Crash INDYCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis.
Scott Dixon: 10
In typical Scott Dixon fashion, he recovered from a spin and won the race.
Graham Rahal: 10
The pole sitter nearly capped off a flawless weekend with his first win in six years.
Pato O’Ward: 9
The Arrow McLaren cars finally had race speed and were able to get two cars inside the top-five.
Christian Lundgaard: 9
Another strong run for the talented young driver as RLL Racing flexed its muscle.
Alexander Rossi: 9
Rossi badly needed a good finish and he got it today at a track that he is very familiar with.
Will Power: 8
It wasn’t a bad day for Power, but none of the Team Penske cars were able to contend for the win today.
Alex Palou: 7
On the track, Palou was executing like he has all season and still has not finished worse than 8th this year.
Scott McLaughlin: 7
Just an average race for McLaughlin as Penske just didn’t have it today.
Kyle Kirkwood: 7
Another top-ten to lead the way for Andretti has Kirkwood looking more and more like the alpha dog.
Marcus Ericsson: 6
Top-ten finishes are nice, but Ericsson was definitely expecting more from this one.
Rinus VeeKay: 6
Arguably the best race of the season for VeeKay, who has not had many bright spots over the last few years.
Linus Lundqvist: 8
The Indy Lights champ continues to show promise with a great 12th place result in his second career race.
Colton Herta: 6
Herta’s miserable season continues, as he had trouble early in the race yet again.
Jack Harvey: 4
Not what Harvey was looking for, as this has easily been his best track over the years.
Helio Castroneves: 4
The veteran didn’t have any speed today, and finished behind his teammate who was making his second start in the series.
David Malukas: 4
Malukas was caught up in the first-lap incident and had another rough week.
Callum Ilott: 4
The Juncos Hollinger Racing team is struggling more than we realize.
Romain Grosjean: 3
So much for building on the momentum he had from the last race…
Devlin DeFrancesco: 4
He surprised in qualifying and made a dazzling move at the start of the race to take the lead, but he quickly faded.
Ryan Hunter-Reay: 3
Another poor result coupled with the fact that he likely prevented Rahal from getting to Dixon.
Agustin Canapino: 2
See Ilott, Callum.
Sting Ray Robb: 3
It’s never good when a 22nd place finish is a positive step forward.
Santino Ferrucci: 3
Another embarrassing day for AJ Foyt Racing, who had issues with both cars.
Marcus Armstrong: 3
It was a punch in the gut for Armstrong, who was taken out by his teammate on the first lap of the race and had such a great livery on display this weekend.
Josef Newgarden: 1
Goodbye championship hope.
Benjamin Pedersen: 1
The team couldn’t even get the engine started in time for the race…
Felix Rosenqvist: 4
Felix had a good day going until his engine let go.
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