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From three-peats to 'last pick' success: IndyCar's winners and losers at Barber

The IndyCar series both arrived and left Barber Motorsports Park with a lot of the same storylines we've been following through the 2025 season: Alex Palou wins, the racing is somewhat lackluster, and fan favorite Colton Herta seems to have the worst luck (more on this below). But there's a glimmer…

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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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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.

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Winners and losers from IndyCar’s 2025 Thermal Club Grand Prix

Alex Palou wins again, extends championship lead, while others struggle to keep up.

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Josef Newgarden: ‘We just weren’t quick’ as Team Penske falters in Thermal qualifying

Team Penske's drivers struggle in qualifying, with Scott McLaughlin, Josef Newgarden, and Will Power failing to advance to Q2.

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How Dixon's woes gave Palou an unlikely victory in the 2025 IndyCar opener

Chip Ganassi Racing has a multi-champion superstar capable of extracting wins from what seem the most impossible of circumstances. Scratch that: it has two of them, because Alex Palou is a Catalan clone of Scott Dixon. Reigning title holder Palou bobbed around in the mix for over half of the IndyCar…

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The winners and losers of 2025’s IndyCar season opener at St. Pete

More than five months removed from the 2024 season finale in Nashville, the NTT IndyCar Series finally returned to life in St. Petersburg, Florida. Between the start of a new era with FOX Sports and a strategy-heavy street race, there was much to discuss leaving the weekend.

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McLaughlin on pole in St. Petersberg while IndyCar rivals struggle

Defending race winner Pato O'Ward will have a steep hill to climb if he hopes to repeat in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

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Power laments IndyCar for restricting "testing too much” for 2025

IndyCar Series stalwart Will Power believes the American open-wheel championship has “restricted testing too much”, having done much less for 2025 than in previous years.

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Counting down the top five best IndyCar races of 2024

The checkered flag is waving on 2024, and what was an exciting season for the IndyCar series. This year saw the first back-to-back Indy 500 champion crowned since Helio Castroneves accomplished the feat back in 2002. Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou also nabbed his own back-to-back victory — taking home the…

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Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #25 Will Power

This year represented a proper return to form for Will Power. The 43-year-old Aussie was back to a similar pace to 2022, when he captured his second IndyCar title.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #5 Scott McLaughlin

Had it not been for Team Penske’s push-to-pass scandal that rocked the IndyCar Series and negated a third-place finish in the St Petersburg season-opener, Scott McLaughlin could very well have been crowned champion. The 31-year-old New Zealand native was a force in 2024, with a season that elevated him to…

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Motorsport Picks: The top 10 IndyCar drivers of 2024

The 2024 IndyCar Season has concluded, crowning Alex Palou as its champion for a third time in just five seasons. And all while Palou was fighting for a three-time champion finish, the rest of the season filled itself out with enough intrigue, adding in drama and controversy, along with the…

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The top 10 IndyCar drivers of 2024

Another IndyCar season has come and gone, with Alex Palou crowned champion for the third time in just five seasons.

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How Palou cemented his growing legend in IndyCar title defense

The odds entering the 2024 IndyCar season were never favourable for Alex Palou. For starters, the attrition of what is arguably the most competitive racing category in the world meant no driver had won the championship twice in succession in over a decade.

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How Palou cemented his growing legend in IndyCar title defence

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Power explains "strange" seat belt problem that thwarted IndyCar title hopes

Will Power has explained how a "strange" issue with his seat belt in the IndyCar Series finale at Nashville Superspeedway caused his hopes of a third title to quickly evaporate.

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Power’s title hopes vanished when seat belt “popped off” in IndyCar finale

Any hopes Will Power had to pull off a last-gasp comeback for a third championship in the IndyCar Series evaporated quickly in the season finale at Nashville Superspeedway.

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Palou takes title after early Power troubles; Herta bests O’Ward to win wild Nashville race

Alex Palou successfully defended his IndyCar crown to repeat as champion, while Colton Herta charged to victory in a wild season finale at Nashville SuperSpeedway.

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IndyCar Nashville: Palou secures title after early Power troubles, Herta takes maiden oval win

Alex Palou has defended his IndyCar Series crown to claim a third overall title, while Colton Herta charged to a maiden oval victory at Nashville Superspeedway.

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IndyCar Finale Music City Grand Prix: Start time, how to watch and more

The IndyCar season finale will take place this weekend at the Nashville Speedway in Tennessee. Alex Palou and Will Power are both seeking a third drivers’ title, as the championship fight between the pair has come down to the final race. IndyCar will crown its 2024 champion at this weekend’s…

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Palou vs. Power: The championship-clinching scenarios for IndyCar's finale

The 2024 season for the IndyCar Series is nearing its end, with either Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou or Team Penske's Will Power crowned champion when the checkered flag falls after 206 laps at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday.

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Power rues Milwaukee mistakes despite gaining on Palou

Will Power gained ground on championship leader Alex Palou in IndyCar’s return to The Milwaukee Mile, but was left ruing his mistakes that left points on the table.

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Power gains ground on Palou and title in Milwaukee, rues mistakes

Will Power gained ground on championship leader Alex Palou in IndyCar’s return to The Milwaukee Mile, but was left ruing his mistakes that left points on the table.

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IndyCar Milwaukee: McLaughlin wins wild race two amid woes for Palou and Newgarden

Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin stormed to his third victory of the season in a wild second race of the double-header IndyCar weekend at Milwaukee.

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