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IndyCar News: Kirkwood holds off Ferrucci to win Detroit GP

5 days ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

He won on the streets of Long Beach and today Andretti Global Honda driver Kyle Kirkwood did it again on the streets of the Motor City to win the 2025 Chevrolet Detroit GP. After a Red Flag for a big crash when Louis Foster’s suspension collapsed because the track is so bumpy it breaks race cars. Foster was just a passenger at high speed, and he went straight on at the end of the long back straight, taking Felix Rosenqvist with him.
IndyCar: Herta Takes the Pole for the Detroit Grand Prix

6 days ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Colton Herta will start on the pole for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix tomorrow. His fast lap was 1m00.4779. David Malukas will start second on the grid with a lap 1m00.6492s. In the Top 12, the American set a lap faster than the previous pole speed. Herta’s Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood will start in third spot after setting a fast lap of 1m00.7312s. Christian Lundgaard scored the fourth spot with a fast lap of 1m00.8938.
IndyCar: Friday Morning Report from Detroit Grand Prix

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Hello from the streets of downtown, where the third Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear is getting started this morning. Fans of racing will be entertained with IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship cars, the NTT INDYCAR Series, and the INDY NXT by Firestone around this 1.7-mile, nine-turn street circuit. After today’s racing is completed on the streets, the Grand Prix track will be transformed into a Cruisin’ car show.
IndyCar: Dale Coyne Announces Engineering Reset

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Dale Coyne Racing announced a comprehensive engineering reset for the remainder of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. Long-time INDYCAR engineer Michael Cannon will engineer driver Rinus VeeKay’s No. 18, askROI Honda, while Mike Culliver, former DCR engineering consultant, is set to engineer Jacob Abel’s No. 51 entry. K“I would first like to thank Ed Nathman and John Dick for helping us get to this point in our 2025 season,” said team owner Dale Coyne.
IndyCar: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Preview

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

This weekend, the NTT INDYCAR Series moves to the streets of downtown Detroit, Michigan, for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. The 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street course with plenty of non forgiving concrete walls will provide a much different scenery than the 2 1/2-mile oval in Indianapolis. Bud Denker, Chairman and President of the event, spoke about the $4.5 million in renovations to the city and streets that took place before this race.
IndyCar News: Palou out duels Ericsson to win the 109th Indy 500

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Alex Palou stayed patient and made the winning move on Lap 187 to win the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500, extending his championship points lead in the craziest of 500-mile races. Even before the race started, on the final pace lap, Scott McLaughlin, the No. 3 Team Penske Pennzoil Chevrolet driver, made contact with the inside pit wall while warming up the tires. Coming to a stop on the grass in Turn 1, the gutted Kiwi’s chance for a win was wiped out before the green flag.
IndyCar: Will We See Passing in the Indy 500?

2 weeks ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

There has been a lot of talk about how the NTT INDYCAR Series drivers are having issues with the heavier car due to the hybrid being onboard, the first time it has been used on the 2 1/2 mile oval for the Indy 500. Autoracing1 asked several drivers how they felt the race would run with the added 120 pounds the hybrid added to their car for this season.
IndyCar: Team Penske Drivers Ready to Race

2 weeks ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

After the last few days of constant concern and announcements following the Sunday qualifying fiasco regarding Team Penske cheating with an unapproved attenuator, the driver’s focus has turned to the infamous Indy 500 race. Will Power, driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet and the 2018 winner, expressed his disappointment in the firings of IndyCar Team President Tim Cindric, Managing Director Ron Ruzewski, and General Manager Kyle Moyer. ” Yeah, it’s kind of a shock and a pity.
IndyCar: Day 2 of Qualifying for the Indy 500

2 weeks ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Today is Day 2 of Armed Forces Qualifying for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. This afternoon’s qualifying will determine who starts on the pole and in rows one, two, three, and eleven for next Sunday’s infamous race. The only cars that will be on track today are the ones in the Top 12 from yesterday and anyone who has not qualified in the 13-30 positions from yesterday.
IndyCar: Palou Takes Provisional Pole for the Indy 500

2 weeks ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

The gun has sounded at the end of the 2025 PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying for the 109th running of the Indy 500. The wind was a factor in today’s running, causing one significant incident for Colton Herta. After a whole afternoon of qualifying runs, only positions 13-30 are set for the race next Sunday, May 25. The Top 12 and the last four positions will have to requalify tomorrow. Conor Daly, the No. 76 am/pm Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet driver, was the final qualifier today.