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Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

January 01, 1970

The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio is an IndyCar Series race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Professional open wheel races at the facility date back to 1970. The U.S. Formula 5000 series ran from 1970 to 1976, and the revived Can-Am series ran from 1977 to 1980.

Honda Indy 200
IndyCar Series
VenueMid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Corporate sponsorHonda
First race1970
First ICS race2007
Distance203.22 mi (327.05 km)
Laps90
Previous namesRed Roof Inns 250k (1980)
Escort Radar Warning 200 (1983–1988)
Red Roof Inns 200 (1989)
Red Roof Inns 200 Presented by Budweiser (1990)
Pioneer Electronics 200 Presented by Budweiser (1991–1992)
Pioneer Electronics 200 Presented by Miller Genuine Draft (1993)
Miller Genuine Draft 200 (1994–1995)
Miller 200 (1996–1997)
Miller Lite 200 (1998–2001)
CART Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio (2002)
Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio (2003)
Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by Westfield Insurance (2007)
Honda Indy Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio (2008)
Most wins (driver)Scott Dixon (6)
Most wins (team)Chip Ganassi Racing (12), Team Penske (12)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chassis: Dallara (13)
Engine: Honda (17)

The CART series debuted at the track in 1980, and continued to race there from 1983 to 2003. In 2007, American open wheel racing returned to the venue, when the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series held an event. The race used to be part of a doubleheader with the American Le Mans Series, however in ALMS chose not to return to the track during its final year, 2013.

The history of open-wheel races has a unique footnote. The race has been won consecutively on seven occasions, including four times in a row from 1991 to 1997. It is also one of only a few Indy car races to be won by two sets of fathers & sons. (Mario & Michael Andretti and Bobby & Graham Rahal).[1]

Since 2007, the race has been sponsored by Honda. The sponsorship arrangement complements the track's proximity to the manufacturer's assembly plants in Marysville, East Liberty, and Anna.[2]

Race history edit

Indy car racing first visited Mid-Ohio in 1980. In late 1981, Truesports owner Jim Trueman purchased the Mid-Ohio facility, and early rumors had the track returning for the 1982 CART season.[3] However, a race did not happen until 1983. CART then appeared annually through 2003. The race was well-attended, drawing fans from two major markets nearby, Columbus and Cleveland. Crowds topped 75,000-80,000 at the peak of its popularity.[4][5] The race schedule usually included a large slate of support races including Indy Lights, Atlantics, and SCCA.

In mid-2003, CART president Chris Pook hinted at dropping Mid-Ohio from the CART schedule going forward, citing various issues. For many years, Mid-Ohio was on the schedule alongside the Grand Prix of Cleveland, and Pook stated it was not viable to have two races in such close proximity, and favored keeping the race at Cleveland instead. In addition, some observers felt that the powerful CART/Champ Cars had "outgrown" the narrow, winding course, citing a lack of passing and competition over the previous several years.[6][7] Though the decision was generally unpopular with fans, Mid-Ohio was dropped from the Champ Car schedule for 2004.

In late 2006, it was announced that the race would be revived as part of the Indy Racing League. Restarting in 2007, the race would be sponsored by IRL engine supplier Honda, which has a prominent manufacturing presence in the central Ohio area.

Through much of its history, the track has been considered the hometown venue for first Truesports (1980s) and later Rahal Letterman Racing (1990s-present). Jim Trueman and the Trueman family owned the track from 1981 to 2007. Truesports scored two poles and two wins, while Rahal Letterman Racing has scored one pole and one win.

Chip Ganassi Racing leads with eleven total victories, with driver Scott Dixon scoring six of those wins. Penske has the most poles (12). Mario and Michael Andretti have combined for three wins and five poles, and Bobby and Graham Rahal have a combined three wins and two poles.

Race scheduling edit

 
Two-time Mid-Ohio winner Bobby Rahal at the 1996 race.

In early years of the event under CART, the race was scheduled for Labor Day weekend.[8] In 1990, it was pushed back two weeks into mid-September. Rain and cooler temperatures, however, prompted officials to move the race to the summer. For 1994, it was situated in early to mid-August, the weekend after the Brickyard 400.

When the race was revived by the Indy Racing League in 2007, it was placed in July. Carried by ABC, it immediately followed final round coverage of the British Open. Such a lead-in usually created a strong television audience, but it was at the risk of the golf tournament running long due to a playoff, as it did in 2007. Starting in 2009, the race was moved back to its early August slot.

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race originally scheduled for August 16 was moved up to the weekend of August 8–9 and was expanded to a doubleheader. It was to be the final race prior to the Indianapolis 500. Days later, however, it was postponed until a later date.[9] Eventually, the doubleheader was rescheduled for the weekend of September 12–13. In 2021, the race was moved to July 4, and was held as a television doubleheader with the NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America.

Course layout edit

Through 1989, the race utilized the original full 2.4-mile track layout, which included the chicane (turns 2 and 3) just before the keyhole (turn 4). During a track repaving project in early 1990, a straightaway segment was paved to create an alternate layout which bypasses the chicane. The alternate layout measured 2.25 miles. Since the 1990 race, the Indy cars have utilized the alternate course, bypassing the chicane and creating a passing zone going into the keyhole.

In all years except for 1980, the Indy cars have utilized the auxiliary starting line located at the midpoint of the backstretch. This allows the entire field to properly assemble into the grid formation, and start the race heading towards the best passing zone on the circuit. The pace car pulls off into the pits as normal, and allow the pole position car to pace the field all the way to the backstretch. Since the start/finish line at the pit straight is immediately proceeded by the tight and slow carousel, it does not allow for optimum racing into the first turn. The finish line and all other scoring is done at the line on the pit straight. Over the years, restarts after caution periods were previously done at the pit straight, but since 2017, sometimes those too have been moved to the auxiliary starting line.

The first lap of the race is not officially scored until the cars cross the auxiliary start line on the backstretch. This removes approximately one mile from the first lap's distance, although teams still must factor in the distance in fuel calculations. From 1983 to 1989, the 84-lap race on the 2.4-mile circuit had an official distance of 200.25 miles. Likewise in 1990, the race distance for the 89-lap race on the 2.25 mile circuit was 199.3 miles. Though the race distance in laps has changed over the years, a similar deduction is still made in official race distance with respect to the race mileage.

Past winners edit

Season Date Driver Team Chassis Engine Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Report
Laps Miles (km)
Formula A/Formula 5000 history
1970 September 27   George Follmer O'Neil Racing Lotus Ford 42 100.8 (162.221) 1:03:21 95.464 Report
1971 July 5   Sam Posey Champ Carr Inc. Surtees Chevrolet 60 144 (231.745) 1:31:11 94.75 Report
1973 June 3   Jody Scheckter Taylor-Entin Trojan Chevrolet 42 100.8 (162.221) 1:02:32 96.708 Report
1974 June 2   Brian Redman Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet 42 100.8 (162.221) 1:01:04 99.023 Report
1975 August 10   Brian Redman Carl Haas/Jim Hall Lola Chevrolet 42 100.8 (162.221) 1:04:51 93.24 Report
1976 August 8   Brian Redman Carl Haas/Jim Hall Lola Chevrolet 42 100.8 (162.221) 0:59:07 102.29 Report
CART Champ Car history
1980 July 13   Johnny Rutherford Chaparral Cars Chaparral Cosworth 65 156 (251.057) 1:48:04 86.601 Report
1981
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1982 		Not held
1983 September 11   Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing March Cosworth 84 201.6 (324.443) 2:01:49 98.755 Report
1984 September 3   Mario Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Lola Cosworth 84 201.6 (324.443) 1:59:50 100.388 Report
1985 September 1   Bobby Rahal TrueSports March Cosworth 84 201.6 (324.443) 1:52:23 107.041 Report
1986 August 31   Bobby Rahal TrueSports March Cosworth 84 201.6 (324.443) 1:56:18 103.43 Report
1987 September 6   Roberto Guerrero Andy Granatelli March Cosworth 84 201.6 (324.443) 1:51:58 107.431 Report
1988 September 4   Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing Lola Chevrolet-Ilmor 84 201.6 (324.443) 2:14:18 89.57 Report
1989 September 3   Teo Fabi Porsche March Porsche 84 201.6 (324.443) 1:54:46 105.395 Report
1990 September 16   Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet-Ilmor 89 200.25 (322.271) 2:19:27 85.751 Report
1991 September 15   Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet-Ilmor 89 200.25 (322.271) 1:59:49 99.789 Report
1992 September 13   Emerson Fittipaldi Penske Racing Penske Chevrolet-Ilmor 89 200.25 (322.271) 1:51:23 107.352 Report
1993 September 12   Emerson Fittipaldi Penske Racing Penske Chevrolet-Ilmor 89 200.25 (322.271) 1:56:59 102.704 Report
1994 August 14   Al Unser Jr. Penske Racing Penske Ilmor 83* 185.754 (298.942) 1:40:59 110.387 Report
1995 August 13   Al Unser Jr. Penske Racing Penske Mercedes-Benz 83 186.75 (300.544) 1:44:04 107.11 Report
1996 August 11   Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 83 186.75 (300.544) 1:46:49 104.358 Report
1997 August 10   Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 83 187.414 (301.613) 1:41:16 110.456 Report
1998 August 9   Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard Ford-Cosworth 83 187.414 (301.613) 1:53:39 98.428 Report
1999 August 15   Juan Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 83 187.414 (301.613) 1:42:08 109.606 Report
2000 August 13   Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing Reynard Honda 83 187.414 (301.613) 1:44:59 106.558 Report
2001 August 12   Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing Reynard Honda 83 187.414 (301.613) 1:44:54 106.627 Report
2002 August 11   Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard Ford-Cosworth 92 207.736 (334.318) 1:56:17 106.68 Report
2003 August 10   Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing Lola Ford-Cosworth 92 207.736 (334.318) 1:56:45 106.251 Report
2004
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2006 		Not held
IRL/IndyCar Series history
2007 July 22   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191.93 (308.881) 1:47:24 107.222 Report
2008 July 20   Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing Dallara Honda 85 191.93 (308.881) 2:01:23 94.873 Report
2009 August 9   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191.93 (308.881) 1:46:06 108.541 Report
2010 August 8   Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191.93 (308.881) 1:54:32 100.542 Report
2011 August 7   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191.93 (308.881) 1:48:47 105.861 Report
2012 August 5   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191.93 (308.881) 1:39:49 115.379 Report
2013 August 4   Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 90 203.22 (327.05) 1:43:29 117.825 Report
2014 August 3   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Chevrolet 90 203.22 (327.05) 1:52:45 108.14 Report
2015 August 2   Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara Honda 90 203.22 (327.05) 1:55:20 105.72 Report
2016 July 31   Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 90 203.22 (327.05) 1:50:00 110.853 Report
2017 July 30   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 90 203.22 (327.05) 1:46:20 114.677 Report
2018 July 29   Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Dallara Honda 90 203.22 (327.05) 1:44:15 116.957 Report
2019 July 28   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 90 203.22 (327.05) 1:45:15 115.837 Report
2020 September 12   Will Power Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 75 169.35 (272.54) 1:29:08 113.978 Report
September 13   Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Dallara Honda 75 169.35 (272.54) 1:34:17 107.763
2021 July 4   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 80 180.64 (290.71) 1:39:58 108.405 Report
2022 July 3   Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 80 180.64 (290.71) 1:46:43 101.557 Report
2023 July 2   Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 80 180.64 (290.71) 1:37:31 111.125 Report
  • 1994: Race shortened due to time limit.
  • 2020: Race postponed and made into a doubleheader (75 laps each) due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Support race winners edit

  • Indy Pro 2000 and U.S. F2000 ran two weekends at the track in 2020 and to make up for races canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The first weekend was run as a standalone event on the originally scheduled IndyCar race weekend, while the second was run in support of the IndyCar Series on their rescheduled date. The two series, and Indy Lights, ran two weekends at the track in 2021. The first weekend was on the IndyCar Series weekend, and the second in October was run to replace the Toronto races cancelled by Ontario restrictions.

