IndyCar Series final results, points for 2023 season
Scott HornerThe IndyCar Series is an open-wheel series with races in the United States and Canada. The 2023 schedule started in St. Petersburg, Fla., in March and finishes at Monterey, Calif., in September.
2023 IndyCar schedule, results
March 5 at St. Petersburg, Fla. (street course)
Winner: Marcus Ericsson; second: Pato O'Ward; third: Scott Dixon. Results
April 2 at Fort Worth, Texas (oval)
Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Pato O'Ward; third: Alex Palou. Results
April 16 at Long Beach, Calif. (street course)
Winner: Kyle Kirkwood; second: Romain Grosjean; third: Marcus Ericsson. Results
April 30 at Birmingham, Ala. (road course)
Winner: Scott McLaughlin; second: Romain Grosjean; third: Will Power. Results
May 13 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)
Winner: Alex Palou; second: Pato O'Ward; third: Alexander Rossi. Results
May 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval)
Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Marcus Ericsson; third: Santino Ferrucci. Results
June 4 at Detroit (street course)
Winner: Alex Palou; second: Will Power; third: Felix Rosenqvist. Results
June 18 at Elkhart Lake, Wis. (road course)
Winner: Alex Palou; second: Josef Newgarden; third: Pato O'Ward. Results
July 2 at Lexington, Ohio (road course)
Winner: Alex Palou; second: Scott Dixon; third: Will Power. Results
July 16 at Toronto (street course)
Winner: Christian Lundgaard; second: Alex Palou; third: Colton Herta. Results
July 22 at Newton, Iowa (oval)
Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Scott McLaughlin; third: Pato O'Ward. Results
July 23 at Newton, Iowa (oval)
Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Will Power; third: Alex Palou. Results
Aug. 6 at Nashville (street course)
Winner: Kyle Kirkwood; second: Scott McLaughlin; third: Alex Palou. Results
Aug. 12 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)
Winner: Scott Dixon; second: Graham Rahal; third: Pato O'Ward. Results
Aug. 27 at Madison, Ill. (oval)
Winner: Scott Dixon; second: Pato O'Ward; third: David Malukas. Results
Sept. 3 at Portland (road course)
Winner: Alex Palou; second: Felix Rosenqvist; third: Scott Dixon. Results
Sept. 10 at Monterey, Calif. (road course)
Winner: Scott Dixon; second: Scott McLaughlin; third: Alex Palou. Results
IndyCar 2023 points leaders
Through 17 races; *-race winners
Alex Palou*****, 656 points
Scott Dixon***, 578
Scott McLaughlin*, 488
Pato O'Ward, 484
Josef Newgarden****, 479
Marcus Ericsson*, 438
Will Power, 425
Christian Lundgaard*, 390
Alexander Rossi, 375
Colton Herta, 356
Kyle Kirkwood**, 352
Felix Rosenqvist, 324
Romain Grosjean, 296
Rinus VeeKay, 277
Graham Rahal, 276
Callum Ilott, 266
David Malukas, 265
Helio Castroneves, 217
Santino Ferrucci, 214
Marcus Armstrong, 214
IndyCar ends double points for Indy 500
From 2014-22, IndyCar emphasized the importance of the Indianapolis 500 by awarding double points. Over the winter, the series changed course because "the rule has proven to overly penalize full-time championship teams that have performed poorly in 500."
How IndyCar awards points at the Indy 500
In qualifying, the pole-sitter gets 12 points, the No. 2 qualifier gets 11, etc., through the 12th-best qualifier. At most races, the pole-sitter gets 1 point.
The race winner gets 50 points, like in all other races, with lesser amounts down to 5 for 33rd. In 2022, the difference was 100-10. Race bonuses: 1 point for leading a lap, 2 for leading the most laps.