Ryan Hunter-Reay has officially arrived as a championship contender this season after winning the Milwaukee IndyFest on Saturday afternoon at the Milwaukee Mile.
IndyCar Championship Standings: Ryan Hunter-Reay closes gap following Milwaukee victory
Ryan Hunter-Reay won Saturday’s IndyFest and closed his championship gap to 16 points behind Helio Castroneves.
Mike McGinnis
Helio Castroneves entered the race with a 21-point lead over Marco Andretti but the Hunter-Reay victory, combined with the Andretti DNF has given the rundown a new look entering this weekend’s races at Iowa Speedway.
Hunter-Reay has now moved into second place and is just 16 points behind Castroneves. He also leads in the wins category, two-races-to-one over Castroneves while Andretti remains winless and 50 points behind Castroneves.
Despite a top-five in Milwaukee, two-win James Hinchcliffe remains ninth in the overall standings.
Takuma Sato led the most laps but ultimately finished seventh after an ill-timed caution temporarily trapped him a lap down. He’s up to fourth in the standings, for AJ Foyt Racing, as a result.
Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Simon Pagenaud, Justin Wilson, Hinchcliffe and Dario Franchitti complete the top-10. The full championship standings can be found below.
- Helio Castroneves Ldr.
- Ryan Hunter-Reay -16
- Marco Andretti -50
- Takuma Sato -76
- Scott Dixon-78
- Tony Kanaan -84
- Simon Pagenaud -87
- Justin Wilson -92
- James Hinchcliffe -93
- Dario Franchitti -107
- Will Power -111
- EJ Viso -116
- Charlie Kimball -124
- Josef Newgarden -132
- James Jakes -139
- Ed Carpenter -143
- Graham Rahal -150
- Simona de Silvestro -156
- Tristan Vautier -169
- Oriol Servia -176
- Sebastien Bourdais -182
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