Race summaries edit

Formula 5000 edit

 
Mid-Ohio course layout (red) used through 1989.
  • 1970: The first major open wheel race at Mid-Ohio saw the SCCA Continental Championship, contested with Formula A machines. George Follmer took the lead at the start and led all 42 laps. Follmer, driving the only Ford in the field, beat second place John Cannon by nearly one minute. Mark Donohue, who crashed his car in practice on Friday, charged from last place to 3rd at the finish.[17]
  • 1971: The event, part of the 1971 SCCA L&M Continental 5000 Championship, was run in two 30-lap heats on Monday, the day after Independence Day. In the first heat, Sam Posey started on the pole position and led the first 28 laps. David Hobbs passed Posey on lap 29 and held on to win the first heat by 0.2 seconds. In the second heat, Posey dominated, leading 28 laps. He beat Hobbs to the finish by 18 seconds, and by virtue of the larger margin of victory, was declared the overall winner. Hobbs was caught up in a battle for second with Eppie Wietzes. Hobbs made the pass for second place with two laps to go, but was too far behind to catch Posey for the win.[18][19]
  • 1973: Jody Scheckter held off Brian Redman to win the 100-mile Formula 5000 L&M Championship race. Scheckter pulled out to a 29-second advantage at one point, but his lead shrunk after rain showers entered the area. He found himself stuck behind several slow backmarker cars, and Redman charged to close the gap. Suffering from brake problems, and a brief miscommunication with his crew, Scheckter was even seen shaking his first angrily at the lapped cars blocking him. Redman and Schekter touched wheels when Redman tried to take the lead, but he put two wheels off the track, and Scheckter held the position. At the checkered flag, Scheckter won by 0.791 seconds over Redman, with Mark Donohue coming home third.[20]
  • 1975: Brian Redman won the 42-lap, 100-mile, Buckeye Cup Formula 5000 race, his second consecutive victory in the event. Redman took the lead on lap 31 after Mario Andretti's car broke down. Redman won by 27.22 seconds over Al Unser. The race was marred by a first lap crash involving B.J. Swanson. At the start, going into turn one, Swanson suffered a stuck throttle, and crashed head-on into a guardrail and bridge. Swanson died from head injuries three days later.[21][22]

CART PPG Indy Car World Series edit

  • 1980: The Indy cars visited Mid-Ohio for the first time in 1980, under the USAC/CART CRL banner. Brothers Al and Bobby Unser started on the front row, but both would drop out early with mechanical problems. A rather disjointed start saw the ragged field come out of the carousel and be met with a yellow flag at the starter's stand. The field checked up, and Al Unser went spinning into the grass in turn one. It took a few laps to reassemble the field, and the race finally was started. Rick Mears took the lead for the first time on lap 13, with Johnny Rutherford close behind in second. The two cars battled for the lead over many laps, with Mears holding off Rutherford's challenges. Late in the race, Rutherford made his final pit stop, leaving Mears in the lead by about 20 seconds. Mears, however, was suffering from the heat, which caused him to spin out in turn 12. Mears lost a lap, handing the lead to Rutherford in the Chaparral 2K. Moments later, Mears tangled with the spinning car of Rick Muther, and he was out of the race. Johnny Rutherford cruised to victory over the final 19 laps, beating Gordon Johncock by 23.07 seconds. Only seven cars were running at the finish.[23]
  • 1983: The Indy cars returned to Mid-Ohio for the second time, as part of the CART PPG Indy Car World Series. Polesitter and hometown favorite Bobby Rahal led the first 18 laps, but was forced to pit with a fuel pickup problem. Teo Fabi assumed the lead on lap 27, and never relinquished it. Contenders John Paul Jr. and Al Unser Jr. both fell by the wayside, while second place Mario Andretti was never able to mount a strong challenge on Fabi. Fabi stretched out to a 45-second lead at one point, and made his final pit stop without losing the lead. Fabi won by 25 seconds over Andretti. Despite two unscheduled pit stops, Bobby Rahal still managed to come home in third.[24]
  • 1984: The race was moved to Labor Day weekend beginning in 1984. On a hot, 90° day, Mario Andretti dominated the race, leading 76 of the 84 laps. He lapped all but second place Bobby Rahal, who finished 37.9 seconds behind. The hot conditions took a toll on the field, with numerous drivers, including Andretti, complaining of exhaustion and heat-related fatigue. No driver was able to mount any sort of challenge for the win, and Andretti only relinquished the lead during pit stops. Rahal gave up the chase with about 14 laps to go, and third place Danny Sullivan was more than a lap down, allowing Andretti to cruise to victory.[25]
 
Bobby Rahal celebrates victory in the 1985 race.
  • 1985: Hometown favorite Bobby Rahal won the pole position with a new track record (114.791 mph), and led 83 of the 84 laps, en route to a dominating victory. It was Rahal's first Indy car win at Mid-Ohio, in his third attempt. Mario Andretti was running second with just over one lap to go when he blew a tire down the backstretch and skidded to a halt in the grass. Andretti dropped to seventh at the finish, while Danny Sullivan came home in second place.[26]
  • 1986: Bobby Rahal was victorious again, winning one of the more exciting races thus far at Mid-Ohio. Mario Andretti started from the pole position and led the first 12 laps until he dropped out with exhaust problems. Danny Sullivan led 60 of the next 61 laps, with Rahal close behind. The two cars battled for the lead most of the day, with Sullivan able to hold off Rahal. Coming out of the keyhole with nine laps to go, Sullivan's car shockingly began to sputter and Rahal blew by to take the lead on the backstretch. Sullivan pitted for fuel, and wound up third. Rahal now held a seven-second lead over Roberto Guerrero, but it quickly evaporated when Rahal became mired in traffic. Guerrero was right on the back bumper of Rahal with six laps to go at the start/finish line. But as the leaders exited turn one, Josele Garza touched wheels with Randy Lewis just behind them. Garza's car flipped into the guardrail, catapulted into the crossover bridge, and tumbled back onto the track near turn one. Garza suffered a broken leg, but was not critically injured in the horrendous crash. The race finished under caution, with Rahal becoming the first back-to-back winner at Mid-Ohio.[27][28]
  • 1987: Bobby Rahal was looking to win his third-consecutive Indy car race at Mid-Ohio - and fifth race overall (he had won in IROC and IMSA) - but with 11 laps to go, a collision took away the chance for victory. Rahal led 66 laps, and was ahead by half a lap when he was working through traffic on lap 74. Rahal tangled with the lapped car of Rick Miaskiewicz, forcing him to pit with a punctured tire. Roberto Guerrero blew by the limping car of Rahal to take the lead, and pulled away for the victory. Rahal climbed back up to second, and avoided a major blow when Michael Andretti - his closest competitor in the points championship - blew his engine in the closing laps.[29][30] Four days later, Guerrero would be injured during a tire test at Indianapolis. He was struck in the head by a tire, leaving him in a coma, and sidelined for the remainder of the season.[31][32]
  • 1988: The race started in rain, with Danny Sullivan on the pole. On lap 3, Michael Andretti tapped Sullivan at the end of the backstretch, sending the two cars, along with Al Unser Jr., spinning into the grass. Andretti dropped out, but Unser and Sullivan were able to continue. Emerson Fittipaldi started 7th, but was quickly up the lead by lap 7. Fittipaldi led 62 laps, stretching out to a 31-second margin at one point. After the final sequence of pit stops, Fittipaldi took the lead for good on lap 70, and won his first race at Mid-Ohio.[33][34]
  • 1989: Teo Fabi started from the pole position and won the race, the first and only victory for the Porsche Indy Car program. Fabi took the lead at the start, and led 45 of the first 47 laps, with Al Unser Jr. in pursuit. Unser caught and passed Fabi for the lead on lap 48. After the second round of pit stops, Fabi was back in the lead pulling out to a sizable margin. Fabi's crew, however, had not been able to fill the car with fuel on the second stop, and Fabi would be forced to make a third splash-and-go pit stop to make it to the finish. With the light fuel load, Fabi pulled out to a 21-second advantage, allowing him to pit for fuel with nine laps to go and still hold the lead. Fabi became the second two-time winner at Mid-Ohio, and this would be the final Indy car race held on the original 2.4-mile layout.[35][36]
  • 1990: During the offseason, a new straightaway segment was paved to bypass the chicane (turns 2–3), and the track layout now measured 2.25 miles. Heavy rain in the morning made for a damp track at the start. Michael Andretti led the first 45 laps. During his first scheduled pit stop, Andretti's crew insisted he stay on wet tires, while his father Mario Andretti switched to slicks. Two laps later, Michael Andretti slid off-course in the keyhole, allowing Mario to take the lead. Michael dropped to third, with Eddie Cheever now up to second. On lap 57, Michael tried to pass Cheever for second at the end of the backstretch, but lost control and clipped Cheever's tire. Cheever's tire was punctured, and Michael's front wing was damaged. Moments later, a downpour put the race under caution, and the entire field pitted for wets. When the green came out, Michael quickly reeled in his father Mario, and took the lead for good on lap 71. Michael Andretti led the rest of the way and cruised to victory, with Mario finishing second.[37]
  • 1991: Michael Andretti dominated the race, leading 88 of the 89 laps, and held on for a crucial victory, his second-consecutive win at Mid-Ohio. Andretti started from the pole and led most of the day with ease, giving up the lead only during a pit stop. But late in the race, his tires started to go away. On lap 66, Emerson Fittipaldi passed Bobby Rahal for second place and began charging to catch Andretti. Fittipaldi closed to within one second with five laps to go. Andretti and Fittipaldi encountered lapped traffic on lap 86, and Andretti was able to get by cleanly. Fittipaldi, however, got caught behind the slower cars and could not get by. Andretti held on to win the race, taking the points lead as a result. It was a critical win that helped Andretti on the way to winning the 1991 CART championship.[38]
 
