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From three-peats to 'last pick' success: IndyCar's winners and losers at Barber

The IndyCar series both arrived and left Barber Motorsports Park with a lot of the same storylines we've been following through the 2025 season: Alex Palou wins, the racing is somewhat lackluster, and fan favorite Colton Herta seems to have the worst luck (more on this below). But there's a glimmer…

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Alex Palou calls IndyCar at Barber win 'probably my best race' of all time

Will anyone be able to stop Alex Palou in IndyCar this year? It doesn't look possible at the moment after the driver of the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing car scored a resounding victory in the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park, finishing 16 seconds ahead of…

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Unstoppable Alex Palou leaves Barber with third IndyCar win of the season

Alex Palou wins IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park, leading from pole and finishing over 15 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

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Another round of Alex Palou perfection as he snags IndyCar pole at Barber

Alex Palou earns pole position at Barber Motorsports Park, while Penske's Josef Newgarden, Will Power, and Scott McLaughlin show improvement.

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Aston Martin F1 reserve driver Felipe Drugovich “surprised by the speed” in maiden IndyCar test

Felipe Drugovich was left astonished after a maiden IndyCar testing debut at Barber Motorsports Park with Chip Ganassi Racing last Monday.

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Chadwick: IndyCar promotion "realistic possibility" after first test at Barber

Williams Academy driver Jamie Chadwick has maintained that progression to IndyCar is a “realistic possibility” after completing her maiden test with the Andretti Global team.

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Chadwick IndyCar promotion "realistic possibility" after first test at Barber

Williams Academy driver Jamie Chadwick has maintained that progression to IndyCar is a “realistic possibility” after completing her maiden test with the Andretti Global team.

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Ferrucci "returning the favour" to Grosjean in run-in during Indy GP warm-up

The two left pitlane running nose to tail and moments later went side-by-side and were not giving each other any space coming out of Turn 11.

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Lundqvist still trying to “find the sweet spot” after Barber podium

Lundqvist heads into this weekend’s round on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course eighth in the standings, which was aided by a recent strategic masterpiece to go from 19th to third at Barber.

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IndyCar Barber: Start times, how to watch on TV, entry list & more

This weekend’s round at Barber Motorsports Park will comprise 90 laps (207 miles) around the 17-turn, 2.3-mile natural terrain road course.

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F2 veteran Ghiotto to make IndyCar debut with Dale Coyne Racing at Barber

The 29-year-old most recently competed in the opening round of the European Le Mans Championship earlier this year with LMP2 squad Inter Europol Competition, finishing eighth in Barcelona.

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Arrow McLaren confirms Pourchaire for Barber Motorsports Park

Reigning Formula 2 champion Pourchaire is fresh off making his IndyCar Series debut on the Streets of Long Beach last weekend, where he started 22nd and finished a respectable 11th while substituting for the injured David Malukas in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.

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Rasmussen braces for upcoming Barber test with Ed Carpenter Racing

The 23-year-old Dane is fresh off a banner season in Indy NXT, where he claimed five wins, eight podiums and sat on the pole five times en route to winning the championship. He won’t be alone for next Monday’s on-track trial, sharing the seat with 2019 Indy NXT title winner…

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IndyCar announces Barber deal extension until 2027

The 2.3-mile 17-turn track has hosted IndyCar since 2010 and has become one of the favourite venues among fans and drivers for its undulating nature, which creates turns that demand great commitment from the drivers but also present great sight-lines for spectators.

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IndyCar to remain racing at Barber until at least 2027

Ahead of this afternoon’s fourth round of the 2023 IndyCar Series which starts at 2.30pm local (Central) time, the news was revealed by Penske Entertainment Corp. president and CEO Mark Miles and Gene Hallman, CEO of ZOOM Motorsports.

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IndyCar Barber: Grosjean beats Palou to take second pole of the year

Andretti Autosport’s Grosjean was fastest initially in the top six pole shootout with a 1m06.0289s, 0.0341s ahead of Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren, but on fresher tyres Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin displaced him at the head of the times.

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IndyCar Barber: Ganassi’s Palou leads Penskes in second practice

Yesterday’s pacesetter Scott McLaughlin wasted no time in flirting with the 66-second barrier, getting down to a 1m07.0036s on his third lap and then broke through it with a 1m06.7282s on his fifth lap.

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McLaughlin: Barber in IndyCar demands same commitment as Bathurst

McLaughlin, the three-time Supercars champion who won the 2019 Bathurst 1000 for DJR Team Penske along with co-driver Alexandre Premat, finished top of this afternoon’s opening practice session at Barber.

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IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin tops incident-packed first practice

Inevitably, after a warm-up lap at the start of the session, the veterans parked and let the rookies use their extra set of primary tyres to clean the track and add grip to the surface already christened with Firestone rubber thanks to the Indy NXT cars on track earlier in…

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IndyCar at Barber: Start time, how to watch, entry list, etc.

This weekend’s event will be the 13th Indy car race at Barber Motorsports Park, and six of this weekend’s 27 starters have earned wins here: three for Josef Newgarden, two for Will Power and then one apiece for Pato O’Ward, Alex Palou, Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves.

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Juri Vips subs for Jack Harvey in IndyCar test at Barber

The Briton crashed into the already shunted Ed Carpenter Racing car of Rinus VeeKay on Lap 42 at the Turn 4 tire wall. His car then took a second impact, this time from behind, as it served as a launch ramp for Kyle Kirkwood’s Andretti Autosport machine which flew over…

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Why Alex Palou is more formidable than ever in 2022

Other IndyCar drivers have stolen the headlines, but four rounds into the 2022 season, it’s the defending champion Alex Palou who heads the points table. He spoke to David Malsher-Lopez about self-improvement – what he’s done and what still needs work.

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Rahal angered by Grosjean’s IndyCar Barber aggression

Graham Rahal was incensed by his Barber IndyCar contact with Romain Grosjean, labelling the Andretti driver a 'punk' and accusing him of a 'divebomb' pass.

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Rahal angered by Grosjean’s aggression at Barber

Graham Rahal has said that if IndyCar Race Control doesn’t punish Romain Grosjean for his needless hits in the closing laps at Barber, “they better not do anything to me.”

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O’Ward confirms new Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar deal is close

Pato O’Ward, who claimed his third IndyCar victory and his first of the 2022 season at Barber, says he’s on the brink of a new deal with Arrow McLaren SP.

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