TORONTO — The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto will be the 13th race of the NTT IndyCar Series season.
There have been four different winners in 12 races this season. Alex Palou leads the series with seven triumphs, including the Indianapolis 500 and last Sunday’s race at Iowa Speedway. Kyle Kirkwood has won three times and Scott Dixon and Pato O’Ward have each won once.
• The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto will be the 39th series race held on the streets of Toronto’s Exhibition Place.
Colton Herta won on the streets of Toronto from pole position in 2024.
Scott Dixon is the winningest active INDYCAR SERIES driver at Toronto with four victories (Dixon won both races in 2013, the 2018 race and the 2022 race).
Michael Andretti has the most wins at the track with seven. Dixon, three-time Toronto winner Will Power (2007, 2010, 2016), Josef Newgarden (2015, 2017), Christian Lundgaard (2023) and Colton Herta (2024) are previous race winners entered this year.
• From 2009-2019, the eventual NTT IndyCar Series champion won the Toronto race six times. Dario Franchitti won in 2009 and in 2011.
Ryan Hunter-Reay won in 2012, Scott Dixon swept both races in 2013 and won the single race in 2018 and Josef Newgarden won in 2017. Seven other drivers have claimed the series championship in the same season they won at Toronto: Bobby Rahal (1986), Al Unser Jr. (1990), Michael Andretti (1991), Alex Zanardi (1998), Cristiano da Matta (2002), Paul Tracy (2003) and Sebastien Bourdais (2004).
• Twenty-four drivers entered in the event have competed in past IndyCar races at Exhibition Place.
Scott Dixon and Will Power (18) have made the most starts at Toronto among the entered drivers. Eleven entered drivers have led laps at the track (Dixon 245, Power 162, Josef Newgarden 120, Christian Lundgaard 54, Graham Rahal 29, Scott McLaughlin 28, Rinus VeeKay 18, Colton Herta 98, Pato O’Ward 3, Marcus Ericsson 2 and Felix Rosenqvist 1).
• Chip Ganassi Racing has won eight times at Toronto: Michael Andretti (1994), Alex Zanardi (1998), Dario Franchitti (2009, 2011) and Scott Dixon (2013 both races, 2018, 2022). Team Penske has five wins at the track: Paul Tracy (1993), Will Power (2010, 2016), Josef Newgarden (2017) and Simon Pagenaud (2019).
Team Penske has 10 pole positions at the track: Danny Sullivan (1988, 1990), Emerson Fittipaldi (1993), Helio Castroneves (2000), Gil de Ferran (2001), Will Power (2011, 2015), Simon Pagenaud (2017, 2019) and Josef Newgarden (2018).
• Scott Dixon has finished on the podium in seven of his last 14 starts at Toronto and has 12 consecutive top-10 finishes. He has 12 top-five finishes in his 18 Toronto races.
Will Power has finished on the podium in five of his 18 Toronto starts.
• Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 352nd consecutive starts, extending his record streak…Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 252nd consecutive start, the third-longest streak in series history…Josef Newgarden will attempt to make his 215th consecutive start, the sixth-longest streak in history.