Emerson Fittipaldi navigates the Keyhole section of the course in a Penske Racing IndyCar in 1992
  • 1992: Michael Andretti led 50 of the first 51 laps, ahead of Penske teammates Emerson Fittipaldi and Paul Tracy, who were in close pursuit. Andretti, going for three in a row at Mid-Ohio, however, dropped out with low oil pressure. Fittipaldi took over the lead and won the race, with Tracy coming home second. Hometown favorite Bobby Rahal, two-time Mid-Ohio winner, and the series points leader going into the race, had an embarrassing crash in turn one on the third lap. Battling poor handling, he hit the concrete curbing, lost control, and spun into the barrier.[39]
  • 1993: Series points leader Nigel Mansell started from the pole position. At the start, Paul Tracy from the outside of the front row, clipped Mansell's car, breaking the front wing, and forcing Mansell to the pits for repairs. Tracy took the lead, and pulled out to a 21-second advantage. On lap 21, however, he locked up the brakes attempting to lap the car of Scott Pruett, and slid off the track head-on into a tire barrier. Later in the race, Emerson Fittipaldi battled with Scott Goodyear and Al Unser Jr. for the race lead. On lap 31, Unser tried to pass Fittipaldi for the lead in the esses, but ran out of room and slid off into the grass. Unser veered back onto the pavement, clipping Goodyear in the right rear. Unser's nosecone broke off, sending him to the pits and out of contention for the win. Fittipaldi became the third driver to win at Mid-Ohio in consecutive seasons, and the second in a row to do so. Nigel Mansell charged from two laps down to come home 12th.[40][41]
  • 1994: Beginning in 1994, the race was moved to mid-August. On lap 53, Paul Tracy was leading, just ahead of Al Unser Jr., when Teo Fabi spun out in the Keyhole. A local yellow was put out as a safety truck was dispatched to tow Fabi out of the sandtrap. Tracy came upon the car of Robby Gordon coming out of turn one. In the keyhole, Gordon went too hot into the corner, and the back end nearly came around. The car slid high out of the groove, and he avoided contact with the safety truck. Tracy locked up the brakes, and ducked underneath Gordon to get by. Moments later, CART officials put out the black flag and issued Tracy a stop-and-go penalty for passing under the yellow. The penalty cost Tracy the lead. Despite the controversial penalty, Penske teammates Unser, Tracy, and Emerson Fittipaldi swept the podium, finishing 1-2-3.[42][43]
  • 1995: After an up-and-down day, Al Unser Jr. was victorious, becoming the third driver in a row to win back-to-back races at Mid-Ohio (and fourth overall). During the pace lap, Unser was forced to pit with a punctured tire. He pitted out of sequence with the leaders, which necessitated a late-race pit stop for a splash of fuel. Unser inherited the lead after Michael Andretti blew an engine with four laps to go.[44][45]
  • 1996: Ganassi teammates Alex Zanardi and Jimmy Vasser finished 1st-2nd, with Zanardi leading 79 of the 83 laps. Zanardi held a comfortable lead most of the race, but two late yellows bunched the field for Vasser. Zanardi was able to withstand the two late restarts. Two crashes on the final lap took out four cars. Greg Moore made contact with André Ribeiro in the keyhole, while Al Unser Jr. tangled with Parker Johnstone at the end of the backstretch. Unser, who entered the race second in points, was running 10th, but fell out of the points.[46][47]
  • 1997: Alex Zanardi became the fourth driver in a row to win consecutive races at Mid-Ohio, and the fifth overall. Zanardi took the lead for the first time on lap 19 after polesitter Bryan Herta blew a tire. Zanardi pulled out to a large lead over Greg Moore. Late in the race, the Ganassi team determined that Zanardi was one lap short of making the distance on fuel. The team encouraged Zanardi to speed up and put some distance between himself and second place. On lap 70, he had pulled out to a 30-second lead when a yellow came out. He ducked into the pits for a splash-and-go stop for fuel, and came out still holding the lead. Zanardi cruised to the win, and Moore finished second 4.8 seconds behind. Bobby Rahal charged from 16th starting position to finish third.[4]

CART FedEx Championship Series edit

  • 1998: Much of the attention for the day focused on Bobby Rahal, who was making his final start at Mid-Ohio before his retirement at the end of the season. Rahal would finish a strong third. In a race full of crashes, Adrián Fernández led the final 26 laps, holding off teammate Scott Pruett for the victory. A crash on the first lap took out Bryan Herta, Dario Franchitti, and Jimmy Vasser. Greg Moore, who led 23 laps, dropped out after contact in the pits damaged his suspension. The most serious crash of the day occurred on lap 58. P. J. Jones ran over a piece of debris from JJ Lehto's car, locking up his steering at the end of the backstretch. Michael Andretti and Mark Blundell came upon the scene, and Andretti, attempting to pass, touched wheels with Jones. Andretti's car was sent barrel-rolling off the end of the backstretch at 190 mph, landing upright in a sand trap. Later in the race, Alex Zanardi was fined $50,000 for contact with Hélio Castroneves.[5][48]
  • 1999: Juan Pablo Montoya started 8th, and after a fast pit stop on lap 30, came out in third place. Trailing race leader Dario Franchitti by 17 seconds, Montoya began charging and over the next twenty laps, closed to within two seconds of the lead. Franchitti made his second pit stop a few laps early due to a punctured tire, handing the lead to Paul Tracy. The lead was short-lived, as Montoya passed Tracy one lap later. On a restart with 18 laps to go, Montoya was able to get a jump, and set a stunning pace over the final stint. Montoya cruised to victory by a margin of 10.9 seconds over Tracy. Franchitti came home third.[49][50]
  • 2000: Penske Racing teammates Hélio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran dominated the weekend. The duo swept the front row in qualifying, and led all 83 laps en route to a 1-2 finish. At the start, de Ferran took the lead from the pole position, and led the first 28 laps. He made his first pit stop on lap 29, handing the lead to Castroneves. One lap later, Castroneves pitted, and with a faster stop came out ahead of de Ferran. Castroneves led the final 55 laps to win.[51][52]
  • 2001: For the second consecutive year, Hélio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran finished 1-2 for Penske. In a near-repeat of the 2000 race, de Ferran started from the pole position, and led until the first round of pit stops. On lap 29, de Ferran pitted, but was mired in traffic after he exited the pit area. Castroneves pitted one lap later, and with a clear track maintained the lead after his stop. Moments later, Rahal teammates Kenny Bräck and Max Papis tangled in the Esses dropping both from contention. Early contenders Jimmy Vasser and Dario Franchitti both dropped out, while Michael Andretti blew his engine back on lap 6. Castroneves led 44 of the final 55 laps to win, and became the sixth different driver to win at Mid-Ohio in consecutive seasons.[53]
  • 2002: Patrick Carpentier started from the pole position and led 89 of the 92 laps on his way to victory. Cristiano da Matta was in close pursuit of Carpentier much of the race, and closed to within a car length on lap 70. Going down the backstretch, da Matta tucked in behind, and ducked low looking to make a pass for the lead going into turn 5. Carpentier turned in, and da Matta's car got caught in dirty air, locked the rear brakes, and spun into the gravel trap.[54]
  • 2003: The final CART series race at Mid-Ohio was won by Paul Tracy. Tracy won an Indy/Champ car race at Mid-Ohio for the first time in eleven tries, and it was his first win on the course since an Indy Lights victory in 1990. Tracy led 69 of the 92 laps, and finished 0.51 seconds ahead of second place Patrick Carpentier.[55]

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Scott Dixon has won a record six times at Mid-Ohio.
 
