IndyCar: Herta gets grid penalty for Sunday Iowa race
INDYCAR officials have announced a nine-position starting grid penalty for the No. 26 Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian entry for an unapproved engine change following Saturday’s race at Iowa Speedway.
The team was in violation of:
Rule 16.2.3.2 A fifth (5th) Engine is eligible to earn Engine Manufacturer points if a Full Season Entrant has completed the Full Season Entrant Engine Mileage with its first four (4) Engines. Otherwise, a fifth (5th) or more Engine does not earn Engine Manufacturer points and will be considered an Unapproved Engine change-out.
According to Rule 16.6.1.2, the penalty is a six-position starting grid penalty on road and street course events and nine positions at oval events and will be served at the series’ next event, which is the Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google Sunday, July 24 at Iowa Speedway.
Revised Race Lineup
| SP | Car | Driver Name | Engine |
| 1 | 12 | Power, Will | Chevy |
| 2 | 2 | Newgarden, Josef | Chevy |
| 3 | 20 | Daly, Conor | Chevy |
| 4 | 51 | Sato, Takuma | Honda |
| 5 | 3 | McLaughlin, Scott | Chevy |
| 6 | 45 | Harvey, Jack | Honda |
| 7 | 5 | O’Ward, Pato | Chevy |
| 8 | 21 | VeeKay, Rinus | Chevy |
| 9 | 7 | Rosenqvist, Felix | Chevy |
| 10 | 28 | Grosjean, Romain | Honda |
| 11 | 10 | Palou, Alex | Honda |
| 12 | 26 | Herta, Colton | Honda |
| 13 | 48 | Johnson, Jimmie | Honda |
| 14 | 18 | Malukas, David (R) | Honda |
| 15 | 8 | Ericsson, Marcus | Honda |
| 16 | 60 | Pagenaud, Simon | Honda |
| 17 | 30 | Lundgaard, Christian (R) | Honda |
| 18 | 9 | Dixon, Scott | Honda |
| 19 | 33 | Carpenter, Ed | Chevy |
| 20 | 14 | Kirkwood, Kyle (R) | Chevy |
| 21 | 27 | Rossi, Alexander | Honda |
| 22 | 77 | Ilott, Callum (R) | Chevy |
| 23 | 15 | Rahal, Graham | Honda |
| 24 | 06 | Castroneves, Helio | Honda |
| 25 | 29 | DeFrancesco, Devlin (R) | Honda |
| 26 | 4 | Kellett, Dalton | Chevy |