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Alex Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing win the 109th Indianapolis 500
SPEEDWAY, IN (May 25, 2025) – Alex Palou’s historic 2025 is continuing after winning the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. The win was Palou’s fifth victory in six races and is the best start to a season since INDYCAR legend A.J. Foyt won the first five races in 1964.
Palou passed Andretti Global’s Marcus Ericsson on the inside going into Turn 1 with 14-laps-to-go and never looked back, using the draft from lap traffic up ahead to keep Ericcson behind the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
“It’s amazing,” said an exuberant Palou. “The guys on this team make me look so good. I can’t thank them, HRC (Honda Racing), DHL and all of our supporters enough.”
“It was just an incredible day,” said team owner Chip Ganassi. “This is a big deal. The Indianapolis 500 is a big damn race. He (Palou) will always be known now as an Indianapolis 500 winner. He’s just an incredible driver. Look at the last five, six races we’ve had.”
Palou’s win extended his Championship points lead to 115-points over O’Ward.
Ericsson finished second in the 500 for the second time in his career.
“I was trying to manage the dirty air and Alex got a run on me,” Ericsson explained. “I didn’t think Alex was going to go for it. That’s going to keep me up at night, what I could’ve done, what I didn’t do. Right now I’m disappointed.”
A.J. Foyt Racing’s David Malukas finished third, his best career 500 finish.
“All the credit goes to the A.J. Foyt team and crew,” said Malukas. “What an incredible car. Everyone did an incredible job. We really needed this and it will be great morale booster. Alex was able to get a run and then he got behind those lap cars and use their tow.”
Pato O’Ward finished fourth in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet followed by Felix Rosenqvist in the No. 60 Creed Sirius/XM Meyer Shank Honda.
The victory also continues Honda’s winning streak as they have powered every NTT INDYCAR SERIES winner in 2025.
The second half of the race was much cleaner than the first half of the race, which was delayed roughly 45-minutes by a light sprinkle and featured a number of incidents on track and on pit lane.
Scott McLaughlin crashed the No. 3 Pennzoil Chevy on the final pace lap while trying to warm up his tires on a day where the ambient temperature was 63-degrees at the start of the race.
While crews were cleaning up McLaughlin’s car, fire broke out on the left rear of Scott Dixon’s No. 9 PNC Bank Honda. The team elected to keep Dixon on the track and the fire went out and he was able to start the race. Unfortunately Dixon’s crew had to change a brake caliper during a caution for weather losing 3-laps in the process. Dixon rallied for a 23rd place finish.
Marco Andretti’s race was short-lived as he was on the receiving end of a Jack Harvey hip check that sent him into the wall on Lap 5. “Whoever was next to me crowded me and I ran out of room,” said the third-generation driver, who was credited with a 32nd place finish.
Alexander Rossi’s day ended on Lap 75 when the Java House Chevy began to smoke, forcing him to pit road. Fire broke out while the crew was checking out the problem ending their day with which turned out to be a gearbox problem. Rossi finished 31st.
Rinus Veejay’s day ended on Lap 82 when he was coming into the pits but when he when to hit the brakes, the car spun sending the Ask ROI Honda into the pit wall. VeeKay finished 30th.
Polesitter Robert Shwartzman’s day ended during the same sequence of pit stops when he locked his brakes up coming into the pits and hit his crew and the wall. Shwartzman finished 29th.
The subsequent restart led to more chaos when Kyle Larson, attempting to do ‘The Double’ of racing in the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, lost it in Turn 2 and spun collecting Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyffin Simpson. Sting Ray Robb was also an innocent victim going high to avoid the spinning Larson, only to get into the tire marbles, hit the outside wall and then came back across the track and smacking the tire barrier against the inside wall. All the drivers were okay.
Josef Newgarden’s hope for three-in-a-row ended with 65-laps to go when the No. 2 Shell V-Power Team Penske Chevy was forced to pit road with a fuel pressure problem.
The next NTT INDYCAR SERIES race is the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix June 1, 2025 on the streets of Detroit.
MADISON, IL (June 6, 2026) – Alex Palou and the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing team are continuing to lay down fast laps when it counts with Palou earning the pole position for Sunday’s NTT IndyCar Series Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway. The pole position is Palou’s fourth straight NTT P1 Pole award.
“It was incredible and so much fun, especially that first lap,” said Palou, who turned a two-lap average speed of 174.353 mph in the No. 10 HRC Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. “The #10 Honda Honda had so much speed. The team I have around me is incredible. My car was on rails today; it was incredible.”
David Malukas starts second in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet after a two-lap average of 173.244 mph. Malukas could only look on in disbelief as Palou knocked him off the pole.
Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood starts third in the No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda following a two-lap average of 173.206 mph.
“ It was a good run for us,” said Kirkwood, the 2025 WWWT Raceway winner. “P3 is a really good starting spot and we can definitely do some great things from there. Last year we won from 10th, so it’s nice to be able to be at the front.”
2026 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge winner Felix Rosenqvist starts fourth in the No. 60 SiriusXM Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Honda.
Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin will start 5th in the No. 3 Dex Imaging Chevrolet.
Palou’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon starts 7th in the No. 9 PNC Bank Honda and CGR’s Kyffin Simpson will start 14th in the No. 8 Sunoco Honda.
Television coverage of Sunday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 begins at 8 PM CT / 9 PM ET on Fox. Complete, flag-to-flag race coverage also will be available on the INDYCAR Radio Network, and SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation (Channel 160).
DETROIT, MI (May 31, 2026) – Alex Palou is back in victory lane after winning Sunday’s NTT IndyCar Series Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, his fourth win of 2026 and 12th win in his past 25-races.
“It was a tough one,” said Palou. “The team did an incredible job one again with the strategy. Pit stops were incredible. The number 10 Honda Honda looked really good and I think every time it has been on track it’s had a win.”
Palou and the No. 10 HRC Chip Ganassi Racing Honda fought off Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood on two late-race restarts as Palou was on the harder Firestone Primary tire and Kirkwood was on the softer Firestone alternate tire.
“It was very tough with the temperature on the tires,” explained Palou. “On the restarts I couldn’t really be at the level of Kirkwood, Power and some of the guys who were able to get a little more tire temp than I Wass able to.”
“The Sam’s Club Honda was really fast,” said Kirkwood, who is second to Palou in the Championship. “We took a little bit of a gamble on tires there being the only guy on reds (alternate) at the end. It nearly paid off. It was so, so, close. They’re a great team and he’s a great driver.”
Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Graham Rahal finished third in the No. 15 Fifth Third Bank Honda, tying Rahal’s best finish of the year.
“We had a lot of pace when we needed it,” explained Rahal. “We go lucky a little bit with the yellow.”
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.
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