The 2020 REV Group Grand Prix Doubleheader was an IndyCar Series event scheduled July 11–12, 2020. It made up the third and fourth rounds of the series' 2020 season. The race was originally scheduled for June 21, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the weekend was turned in to a double-header event in an effort to make up for races outright cancelled by the pandemic.[1] The race was also the first event of the 2020 season to allow spectators at the track, with track promoters allowing unrestricted attendance.[2]
Race 1 – July 11
All sessions for race 1 took place on Saturday, July 11.
Qualifying
Qualifying began at 2:15 CDT. As the event was doubleheader, series rules meant qualifying was a single round (instead of two rounds as normal), split into two groups. Drivers from the group with the fastest driver having the better time started in the odd number positions, while the group whose fastest time was worse than the other group took even number positions.
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Josef Newgarden W
|
2 | 1:45.5191 |
| 2 | 60 |  Jack Harvey
|
1 | 1:45.7290 |
| 3 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
2 | 1:45.6563 |
| 4 | 15 | Graham Rahal
|
1 | 1:45.7593 |
| 5 | 12 |  Will Power W
|
2 | 1:45.8244 |
| 6 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci
|
1 | 1:45.7696 |
| 7 | 88 | Colton Herta
|
2 | 1:45.8609 |
| 8 | 10 |  Felix Rosenqvist
|
1 | 1:45.8469 |
| 9 | 9 |  Scott Dixon W
|
2 | 1:45.9324 |
| 10 | 98 | Marco Andretti
|
1 | 1:45.9888 |
| 11 | 27 | Alexander Rossi W
|
2 | 1:46.1365 |
| 12 | 5 |  Patricio O'Ward
|
1 | 1:46.0356 |
| 13 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson
|
2 | 1:46.2980 |
| 14 | 55 |  Álex Palou R
|
1 | 1:46.1260 |
| 15 | 30 |  Takuma Sato
|
2 | 1:46.5368 |
| 16 | 21 |  Rinus VeeKay R
|
1 | 1:46.1301 |
| 17 | 22 |  Simon Pagenaud
|
2 | 1:46.7090 |
| 18 | 59 | Max Chilton
|
1 | 1:46.3878 |
| 19 | 20 | Conor Daly
|
2 | 1:46.8114 |
| 20 | 26 | Zach Veach
|
1 | 1:46.4707 |
| 21 | 7 | Oliver Askew R
|
2 | 1:47.1133 |
| 22 | 4 | Charlie Kimball
|
1 | 1:47.6862 |
| 23 | 14 |  Dalton Kellett R
|
2 | 1:47.5761 |
Race
The race was held at 5:15 EST.
Notes: 1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, 1 point for Pole Position, and 1 point for the winner of the non-pole qualifying group.
Race statistics
Average speed: 116.027 mph (186.727 km/h)
Lead changes: 5
| Lap leader breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Driver |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | Josef Newgarden |
| 13 | 14 | 2 | Graham Rahal |
| 15 | 27 | 13 | Josef Newgarden |
| 28 | 29 | 2 | Marcus Ericsson |
| 30 | 39 | 10 | Will Power |
| 40 | 55 | 16 | Scott Dixon |
| Cautions: 3 for 7 laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Reason |
| 38 | 40 | 3 | #60 (Harvey) off course turn 3 |
| 42 | 43 | 2 | #5 (O'Ward) & #20 (Daly) contact turn 7 |
| 45 | 46 | 2 | #14 (Kellett) off course turn 14 |
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 | Scott Dixon
|
155 |
|
|
2 | Simon Pagenaud
|
93 |
 1
|
3 | Colton Herta
|
88 |
 1
|
4 | Josef Newgarden
|
84 |
|
|
5 | Graham Rahal
|
81 |
Race 2 – July 12
All sessions for race 2 took place on Sunday, July 12.
Qualifying
Qualifying took place at 10:00 a.m. EST
| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Patricio O'Ward
|
2 | 1:44.8971 |
| 2 | 88 | Colton Herta
|
1 | 1:44.9250 |
| 3 | 55 | Álex Palou R
|
2 | 1:44.9192 |
| 4 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
1 | 1:45.1534 |
| 5 | 15 | Graham Rahal
|
2 | 1:45.0324 |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon W
|
1 | 1:45.2674 |
| 7 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist
|
2 | 1:45.1487 |
| 8 | 12 | Will Power W
|
1 | 1:45.2995 |
| 9 | 60 | Jack Harvey
|
2 | 1:45.5094 |
| 10 | 27 | Alexander Rossi W
|
1 | 1:45.3722 |
| 11 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci
|
2 | 1:45.5676 |
| 12 | 30 | Takuma Sato
|
1 | 1:45.4320 |
| 13 | 4 | Charlie Kimball
|
2 | 1:45.8344 |
| 14 | 1 | Josef Newgarden W
|
1 | 1:45.4605 |
| 15 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay R
|
2 | 1:46.0330 |
| 16 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson
|
1 | 1:45.7852 |
| 17 | 26 | Zach Veach
|
2 | 1:46.1816 |
| 18 | 7 | Oliver Askew R
|
1 | 1:46.0735 |
| 19 | 98 | Marco Andretti
|
2 | 1:46.2213 |
| 20 | 20 | Conor Daly
|
1 | 1:46.4850 |
| 21 | 59 | Max Chilton
|
2 | 1:46.6091 |
| 22 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud
|
1 | 1:46.5734 |
| 23 | 14 | Dalton Kellett R
|
1 | 1:47.3130 |
Race
The race took place at 12:40 p.m. EST.
Race statistics
Average speed: 118.942 mph (191.419 km/h)
Lead changes: 8
| Lap leader breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Driver |
| 1 | 14 | 14 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 15 | 16 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 17 | 20 | 4 | Will Power |
| 21 | 27 | 7 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 28 | 29 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 30 | 40 | 11 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 41 | 42 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 43 | 53 | 11 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 54 | 55 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| Cautions: 2 for 4 laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Reason |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | #12 (Power) & #28 (Hunter-Reay) contact turn 1; #12 (Power) & #15 (Rahal) contact turn 3 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | #12 (Power) spin turn 13 |
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
1 | Scott Dixon
|
173 |
| 1
|
2 | Colton Herta
|
119 |
| 1
|
3 | Simon Pagenaud
|
110 |
| 4
|
4 | Patricio O'Ward
|
110 |
| 1
|
5 | Josef Newgarden
|
106 |
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