2021 Bommarito Automotive Group 500

The race started at 8:00 PM ET.^[1] The start, led by Team Penske's Will Power, went underway with no incidents. On lap 2, Power was overtaken by Colton Herta, who assumed the lead of the race. The following lap saw a caution brought out, as Graham Rahal and Ed Jones made contact in Turn 2, sending both drivers into the wall. Both drivers would retire from the race, classifying second last and last respectively. The caution lasted 12 laps. As the race restarted after the caution on lap 15, teammates Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud made contact, damaging the right side of Pagenaud's front wing, which would detach and land on the track, causing another caution that lasted four laps. A light malfunction caused the third caution of the day to be triggered on lap 21, lasting four laps.

On lap 54, Ed Carpenter spun and crashed out of the race in Turn 4, causing the fourth caution of the race, which would last until lap 63. Sébastien Bourdais took the lead of the race, as the front three pitted. Herta lost the effective lead of the race to Newgarden, who exited the pit lane first. Another caution would be declared on lap 65, as Rinus VeeKay crashed into Álex Palou in Turn 1, who then hit the rear of teammate Scott Dixon's car, sending the three into the wall. The race restarted with Newgarden in the lead, after Bourdais made his pit stop.

On lap 139, Herta overtook Newgarden for the lead, but lost it as he pitted on lap 185. Herta would retire from the race as his driveshaft broke during pit exit. On lap 200, Alexander Rossi hit the wall in Turn 2 during his out lap after his final pit stop, ending his race and causing the sixth and final caution of the race, which lasted nine laps. Felix Rosenqvist had a mechanical failure on lap 211, which prompted him to retire from the race.

Josef Newgarden won the race, half a second over Arrow McLaren SP's Pato O'Ward in second. Polesitter Will Power finished third.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	260	2:24:10.9404	3	3	138	53
2	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	260	+0.5397	3	5	1	41
3	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	260	+5.8660	3	1	1	37
4	3	Scott McLaughlin  R	Team Penske	Chevrolet	260	+6.6620	3	11		32
5	14	Sébastien Bourdais	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	260	+8.9566	2	18	18	31
6	30	Takuma Sato  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	260	+8.2618	4	16		28
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	260	+14.0259	4	13		26
8	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	260	+15.5421	6	4	1	25
9	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	260	+18.7676	3	6		22
10	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	260	+20.1207	3	15		20
11	59	Conor Daly	Carlin	Chevrolet	260	+22.1036	4	20		19
12	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	260	+24.5581	5	24		18
13	48	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	260	+26.8367	4	17		17
14	51	Romain Grosjean  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	259	+1 Lap	4	14		16
15	29	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	243	+17 Laps	7	19		15
16	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	211	Mechanical	4	10		14
17	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	200	Contact	3	7		13
18	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	185	Mechanical	3	2	101	13
19	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	100	Contact	2	8		11
20	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	64	Contact	1	21		10
21	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	64	Contact	1	23		9
22	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	54	Contact	2	22		8
23	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	4	Contact	1	9		7
24	18	Ed Jones	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	2	Contact	0	12		6
Fastest lap: Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) – 00:25.7998 (lap 195)
Source:[11]

Pato O'Ward took the championship lead after his second-place finish, with Álex Palou dropping down to second, above race winner Josef Newgarden, who rose to third over Scott Dixon, who was demoted to fourth.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Pato O'Ward 435 1 2 Álex Palou 425 1 3 Josef Newgarden 413 1 4 Scott Dixon 392 5 Marcus Ericsson 375 Source:[11]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1092 2 Chevrolet 1057 Source:[12]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.