The start/finish and pit straight in preparations for the 2012 race.
  • 2008: A pre-race rain shower prompted teams to start the race on rain tires. But once the race started, the track began to dry quickly, and teams were faced with a decision as to when to switch to slicks. Ryan Briscoe started second, but quickly dropped to sixth. He was among the last of the leaders to pit for slicks (on lap 7), and lost considerable track position in doing so, falling as low as 17th. Pitting off-sequence for the rest of the race, however, allowed Briscoe to move to the front owing to two fortuitous caution periods. Briscoe was able to run full throttle to the finish, while others were running fuel conservation strategies.
  • 2010: A full-course caution came out for a spin by Francesco Dracone, setting up a restart with 13 laps to go. Dario Franchitti led Will Power and Helio Castroneves. With two laps to go, Power was right on the tail of Franchitti. The two cars were nose-to-tail on the final lap, with Franchitti holding off Power by 0.5234 seconds.
  • 2011: Scott Dixon edged teammate Dario Franchitti down the backstretch on a restart on lap 61, and held on to win at Mid-Ohio for the third time in five seasons. Will Power dropped to 14th after getting caught out under a full-course caution during a sequence of pit stops.
  • 2012: Will Power won the pole position, followed by Dario Franchitti, Simon Pagenaud and Scott Dixon. Dixon picks up his second win of the season, leading the final 16 laps, and fourth win overall at Mid-Ohio. Power, who led the first 57 laps, came home second.
  • 2013: Charlie Kimball led a race-high 46 laps, and earned his first victory in Indy car competition. In a race that went caution-free, Kimball set an all-time Mid-Ohio record with an average speed of 117.825 mph. Kimball took the lead for good on lap 73 of 90, and won even after crashing his primary car earlier in the weekend. Some drivers in the field were attempting to execute a two-stop strategy, but in doing so, fuel-saving measures were needed. Kimball's team elected a three-stop run, which allowed a much faster pace, and he pulled away to a commanding victory.
  • 2014: Scott Dixon won at Mid-Ohio for the fifth time in eight seasons. Polesitter Sébastien Bourdais led the early stages of the race, and Dixon, who started last after spinning out during qualifying, worked his way to the front off-sequence in pit stops from the other leaders. Dixon capitalized on an error by Josef Newgarden during his final pit stop. Newgarden ran over an air hose, tripping a crew member, and was penalized for hitting pit equipment. Series points leader Hélio Castroneves suffered throttle problems on the grid, and joined the race four laps down, and finished a lowly 19th.
  • 2015: Hometown favorite Graham Rahal won the race, thirty years after his father Bobby Rahal won at Mid-Ohio. On lap 66, Rahal made his final pit stop, just as the yellow came out for a controversial spin by Sage Karam at the end of the backstretch. Rahal led the rest of the way, holding off Justin Wilson on a restart with 6 laps to go.
  • 2016: Simon Pagenaud started from the pole position, and took the lead at the start, with Will Power and Josef Newgarden running 2nd-3rd. Several teams attempted alternate pit strategies in the first half of the race, shuffling the standings often. After a restart on lap 19, Power clipped the rear bumper pod on Newgarden's car, forcing Newgarden to pit for a rear wing assembly change. Later, Mikhail Aleshin emerged as the leader, and began to pull away to a sizable margin. On lap 61, the second caution of the race occurred when Jack Hawksworth went wide on entry to turn one, causing him to lose control and hit the wall. All of the leaders headed to the pits for their final stops. Race leader Aleshin was released directly into the path of Newgarden, causing the two to make contact and ending Aleshin's day. Conor Daly elected to stay out, and took over the lead, while Will Power emerged in second, and Pagenaud third. Daly would be unable to make it to the finish on fuel, meaning the battle for the lead would ultimately be between Power and Pagenaud. On lap 66, Pagenaud began to put heavy pressure on Power and in turn 12 was able to get by. This would prove to be the winning move of the race, as Pagenaud would take the lead on lap 84 and win by 4.1620 seconds.[56][57][58]
  • 2017: Josef Newgarden was leading the race by 12 seconds when the final sequence of pit stops began on lap 62. Newgaren emerged as the leader, but on lap 67 the first and only caution of the race came out when Ed Jones spun in turn 9. On the restart on lap 71, the lapped car of Esteban Gutiérrez was wedged between Newgarden and second place Will Power. This allowed Newgarden to easily pull away score his third win of the season.[59][60][61]
  • 2018: Alexander Rossi started from the pole and led 66 of the 90 laps to victory. Rossi's team gambled by executing a two pit stop strategy, while all of the other leaders made three pit stops. Rossi was able to make mileage in his first stint, and made his second and final pit stop on lap 59. Robert Wickens pitted on lap 65, handing the lead to Rossi, who stretched out to a 12.8285 second margin at the finish.
  • 2019: Scott Dixon won his record sixth Mid-Ohio Indy car race, but not before one of the best last-lap battles in Mid-Ohio history. The race went caution-free, and the leaders cycled through their final pit stops by lap 66. Scott Dixon held a commanding 9-second lead over teammate Felix Rosenqvist. Ryan Hunter-Reay was running third, an additional 11 seconds back. Rosenqvist steadily began trimming the deficit, as was Hunter-Reay, and it was becoming evident that Dixon's tires were starting to go away. Dixon was on the alternate red tires, while Rosenqvist and Hunter-Reay were on the primary blacks. With Dixon backing off, nursing his car to the finish, Rosenqvist was charging, and worked his way past the lapped cars between himself and Dixon. On the final lap, Rosenqvist made a move for the lead in the Keyhole, but clipped the inside curb and Dixon maintained the position. At the finish line, Dixon held off Rosenqvist by 0.0934 seconds, the closest finish in Mid-Ohio history, and third-closest road course finish in Indy car history.
  • 2020 (Saturday): The first race of the 2020 doubleheader weekend was held on Saturday September 12. The race was shortened from its normal 90-lap distance to 75 laps. Will Power won the pole position, his milestone 60th career pole. Power took the lead at the start and led 66 laps, en route to a dominating victory. With the shorter distance, the pit strategy was altered slightly, as every car would be able to make it to the finish with only two stops. Power employed an all-out, fast-paced strategy, and did not worry about fuel-saving measures. In a race that went without a caution, Power's hard-charging effort put him out in front after both rounds of pit stops. Power won by 7.4523 seconds over Penske teammate Josef Newgarden, with storm clouds approaching over the final few laps. Alexander Rossi came home third, executing first an "overcut", and later an "undercut" strategy, which helped move him gain two positions. Points leader Scott Dixon started way down in 17th, and finished only 10th.[62]
  • 2020 (Sunday): The second race of the 2020 doubleheader weekend was held Sunday September 13. Colton Herta won the race, leading a 1st-2nd-3rd sweep of the podium by Andretti Autosport. Herta started from the pole position and led 57 laps, but was not without incident. At the start, Herta and Santino Ferrucci started on the front row. Going side by side into turn 4, Herta did not give much room on the outside, forcing Ferrucci into the grass. Ferrucci's car came back onto the track and collided with his Dale Coyne Racing teammate Álex Palou and Felix Rosenqvist. Both Palou and Rosenqvist were eliminated, while Ferrucci was penalized for avoidable contact. Later in the race, Dalton Kellett, Scott Dixon, and Marco Andretti each went off-course in turn one in separate incidents. All were able to continue, but Dixon for the second day in a row, managed only a 10th-place finish. After the final round of pit stops, Herta held off Alexander Rossi by 1.3826 second, with Ryan Hunter-Reay close behind in third.[63][64]
  • 2021: The race was scheduled for 80 laps for 2021. In addition, it was moved to July 4 weekend. Josef Newgarden took his third consecutive pole position ahead of Colton Herta, Alex Palou, and Scott Dixon. Newgarden dominated the race leading 73 of the 80 laps. Newgarden made his final pit stop on lap 53, and emerged with about a 6-7 second lead over Marcus Ericsson. In the closing laps, however, Ericsson started using push-to-pass, while Newgarden encountered slower traffic. The lead shrunk to less than 2 seconds with two laps to go. On the final lap, the two cars were nose-tail, but Newgarden held off Ericsson by 0.879 seconds. It was the first race win of the season for Penske Racing, and came on the 50th anniversary of Penske's first Indy car win. Álex Palou rounded out the podium.
  • 2022: Pato O'Ward qualified for the pole position. O'Ward and Scott McLaughlin traded the lead during the first half until O'Ward's car started losing power. On lap 54, the car finally quit exiting the pits, and his day was finished. McLaughlin took the lead for the first time on lap 31, and led 45 of the final 52 laps. McLaughlin held off Álex Palou and Will Power - who charged from 21st starting position (and a half-spin on the opening lap), to finish third. The story of the race, however, was an uncharacteristic six yellows for multiple spins and contact. On lap 59, teammates Romain Grosjean and Alexander Rossi tangled going side-by-side in the keyhole, drawing the ire of the team. In total, three avoidable contact penalties were handed out during the race. Colton Herta experienced bad luck on two occasions. On lap 54, his crew neglected to call him in for a pit stop as a caution was about to come out. Seconds later, he wound up trapped out on the track, the only car not having pit yet. Then with 17 laps to go, he too tangled with Grosjean, going briefly off-course in the keyhole.
  • 2023: Alex Palou, the winner at Detroit and Road America, made it three victories in a row by winning at Mid-Ohio. Colton Herta and Graham Rahal started 1st-2nd, respectively, and the led the early segment of the race. On their first pit stops, Herta and Rahal both took on primary "black" tires, while Palou took on alternate "reds". Palou charged into the lead, and pulled out to an 8-second advantage. On the second and final sequence of pit stops, both Herta and Rahal experienced trouble. Herta broke the pit road speed limit while exiting, then Rahal's crew had difficulty with the left rear tire. That left Palou with a comfortable lead, and he cruised to victory. Marcus Ericsson, who entered the race second in the points standings, crashed on the opening lap. He ran over teammate Felix Rosenqvist, and finished last. Ericsson slipped to fourth in the season standings, while Palou stretched his championship lead to a staggering 110 points. Simon Pagenaud sat out the race with a concussion after a spectacular barrel-roll crash at the end of the backstretch during practice on Saturday.

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Preceded by
Grand Prix of Road America 		IndyCar Series
Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio 		Succeeded by
Grand Prix of Toronto

