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After first oval win, does Kyle Kirkwood see himself as a title threat?

In a season dominated by Alex Palou, Kirkwood was the only other driver to win races, thanks to his victories in Long Beach and Detroit. However, that wasn't enough for some. He had to do more. After all, there are only four street course events in the 17-race IndyCar calendar.

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Christian Rasmussen "not surprised" to earn his first IndyCar podium on an oval

Christian Rasmussen put on quite a show during Sunday night's Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway's 1.25-mile oval. The Ed Carpenter Racing driver made over 70 on-track passes to secure third place, finishing behind race winner Kyle Kirkwood and runner-up Pato O’Ward.

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Kirkwood sees off O’Ward for first IndyCar oval victory

Kyle Kirkwood survived multiple incidents to take his maiden win on an oval in IndyCar at Gateway, seeing off Pato O’Ward in a tense finish.

Autosport

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.

Motorsport

Terrifying IndyCar Crash Sends Josef Newgarden's Car Flying

Newgarden ran into Louis Foster and flipped his car.

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Where’s Will Power? Early tire trouble sidelines IndyCar polesitter in St. Louis

Will Power entered Sunday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 back on pole for the first time in 2025 and ready to prove he was still capable of winning. Instead the Australian fell out of contention while the driver rumored to be in the running to replace him led the way.

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Will Power: “I sent it” to snatch pole position for IndyCar WWTR oval night race

Will Power laid down a 49.9088s qualifying effort with a 180.329mph two-lap average to claim pole for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. The result was Power’s fifth pole on the 1.25-mile oval and his 71st overall, extending his record for indy car racing poles. It was the two-time IndyCar champion’s…

Motorsport

Carlos Contreras: NASCAR's first full-time driver from Mexico

The story of NASCAR and Mexico might never have taken shape were it not for two brothers: Carlos and Enrique Contreras -- two Mexicans who arrived in the world’s premier stock car division. Some might call their rise a lucky break, but to those who knew them, NASCAR seemed more like…

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IndyCar Looks to Be Coming to Forza Motorsport

America's premier open-wheel racing series might be arriving in Forza Motorsport soon!

Operation Sports

F1's Canadian GP will clash with the Indy 500 every five years

The clash between Formula 1’s 2026 Canadian Grand Prix and IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500 will only happen once every five years, Motorsport.com understands.

Motorsport

F1's 2026 Canadian GP clash with Indy 500 won't happen every year

The clash between Formula 1’s 2026 Canadian Grand Prix and IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500 will only happen once every five years, Autosport understands.

Autosport

AJ Foyt Racing fined $25K, lose championship points after Detroit; Santino Ferrucci keeps second place

Another post-race technical inspection failure in IndyCar this week — the second round since the Penske problem prior to the 500 — this time for Santino Ferrucci and the No. 14 car of AJ Foyt Racing after the team's second-place finish in Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix.

Motorsport

Kyle Kirkwood isn't "in the hunt” with Alex Palou yet, but "can't let him win any more races" either

Sunday, Alex Palou’s perfect season took a hit when David Malukas took him out of the race heading into turn one during a restart on the streets of Detroit, nudging the No. 10 Honda into the tire barrier on the outside wall.

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Kirkwood strikes again in red-flagged IndyCar Detroit GP

Kyle Kirkwood charged forward and his Andretti Global team made the right calls in a strategy-filled race to take victory in the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix.

Motorsport

Santino Ferrucci seizes best-ever IndyCar finish after timely caution in Detroit

A timely caution can be the difference between a memorable weekend and a total write-off on any given NTT IndyCar Series race weekend. Thankfully for Santino Ferrucci and A.J. Foyt Racing, luck was on their side in Detroit.

Motorsport

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.

Motorsport

Kyle Kirkwood strikes again in eventful IndyCar Detroit GP street circuit win

The King of the Streets struck again in Detroit - but his ride to victory wasn’t as smooth this time around.

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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…

Motorsport

Colton Herta flies to pole position in IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix qualifying

Andretti Global has done it again. Seven weeks after the company swept the front row for the prior NTT IndyCar Series street course race in Long Beach, Colton Herta laid down a 1:00.477s lap to bring the company another pole run on the streets of Detroit. The result was Herta’s…

Motorsport

Acura literally rubs its way into a front row lockout for IMSA's Detroit GP start

Welcome to Detroit, where the story so far this weekend is "The Taming of the Slippery Track Surface" for both the IndyCar and IMSA Weathertech Sportscar series. Every track session is luckily adding a little more rubber to the track, with hopes there might be enough to lessen the slips…

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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…

Autosport

Indy 500 runner-up Ericsson disqualified after failing technical inspections

Indy 500 runner-up Marcus Ericsson is one of three drivers to have been disqualified from this year's race after failing technical inspections.

Sports Illustrated

Indy 500 Pulls in Monster TV Ratings to Begin Fox Tenure

The network's aggressive marketing push was an overwhelming success.

Motorsport

Andretti Global, Prema Racing issued suspensions and $100k fine in post-Indy 500 tech violation

After a rollercoaster performance at the Indy 500, the chaos that was the 109th running of the event has yet to slow down after two of Andretti Global's cars and one from Prema Racing failed their post-race technical inspections.

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