Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Josef Newgarden won the season-ending race in 2025 at Nashville Superspeedway and still just appeared to want the season to end. “I’m ready to go home,” he said after the win. His mannerisms appeared of a driver who might have been over it, either at Team Penske or INDYCAR … Read more
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Kyle Kirkwood remembers first meeting Kyle Busch. It was just the second professional motorsports race he had ever attended. He believes it was at the age of 7. And he wanted to get the hat signed. That hat remains part of his racing trophy and memorabilia collection. The Andretti … Read more
Dennis Reinbold and Larry Foyt, the key decision-makers for the drivers penalized by IndyCar officials for violating league rules during Indianapolis 500 qualifying, issued statements Monday saying the teams did not intend to give Jack Harvey or Caio Collet a competitive advantage. Harvey and Collet each had their qualifying attempts disallowed and will now start … Read more
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Yes, again. Alex Palou, the defending Indianapolis 500 winner and four-time INDYCAR champion who seems to win all the big events these days in INDYCAR, captured the Indy 500 pole Sunday. No surprise there. Unless you’re Alex Palou. “Very surprised,” Palou said in his news conference after winning his second … Read more
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 has been delayed because of rain. Heavy rains drenched the flat 2.5-mile oval Saturday morning, where qualifying was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET. FOX Weather predicts the rain to end in early afternoon and when it ends will determine whether cars will … Read more
Do you want your favorite driver to be fiery, friendly or just consistent? Well, there are 25 full-time INDYCAR drivers in the series, so there are quite a few different personalities to choose from. But who should fans root for when the green flag drops for the fastest racing on Earth, the 110th running of … Read more
One hiccup in strategy on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course isn’t going to take Alex Palou off the top spot in these power rankings. But the great race by Christian Lundgaard in earning his second career victory certainly gave him a boost. Here are my power rankings heading into the two weeks of Indianapolis … Read more
Saturday produced a new 2026 winner during the INDYCAR season at the Sonsio Grand Prix on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Winner Is… Christian Lundgaard, who had just one prior INDYCAR victory, doubled that total by taking the checkered flag. “I really didn’t expect this today, but I hoped … Read more
It took a bit of bad luck that Alex Palou couldn’t overcome, but it also took a race-winning drive by Christian Lundgaard for him to capture the victory Saturday on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. A caution flag that came out near the end of a green-flag pit cycle had Palou pitting from the … Read more
The best thing about the push-to-pass controversy in Long Beach is that the rules have changed and drivers won’t have to wonder if they should try to break the rules. Because that’s what it really came down to — whether a driver had to try to break the spirit of the rule while also avoiding … Read more