Numbers to note following the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Valvoline at the 1.25-mile Gateway Motorsports Park - the 15th race of the 2017 Verizon Indy Car Series season:

1.41 – Average running position for winner Josef Newgarden during the 248 laps of racing at Gateway.

4 - Indy car drivers to have led 6,000 of more laps in their career. Helio Castroneves joined Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt and Michael Andretti as drivers to reach the milestone by leading 52 laps at Gateway.

7 – Indy car wins for Newgarden, who joined John Aitken, Eddie Rickenbacker, Harry Hartz, Johnny Thomson, Lloyd Ruby, Dan Gurney, Arie Luyendyk, Ryan Briscoe and Justin Wilson in a tie for 52nd on the all-time victory list.

8 – Consecutive races led by Newgarden.

11 – Positions gained by Charlie Kimball in the race (18th to seventh), most of any driver.

43 – Points separating Newgarden from fourth-place Simon Pagenaud in the Verizon IndyCar Series standings after the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Newgarden leads Scott Dixon by 31 points and Castroneves by 42 points.

23 – Laps in which Sebastien Bourdais improved his position, most of any driver.

222 – Consecutive starts by Dixon, the second-longest streak in Indy car history.

280 – Consecutive starts by Tony Kanaan, extending his all-time record.

342 – Indy car starts for Castroneves which is third on the all-time list. Kanaan is fourth on the list with his 341 starts.

2,186 – Laps completed by Simon Pagenaud in 2017. Pagenaud is the only driver to complete every lap of every race this season.