INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing has won three of the first five races and leads the NTT IndyCar Series standings by 17 points.
He’ll look to add to his historic run this weekend on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Palou has won the past three Sonsio Grands Prix and could become the fifth driver since 1946 to win four consecutive IndyCar events at the same track.
Penske’s Power Play
It’s fitting that Roger Penske owns Indianapolis Motor Speedway, because IMS has long been a Team Penske playground. Team Penske’s Indy dominance, which includes 20 wins in the Indianapolis 500, also carries over to races on the 2.439-mile road course.
Will Power scored five of Team Penske’s eight wins on the road course, with the other wins coming from Simon Pagenaud (2016, 2019) and Josef Newgarden (2020).
Can a Team Penske driver start the Month of May off strong for “The Captain”?
Other Notes
• The Sonsio Grand Prix will be the 18th Indyar event conducted on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Active race winners expected to compete are Alex Palou, Alexander Rossi, Rinus VeeKay, Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden and Will Power.
• Seven NTT P1 Award winners have won on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course from the pole: Alex Palou won the last two Sonsio Grands Prix from the pole.
Will Power won the 2015, 2017 and 2018 Sonsio Grands Prix and the second Harvest GP race in 2020 from the pole. Simon Pagenaud also won the Sonsio Grand Prix from the pole in 2016.
• Four drivers have competed in every IndyCar race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course — Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Will Power and Graham Rahal. All are entered this weekend.
• Team Penske has eight wins on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-Race 2, 2020-Race 3, 2021-Race 2). Chip Ganassi has five wins – with Scott Dixon in 2020-Race 1 and 2023-Race 2 and Alex Palou in 2023-Race 1, 2024 and 2025. Andretti Global and ECR are the only other teams to win at the track.
Andretti Global won the Sonsio Grand Prix with Colton Herta in May 2022 and Gallagher Grand Prix with Alexander Rossi in August 2022, while ECR won in 2021-Race 1 with Rinus VeeKay.
• Three NTT IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year contenders – Caio Collet, Dennis Hauger and Mick Schumacher — are entered and will race an Indy car car on the IMS road course for the first time.
Hauger won one of the two INDY NXT by Firestone races at the track in 2025.
