2019 ABC Supply 500

2019 Pocono
Race details
14th round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 18, 2019
Official name	ABC Supply 500
Location	Pocono Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.5 mi / 4.0 km
Distance	200 laps; 500.00 mi / 804.67 km
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	No Time
Fastest lap
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	41.7287 (on lap 113 of 128)
Podium
First	Will Power (Team Penske)
Second	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)

The 2019 ABC Supply 500 was the 14th round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on August 18 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Approaching rain and lightning cause the race to be shortened to only 128 of the scheduled 200 laps allowing Will Power to capture victory.^[1] As of 2022, this was the last time that IndyCar has visited Pocono.

Background

Entrants

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda
7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda
9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Felix Rosenqvist R	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	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda
19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet
23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet
26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda
27	Alexander Rossi W	Andretti Autosport	Honda
28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda
30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
59	Conor Daly	Carlin	Chevrolet
88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda
98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda

Pre-Race Activities

Practice

Practice was scheduled for 9:30 AM ET on August 17, 2019.^[2] Practice was cancelled due to weather in the area that would have prevented the medical helicopter from being to take off. ^[3]

Qualifying

No qualifying session took place for the race, as officials were forced to cancel the session due to rain. As a result, qualifying results and the starting lineup for the race were determined based on the driver standings after the previous race, the Honda Indy 200. As the points leader, Josef Newgarden was awarded pole position.^[4]

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine
					1	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
					2	27	Alexander Rossi W	Andretti Autosport	Honda
3	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda
7	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
8	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
9	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda
11	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda
12	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
13	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
14	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda
15	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
16	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda
17	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda
18	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda
19	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
20	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
21	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet
22	59	Conor Daly	Carlin	Chevrolet
Source:^[5]

Final Practice

The only practice session took place at 1:50 PM ET on August 17, 2019.^[2]

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	00:41.5984
2	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	00:41.7128
3	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	00:41.7872
Source:^[6]

Race

The race started at 2:30 PM ET on August 18, 2019.^[2]

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired^{[N 2]}	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	128	1:53:45.8296	5	5	31	51
2	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	128	+5.4688	4	4	32	41
3	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	128	+7.0950	4	3	64	38
4	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	128	+9.4697	4	13		32
5	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	128	+10.1771	4	1	1	31
6	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	128	+15.4239	4	15		28
7	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	128	+19.1641	4	11		26
8	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	128	+23.3941	5	19		24
9	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	128	+25.2060	5	8		22
10	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	128	+27.4361	5	21		20
11	59	Conor Daly	Carlin	Chevrolet	128	+29.2835	5	22		19
12	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	128	+32.6051	5	16		18
13	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	127	+1 Lap	5	18		17
14	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	127	+1 Lap	7	20		16
15	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	126	+2 Laps	6	17		15
16	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	72	Contact	3	14		14
17	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	39	Contact	2	12		13
18	27	Alexander Rossi W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	39	+89 Laps	1	2		12
19	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	0	Contact	4	6		11
20	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	0	Contact	3	10		10
21	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	0	Contact	0	7		9
22	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	0	Contact	0	9		8
Fastest lap: Will Power (Team Penske) – 00:41.7287 (lap 113)
Source:^[7]^[8]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Josef Newgarden	535
	2	Alexander Rossi	500
	3	Simon Pagenaud	495
	4	Scott Dixon	483
	5	Will Power	407
Source: ^[8]

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

^ "Will Power wins weather-shortened ABC Supply 500 at Pocono". NBC Sports. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ABC Supply 500". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
^ "IndyCar: First 2019 Pocono practice session rained out". 18 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
^ Cavin, Curt (17 August 2019). "NEWGARDEN ON POCONO POLE AFTER QUALIFYING CANCELED". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Starting Line Up" (PDF). indycar.com. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Race Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

^ Qualifying for the ABC Supply 500 was canceled due to weather and starting grid was set by entrant points, so Josef Newgarden was gifted the pole position. Because of this, he was not awarded the bonus point typically awarded for qualifying on pole position.
^ Race ended under caution

Previous race: 2019 Honda Indy 200	IndyCar Series 2019 season	Next race: 2019 Bommarito Automotive Group 500
Previous race: 2018 ABC Supply 500	ABC Supply 500	Next race: None

[2] "Will Power wins weather-shortened ABC Supply 500 at Pocono". NBC Sports. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-03.

[:0-3] "ABC Supply 500". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-04-03.

[4] "IndyCar: First 2019 Pocono practice session rained out". 18 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-03.

[5] Cavin, Curt (17 August 2019). "NEWGARDEN ON POCONO POLE AFTER QUALIFYING CANCELED". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

[6] "Starting Line Up" (PDF). indycar.com. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

[7] "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

[9] "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

[racingreference-10] "Race Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

[1] Qualifying for the ABC Supply 500 was canceled due to weather and starting grid was set by entrant points, so Josef Newgarden was gifted the pole position. Because of this, he was not awarded the bonus point typically awarded for qualifying on pole position.

[8] Race ended under caution

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