January 01, 1970
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The Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio is an IndyCar Series race held at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington Ohio Professional open wheel races at the facility date back to 1970 The U S Formula 5000 series ran from 1970 to 1976 and the revived Can Am series ran from 1977 to 1980 Honda Indy 200IndyCar SeriesVenueMid Ohio Sports Car CourseCorporate sponsorHondaFirst race1970First ICS race2007Distance203 22 mi 327 05 km Laps90Previous namesRed Roof Inns 250k 1980 Escort Radar Warning 200 1983 1988 Red Roof Inns 200 1989 Red Roof Inns 200 Presented by Budweiser 1990 Pioneer Electronics 200 Presented by Budweiser 1991 1992 Pioneer Electronics 200 Presented by Miller Genuine Draft 1993 Miller Genuine Draft 200 1994 1995 Miller 200 1996 1997 Miller Lite 200 1998 2001 CART Grand Prix of Mid Ohio 2002 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid Ohio 2003 Honda 200 at Mid Ohio Presented by Westfield Insurance 2007 Honda Indy Grand Prix at Mid Ohio 2008 Most wins driver Scott Dixon 6 Most wins team Chip Ganassi Racing 12 Team Penske 12 Most wins manufacturer Chassis Dallara 13 Engine Honda 17 The CART series debuted at the track in 1980 and continued to race there from 1983 to 2003 In 2007 American open wheel racing returned to the venue when the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series held an event The race used to be part of a doubleheader with the American Le Mans Series however in ALMS chose not to return to the track during its final year 2013 The history of open wheel races has a unique footnote The race has been won consecutively on seven occasions including four times in a row from 1991 to 1997 It is also one of only a few Indy car races to be won by two sets of fathers amp sons Mario amp Michael Andretti and Bobby amp Graham Rahal 1 Since 2007 the race has been sponsored by Honda The sponsorship arrangement complements the track s proximity to the manufacturer s assembly plants in Marysville East Liberty and Anna 2 Contents 1 Race history 1 1 Race scheduling 1 2 Course layout 2 Past winners 3 Support race winners 4 Race summaries 4 1 Formula 5000 4 2 CART PPG Indy Car World Series 4 3 CART FedEx Championship Series 4 4 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series 5 See also 6 ReferencesRace history editIndy car racing first visited Mid Ohio in 1980 In late 1981 Truesports owner Jim Trueman purchased the Mid Ohio facility and early rumors had the track returning for the 1982 CART season 3 However a race did not happen until 1983 CART then appeared annually through 2003 The race was well attended drawing fans from two major markets nearby Columbus and Cleveland Crowds topped 75 000 80 000 at the peak of its popularity 4 5 The race schedule usually included a large slate of support races including Indy Lights Atlantics and SCCA In mid 2003 CART president Chris Pook hinted at dropping Mid Ohio from the CART schedule going forward citing various issues For many years Mid Ohio was on the schedule alongside the Grand Prix of Cleveland and Pook stated it was not viable to have two races in such close proximity and favored keeping the race at Cleveland instead In addition some observers felt that the powerful CART Champ Cars had outgrown the narrow winding course citing a lack of passing and competition over the previous several years 6 7 Though the decision was generally unpopular with fans Mid Ohio was dropped from the Champ Car schedule for 2004 In late 2006 it was announced that the race would be revived as part of the Indy Racing League Restarting in 2007 the race would be sponsored by IRL engine supplier Honda which has a prominent manufacturing presence in the central Ohio area Through much of its history the track has been considered the hometown venue for first Truesports 1980s and later Rahal Letterman Racing 1990s present Jim Trueman and the Trueman family owned the track from 1981 to 2007 Truesports scored two poles and two wins while Rahal Letterman Racing has scored one pole and one win Chip Ganassi Racing leads with eleven total victories with driver Scott Dixon scoring six of those wins Penske has the most poles 12 Mario and Michael Andretti have combined for three wins and five poles and Bobby and Graham Rahal have a combined three wins and two poles Race scheduling edit nbsp Two time Mid Ohio winner Bobby Rahal at the 1996 race In early years of the event under CART the race was scheduled for Labor Day weekend 8 In 1990 it was pushed back two weeks into mid September Rain and cooler temperatures however prompted officials to move the race to the summer For 1994 it was situated in early to mid August the weekend after the Brickyard 400 When the race was revived by the Indy Racing League in 2007 it was placed in July Carried by ABC it immediately followed final round coverage of the British Open Such a lead in usually created a strong television audience but it was at the risk of the golf tournament running long due to a playoff as it did in 2007 Starting in 2009 the race was moved back to its early August slot In 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic the race originally scheduled for August 16 was moved up to the weekend of August 8 9 and was expanded to a doubleheader It was to be the final race prior to the Indianapolis 500 Days later however it was postponed until a later date 9 Eventually the doubleheader was rescheduled for the weekend of September 12 13 In 2021 the race was moved to July 4 and was held as a television doubleheader with the NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America Course layout edit Through 1989 the race utilized the original full 2 4 mile track layout which included the chicane turns 2 and 3 just before the keyhole turn 4 During a track repaving project in early 1990 a straightaway segment was paved to create an alternate layout which bypasses the chicane The alternate layout measured 2 25 miles Since the 1990 race the Indy cars have utilized the alternate course bypassing the chicane and creating a passing zone going into the keyhole In all years except for 1980 the Indy cars have utilized the auxiliary starting line located at the midpoint of the backstretch This allows the entire field to properly assemble into the grid formation and start the race heading towards the best passing zone on the circuit The pace car pulls off into the pits as normal and allow the pole position car to pace the field all the way to the backstretch Since the start finish line at the pit straight is immediately proceeded by the tight and slow carousel it does not allow for optimum racing into the first turn The finish line and all other scoring is done at the line on the pit straight Over the years restarts after caution periods were previously done at the pit straight but since 2017 sometimes those too have been moved to the auxiliary starting line The first lap of the race is not officially scored until the cars cross the auxiliary start line on the backstretch This removes approximately one mile from the first lap s distance although teams still must factor in the distance in fuel calculations From 1983 to 1989 the 84 lap race on the 2 4 mile circuit had an official distance of 200 25 miles Likewise in 1990 the race distance for the 89 lap race on the 2 25 mile circuit was 199 3 miles Though the race distance in laps has changed over the years a similar deduction is still made in official race distance with respect to the race mileage Past winners editSeason Date Driver Team Chassis Engine Race Distance Race Time Average Speed mph Report Laps Miles km Formula A Formula 5000 history 1970 September 27 nbsp George Follmer O Neil Racing Lotus Ford 42 100 8 162 221 1 03 21 95 464 Report 1971 July 5 nbsp Sam Posey Champ Carr Inc Surtees Chevrolet 60 144 231 745 1 31 11 94 75 Report 1973 June 3 nbsp Jody Scheckter Taylor Entin Trojan Chevrolet 42 100 8 162 221 1 02 32 96 708 Report 1974 June 2 nbsp Brian Redman Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet 42 100 8 162 221 1 01 04 99 023 Report 1975 August 10 nbsp Brian Redman Carl Haas Jim Hall Lola Chevrolet 42 100 8 162 221 1 04 51 93 24 Report 1976 August 8 nbsp Brian Redman Carl Haas Jim Hall Lola Chevrolet 42 100 8 162 221 0 59 07 102 29 Report CART Champ Car history 1980 July 13 nbsp Johnny Rutherford Chaparral Cars Chaparral Cosworth 65 156 251 057 1 48 04 86 601 Report 1981 1982 Not held 1983 September 11 nbsp Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing March Cosworth 84 201 6 324 443 2 01 49 98 755 Report 1984 September 3 nbsp Mario Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Cosworth 84 201 6 324 443 1 59 50 100 388 Report 1985 September 1 nbsp Bobby Rahal TrueSports March Cosworth 84 201 6 324 443 1 52 23 107 041 Report 1986 August 31 nbsp Bobby Rahal TrueSports March Cosworth 84 201 6 324 443 1 56 18 103 43 Report 1987 September 6 nbsp Roberto Guerrero Andy Granatelli March Cosworth 84 201 6 324 443 1 51 58 107 431 Report 1988 September 4 nbsp Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing Lola Chevrolet Ilmor 84 201 6 324 443 2 14 18 89 57 Report 1989 September 3 nbsp Teo Fabi Porsche March Porsche 84 201 6 324 443 1 54 46 105 395 Report 1990 September 16 nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet Ilmor 89 200 25 322 271 2 19 27 85 751 Report 1991 September 15 nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet Ilmor 89 200 25 322 271 1 59 49 99 789 Report 1992 September 13 nbsp Emerson Fittipaldi Penske Racing Penske Chevrolet Ilmor 89 200 25 322 271 1 51 23 107 352 Report 1993 September 12 nbsp Emerson Fittipaldi Penske Racing Penske Chevrolet Ilmor 89 200 25 322 271 1 56 59 102 704 Report 1994 August 14 nbsp Al Unser Jr Penske Racing Penske Ilmor 83 185 754 298 942 1 40 59 110 387 Report 1995 August 13 nbsp Al Unser Jr Penske Racing Penske Mercedes Benz 83 186 75 300 544 1 44 04 107 11 Report 1996 August 11 nbsp Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 83 186 75 300 544 1 46 49 104 358 Report 1997 August 10 nbsp Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 83 187 414 301 613 1 41 16 110 456 Report 1998 August 9 nbsp Adrian Fernandez Patrick Racing Reynard Ford Cosworth 83 187 414 301 613 1 53 39 98 428 Report 1999 August 15 nbsp Juan Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard Honda 83 187 414 301 613 1 42 08 109 606 Report 2000 August 13 nbsp Helio Castroneves Penske Racing Reynard Honda 83 187 414 301 613 1 44 59 106 558 Report 2001 August 12 nbsp Helio Castroneves Penske Racing Reynard Honda 83 187 414 301 613 1 44 54 106 627 Report 2002 August 11 nbsp Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard Ford Cosworth 92 207 736 334 318 1 56 17 106 68 Report 2003 August 10 nbsp Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing Lola Ford Cosworth 92 207 736 334 318 1 56 45 106 251 Report 2004 2006 Not held IRL IndyCar Series history 2007 July 22 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191 93 308 881 1 47 24 107 222 Report 2008 July 20 nbsp Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing Dallara Honda 85 191 93 308 881 2 01 23 94 873 Report 2009 August 9 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191 93 308 881 1 46 06 108 541 Report 2010 August 8 nbsp Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191 93 308 881 1 54 32 100 542 Report 2011 August 7 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191 93 308 881 1 48 47 105 861 Report 2012 August 5 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 85 191 93 308 881 1 39 49 115 379 Report 2013 August 4 nbsp Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 90 203 22 327 05 1 43 29 117 825 Report 2014 August 3 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Chevrolet 90 203 22 327 05 1 52 45 108 14 Report 2015 August 2 nbsp Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara Honda 90 203 22 327 05 1 55 20 105 72 Report 2016 July 31 nbsp Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 90 203 22 327 05 1 50 00 110 853 Report 2017 July 30 nbsp Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 90 203 22 327 05 1 46 20 114 677 Report 