 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Patricio O'Ward | 24.7149 | 24.6873 |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 24.7244 | 24.7613 |
| 4 | 7 | 10 | Marcus Ericsson | 24.8120 | 24.7630 |
| 5 | 1 | 10 | Takuma Sato W | 24.8226 | 24.6577 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Josef Newgarden W | 24.8314 | 24.6607 |
| 7 | 5 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 24.8736 | 24.7525 |
| 8 | 12 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 24.9024 | 24.9144 |
| 9 | 11 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 24.9038 | 24.8860 |
| 10 | 10 | 88 | Colton Herta | 24.9100 | 24.8394 |
| 11 | 14 | 55 | Álex Palou R | 24.9173 | 24.9224 |
| 12 | 9 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | 24.9591 | 24.8088 |
| 13 | 8 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 24.9815 | 24.7993 |
| 14 | 18 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay R | 24.9903 | 25.1833 |
| 15 | 13 | 7 | Oliver Askew R | 24.9926 | 24.9198 |
| 16 | 15 | 59 | Conor Daly | 25.0020 | 24.9482 |
| 17 | 22 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 25.0667 | 25.3196 |
| 18 | 21 | 4 | Charlie Kimball | 25.0905 | 25.2390 |
| 19 | 20 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 25.2529 | 25.2012 |
| 20 | 16 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci | 25.2542 | 24.9727 |
| 21 | 19 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 25.3288 | 25.1918 |
| 22 | 23 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 25.4821 | 25.4521 |
| 23 | 17 | 26 | Zach Veach | 25.5661 | 25.0291 |
| Sources: ||||||
| Key | Meaning |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |

## Race 1 – August 29

The first 14 laps of the race were run under caution as a result of a six-car crash coming to the green flag. Álex Palou pulled out of line, and was followed by Simon Pagenaud and Oliver Askew. Askew hit Pagenaud, who in turn collected Alexander Rossi. The resulting incident took out Zach Veach, Marco Andretti, and Ed Carpenter, leading to three of the five Andretti Autosport cars retiring inside the opening five laps. Scott Dixon won the event, his fourth of the season, extending his points lead over Josef Newgarden to 117 points.

### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 200 | 1:44:30.7944 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | 30 | Takuma Sato W | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 200 | +0.1404 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | 5 | Patricio O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet | 200 | +7.0052 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 38 |
| 4 | 88 | Colton Herta | Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | 200 | +7.7019 | 3 | 10 | | 32 |
| 5 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 200 | +8.3504 | 3 | 4 | | 30 |
| 6 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay R | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | +12.4145 | 3 | 14 | | 28 |
| 7 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 200 | +13.0556 | 3 | 8 | | 26 |
| 8 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 200 | +13.8107 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 200 | +15.0319 | 4 | 21 | | 22 |
| 10 | 59 | Conor Daly | Carlin | Chevrolet | 200 | +15.6721 | 4 | 16 | | 20 |
| 11 | 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 200 | +16.2600 | 4 | 7 | | 19 |
| 12 | 1 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 200 | +16.8155 | 4 | 6 | | 18 |
| 13 | 4 | Charlie Kimball | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 200 | +21.4079 | 4 | 18 | | 17 |
| 14 | 7 | Oliver Askew R | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet | 200 | +24.0143 | 4 | 15 | | 16 |
| 15 | 55 | Álex Palou R | Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh | Honda | 200 | +24.6954 | 3 | 11 | | 15 |
| 16 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 200 | +27.0938 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 198 | +2 laps | 5 | 1 | 61 | 15 |
| 18 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 124 | Mechanical | 5 | 22 | | 12 |
| 19 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 67 | Contact | 5 | 13 | | 11 |
| 20 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | Contact | 1 | 17 | | 10 |
| 21 | 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 2 | Contact | 0 | 23 | | 9 |
| 22 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 0 | Contact | 0 | 9 | | 8 |
| 23 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 0 | Contact | 0 | 19 | | 7 |
| Official Box Score |||||||||||

Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Race 2 had no DNFs.

