INDYCAR: Driver Ratings for HyVee One Step 250 at Iowa, Won by Josef Newgarden

Crash INDYCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the HyVee One Step 250 at Iowa.
Josef Newgarden, Team Penske at Iowa
Josef Newgarden, Team Penske at Iowa

Josef Newgarden: 10

Newgard🐽en owns Iowa Speedway,🔴 and proved it again by sweeping both races this weekend, leading 341 of the 500 laps.

Will Power: 10

He still hasn't won at Iowa, but he has now won the last four poles at the track, and fi🌼nished runner-u♒p to his teammate today.

Alex Palou: 9

The cha🔜mpionship leader continues to impress, finishing 8th and 3rd on a short𓄧 oval, which had been viewed as his only weakness.

Felix Rosenqvist: 8

A late caution fl♔ag p🅠resented an opportunity, but he simply didn't have the pace (or the tires) to compete for the win.

Scott McLaughlin: 8

He led laps and battled with his two teammates for the lead all weekend, but couldn't seal the deal for his first ovaꦚl win.

Scott Dixon: 7

Two 6th place finishes mཧade for a typical slow-and-steady weekend for Dixon.

Colton Herta: 6

After a horrendo🦄us Saturday, Herta and his team rebounded for a solid 7th place finish o꧅n Sunday.

David Malukas: 7

Like Herta, Malukas performed much better today to salvage the overall we🐻ekend.

Marcus Ericsson: 8

Ericsson seemed to have th💃e pace to keep up with the Penske cars at times, b𝔍ut he couldn't capitalize at the end of the races.

Pato O'Ward: 7

A podium finish and a top-ten result made for a decent weekend for O'Ward, but he and the McLaren team🎉 remain winless with just five races to go.

Pato O'Ward
Pato O'Ward

Kyle Kirkwood: 7

It wasn't a ✤great weekend for Kirkwood, but the bad luck at least stayed away from his No. 27 team.

Romain Grosjean: 6

A pair of top-12 finishes didn't impress an𒐪yone, but Grosjean at least stayed out of trouble and was able to finish both races, which is a major positive for his future.

Christian Lundgaard: 5

The race winner from last weeken🔯d was nowhere to be found this weekend, in either race.

Callum Ilott: 6

It was an average day for Ilott and his Juncos Hollinger Racing team, a💞s they try to tur𒀰n their season around.

Alexander Rossi: 6

Expectations were much higher for Rossi𒁃 than hi♛s 10th and 15th place results.

Helio Castroneves: 6

Overall it was a decent weekend for the four-time Indy 500 winner, in what 🍬is likely his final full season.

Conor Daly: 6

Daly was a soli꧂d fill-in for Simon Pagenaud this weekend, but he didn't turn any heads this weekend.

Rinus VeeKay: 5

Another poor weekend for VeeKay and the Ed Ca🐈rpenter Racing team.

Jack Harvey: 5

This may have been Harvey's last race weeken🌌d, as his miserable tenure at RLL Racing continued.

Graham Rahal: 5

Crashing yesterday was not grea🐲t, and finishing 20th after starting 5th today was almost as bad.

Devlin DeFrancesco: 5

He was nev꧅er a factor in either race this weekend.

Santino Ferrucci: 4

Considering his talent on ovals, it was a disappointing weekend for Ferr൲u𝔉cci and the AJ Foyt Racing team.

Ed Carpenter: 3

Neither race went well for Car✃penter🐟, who will make one more start this season.

Ryan Hunter-Reay: 4

His late-race brush with the wall wa𝐆s a great metaphor for how his weekend went.

Takuma Sato: 3

After a solid Saturday, Sato went the other direction toda🉐y, making contact with the wall and ending his day early.

Agustin Canapino: 3

Canapino also brushed the wall todayꩵ as he was making his Iowa debut.

Benjamin Pedersen: 2

This was a horrendous weeken💃d for Pedersen, who was n🍸ever a factor.

Sting Ray Robb: 2

The only time he was mentioned♊ was when his whe🐽el came off.

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