The Latest Breaking News from the Indianapolis 500

Alex Palou is a three-time IndyCar Series champion, with the last two clinched in stunning back-to-back success. Yet, even as a reigning champ, he feels his resume is unfinished without a victory in the Indianapolis 500.

Since its inception in 1959, several permanent tracks and city streets in the US have played host to Formula 1 races — the Indianapolis 500 was even part of the F1 World Championship. But only six different tracks can claim they hosted the official United States Grand Prix (US GP).…

Hendrick Motorsports and Arrow McLaren Racing scheduled a Tuesday afternoon news conference in which they are expected to announce Kyle Larson will run the Indianapolis 500 again in 2025

There is a possibility of Agustin Canapino returning to the IndyCar Series as part of a one-off effort in a third entry with Juncos Hollinger Racing (JHR) for the 2025 edition of the Indianapolis 500. 

Larson, who ran in the Indianapolis 500 earlier this season as part of an aborted attempt to do ‘the Double,’ picked up an anticlimactic win under caution in an otherwise drama-filled race on Sunday.

The 43-year-old British racer will reassume the DCR’s co-partnered Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 Honda-powered entry that she previously drove to a 29th-place finish in the Indianapolis 500 in May. She was also in the car with the team in the recent IndyCar test at the 0.875-mile oval.

Just seven days on from IndyCar’s fastest and most prestigious race at the Indianapolis 500, the paddock journeyed just under 300 miles northeast to its shortest and bumpiest street track on the schedule.

The turnaround was much-needed for the 33-year-old Swede after enduring a miserable month of May that began with a big practice crash and ended with a wreck on the opening lap of the Indianapolis 500.  

The timing of the deal comes less than a week after Newgarden captured his second consecutive victory in the Indianapolis 500, which gave legendary team owner Roger Penske 20 wins in IndyCar's blue ribband.