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Kyle Kirkwood wins INDYCAR Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
LONG BEACH, CA (April 13, 2025) – Kyle Kirkwood started on the pole position and held off reigning series Champion Alex Palou en route to winning Sunday’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, his third career victory and second on the streets of California.
“To win here, the 50th, with this team, with this group, with Honda, an Acura-sponsored event is absolutely massive,” said Kirkwood. Â “This was a flawless weekend for myself, for the team, for the crew, for everyone involved.”
Palou, who was trying to open the season with three straight wins came home second after starting third in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, giving Honda the Top 2 spots on the Podium.
“I’m super happy to be here,” said Palou, a three-time series Champion. “I think it’s been a great weekend. We really didn’t have that ultimate speed that the 27 car had. Â Every time I was having like a small chance, he just had a little bit more pace.”
Kirkwood started on the softer but quicker Firestone alternate tires as did most of the starters in the Top 10. Â Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard was the first driver to start on the harder Firestone alternate tires leading to another interesting strategy day in regard to how long to run on the alternates.
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden was the first to ditch the alternates, opting to pit at the end of his second lap, the minimum amount of laps one can run either of the compounds.
Kirkwood’s Andretti Global teammate Colton Herta and Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin ditched their alternates after running 5-laps with Palou and Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist coming in on the next lap.
Kirkwood came in on the following lap as more front runners ditched the alternates for the longer lasting primary Firestones handing the lead to Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard, who started on the harder, longer lasting primary tires. Â Lundgaard used the strategy to lead 26-laps to come home in third place.
“We went off strategy compared to what we expected most of the field to do,” explained Lundgaard. “We were the first primary tire runner in the field. “I told the team this morning, even before warm-up, let’s try to go aggressive, and let’s see what we can do. We have the most tires of everybody. We had two sets of alts, three sets of new primaries.”
In the end nobody had enough for Kirkwood who moved up to second place in the Championship standings, 34-points behind Palou with Lundgaard now in third place, 46-points back.
The next NTT INDYCAR SERIES race is May 3rd at Barber Motorsports Park.
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. Â 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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Alexander Rossi, Pato O’Ward and Romain Grosjean involved in multi vehicle crash during Indy 500 practice
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 18, 2026) – Alexander Rossi, Pato O’Ward and Romain Grosjean are losing valuable practice time after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash during Indianapolis 500 practice Monday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The crash was triggered when Rossi lost control of his No. 20 Java House Chevrolet in turn 2 and slammed into the outside wall.
O’Ward was two cars behind Rossi and when the No. 20 went sideways, O’Ward turned the wheel and jumped on the brakes in an attempt to avoid the crash but as Rossi came off the wall, O’Ward’s No. 5 Chevrolet crashed into Rossi.
Grosjean was an innocent victim getting collected in the meelee.
O’Ward and Grosjean were checked and released from the infield care center. Rossi exited his car under his own power, went to the infield care center where IndyCar Medical Director Dr. Julia Vaizer said in a statement that Rossi was awake, alert, and in good spirits.
Vaizer later stated that Rossi ‘is being transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Rossi will have to go to a backup car while O’Ward and Grosjean’s machines will need to make significant repairs.
Rossi will not lose his No. 2 starting spot according to the IndyCar rulebook:
- 8.1.7.1. If a Qualified Car is involved in an incident, INDYCAR allows a Backup Car to replace the Qualified Car. The Backup Car will start the Race in the same position in the Starting Lineup as the Qualified Car.
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