### Race statistics

Lap leader breakdown :

| From lap | To lap | Total laps | Driver |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 61 | 61 | Will Power |
| 62 | 64 | 3 | Scott Dixon |
| 65 | 65 | 1 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 66 | 67 | 2 | Santino Ferrucci |
| 68 | 161 | 94 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 162 | 175 | 14 | Takuma Sato |
| 176 | 200 | 25 | Scott Dixon |

Cautions:2 for 25 laps :

| From lap | To lap | Total laps | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | Contact: Car 7 (Askew), 20 (Carpenter), 22 (Pagenaud), 26 (Veach), 27 (Rossi), 98 (Andretti) in Turn 4 |
| 108 | 120 | 13 | Conditions |

Average speed: 143.522 mph (230.976 km/h)

### Championship standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Scott Dixon | 386 |
| | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 269 |
| | 3 | Patricio O'Ward | 256 |
| 2 | 4 | Takuma Sato | 248 |
| 1 | 5 | Graham Rahal | 226 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 688 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 579 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included.

## Race 2 – August 30

The second race began under caution after a vehicle spilled oil on the track during the pace laps. Josef Newgarden won the race, his second win of the season.

### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 200 | 1:32:15.2431 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 51 |
| 2 | 5 | Patricio O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet | 200 | +1.4356 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 41 |
| 3 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 200 | +3.3580 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 36 |
| 4 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay R | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | +4.4369 | 3 | 18 | | 32 |
| 5 | 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 200 | +6.2173 | 3 | 6 | | 30 |
| 6 | 88 | Colton Herta | Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | 200 | +7.0022 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 7 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 200 | +9.6894 | 3 | 9 | | 26 |
| 8 | 59 | Conor Daly | Carlin | Chevrolet | 200 | +9.9199 | 3 | 15 | | 24 |
| 9 | 30 | Takuma Sato W | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 200 | +10.8130 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 26 |
| 10 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 200 | +15.6741 | 3 | 16 | | 20 |
| 11 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 200 | +16.6569 | 3 | 12 | | 19 |
| 12 | 55 | Álex Palou R | Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh | Honda | 200 | +18.8580 | 3 | 14 | | 18 |
| 13 | 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 200 | +20.0777 | 3 | 5 | | 17 |
| 14 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 200 | +20.9892 | 3 | 11 | | 16 |
| 15 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 199 | +1 Lap | 3 | 20 | | 15 |
| 16 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 199 | +1 Lap | 3 | 8 | | 14 |
| 17 | 7 | Oliver Askew R | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet | 199 | +1 Lap | 3 | 13 | | 13 |
| 18 | 4 | Charlie Kimball | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 199 | +1 Lap | 3 | 21 | | 12 |
| 19 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 199 | +1 Lap | 3 | 19 | | 11 |
| 20 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 198 | +2 Laps | 3 | 23 | | 10 |
| 21 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | +3 Laps | 3 | 22 | | 9 |
| 22 | 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 196 | +4 Laps | 4 | 17 | | 8 |
| 23 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 190 | +10 Laps | 3 | 7 | | 7 |
| Official Box Score |||||||||||

Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

### Race statistics

Lap leader breakdown :

| From lap | To lap | Total laps | Driver |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 59 | 59 | Takuma Sato |
| 60 | 95 | 36 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 96 | 97 | 2 | Will Power |
| 98 | 101 | 4 | Josef Newgarden |
| 102 | 108 | 7 | Takuma Sato |
| 109 | 113 | 5 | Colton Herta |
| 114 | 151 | 38 | Will Power |
| 152 | 156 | 5 | Colton Herta |
| 157 | 200 | 44 | Josef Newgarden |

Cautions:2 for 5 laps :

| From lap | To lap | Total laps | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Start under Yellow (Oil on track) |
| 197 | 200 | 4 | Contact: Car #30 (Sato) in Turn 2 |

Average speed: 162.594 mph (261.670 km/h)

### Championship standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Scott Dixon | 416 |
| | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 320 |
| | 3 | Patricio O'Ward | 297 |
| | 4 | Takuma Sato | 274 |
| 2 | 5 | Colton Herta | 250 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 747 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 674 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included.
