2017 IndyCar Series

2017 IndyCar season
Verizon IndyCar Series
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 12
End dateSeptember 17
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Josef Newgarden
Manufacturers' CupUnited States Chevrolet
Rookie of the YearUnited Arab Emirates Ed Jones
Indianapolis 500 winnerJapan Takuma Sato
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Josef Newgarden (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Simon Pagenaud (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series was the 22nd season of the Verizon IndyCar Series and the 106th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event was the 101st Indianapolis 500 won by Takuma Sato. Josef Newgarden, the 2011 Indy Lights champion, in his sixth full-time season in the IndyCar Series, won the championship. It was Newgarden's first season as part of Team Penske, and he collected four wins, one pole position, and ten top-five finishes. It was Team Penske's 15th Indy car season championship, and third in four years.

Simon Pagenaud entered the season as the defending IndyCar champion, and finished second in points behind his teammate Newgarden. The 2017 season was the final season for the Honda/Chevy aerokits introduced in 2015, as 2018 saw the introduction of a new spec-aerokit.[1]

All events from 2016 returned to the schedule. In addition, the series returned to Gateway Motorsports Park for the first time since 2003.

  1. ^ Pruett, Marshall (January 12, 2017). "INDYCAR: Initial 2018 bodywork concepts unveiled". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.