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How a “grumpy” Alex Palou ended up thankful for his winning strategy at Road America

Alex Palou led just six laps, including the final three of the 55-lap race, but that was all he needed to reach Victory Lane at Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. It marked the shortest time the driver of the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing car has spent out…

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IndyCar Road America: Palou returns to the top in frantic, fuel-saving race

Alex Palou returned to winning ways at Road America as he enjoyed a trouble-free race combined with strong strategy to reassert his IndyCar dominance in 2025.

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Winners and Losers from IndyCar’s Road America weekend

It was an unusually warm NTT IndyCar Series race weekend at Road America. With those higher temps came additional challenges for the field. Burning tires. Intense cockpit heat. And when mistakes started piling up, fuel management and the juggling of various potential strategies.

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Alex Palou wins frantic, fuel-saving IndyCar battle at Road America

It was a hot, chaotic weekend for the NTT IndyCar Series field in a challenging trip to Road America.

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Rookie Louis Foster takes first IndyCar pole at Road America

On a blazing hot Saturday in Wisconsin, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLRR) rookie Louis Foster kept his cool.

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Kyle Kirkwood avoids incidents, wins late duel for first IndyCar oval victory

In one sense, Sunday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 continued a trend for the NTT IndyCar Series field. For the eighth time to open the season, one of two familiar faces ended up in victory lane.

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Winners and losers from IndyCar’s unique, chaotic Detroit GP street circuit race

With the Month of May complete, the NTT IndyCar Series ventured north to kick off June on the streets of Detroit.

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Tackling the Detroit grind: Scott Dixon, Alex Palou on this grueling post-500 street race

It’s good to be a motorsport fan in the American Midwest this time of year. The end of May brings one of the biggest races in world to the forefront of the motorsport season — the Indianapolis 500 — and just 300 miles northeast, and a few days later, IndyCar…

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Exclusive: Alex Palou “woke up at 3am and couldn't get back to sleep” after Indy 500 win

Not 24 hours had passed since Alex Palou crossed Indianapolis Motor Speedway's yard of bricks with the checkered flag waving to win the 109th running of the Indy 500, when Motorsport.com was finally able to sit down with him for an exclusive interview. Asking the newly-crowned Indy 500 champion to describe his…

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Indy 500: Palou surges by Ericsson for maiden win

Alex Palou has accomplished nearly everything the IndyCar Series has to offer, as the three-time champion took his maiden victory at the Indianapolis 500.

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Full race results from the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500

Alex Palou has absolutely dominated the 2025 IndyCar season, winning five of the first six races, all while earning his first win in the Indianapolis 500.

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According to Marcus Ericsson, patience is the name of the game in winning the Indy 500

It’s been common practice for many years that Marcus Ericsson is on track during one of the biggest weekends in racing. Just over a decade ago, he was preparing to take on the streets of Monaco as an F1 driver with Caterham (he’d finish 11th). That changed in 2019, when…

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Alex Palou leads tense Indy 500 drafting practice, Rasmussen crashes

The two-hour session is the last on-track practice until Carb Day on Friday, and all 33 teams took full advantage of it. Alex Palou led the way in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda with a 226.765mph lap, followed by Helio Castroneves in the No. 06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda…

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The complete starting grid for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500

25-year-old rookie Robert Shwartzman shocked the IndyCar paddock when he put his No. 83 Prema Racing Chevrolet on pole for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average of 232.790mph. Not only is this Shwartzman's first-ever oval race, it is also the first oval race for Prema, a well-established team in Europe that…

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Marco Andretti kicked to LCQ, Alex Palou fastest in Indy 500 Saturday qualifying

Continuing the theme of the 2025 season, Alex Palou was the fastest man on Saturday, hitting 233.043mph for an average over the course of four laps. He will be the last driver on track tomorrow when the top 12 qualifiers try to make their way into the Fast 6.

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Scott McLaughlin leads treacherous Fast Friday with 233.9mph lap

Fast Friday quickly lived up to its name. With the boost turned up and maximum horsepower now available to all drivers, Scott McLaughlin rocketed to the top of the charts with a 233.954mph lap. It was more than six miles per hour faster than the previous best lap of the week,…

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Violent crash sends Kyffin Simpson airborne in scary Indy 500 practice shunt

Only 50 minutes into Friday's Indy 500 practice, disaster struck for Kyffin Simpson and the No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Several drivers had already breached 230mph in lap averages with the boost turned up, including Scott McLaughlin, who nearly reached 234mph over the course of a lap.

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Alex Palou leads the way in Day 2 of Indy 500 practice

Rain was once again a topic of discussion Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, limiting track time for the 34 drivers and teams. Tony Kanaan's veteran refresher test was also postponed to Thursday.

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Will Power leads rain-affected Indy 500 practice at 227mph

After a lengthy rain delay, the Indy 500 field finally got on track just after 2:30pm EST. The circuit was made available to all teams, with drivers able to fit about three hours of practice into their day until a nearby lightning strike ended things about 30 minutes early. The…

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Complete Indy 500 schedule: How to watch, start times, entry list

The Month of May means one thing for race fans -- The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. 34 drivers will be competing for 33 spots on the 2025 Indianapolis 500 grid with a lot of practice leading up to qualifying and race day. There are eight former Indy 500 winners and…

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Will Power: Alex Palou Indy 500 win “would be one of the greatest motorsports moments"

Every driver wants to win, no matter what. That is what they work and dream for every day. So what Alex Palou has been doing in the 2025 IndyCar season—winning four of the first five races, with a second-place finish in the remaining one—is something no one in the field…

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Alex Palou dominates IndyCar field, extends winning streak at the IMS Road Course

For a brief spell, it looked like Alex Palou might actually be beatable on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. The pole-sitter lost the lead just after the green flag flew and spent most of the race running in the tire tracks of Graham Rahal.

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How a lockup didn’t stop Alex Palou from smoking his IndyCar rivals in IMS qualifying

Alex Palou added another milestone to his impressive 2025 IndyCar season on Friday when he posted the largest difference for a pole-deciding lap in more than two years. The gap? A significant 0.4099s over Graham Rahal in the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing #15 car.

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Alex Palou knows his IndyCar winning streak can't last forever

For a man who has won three of the last four IndyCar championships, it should come as no surprise that Alex Palou is leading the standings as the series heads into another weekend of racing with the Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

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Scott McLaughlin on Alex Palou's supreme form: “We'll be strong at places he won't”

Scott McLaughlin entered the IndyCar season as a top contender for the championship, coming off back-to-back top-three finishes in both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Now, four races into the 2025 season, he's not about to let that tag be taken away.

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