The 2014
MAVTV 500
The MAVTV 500 was an IndyCar Series race held at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The event represented a continuous lineage of open wheel oval racing in the Southern California-area that dates back to 1970. Since 2012, the event had bee ...
IndyCar World Championships was the 18th and final race of the
2014 IndyCar Series season
The 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series was the 19th season of the IndyCar Series and the 103rd season of American open wheel racing. Its premier event was the 2014 Indianapolis 500, 98th Indianapolis 500, held on Sunday, May 25. Scott Dixon entered the ...
. The event took place on August 30, at the 2.000-mile (3.219 km) Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
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Hélio Castroneves
Hélio Castroneves (; born Hélio Alves de Castro Neves; 10 May 1975) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He has won the Indianapolis 500 a record-equalling four times: in 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021. He won the 2021 24 Hours of Daytona wit ...
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Team Penske
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won the pole position with a speed of 218.540 mph, the 41st pole of his career. Castroneves' teammate,
Will Power
William "Will" Steven Power (born 1 March 1981) is an Australian motorsports driver who currently competes in the IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske. He is the 2014 and 2022 IndyCar Series champion and the 2018 Indianapolis 500 champion. ...
, entered the race with the points lead and started 21st.
Tony Kanaan
Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed TK, is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 6 Toyota Corolla E210 for Full Time Bassani a ...
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Chip Ganassi Racing
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won his first race of the season, while his teammate,
Scott Dixon
Scott Ronald Dixon (born 22 July 1980) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand, who competes in the NTT IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing. Dixon has won the IndyCar championship six times: in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 202 ...
, finished second. Power finished ninth and thus locked up the championship.
Kanaan's average speed was a record for a 500-mile race at Auto Club Speedway, and in two of the three Fuzzy's Triple Crown races in 2014, a new race record was set at the race in 2014.
References
MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships
MAVTV 500
MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships
MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships
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