2018 July 29 nbsp Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Dallara Honda 90 203 22 327 05 1 44 15 116 957 Report 2019 July 28 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 90 203 22 327 05 1 45 15 115 837 Report 2020 September 12 nbsp Will Power Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 75 169 35 272 54 1 29 08 113 978 Report September 13 nbsp Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Dallara Honda 75 169 35 272 54 1 34 17 107 763 2021 July 4 nbsp Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 80 180 64 290 71 1 39 58 108 405 Report 2022 July 3 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 80 180 64 290 71 1 46 43 101 557 Report 2023 July 2 nbsp Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 80 180 64 290 71 1 37 31 111 125 Report 1994 Race shortened due to time limit 2020 Race postponed and made into a doubleheader 75 laps each due to COVID 19 pandemic Support race winners editUSAC Mini Indy series Season Date Winning Driver 1980 July 13 nbsp Dave McMillan American Racing Series 1986 August 31 nbsp Steve Millen 1987 September 6 nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio II 1988 September 4 nbsp Jon Beekhuis 1989 September 3 nbsp P J Jones 1990 September 16 nbsp Paul Tracy CART Indy Lights series 1991 September 15 nbsp Brian Till 1992 September 13 nbsp Robbie Groff 1993 September 12 nbsp Bryan Herta 1994 August 14 nbsp Andre Ribeiro 2000 September 13 nbsp Townsend Bell 2001 September 12 nbsp Townsend Bell Indy Pro Indy Lights series 2007 July 22 nbsp Richard Antinucci 2008 July 19 nbsp Raphael Matos 2008 July 20 nbsp James Davison 2009 August 9 nbsp James Davison 2010 August 8 nbsp Martin Plowman 2013 August 4 nbsp Gabby Chaves 2014 August 2 nbsp Jack Harvey August 3 nbsp Jack Harvey 2015 August 1 nbsp R C Enerson August 2 nbsp Sean Rayhall 2016 July 30 nbsp Santiago Urrutia July 31 nbsp Santiago Urrutia 2017 July 29 nbsp Santiago Urrutia July 30 nbsp Nico Jamin 2018 July 28 nbsp Patricio O Ward July 29 nbsp Patricio O Ward 2019 July 27 nbsp Oliver Askew July 28 nbsp Oliver Askew 2021 July 3 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood July 4 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood October 2 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood October 3 nbsp Linus Lundqvist 2022 July 3 nbsp Hunter McElrea Indy NXT 2023 July 2 nbsp Louis Foster Formula Ford 2000 Season Date Winning Driver 1993 June 12 nbsp Chris Simmons 1995 August 12 nbsp Memo Gidley October 8 nbsp Jeret Schroeder 1996 August 10 nbsp Steve Knapp 1997 August 9 nbsp Zak Morioka 1998 June 14 nbsp David Besnard August 8 nbsp David Besnard 1999 June 5 nbsp Dan Wheldon August 14 nbsp Jeff Wright 2001 June 9 nbsp Tonis Kasemets June 10 nbsp Doug Bell June 11 nbsp Jason LaPoint Formula Ford Zetec 2002 June 30 nbsp Tonis Kasemets August 10 nbsp Bryan Sellers August 11 nbsp Ross Fonferko 2003 June 28 nbsp Tonis Kasemets June 29 nbsp Westley Barber August 9 nbsp Jonathan Bomarito August 10 nbsp Jonathan Bomarito 2004 June 26 nbsp Andrew Prendeville June 27 nbsp Adam Pecorari August 7 nbsp Adam Pecorari August 8 nbsp Adam Pecorari U S F2000 National Championship 2011 August 6 nbsp Petri Suvanto August 7 nbsp Petri Suvanto 2012 August 4 nbsp Spencer Pigot August 5 nbsp Scott Anderson 2013 August 3 nbsp Neil Alberico nbsp Neil Alberico August 4 nbsp Garett Grist 2014 August 1 nbsp R C Enerson August 2 nbsp Jake Eidson August 3 nbsp Florian Latorre 2015 August 1 nbsp Nico Jamin August 2 nbsp Nico Jamin nbsp Nico Jamin 2016 July 29 nbsp Anthony Martin July 30 nbsp Anthony Martin July 31 nbsp Anthony Martin 2017 July 28 nbsp Oliver Askew July 29 nbsp Parker Thompson 2018 July 27 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood July 28 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood July 29 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood 2019 July 27 nbsp Christian Rasmussen July 28 nbsp Hunter McElrea 2020 July 29 nbsp Christian Rasmussen July 30 nbsp Christian Rasmussen nbsp Christian Rasmussen September 12 nbsp Michael d Orlando nbsp Reece Gold September 13 nbsp Christian Rasmussen 2021 July 3 nbsp Michael d Orlando nbsp Kiko Porto July 4 nbsp Michael d Orlando October 3 nbsp Yuven Sundaramoorthy October 4 nbsp Josh Green 2022 July 1 nbsp Myles Rowe July 2 nbsp Myles Rowe nbsp Michael d Orlando 2023 June 30 nbsp Evagoras Papasavvas July 1 nbsp Mac Clark nbsp Simon Sikes Source 10 Formula Atlantic Atlantic Championship Season Date Winning Driver 1986 September 27 nbsp Scott Goodyear 1987 September 6 nbsp Calvin Fish 1988 September 4 nbsp Steve Shelton September 24 nbsp Steve Shelton 1989 June 4 nbsp Jocko Cunningham July 16 nbsp Colin Trueman 1991 September 14 nbsp Jimmy Vasser 1992 September 14 nbsp Stuart Crow 1993 September 11 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve 1994 August 14 nbsp Colin Trueman 1995 August 13 nbsp Richie Hearn 1996 August 10 nbsp Patrick Carpentier 1997 August 10 nbsp Alex Barron 1998 August 9 nbsp Lee Bentham 1999 August 15 nbsp Kenny Wilden 2003 August 17 nbsp Michael Valiante 2009 August 8 nbsp Jonathan Summerton Pro Mazda Championship Season Date Winning Driver 2013 August 3 nbsp Matthew Brabham August 4 nbsp Matthew Brabham 2014 August 2 nbsp Nicolas Costa August 3 nbsp Garett Grist 2015 August 1 nbsp Santiago Urrutia August 2 nbsp Neil Alberico 2016 July 30 nbsp Nico Jamin nbsp Nico Jamin 2017 July 28 nbsp Anthony Martin July 29 nbsp Victor Franzoni July 30 nbsp Anthony Martin 2018 July 28 nbsp Rinus VeeKay July 29 nbsp Rinus VeeKay Indy Pro 2000 Championship 2019 July 27 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood July 28 nbsp Kyle Kirkwood 2020 July 29 nbsp Braden Eves July 30 nbsp Artem Petrov nbsp Sting Ray Robb September 12 nbsp Manuel Sulaiman September 13 nbsp Sting Ray Robb 2021 July 3 nbsp Christian Rasmussen July 4 nbsp Hunter McElrea October 2 nbsp Christian Rasmussen October 3 nbsp James Roe Jr 2022 July 2 nbsp Louis Foster July 3 nbsp Kiko Porto USF Pro 2000 Championship 2023 July 1 nbsp Michael d Orlando July 2 nbsp Myles Rowe Stadium Super Trucks Season Date Winning Driver Ref 2019 July 27 nbsp Cole Potts 11 July 28 nbsp Gavin Harlien 12 2021 July 3 nbsp Matthew Brabham 13 July 4 nbsp Matthew Brabham 14 2022 July 2 nbsp Gavin Harlien 15 July 3 nbsp Max Gordon 16 Indy Pro 2000 and U S F2000 ran two weekends at the track in 2020 and to make up for races canceled by the COVID 19 pandemic The first weekend was run as a standalone event on the originally scheduled IndyCar race weekend while the second was run in support of the IndyCar Series on their rescheduled date The two series and Indy Lights ran two weekends at the track in 2021 The first weekend was on the IndyCar Series weekend and the second in October was run to replace the Toronto races cancelled by Ontario restrictions Race summaries editFormula 5000 edit nbsp Mid Ohio course layout red used through 1989 1970 The first major open wheel race at Mid Ohio saw the SCCA Continental Championship contested with Formula A machines George Follmer took the lead at the start and led all 42 laps Follmer driving the only Ford in the field beat second place John Cannon by nearly one minute Mark Donohue who crashed his car in practice on Friday charged from last place to 3rd at the finish 17 1971 The event part of the 1971 SCCA L amp M Continental 5000 Championship was run in two 30 lap heats on Monday the day after Independence Day In the first heat Sam Posey started on the pole position and led the first 28 laps David Hobbs passed Posey on lap 29 and held on to win the first heat by 0 2 seconds In the second heat Posey dominated leading 28 laps He beat Hobbs to the finish by 18 seconds and by virtue of the larger margin of victory was declared the overall winner Hobbs was caught up in a battle for second with Eppie Wietzes Hobbs made the pass for second place with two laps to go but was too far behind to catch Posey for the win 18 19 1973 Jody Scheckter held off Brian Redman to win the 100 mile Formula 5000 L amp M Championship race Scheckter pulled out to a 29 second advantage at one point but his lead shrunk after rain showers entered the area He found himself stuck behind several slow backmarker cars and Redman charged to close the gap Suffering from brake problems and a brief miscommunication with his crew Scheckter was even seen shaking his first angrily at the lapped cars blocking him Redman and Schekter touched wheels when Redman tried to take the lead but he put two wheels off the track and Scheckter held the position At the checkered flag Scheckter won by 0 791 seconds over Redman with Mark Donohue coming home third 20 1975 Brian Redman won the 42 lap 100 mile Buckeye Cup Formula 5000 race his second consecutive victory in the event Redman took the lead on lap 31 after Mario Andretti s car broke down Redman won by 27 22 seconds over Al Unser The race was marred by a first lap crash involving B J Swanson At the start going into turn one Swanson suffered a stuck throttle and crashed head on into a guardrail and bridge Swanson died from head injuries three days later 21 22 CART PPG Indy Car World Series edit 1980 The Indy cars visited Mid Ohio for the first time in 1980 under the USAC CART CRL banner Brothers Al and Bobby Unser started on the front row but both would drop out early with mechanical problems A rather disjointed start saw the ragged field come out of the carousel and be met with a yellow flag at the starter s stand The field checked up and Al Unser went spinning into the grass in turn one It took a few laps to reassemble the field and the race finally was started Rick Mears took the lead for the first time on lap 13 with Johnny Rutherford close behind in second The two cars battled for the lead over many laps with Mears holding off Rutherford s challenges Late in the race Rutherford made his final pit stop leaving Mears in the lead by about 20 seconds Mears however was suffering from the heat which caused him to spin out in turn 12 Mears lost a lap handing the lead to Rutherford in the Chaparral 2K Moments later Mears tangled with the spinning car of Rick Muther and he was out of the race Johnny Rutherford cruised to victory over the final 19 laps beating Gordon Johncock by 23 07 seconds Only seven cars were running at the finish 23 1983 The Indy cars returned to Mid Ohio for the second time as part of the CART PPG Indy Car World Series Polesitter and hometown favorite Bobby Rahal led the first 18 laps but was forced to pit with a fuel pickup problem Teo Fabi assumed the lead on lap 27 and never relinquished it Contenders John Paul Jr and Al Unser Jr both fell by the wayside while second place Mario Andretti was never able to mount a strong challenge on Fabi Fabi stretched out to a 45 second lead at one point and made his final pit stop without losing the lead Fabi won by 25 seconds over Andretti Despite two unscheduled pit stops Bobby Rahal still managed to come home in third 24 1984 The race was moved to Labor Day weekend beginning in 1984 On a hot 90 day Mario Andretti dominated the race leading 76 of the 84 laps He lapped all but second place Bobby Rahal who finished 37 9 seconds behind The hot conditions took a toll on the field with numerous drivers including Andretti complaining of exhaustion and heat related fatigue No driver was able to mount any sort of challenge for the win and Andretti only relinquished the lead during pit stops Rahal gave up the chase with about 14 laps to go and third place Danny Sullivan was more than a lap down allowing Andretti to cruise to victory 25 nbsp Bobby Rahal celebrates victory in the 1985 race 1985 Hometown favorite Bobby Rahal won the pole position with a new track record 114 791 mph and led 83 of the 84 laps en route to a dominating victory It was Rahal s first Indy car win at Mid Ohio in his third attempt Mario Andretti was running second with just over one lap to go when he blew a tire down the backstretch and skidded to a halt in the grass Andretti dropped to seventh at the finish while Danny Sullivan came home in second place 26 1986 Bobby Rahal was victorious again winning one of the more exciting races thus far at Mid Ohio Mario