Toronto Scores

Hello Internet! It's Guido here with another Scoring Indy update. This week the races were shorter, and so the scores come out quicker. No need for more flowery language up here, let's just get to it:


2014 Honda Indy Toronto Race 1 Scores

Finish	Driver	Grid	Led	Completed	A.R.P.	Race Score	RSWC Points
1	Bourdais	1	58	65	1.18	96.14	10
2	Castroneves	2	1	65	2.60	63.41	8
3	Kanaan	5	0	65	3.68	62.79	6
4	Pagenaud	4	6	65	10.77	51.24	1
5	Dixon	9	0	65	5.63	59.96	4
6	Rahal	11	0	65	7.08	57.86	3
7	Kimball	18	0	65	9.66	61.36	5
8	Hinchcliffe	8	0	65	8.42	45.77
9	Power	23	0	65	13.14	57.77	2
10	Wilson	7	0	65	7.82	39.40
11	Aleshin	19	0	65	12.65	46.89
12	Briscoe	21	0	65	17.02	40.56
13	Hawksworth	15	0	65	10.65	38.19
14	Huertas	17	0	65	15.75	30.79
15	Conway	13	0	65	17.37	19.75
16	Andretti	20	0	65	14.32	31.42
17	Munoz	14	0	65	18.97	13.09
18	Montoya	22	0	64	16.52	25.08
19	Saavedra	16	0	64	15.31	15.36
20	Newgarden	10	0	63	16.13	2.81
21	Hunter-Reay	3	0	39	3.21	6.78
22	Filippi	6	0	17	6.00	3.66
23	Sato	12	0	10	23.00	-0.78

Observations

- I made mention of Bourdais getting the "Scoring Indy Bump" after grabbing the pole. That is to say that I gave Bourdais props for his excellent 2013 run at Toronto (on the podium in both races) in my "Predictive Observations" section of the Race Preview. Well, Ole Sea Bass sure proved me right, as he took that Scoring Indy Bump and rode it all the way to a win. They tell me that this win from the front, controlling the whole race, is reminiscent of his days in Champ Car from '04 to '07. I must confess that I watched very few races during that span that weren't Indy 500s. But, that was dominant stuff.

- And, if Bourdais got the Scoring Indy Bump in Race 1, then Takuma Sato was the victim of the Scoring Indy Slump. I said I wasn't sure that Sato's 2014 would be better than his 2013. And the early carnage in Race 1 made it seem like I was going to be a good Sunday for AJ Foyt Racing. Another rough showing for Sato.

- Enough patting myself on the back for predictions. Let's look at the general tenor of the race. This was a race where the dominant cars were, well dominant. Bourdais' winning score of 96.14 is evidence of that on some levels. But, a better indicator is to note that there is not much disparity between Average Running Position and Race Finish. The notable exception here is Pagenaud, but he suffered from damage that shunted him to the back of the field early, negating a good qualifying effort. Without that damage Pagenaud's A.R.P. to Finish ratio would look very similar to the other drivers' numbers near the top of the field.


2014 Honda Indy Toronto Race 2 Scores

Finish	Driver	Grid	Led	Completed	A.R.P.	Race Score	RSWC Points
1	Conway	11	7	56	10.25	71.92	10
2	Kanaan	9	0	56	8.21	64.91	5
3	Power	2	5	56	3.05	62.32	4
4	Kimball	16	0	56	10.18	66.41	6
5	Sato	22	0	56	13.25	67.75	8
6	Hawksworth	18	0	56	14.95	56.60	3
7	Dixon	7	0	56	6.05	50.65	1
8	Andretti	8	0	56	10.82	42.29
9	Bourdais	10	0	56	11.00	42.03
10	Wilson	15	5	56	10.00	50.80	2
11	Briscoe	12	0	56	7.88	43.66
12	Castroneves	1	32	56	3.27	50.54
13	Newgarden	17	7	56	10.79	45.06
14	Hunter-Reay	4	0	56	9.63	20.83
15	Huertas	20	0	56	13.93	34.89
16	Filippi	23	0	56	12.71	38.10
17	Munoz	6	0	52	13.31	9.73
18	Hinchcliffe	13	0	52	18.00	10.04
19	Montoya	5	0	52	16.92	-2.07
20	Rahal	19	0	50	13.14	18.56
21	Saavedra	21	0	49	15.65	14.93
22	Pagenaud	3	0	47	20.09	-15.45
23	Aleshin	14	0	11	11.73	2.38

Observations

- If Bourdais got the Scoring Indy Bump in Race 1; Mike Conway, Destroyer of Worlds got that bump for the second race. Conway has been a little hot and cold this year, but he has two wins. There certainly seem to be some tracks that suit him better than others, and they seem to be tight street circuits.

- Takuma Sato, however, shook of his Race 1 Scoring Indy Slump to finish P5 in Race 2, with a VERY good score of 67.75. As far as I'm concerned (and as far as the numbers are concerned, as well) this was Sato's best performance of the year.

- On to the general tenor of this race. If Race 1 was a "racer's win" for Bourdais, wherein the best car ran the best and finished the best; then Race 2 was a "gamer's win" for Conway. A smart strategy call to go to slicks when he did led let Conway "out-finish" his car. That's the sort of effect that strategy can have on a race, and I (for one) am glad that you can get either a racer's or a gamer's win in IndyCar racing.


Hall of Averages

These numbers will be the focus of this weekend's off-week Friday post. So, take some time to mull them over before then:

Here are the average scores for the full-timers:

Driver	Average Score
Power	60.77
Castroneves	52.80
Kanaan	49.11
Dixon	44.30
Hunter-Reay	44.26
Pagenaud	43.79
Kimball	41.00
Briscoe	39.99
Wilson	39.33
Montoya	38.43
Bourdais	36.34
Andretti	35.88
Hawksworth	35.54
Munoz	31.05
Hinchcliffe	30.93
Aleshin	29.97
Huertas	29.47
Rahal	29.13
Newgarden	27.07
Saavedra	24.05
Sato	20.52

Here are the part-timers:

Driver	Average Score	Races
Karam	65.51	1
Hildebrand	48.16	1
Carpenter	47.41	4
Tagliani	45.08	1
Villeneuve	43.73	1
Davison	41.47	1
Servia	40.23	4
Conway	31.75	10
Bell	31.26	1
Plowman	25.36	2
Filippi	18.35	4
Mann	14.76	1
Montagny	12.75	1
Lazier	4.15	1

And, the Carpenter/Conway Voltron:

Driver	Average Score
The 20 Car	36.23

Finally, here's the updated RSWC Table. Note the differences between this and the Average Score table.

Driver	Points	Difference
Castroneves	60	--
Power	51	-9
Hunter-Reay	47	-13
Dixon	36	-24
Montoya	35	-25
Kimball	34	-26
Pagenaud	32	-28
Kanaan	31	-29
Munoz	20	-40
Conway	20	-40
Bourdais	20	-40
Hinchcliffe	18	-42
Hawksworth	18	-42
Wilson	17	-43
Aleshin	16	-44
Carpenter	15	-45
Andretti	14	-46
Newgarden	14	-46
Rahal	13	-47
Huertas	12	-48
Sato	9	-51
Briscoe	8	-52
Karam	5	-55
Saavedra	3	-57
Servia	2	-58
Busch	1	-59

Stay Tuned

That's all for this mid-week score post. Join me on Friday, when we'll delve into the averages. And, as always, be sure to follow me @ScoringIndy on Twitter for blog updates, extraneous gushing about all the worlds that Mike Conway destroys, and updates on my Australian Overlord, Will Power. See you Friday!!

-- Guido