MADISON, Ill. — The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline will be the first Sunday night NTT IndyCar Series race run at World Wide Technology Raceway.
The track held scheduled Saturday night races from 2017-2021, while the 2023 race ran under the lights after a weather delay.
It will be the 17th IndyCar Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. Josef Newgarden won at WWTR for the fifth time in 2024. Paul Tracy won the first IndyCar race at WWTR in 1997. Two-time WWTR race winners Scott Dixon (2020 Race 1 and 2023) and Will Power (2018) and Newgarden are the only former winners entered in this year’s race.
The event at the 1.25-mile oval is the second of six oval races this season. Alex Palou won the 109th Indianapolis 500 in May.
• Three drivers have won at World Wide Technology Raceway from the pole – Juan Pablo Montoya (2000), Gil de Ferran (2002) and Helio Castroneves (2003).
-Team Penske has won nine times at World Wide Technology Raceway. Penske’s winning drivers are Paul Tracy (1997), Gil de Ferran (2002), Helio Castroneves (2003), Josef Newgarden (2017, 2020-Race 2, 2021, 2022 and 2024) and Will Power (2018).
Chip Ganassi Racing has four wins at WWTR, with Alex Zanardi (1998), Juan Pablo Montoya (2000) and Scott Dixon (2020-Race 1 and 2023).
• Twenty-three drivers have competed in past IndyCar races at World Wide Technology Raceway. Scott Dixon has 10 starts, the most among the entered drivers. Rookies Jacob Abel, Louis Foster and Robert Shwartzman, along with veteran Christian Rasmussen will make their first start at WWTR.
Fourteen entered drivers have led laps at the track (Josef Newgarden 599, Will Power 450, Scott Dixon 379, Pato O’Ward 159, Colton Herta 134, Scott McLaughlin 79, Marcus Ericsson 16, Alexander Rossi 16, David Malukas 15, Sting Ray Robb 8, Nolan Siegel 8, Graham Rahal 7, Felix Rosenqvist 4 and Conor Daly 1).
• Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 347th consecutive start, extending his record streak. Dixon passed Mario Andretti for the all-time lead in IndyCar starts with his 408th start at Indianapolis on May 25 and will extend his record to 410 with a start Sunday.
Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 300th series start. He would become the 11th driver to reach the milestone.
• There have been two winners in the first seven NTT IndyCar Series races this season.
Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, The Thermal Club, Barber Motorsports Park, Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Indianapolis Motor Speedway) and Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Long Beach and Streets of Detroit).
The record for most wins in a season is 10, held by A.J. Foyt (1961) and Al Unser (1970).
