2015 BY THE NUMBERS STATS AND FACTOIDS HEADING INTO THE AUG. 30 GOPRO GRAND PRIX OF SONOMA, WHICH WILL DECIDE THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES DRIVER, ENTRANT AND MANUFACTURER CHAMPIONS. DRIVERS, REPRESENTING FOUR TEAMS, ELIGIBLE FOR THE ASTOR CUP: JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, GRAHAM RAHAL, SCOTT DIXON, WILL POWER, HELIO 6 CASTRONEVES, & JOSEF NEWGARDEN TEN YEARS IN A ROW THAT THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE DECIDED IN THE SEASON FINALE. NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE RACES THAT JUAN PABLO MONTOYA HAS STOOD ATOP THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS. (SINCE RACE 1 AT ST. PETERSBURG). INDYCAR TITLES HELD BY THE 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS: SCOTT DIXON (2013, 2008, 2003) WILL POWER (2014) FIVE JUAN PABLO MONTOYA (1999) NUMBER OF THE TITLE CONTENDERS THAT HAVE WON AT SONOMA RACEWAY: DIXON (2014, 2007), POWER (2013, 2011, 2010) & CASTRONEVES (2008). FIELD-HIGH LAPS LED BY JOSEF NEWGARDEN (IN SIX RACES). 3NEWGARDEN HAS LED AT LEAST ONE LAP IN THE PAST FOUR RACES. 345 TWELFTH PREVIOUS HIGH SEASON FINISH BY A CFH RACING DRIVER (ED CARPENTER, 2009). NEWGARDEN WILL LOWER THAT BY AT LEAST SIX POSITIONS. VICTORIES EACH THIS SEASON BY CONTENDERS MONTOYA (ST. PETERSBURG, INDIANAPOLIS 500), RAHAL (AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY, MID-OHIO), DIXON (LONG BEACH, TEXAS) AND NEWGARDEN (BARBER, TORONTO). POWER WON ON THE INDIANAPOLIS ROAD COURSE. EARNED POLES THIS SEASON BETWEEN POWER (FIVE), CASTRONEVES (FOUR), DIXON (TWO) AND NEWGARDEN (ONE). POWER HAS FOUR EARNED POLES AT SONOMA RACEWAY. 12 FOURTEEN RACES (OUT OF 15) LED BY TEAM PENSKE DRIVERS, WHO HAVE COMBINED TO LEAD 747 LAPS AND PRODUCE 15 TOP-THREE FINISHES INDYCAR 2015: BY THE NUMBERS.