Andretti started from the pole position and led the first 12 laps until he dropped out with exhaust problems Danny Sullivan led 60 of the next 61 laps with Rahal close behind The two cars battled for the lead most of the day with Sullivan able to hold off Rahal Coming out of the keyhole with nine laps to go Sullivan s car shockingly began to sputter and Rahal blew by to take the lead on the backstretch Sullivan pitted for fuel and wound up third Rahal now held a seven second lead over Roberto Guerrero but it quickly evaporated when Rahal became mired in traffic Guerrero was right on the back bumper of Rahal with six laps to go at the start finish line But as the leaders exited turn one Josele Garza touched wheels with Randy Lewis just behind them Garza s car flipped into the guardrail catapulted into the crossover bridge and tumbled back onto the track near turn one Garza suffered a broken leg but was not critically injured in the horrendous crash The race finished under caution with Rahal becoming the first back to back winner at Mid Ohio 27 28 1987 Bobby Rahal was looking to win his third consecutive Indy car race at Mid Ohio and fifth race overall he had won in IROC and IMSA but with 11 laps to go a collision took away the chance for victory Rahal led 66 laps and was ahead by half a lap when he was working through traffic on lap 74 Rahal tangled with the lapped car of Rick Miaskiewicz forcing him to pit with a punctured tire Roberto Guerrero blew by the limping car of Rahal to take the lead and pulled away for the victory Rahal climbed back up to second and avoided a major blow when Michael Andretti his closest competitor in the points championship blew his engine in the closing laps 29 30 Four days later Guerrero would be injured during a tire test at Indianapolis He was struck in the head by a tire leaving him in a coma and sidelined for the remainder of the season 31 32 1988 The race started in rain with Danny Sullivan on the pole On lap 3 Michael Andretti tapped Sullivan at the end of the backstretch sending the two cars along with Al Unser Jr spinning into the grass Andretti dropped out but Unser and Sullivan were able to continue Emerson Fittipaldi started 7th but was quickly up the lead by lap 7 Fittipaldi led 62 laps stretching out to a 31 second margin at one point After the final sequence of pit stops Fittipaldi took the lead for good on lap 70 and won his first race at Mid Ohio 33 34 1989 Teo Fabi started from the pole position and won the race the first and only victory for the Porsche Indy Car program Fabi took the lead at the start and led 45 of the first 47 laps with Al Unser Jr in pursuit Unser caught and passed Fabi for the lead on lap 48 After the second round of pit stops Fabi was back in the lead pulling out to a sizable margin Fabi s crew however had not been able to fill the car with fuel on the second stop and Fabi would be forced to make a third splash and go pit stop to make it to the finish With the light fuel load Fabi pulled out to a 21 second advantage allowing him to pit for fuel with nine laps to go and still hold the lead Fabi became the second two time winner at Mid Ohio and this would be the final Indy car race held on the original 2 4 mile layout 35 36 1990 During the offseason a new straightaway segment was paved to bypass the chicane turns 2 3 and the track layout now measured 2 25 miles Heavy rain in the morning made for a damp track at the start Michael Andretti led the first 45 laps During his first scheduled pit stop Andretti s crew insisted he stay on wet tires while his father Mario Andretti switched to slicks Two laps later Michael Andretti slid off course in the keyhole allowing Mario to take the lead Michael dropped to third with Eddie Cheever now up to second On lap 57 Michael tried to pass Cheever for second at the end of the backstretch but lost control and clipped Cheever s tire Cheever s tire was punctured and Michael s front wing was damaged Moments later a downpour put the race under caution and the entire field pitted for wets When the green came out Michael quickly reeled in his father Mario and took the lead for good on lap 71 Michael Andretti led the rest of the way and cruised to victory with Mario finishing second 37 1991 Michael Andretti dominated the race leading 88 of the 89 laps and held on for a crucial victory his second consecutive win at Mid Ohio Andretti started from the pole and led most of the day with ease giving up the lead only during a pit stop But late in the race his tires started to go away On lap 66 Emerson Fittipaldi passed Bobby Rahal for second place and began charging to catch Andretti Fittipaldi closed to within one second with five laps to go Andretti and Fittipaldi encountered lapped traffic on lap 86 and Andretti was able to get by cleanly Fittipaldi however got caught behind the slower cars and could not get by Andretti held on to win the race taking the points lead as a result It was a critical win that helped Andretti on the way to winning the 1991 CART championship 38 nbsp Emerson Fittipaldi navigates the Keyhole section of the course in a Penske Racing IndyCar in 1992 1992 Michael Andretti led 50 of the first 51 laps ahead of Penske teammates Emerson Fittipaldi and Paul Tracy who were in close pursuit Andretti going for three in a row at Mid Ohio however dropped out with low oil pressure Fittipaldi took over the lead and won the race with Tracy coming home second Hometown favorite Bobby Rahal two time Mid Ohio winner and the series points leader going into the race had an embarrassing crash in turn one on the third lap Battling poor handling he hit the concrete curbing lost control and spun into the barrier 39 1993 Series points leader Nigel Mansell started from the pole position At the start Paul Tracy from the outside of the front row clipped Mansell s car breaking the front wing and forcing Mansell to the pits for repairs Tracy took the lead and pulled out to a 21 second advantage On lap 21 however he locked up the brakes attempting to lap the car of Scott Pruett and slid off the track head on into a tire barrier Later in the race Emerson Fittipaldi battled with Scott Goodyear and Al Unser Jr for the race lead On lap 31 Unser tried to pass Fittipaldi for the lead in the esses but ran out of room and slid off into the grass Unser veered back onto the pavement clipping Goodyear in the right rear Unser s nosecone broke off sending him to the pits and out of contention for the win Fittipaldi became the third driver to win at Mid Ohio in consecutive seasons and the second in a row to do so Nigel Mansell charged from two laps down to come home 12th 40 41 1994 Beginning in 1994 the race was moved to mid August On lap 53 Paul Tracy was leading just ahead of Al Unser Jr when Teo Fabi spun out in the Keyhole A local yellow was put out as a safety truck was dispatched to tow Fabi out of the sandtrap Tracy came upon the car of Robby Gordon coming out of turn one In the keyhole Gordon went too hot into the corner and the back end nearly came around The car slid high out of the groove and he avoided contact with the safety truck Tracy locked up the brakes and ducked underneath Gordon to get by Moments later CART officials put out the black flag and issued Tracy a stop and go penalty for passing under the yellow The penalty cost Tracy the lead Despite the controversial penalty Penske teammates Unser Tracy and Emerson Fittipaldi swept the podium finishing 1 2 3 42 43 1995 After an up and down day Al Unser Jr was victorious becoming the third driver in a row to win back to back races at Mid Ohio and fourth overall During the pace lap Unser was forced to pit with a punctured tire He pitted out of sequence with the leaders which necessitated a late race pit stop for a splash of fuel Unser inherited the lead after Michael Andretti blew an engine with four laps to go 44 45 1996 Ganassi teammates Alex Zanardi and Jimmy Vasser finished 1st 2nd with Zanardi leading 79 of the 83 laps Zanardi held a comfortable lead most of the race but two late yellows bunched the field for Vasser Zanardi was able to withstand the two late restarts Two crashes on the final lap took out four cars Greg Moore made contact with Andre Ribeiro in the keyhole while Al Unser Jr tangled with Parker Johnstone at the end of the backstretch Unser who entered the race second in points was running 10th but fell out of the points 46 47 1997 Alex Zanardi became the fourth driver in a row to win consecutive races at Mid Ohio and the fifth overall Zanardi took the lead for the first time on lap 19 after polesitter Bryan Herta blew a tire Zanardi pulled out to a large lead over Greg Moore Late in the race the Ganassi team determined that Zanardi was one lap short of making the distance on fuel The team encouraged Zanardi to speed up and put some distance between himself and second place On lap 70 he had pulled out to a 30 second lead when a yellow came out He ducked into the pits for a splash and go stop for fuel and came out still holding the lead Zanardi cruised to the win and Moore finished second 4 8 seconds behind Bobby Rahal charged from 16th starting position to finish third 4 CART FedEx Championship Series edit 1998 Much of the attention for the day focused on Bobby Rahal who was making his final start at Mid Ohio before his retirement at the end of the season Rahal would finish a strong third In a race full of crashes Adrian Fernandez led the final 26 laps holding off teammate Scott Pruett for the victory A crash on the first lap took out Bryan Herta Dario Franchitti and Jimmy Vasser Greg Moore who led 23 laps dropped out after contact in the pits damaged his suspension The most serious crash of the day occurred on lap 58 P J Jones ran over a piece of debris from JJ Lehto s car locking up his steering at the end of the backstretch Michael Andretti and Mark Blundell came upon the scene and Andretti attempting to pass touched wheels with Jones Andretti s car was sent barrel rolling off the end of the backstretch at 190 mph landing upright in a sand trap Later in the race Alex Zanardi was fined 50 000 for contact with Helio Castroneves 5 48 1999 Juan Pablo Montoya started 8th and after a fast pit stop on lap 30 came out in third place Trailing race leader Dario Franchitti by 17 seconds Montoya began charging and over the next twenty laps closed to within two seconds of the lead Franchitti made his second pit stop a few laps early due to a punctured tire handing the lead to Paul Tracy The lead was short lived as Montoya passed Tracy one lap later On a restart with 18 laps to go Montoya was able to get a jump and set a stunning pace over the final stint Montoya cruised to victory by a margin of 10 9 seconds over Tracy Franchitti came home third 49 50 2000 Penske Racing teammates Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran dominated the weekend The duo swept the front row in qualifying and led all 83 laps en route to a 1 2 finish At the start de Ferran took the lead from the pole position and led the first 28 laps He made his first pit stop on lap 29 handing the lead to Castroneves One lap later Castroneves pitted and with a faster stop came out ahead of de Ferran Castroneves led the final 55 laps to win 51 52 2001 For the second consecutive year Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran finished 1 2 for Penske In a near repeat of the 2000 race de Ferran started from the pole position and led until the first round of pit stops On lap 29 de Ferran pitted but was mired in traffic after he exited the pit area Castroneves pitted one lap later and with a clear track maintained the lead after his stop Moments later Rahal teammates Kenny Brack and Max Papis tangled in the Esses dropping both from contention Early contenders Jimmy Vasser and Dario Franchitti both dropped out while Michael Andretti blew his engine back on lap 6 Castroneves led 44 of the final 55 laps to win and became the sixth different driver to win at Mid Ohio in consecutive seasons 53 2002 Patrick Carpentier started from the pole position and led 89 of the 92 laps on his way to victory Cristiano da Matta was in close pursuit of Carpentier much of the race and closed to