2011 Indy Car Power Rankings- Iowa

What an awesome event at the Iowa Speedway under the lights for the first time Saturday night for the IZOD Indy Car Series. Marco Andretti Snaps a 78 race win less streak that dates back his rookie season in 2006 when he won at Sonoma. Here's this Weeks Power Rankings.

1. Dario Franchitti- Dario continues his dominance after leading 172 laps Saturday night, a bit disappointing to not get the victory, but will Will Powers incident, Dario adds to his points lead.

2. Scott Dixon(+1)- Another podium for the Ice Man this weekend, even more satisfying after qualifying in the 23rd position, his worse qualifying effort of his Indy Car career.

3. Tony Kanaan(+3)- TK quickly put Milwaukee behind him with a runner up finish at Iowa. It is only a matter of time before TK and KV Racing Technology grad a win.

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4. Will Power (-2)- Iowa was good at all to Will. A single car accident in turn 2 on lap 89 put Will 21st. A slight concussion was reported, the series couldn't return to a road course fast enough for this guy.

5. Oriol Servia- Servia had a solid run going throughout most of the night, the next few races are crucial for Servia, we will find out if he is a contender or a pretender.

6. Marco Andretti (+6) What a huge win it was for Marco and all of Andretti Autosport. He hadn't led a lap all season until Iowa. Iowa has always been a great track for AA, Congrats on his 2nd win.

7. Graham Rahal (-2) Graham just didn't have it at Iowa finishing 15th after starting 20th. Sometimes you just totally miss the set up

8. Takuma Sato- (+1) I'm going to move Takuma up one spot for his first ever pole effort. He lead seven laps, but, as we have grown use to , his night ended earlier after contact.


9. Ryan Briscoe (-3) Briscoe was 6th at Iowa, something tells me his seat is really getting hot at Penske, just hasn't had the results we are use to when it comes to the 6 car at Penske.

10. Danica Patrick (-2) A solid top 10 for Danica after starting on the outside of the front row. Shes ripped off 3 straight top 10's. She really did nothing to lose two spots, just how the ball rolls sometimes.

11. JR Hildebrand (+3) JR had a solid 4th place finish, leading 7 laps on Saturday night. He hhadn't finished higher than 18th since the 500.

12. James Hinchcliffe (+1)- The Rookie continues to impress on the Short ovals with a 9th place finish. I except Hinch to contend at Toronto in his homeland

13. Helio Castroneves(-2)- Helio scores his 4th straight top 10 with a 7th place run. He has been quiet most of the season, but its time for Helio to make some noise in the next few races.

14. Alex Tagliani (-4) Tags is struggling. He ran mid pack at Iowa and hasn't had the results that are expected. Maybe Schimdt's return is catching up to the team, but losing an engineer never helps.

15. Justin Wilson (+1) Wilson was 12th in Iowa. Fortunatly, the series will head for a few road courses to revamp the #22 cars season.

16. Ed Carpenter ( +3) - Don't be fooled by Ed moving up 3 spots, but an 11th place finish at Iowa is solid for the 67 team. Taking the next three races off, I except Carpenter to return to the ovals with a chip on his shoulder.

17. E.J Viso(-2) Viso's night ended early after handling issues, Toronto hasn't been to kind to EJ, the goal here should be to keep it on the asphalt.

18.  Alex Lloyd(New) Lloyd breaks into the rankings with a solid 13th place finish, more importantly finishing on the lead lap. He ran solid at Milwaukee, unfortunately, Sebastian Bourdais will be in at Toronto.

19. Vitor Meira (-1) Vitor needs to finish a race, plain and simple. AJ cannot be happy, what so ever.

20. Charlie Kimball- Basically 20th by default, Its surprising that Charlie has not had better results to speak of.