Josef Newgarden won his second race of the season for Team Penske on Saturday night at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 near St. Louis.
Newgarden increased his total points on the season to 317. The two-time Indianapolis 500 winner sits in eighth place. Alex Palou finished fourth, which increased his lead of 49 points to 59. There was a shakeup for second place, however.
Colton Herta took fifth at IndyCar’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500. The result moved Herta from fourth in the standings to second.
Scott Dixon remained in third place in the championship race and Will Power fell from second to fourth.
Here’s the full IndyCar points list after Saturday’s race near St. Louis:
Not happy: Will Power flips off Penske teammate Josef Newgarden at end of IndyCar race
IndyCar series championship points standings picture heading to Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland
1. Alex Palou (2 wins, 443 points)
2. Colton Herta (1 win, 384)
3. Scott Dixon (2 wins, 378 points)
4. Will Power (2 wins, 377 points)
5. Scott McLaughlin (2 wins, 370 points)
6. Pato O’Ward (2 wins, 345 points)
7. Kyle Kirkwood (0 wins, 322 points)
8. Josef Newgarden (2 wins, 317 points)
9. Alexander Rossi (0 wins, 277 points)
10. Felix Rosenqvist (0 wins, 249 points)
IndyCar Series remaining races
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Aug. 25: Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland, Portland International Raceway (3 p.m., USA Network)
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Aug. 31: Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250, Milwaukee Mile (6 p.m., Peacock)
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Sept. 1: Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250, Milwaukee Mile (2:30 p.m., USA Network)
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Sept. 15: Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway (3 p.m., NBC)
IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year standings
Entering this weekend already with a 40-point lead on his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kyffin Simpson, Linus Lundqvist further solidified his chances at capturing IndyCar’s 2024 Rookie of the Year title with his second podium of the season Saturday evening at World Wide Technology Raceway. Lundqvist’s 36-point haul, up against Simpson’s five points after crashing out 84 laps in and finishing 25th, gives the No. 8 Honda driver a 71-point edge in the ROY battle with just four races to entering Portland next weekend.
Linus Lundqvist, Chip Ganassi Racing (209 points)
Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi Racing (138 points)
IndyCar Series Leaders Circle standings
A tight fight for the final four spots in IndyCar’s Leaders Circle program got even tighter after Saturday evening’s chaotic race at World Wide Technology Raceway. Once thinking he would be in contention in the closing laps for his first IndyCar win, David Malukas’ crash with Will Power left the Meyer Shank Racing driver 21st, but he kept the car 19th in Leaders Circle standings with four races to go. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Pietro Fittipaldi maintained 20th for the No. 30 Honda with his 14th-place result.
With his first-ever IndyCar top-10 in 9th, Sting Ray Robb gave AJ Foyt Racing’s No. 41 Chevy entry a little more breathing room, jumping into 21st in the Leaders Circle race, now eight points clear of Ed Carpenter Racing’s No. 20 driven Saturday by Ed Carpenter, who finished 17th and dropped a spot to 22nd in the late-season battle. Conor Daly’s 13th-place finish with a damaged car wasn’t enough to lift the Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 78 Chevy into the highly-coveted top-22, but he’s now just three back of the cutline in 23rd, two points closer than the entry entered this weekend. Dale Coyne Racing’s No. 51 and No. 18 Hondas stayed 24th and 25th and fell further back in the race for the top 22.
IndyCar’s Leaders Circle program awards teams just over $1 million the following season to eligible teams’ full-season entries that finish in the top 22 in points.
19. Meyer Shank Racing No. 66: 154 points
20. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 30: 151
21. AJ Foyt Racing No. 41: 144
22. Ed Carpenter Racing No. 20: 136
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23. Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 78: 133
24. Dale Coyne Racing No. 51: 120
25. Dale Coyne Racing No. 18: 101
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar points standings after Bommarito Automotive Group 500
