Colton Herta of Andretti Global and Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske grabbed poles in Saturday’s qualifications for the Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has significant roles in the future of racing and the automotive industry, while preserving the history and tradition of a sporting spectacle that dates to May 30, 1911, when Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500.
It’s not an official NTT IndyCar Series race without grid-spot penalties announced before teams hit the track, especially in the second half of the season.
The biggest IndyCar racing weekend of the summer months will continue into the future as Hy-Vee announced an extension with IndyCar on Thursday at Hy-Vee corporate headquarters
Pato O’Ward may have been credited with a win earlier this year at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg after Josef Newgarden was disqualified, but on Sunday the young driver from Monterey, Mexico was finally first to the checkered flag in an NTT IndyCar Series race for the first time since 2022.
Alex Palou’s greatness was on full display at last year’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio when the Chip Ganassi Racing driver scored his third-straight IndyCar victory and his fourth IndyCar win in a five-race period.
If the Hybrid Engine was supposed to usher in a new era for IndyCar, it certainly created a unique collection for Saturday’s Firestone Fast Six for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.
It was a challenging session for the NTT IndyCar Series drivers as they continued to learn the nuances of the hybrid engine in Saturday morning’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio practice session.
