Kurt Darling

6 days ago | 1075thefan.com | Kurt Darling

DETROIT — The question in the race following the Indianapolis 500 every year is how the winner will follow up his historic victory. For Alex Palou, the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix would be the worst finish for an Indy 500 champion in the next race in the last decade as he crashed following a restart late in the race. The result snapping his hot streak of having won five of the first six races.

1 week ago | wibc.com | Kurt Darling

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — In a feat that has only ever been seen once before in the sport of North American Open-Wheen racing, Alex Palou took the checkered flag in the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. The win is his fifth win in the first six races of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series. Only AJ Foyt has ever matched that start to an IndyCar season when he won five of the first six races in the 1979 USAC Championship season. “I cannot believe it,” Palou said. “What and amazing day.

2 weeks ago | 1075thefan.com | Kurt Darling

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — It a stunning turn of events, a rookie will be starting on pole for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. The new sweetheart of the fans. without a doubt, is Robert Shwartzman. The Israeli rookie with no oval experience and very little IndyCar experience to boot, dazzled the crowd at IMS with an impressive run on Saturday. He replicated the results on Sunday with an average of 232.790 mph, good enough to start in the top spot on Memorial Day weekend.

3 weeks ago | 1075thefan.com | Kurt Darling

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — On a day that was finally completely rid of the rain, Josef Newgarden continued to show consistent race pace as he led Day Three of practice for the 109th Indianapolis 500. It’s the third day in a row the two-time winner has been in the Top Five of the speed chart. The fast laps came in the first 45 minutes of the session at 226.632 mph, after which he was not seen on track for a solid four hours heading into Happy Hour after 5pm.

3 weeks ago | wibc.com | Kurt Darling

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — It was a day of cat and mouse with the weather as drivers and teams opened the first day of practice for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. The forecast called for spotty showers on and off all day, and that’s what we got as practice was due to go off at Noon Eastern Time on Tuesday. Delayed by just over two hours, the rain finally let up and practice was able to begin just before 3pm.