within a car length on lap 70 Going down the backstretch da Matta tucked in behind and ducked low looking to make a pass for the lead going into turn 5 Carpentier turned in and da Matta s car got caught in dirty air locked the rear brakes and spun into the gravel trap 54 2003 The final CART series race at Mid Ohio was won by Paul Tracy Tracy won an Indy Champ car race at Mid Ohio for the first time in eleven tries and it was his first win on the course since an Indy Lights victory in 1990 Tracy led 69 of the 92 laps and finished 0 51 seconds ahead of second place Patrick Carpentier 55 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series edit nbsp Scott Dixon has won a record six times at Mid Ohio nbsp The start finish and pit straight in preparations for the 2012 race 2007 Indy car racing made a popular return to Mid Ohio after a three year absence Helio Castroneves won the pole position hs sixth pole of the year tying Billy Boat s record for most poles in a season set in 1998 On the first lap Andretti Green teammates Danica Patrick Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti tangled resulting in Andretti s car flipping over Kanaan s rear tire and landing upside down Andretti was uninjured On the final fuel stop Scott Dixon s Chip Ganassi Racing crew was able to short fill and get him out ahead of rivals Dario Franchitti and Castroneves Dixon won by 2 6917 seconds his first of multiple wins at Mid Ohio 2008 A pre race rain shower prompted teams to start the race on rain tires But once the race started the track began to dry quickly and teams were faced with a decision as to when to switch to slicks Ryan Briscoe started second but quickly dropped to sixth He was among the last of the leaders to pit for slicks on lap 7 and lost considerable track position in doing so falling as low as 17th Pitting off sequence for the rest of the race however allowed Briscoe to move to the front owing to two fortuitous caution periods Briscoe was able to run full throttle to the finish while others were running fuel conservation strategies 2009 Scott Dixon earns his 20th Indy Racing League IndyCar Series victory making him the most successful driver in series history 2010 A full course caution came out for a spin by Francesco Dracone setting up a restart with 13 laps to go Dario Franchitti led Will Power and Helio Castroneves With two laps to go Power was right on the tail of Franchitti The two cars were nose to tail on the final lap with Franchitti holding off Power by 0 5234 seconds 2011 Scott Dixon edged teammate Dario Franchitti down the backstretch on a restart on lap 61 and held on to win at Mid Ohio for the third time in five seasons Will Power dropped to 14th after getting caught out under a full course caution during a sequence of pit stops 2012 Will Power won the pole position followed by Dario Franchitti Simon Pagenaud and Scott Dixon Dixon picks up his second win of the season leading the final 16 laps and fourth win overall at Mid Ohio Power who led the first 57 laps came home second 2013 Charlie Kimball led a race high 46 laps and earned his first victory in Indy car competition In a race that went caution free Kimball set an all time Mid Ohio record with an average speed of 117 825 mph Kimball took the lead for good on lap 73 of 90 and won even after crashing his primary car earlier in the weekend Some drivers in the field were attempting to execute a two stop strategy but in doing so fuel saving measures were needed Kimball s team elected a three stop run which allowed a much faster pace and he pulled away to a commanding victory 2014 Scott Dixon won at Mid Ohio for the fifth time in eight seasons Polesitter Sebastien Bourdais led the early stages of the race and Dixon who started last after spinning out during qualifying worked his way to the front off sequence in pit stops from the other leaders Dixon capitalized on an error by Josef Newgarden during his final pit stop Newgarden ran over an air hose tripping a crew member and was penalized for hitting pit equipment Series points leader Helio Castroneves suffered throttle problems on the grid and joined the race four laps down and finished a lowly 19th 2015 Hometown favorite Graham Rahal won the race thirty years after his father Bobby Rahal won at Mid Ohio On lap 66 Rahal made his final pit stop just as the yellow came out for a controversial spin by Sage Karam at the end of the backstretch Rahal led the rest of the way holding off Justin Wilson on a restart with 6 laps to go 2016 Simon Pagenaud started from the pole position and took the lead at the start with Will Power and Josef Newgarden running 2nd 3rd Several teams attempted alternate pit strategies in the first half of the race shuffling the standings often After a restart on lap 19 Power clipped the rear bumper pod on Newgarden s car forcing Newgarden to pit for a rear wing assembly change Later Mikhail Aleshin emerged as the leader and began to pull away to a sizable margin On lap 61 the second caution of the race occurred when Jack Hawksworth went wide on entry to turn one causing him to lose control and hit the wall All of the leaders headed to the pits for their final stops Race leader Aleshin was released directly into the path of Newgarden causing the two to make contact and ending Aleshin s day Conor Daly elected to stay out and took over the lead while Will Power emerged in second and Pagenaud third Daly would be unable to make it to the finish on fuel meaning the battle for the lead would ultimately be between Power and Pagenaud On lap 66 Pagenaud began to put heavy pressure on Power and in turn 12 was able to get by This would prove to be the winning move of the race as Pagenaud would take the lead on lap 84 and win by 4 1620 seconds 56 57 58 2017 Josef Newgarden was leading the race by 12 seconds when the final sequence of pit stops began on lap 62 Newgaren emerged as the leader but on lap 67 the first and only caution of the race came out when Ed Jones spun in turn 9 On the restart on lap 71 the lapped car of Esteban Gutierrez was wedged between Newgarden and second place Will Power This allowed Newgarden to easily pull away score his third win of the season 59 60 61 2018 Alexander Rossi started from the pole and led 66 of the 90 laps to victory Rossi s team gambled by executing a two pit stop strategy while all of the other leaders made three pit stops Rossi was able to make mileage in his first stint and made his second and final pit stop on lap 59 Robert Wickens pitted on lap 65 handing the lead to Rossi who stretched out to a 12 8285 second margin at the finish 2019 Scott Dixon won his record sixth Mid Ohio Indy car race but not before one of the best last lap battles in Mid Ohio history The race went caution free and the leaders cycled through their final pit stops by lap 66 Scott Dixon held a commanding 9 second lead over teammate Felix Rosenqvist Ryan Hunter Reay was running third an additional 11 seconds back Rosenqvist steadily began trimming the deficit as was Hunter Reay and it was becoming evident that Dixon s tires were starting to go away Dixon was on the alternate red tires while Rosenqvist and Hunter Reay were on the primary blacks With Dixon backing off nursing his car to the finish Rosenqvist was charging and worked his way past the lapped cars between himself and Dixon On the final lap Rosenqvist made a move for the lead in the Keyhole but clipped the inside curb and Dixon maintained the position At the finish line Dixon held off Rosenqvist by 0 0934 seconds the closest finish in Mid Ohio history and third closest road course finish in Indy car history 2020 Saturday The first race of the 2020 doubleheader weekend was held on Saturday September 12 The race was shortened from its normal 90 lap distance to 75 laps Will Power won the pole position his milestone 60th career pole Power took the lead at the start and led 66 laps en route to a dominating victory With the shorter distance the pit strategy was altered slightly as every car would be able to make it to the finish with only two stops Power employed an all out fast paced strategy and did not worry about fuel saving measures In a race that went without a caution Power s hard charging effort put him out in front after both rounds of pit stops Power won by 7 4523 seconds over Penske teammate Josef Newgarden with storm clouds approaching over the final few laps Alexander Rossi came home third executing first an overcut and later an undercut strategy which helped move him gain two positions Points leader Scott Dixon started way down in 17th and finished only 10th 62 2020 Sunday The second race of the 2020 doubleheader weekend was held Sunday September 13 Colton Herta won the race leading a 1st 2nd 3rd sweep of the podium by Andretti Autosport Herta started from the pole position and led 57 laps but was not without incident At the start Herta and Santino Ferrucci started on the front row Going side by side into turn 4 Herta did not give much room on the outside forcing Ferrucci into the grass Ferrucci s car came back onto the track and collided with his Dale Coyne Racing teammate Alex Palou and Felix Rosenqvist Both Palou and Rosenqvist were eliminated while Ferrucci was penalized for avoidable contact Later in the race Dalton Kellett Scott Dixon and Marco Andretti each went off course in turn one in separate incidents All were able to continue but Dixon for the second day in a row managed only a 10th place finish After the final round of pit stops Herta held off Alexander Rossi by 1 3826 second with Ryan Hunter Reay close behind in third 63 64 2021 The race was scheduled for 80 laps for 2021 In addition it was moved to July 4 weekend Josef Newgarden took his third consecutive pole position ahead of Colton Herta Alex Palou and Scott Dixon Newgarden dominated the race leading 73 of the 80 laps Newgarden made his final pit stop on lap 53 and emerged with about a 6 7 second lead over Marcus Ericsson In the closing laps however Ericsson started using push to pass while Newgarden encountered slower traffic The lead shrunk to less than 2 seconds with two laps to go On the final lap the two cars were nose tail but Newgarden held off Ericsson by 0 879 seconds It was the first race win of the season for Penske Racing and came on the 50th anniversary of Penske s first Indy car win Alex Palou rounded out the podium 2022 Pato O Ward qualified for the pole position O Ward and Scott McLaughlin traded the lead during the first half until O Ward s car started losing power On lap 54 the car finally quit exiting the pits and his day was finished McLaughlin took the lead for the first time on lap 31 and led 45 of the final 52 laps McLaughlin held off Alex Palou and Will Power who charged from 21st starting position and a half spin on the opening lap to finish third The story of the race however was an uncharacteristic six yellows for multiple spins and contact On lap 59 teammates Romain Grosjean and Alexander Rossi tangled going side by side in the keyhole drawing the ire of the team In total three avoidable contact penalties were handed out during the race Colton Herta experienced bad luck on two occasions On lap 54 his crew neglected to call him in for a pit stop as a caution was about to come out Seconds later he wound up trapped out on the track the only car not having pit yet Then with 17 laps to go he too tangled with Grosjean going briefly off course in the keyhole 2023 Alex Palou the winner at Detroit and Road America made it three victories in a row by winning at Mid Ohio Colton Herta and Graham Rahal started 1st 2nd respectively and the led the early segment of the race On their first pit stops Herta and Rahal both took on primary black tires while Palou took on alternate reds Palou charged into the lead and pulled out to an 8 second advantage On the second and final sequence of pit stops both Herta and Rahal experienced trouble Herta broke the pit road speed limit while exiting then Rahal s crew had difficulty with the left rear tire That left Palou with a comfortable lead and he cruised to victory Marcus Ericsson who entered the race second in the points 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