$1 Million Challenge, Heat Race One: Full Results

Felix Rosenqvist takes victory in the opening Heat Race of the day as he secures his way into the battle for a cash reward.

Luke Newman

24 Mar 2024

Heat Race 1, $1 Million Challenge, The Thermal Club - Race Results
Pos	Driver	Nat	Team	Manufacturer
1	Felix Rosenqvist	SWE	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
2	Scott McLaughlin	NZL	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Josef Newgarden	USA	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Christian Lundgaard	DNK	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
5	Agustin Canapino	ARG	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
6	Colton Herta	USA	Andretti Global	Honda
7	Nolan Siegel	USA	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
8	Santino Ferrucci	USA	A.J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
9	Will Power	AUS	Team Penske	Chevrolet
10	Kyle Kirkwood	USA	Andretti Global	Honda
11	Sting Ray Robb	USA	A.J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
12	Scott Dixon	NZL	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
DNF	Rinus Veekay	NLD	Ed Carpemter Racing	Chevrolet
DNF	Romain Grosjean	FRA	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet

Felix Rosenqvist takes victory in the opening race of the weekend as they take the chequered flag in the first Heat Race of the day. This win also secures their path straight into the $1 million challenge.

The Swedish driver took pole position in his heat and led the pack from start to finish throughout the race in a dominant display.

Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden rounded out the top three from the first Heat. With Christian Lundgaard, Agustin Canapino and Colton Herta securing their way into the race for $1 million later today.

The remaining eight drivers will not participate later today and will miss out on the race for the prize pool.

Romain Grosjean and Rinus Veekay were early crashers in the first heat. The two Chevrolet drivers crashed out at the first corner after contact with Scott Dixon and Lundgaard. This means that Grosjean and Veekay would take no further part in the racing today.

After the collision Dixon was given a drive through penalty as a result once the green flag came back out.

Rookie Nolan Siegel put in a valiant effort throughout the Heat race but only managed seventh place behind Herta.