Inside Mid-Ohio box score: Numbers to note
AUG 04, 2015
Numbers to note following the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - the 14th round of the Verizon Indy Car Series season:
2 - Positions gained by Marco Andretti (12th to 10th) and Juan Pablo Montoya (13th to 11th) in the final nine laps of the 90-lap race.
4 – Consecutive top-five finishes for race winner Graham Rahal – the longest streak of his Indy car career.
5.16 - Average running position of Rahal for the 90 laps of racing at Mid-Ohio.
7 – Different drivers to lead the race, tying the record for most leaders at Mid-Ohio set in 2002 and 2008.
9 – Points separating Montoya (465) and Rahal (456) in the Verizon IndyCar Series standings.
10 – Drivers still mathematically eligible for the Verizon IndyCar Series championship.
18 - Positions improved by Tristan Vautier (24th to sixth), most of any of the 24 starters.
19 – Drivers to finish on the podium in 2015 after Justin Wilson’s second-place finish.
23 - Indy car poles for Scott Dixon, who tied Johnny Rutherford for 12th on the all-time list.
27 - Laps in which Carlos Munoz improved his position, most of any driver.
247 - Consecutive starts by Tony Kanaan, extending his all-time record.
1,947 – Laps completed by Andretti, the only driver to complete every lap of every race in 2015.
4,597 – Laps led by Dixon in his Indy car career. Dixon led 22 laps at Mid-Ohio, which pushed him past Dario Franchitti for seventh on the all-time list.