IndyCar
Pato O’Ward gets first INDYCAR win in race 2 at Texas Motor Speedway
FORT WORTH, TX (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Patricio O’Ward has been knocking on the door of winning in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and he finally knocked that door down by winning race two of the doubleheader on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
O’Ward passed Josef Newgarden with 24-laps remaining and pulled away to a 1.2443-second victory. The win was his first in the INDYCAR series and the first for a Chevrolet, that is not a Team Penske entry, since 2016.
“Finally!” exclaimed O’Ward in victory lane. ” I feel like we truly earned our win today. The pit stops were fantastic. The car was very well-balanced. I was able to attack. I didn’t feel like I was in defensive mode. I felt like if I was let loose, I could attack and I could get the job done.”
“It was a decent day for us,” said Newgarden. “Can’t be too disappointed with the second place. Obviously we were in the catbird seat there at the end. The only thing I was worried about, just seemed like we were lacking some speed for whatever reason. Pato’s Chevy seemed to be performing a little bit better than my Chevy.”
Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Graham Rahal came home third after trading the lead with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon in the midpoint of the race.
“Solid day,” said Rahal. “I think last two stints I got just way too loose. But before that, I thought we did an excellent job. The guys, one heck of a pit stop there on the second-to-last stop, which really got us into, what, from fifth to third. From there I thought we could attack pretty hard. Great work by them.”
Dixon, winner of the Genesys 300 on Saturday night, finished fourth after starting from the pole in the No. 9 PNC Bank Grow Up Great Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
“Huge congrats to Pato,” said Dixon, who extended his lead in the Championship standings to 22-points over O’Ward. “I was watching from back a few spots there, and what he did there at the end was a tremendous drive, especially against one of the best guys in the field.”
Several cars failed to make it to the first turn of the race after Pietro Fittipaldi’s No. 51 Nurtec ODT Honda hit the rear of Sebastien Bourdais’ No. 14 ROKiT/AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet when the back of the pack approached the green flag, triggering a melee that involved seven cars and eliminated six.
“When someone checks up in front of you, you should still be in control of your car,” said Bourdais after leaving the infield care center following a mandatory checkup. “It’s still no excuse.”
Conor Daly took the wildest ride in the crash turning over after contact and sliding down the track on the roll hoop and Aeroscreen before turning right-side-up when it touched the infield grass. Daly climbed from the car without assistance.
“On our Bingo card of terrible things to have happened to us this year, I don’t know what’s going to be next,” lamented Daly. “I really hope we can just start turning things around. It’s been a rough start. But I’m good. I’m all right.”
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES is off next weekend and the following week the Month of May activities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway begins with the GMR Grand Prix on the IMS road course on Saturday, May 15.
IndyCar
Alex Palou wins Detroit IndyCar Pole; Scott Dixon earns 4th starting spot; Honda sweeps front row
DETROIT, MI (May 30, 2026) – Alex Palou is starting on the pole position for the third consecutive NTT IndyCar Series Race, winning the number 1 starting spot for Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear.
Palou’s fast lap of 1-minute, 1.9017-seconds (95.668 mph) in the No. 10 Honda Racing Corporation Chip Ganassi Racing Honda was 0.005542-seconds ahead Will Power, who will start second in the No. 26 TWG AI Honda of Andretti Global. This is Power’s best starting position since switching to Andretti in the offseason.
“I’m super happy that we got the pole position,” said Palou. “The Fast Six was very exciting, especially with only getting one lap. The tires were not up to temperature, but this #10 Honda Honda car was on rails.”
“It was really nice to get into the Fast Six,” said Power, IndyCar’s all-time pole winner. “It’s my second time in the one lap shootout this year. It’s very difficult to beat Alex, so heading into the race I think we just have to put our heads down and see what we can do. The Honda is very good and I’ve been really enjoying running with Honda power all year.”
The front row Honda sweep on Chevrolet’s doorstep may bode well for the manufacturer as Honda has won every race at Detroit since the series switched to the downtown street circuit beginning in 2023.
Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin spoiled the Honda party, locking down the third starting spot with a lap of 1:02.4559 in the No. 3 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet.
Six-time series Champion Scott Dixon qualified a season-best fourth at 1:02.6085 in the No. 9 PNC Bank Honda to give Chip Ganassi Racing two of the top 4 starting spots.
“I was just a little too aggressive going for it,” said Dixon. “The No. 9 PNC Bank Honda has speed and it’s good to be starting up front.”
Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard will line up fifth after a fast lap of 1:02.7870 in the No. 7 Chevrolet, despite losing an engine in the morning practice.
Kyle Kirkwood continued the Firestone Fast Six Honda party qualifying sixth in the No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda despite locking his tires up at one point and two power slides during his quick lap.
David Malukas will start last in the field after bringing out a red flag during his qualifying run. Malukas smacked the wall in turn 7 causing heavy damage to the No. 12 Verizon Chevrolet.
Sunday starts with a 30-minute morning warmup at 9:30 a.m. followed by the 100-lap race at 12:30 p.m. on Fox and the IndyCar Radio Network.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 24, 2026) Felix Rosenqvist passed David Malukas on the last lap just before the yard of bricks to win the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race.
Rosenqvist was sitting in third place when the race restarted with one lap to go, two spots behind his Meyer Shank Racing teammate Marcus Armstrong and second place David Malukas and got beside Armstrong going into turn one, through the South short chute and raced side-by-side down the back stretch.
Rosenqvist was behind Malukas coming off Turn 4 and masterfully used the draft to get beside the No. 12 down the front stretch, pushing the No. 60 SiriusXM/Morgan Wallen Honda to the front by just less than half-a-car length at the yard of bricks. The margin of victory was 0.233-seconds, the closest finish in the history of the race.
“Massive thanks to the team,” said Rosenqvist. “We had two cars there in the win at the end. I think we were the best car today. I felt like in all situations we kind of had it under control. I just had a flat-out lap on the high line and it stuck. It’s just the coolest way you can finish and win an Indy 500.”
“I just don’t know what I could have done,” said Malukas. “We were the fastest car the whole race. I gave it 150-percent. We did everything we could. A big thank you to this team.”
Scott McLaughlin came home third in the No. 3 Pennzoil Chevrolet, giving Team Penske two cars in the Top 5. McLaughlin talked afterward about the agony of defeat.
“Alright, hear me out on this,” McLaughlin explained, “It’s Christmas, but not everyone gets presents. Only one guy gets to go home with one.”
Pato O’Ward finished fourth in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, giving O’Ward four Top 5’s in the last four Indy 500’s.
Armstrong finished fifth in the No. 66 Acura Honda giving MSR two cars in the Top 5.
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated as post-race activities are still taking place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 22, 2026) – Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden led a quartet of Chevrolets atop the speed chart at the final ‘Carb Day’ practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Newgarden’s fast lap of 228.342 mph led four Chevys at the top of the speed chart with Ed Carpenter Racing’s second at 227.474, David Malukas in third at 226.525 and Conor Daly in fourth at 226.341.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Takuma Sato, a two-time 500 winner as well, led the Honda powered cars with the fifth fastest speed at 226.244.
Defending 500 winner and four-time NTT IndyCar Series Champion Alex Palou was sixth quick in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda at 225.986.
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