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Alex Palou laments “nobody to blame but me” finishing 2nd in Mid Ohio IndyCar race

On a day when his car was sporting an OpenAI livery, Alex Palou finally proved that he’s human behind the wheel.

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Scott Dixon snatches late IndyCar race win from Alex Palou at Mid Ohio

With his family in attendance, Scott Dixon put on another masterclass Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - this time with an added pinch of luck.

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Alex Palou adds a Mid Ohio pole position to his dominant IndyCar season

The Alex Palou show has rolled right on to Mid Ohio Sports Car Course.

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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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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.

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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.

Motorsport

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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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…

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Josef Newgarden leads Indy 500 final practice, RHR's car erupts in flames

Josef Newgarden led the way in final practice as he prepared to go for three consecutive Indy 500 wins, running a fast lap of 225.687mph. Takuma Sato was second at 225.415mph, Scott Dixon third at 225.200mph, Devlin DeFrancesco fourth at 224.778mph, and Will Power fifth at 224.419mph. Four of the five…

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Hybrid power is here: Indianapolis 500 could be dramatically reshaped by jolts of electric juice

IndyCar teams have spent the past year trying to learn everything they can about the hybrid engines introduced midway through last season

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Rookie Shwartzman stuns with shock Indy 500 pole for Prema

Robert Shwartzman has stunned by taking pole position for this year’s Indianapolis 500, going from the bottom of the timesheets at the start of the week to the very top in the pole shootout.

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Rookie Robert Shwartzman earns shock Indy 500 pole with Prema Racing

At the start of the week at Indianapolis, Prema Racing was at the very bottom of the time sheets as they struggled to get the cars ready. But that seems like a different universe now as the rookie driver and rookie IndyCar team have done the unthinkable, earning pole position…

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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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Here are IndyCar’s Winners and Losers heading to the 2025 Indy 500

The Month of May arrived this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - at least on the road course.

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Alex Palou earns another P1 start, while Andretti drivers face struggles for Indy

No surprise here: Alex Palou is back at the front of the NTT IndyCar Series field. This week, at Indy.

Motorsport

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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Scott Dixon leads Day 1 of Indy 500 open test at 225mph

A late flyer vaulted Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon to the top of the speed charts, leading the way at 225.182mph. The 2008 Indy 500 winner bested the two-time and defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden, who ran as fast a 225.125mph around the iconic 2.5-mile circuit in his No. 2…

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IndyCar: Kyle Kirkwood crushes the field for his second GP of Long Beach win

Starting on pole has proven to be a good omen for Kyle Kirkwood on the streets of Long Beach.

Motorsport

Kyle Kirkwood snags second IndyCar Long Beach pole to claim an Andretti 1-2

Kyle Kirkwood takes pole position in Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Andretti Global scores front-row lockout with Colton Herta.

Autosport

Palou continues unbeaten start to IndyCar 2025 with Thermal victory

Alex Palou continued his perfect start to the 2025 IndyCar Series season by winning the Thermal Club Grand Prix in California.

Motorsport

Alex Palou pounces late at Thermal Club for back-to-back IndyCar wins

Alex Palou wins IndyCar Grand Prix at Thermal Club, his 13th IndyCar victory, after a late charge from third to first.

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