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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

2015 NOLA Motorsports Park Plus/Minus

Below are plus/minus (+/-) stats for the NOLA Motorsports Park race.  I explained each type of +/- stat in this post.  The 3 best +/- figures in each column are highlighted in green.  The 3 worst figures in each column are highlighted in red.

It's worth noting that qualifying was rained out, so starting positions were determined based on each driver's position in the points standings.  


FinishedEligible RestartsStart +/-Restart +/-Start and Restart +/-Average +/- per Start/RestartGreen Flag +/-Yellow Flag +/-Total +/-
Hinchcliffe150220.36915
Castroneves251-6-5-0.8-572
Jakes351-4-3-0.531619
de Silvestro45-1430.59514
Montoya550110.21-5-4
Kanaan65-32-1-0.2-118-3
Power750000.00-5-5
Rahal851561.08-53
Newgarden951340.78-53
Filippi1051450.84-5-1
Dixon115-2750.8404
Munoz1252350.86-42
Andretti135-3630.52-5-3
Kimball1451671.28-17
Chaves15538111.8112
Huertas1650771.210-28
Coletti1752-9-7-1.2123
Karam185-3-2-5-0.8-561
Hunter-Reay1950-8-8-1.3-7-5-12
Pagenaud2051-11-10-1.7-10-5-15
Bourdais2151-11-10-1.7-10-5-15
Sato224-21-1-0.2-6-3-9
Dracone2310000.0000
Hawksworth241-1-8-9-4.5-171-16


Start +/- Notes

Rookie Gabby Chaves gained 3 spots on the start.

2nd year driver Carlos Munoz and rookie Stefano Coletti gained 2 spots on the start.

Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, and rookie Sage Karam lost 3 spots on the start.

Restart +/- Notes

Chaves also gained 8 spots on restarts during the race.

Scott Dixon and Carlos Huertas gained 7 spots on restarts.

Simon Pagenaud and Sebastien Bourdais both lost 11 spots on restarts, but this was primarily due to their accident at the end of the race.

Stefano Coletti lost 9 spots on restarts, but this was due to his spin on the lap 27 restart.

Start and Restart +/- Notes

Chaves gained a total of 11 positions on the start and restarts.

Charlie Kimball and Huertas gained a total of 7 spots on starts and restarts.

Bourdais and Pagenaud both lost a total of 10 spots on starts and restarts combined.

Jack Hawksworth's crash while avoiding a spinning car meant he had a start and restart +/- of -9.

Green +/- Notes

Carlos Huertas gained 10 spots under green.

Simona de Silvestro gained 9 spots under green on her way to a 4th place finish.

Graham Rahal, Josef Newgarden, and Charlie Kimball all gained 8 spots under green.

Jack Hawksworth's retirement contributed to his -17 under green flag conditions.

Tony Kanaan lost 11 spots under green.

Bourdais and Pagenaud lost 10 spots under green.

Yellow +/- Notes

James Jakes' pit strategy gained him 16 positions under yellow, resulting in a 3rd place finish.

James Hinchcliffe gained 9 spots under yellow, which resulted in his first win since Iowa in 2013.

Kanaan offset his -11 under green by gaining 8 spots under yellow.

9 different drivers lost 5 positions under yellow.

Carlos Munoz lost 4 spots under yellow.

Takuma Sato lost 3 spots under yellow.

Total +/- Notes

Jakes gained 19 spots during the race.

Hinchcliffe gained 15 spots during the race.

Simona de Silvestro gained 14 spots during the race.

Hawksworth lost 16 spots during the race.

Bourdais and Pagenaud lost 15 spots during the race.

Ryan Hunter-Reay lost 12 spots during the race.

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