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Meyer Shank Racing's Felix Rosenqvist and Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou secured poles for Sunday's Thermal heats in the NTT IndyCar Series. The heats will consist of 10 laps or be timed at 20 minutes, with the top six finishers from each heat advancing to the $1 Million Challenge. The event's grand finale will feature a 20-lap race divided into two 10-lap sprint segments with a halftime break.
Felix Rosenqvist secured pole position by a mere 0.01 seconds in the final race for McLaren at Laguna Seca, edging out Scott McLaughlin. Rosenqvist's lap time was almost 5 seconds faster than last year's pole position. Christian Lundgaard claimed third place in qualifying.
Felix Rosenqvist has joined Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) for the 2024 IndyCar season, replacing Simon Pagenaud who has departed the team. Pagenaud has been sidelined since a crash in July left him with post-concussion symptoms. Rosenqvist, who has signed a multi-year agreement, will team up with Tom Blomqvist at MSR. Pagenaud released a statement wishing the team well and focusing on his recovery.
Alex Palou secured his second IndyCar championship by winning the Portland race, beating Felix Rosenqvist by 5.4 seconds. Palou's victory marked his fifth win of the season and Ganassi's 15th title in the series. Poleman Graham Rahal led the field at the start, but Palou quickly surged to third and maintained a strong pace throughout the race. Despite a late charge from Rosenqvist, Palou controlled the race and clinched the championship.
The new downtown Detroit layout for IndyCar's street race produced more overtaking and better racing than many drivers expected, despite the predicted yellow flags. Alex Palou won his first street race in the No.10 Honda, while Felix Rosenqvist finished third in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. Palou and other drivers hope to improve the circuit for next year, starting with a repave on the back stretch to iron out the bumps on the approach to Turn 3.
The split pitboxes at the Detroit street circuit are causing entry and exit issues for IndyCar drivers due to space issues. The pitlane entry funnels the field in and then splits them in two, with a blue line down the middle of the dual lanes acting as the median. While some drivers find it tricky, others feel it's safe. However, following feedback from drivers, the orange line that demarcates the pit exit from the cars on track has been angled towards the wall and shortened by three feet.
Penske Entertainment will replace a fan's car that was damaged by a flying tire during the Indianapolis 500 race. The incident occurred after a wreck involving Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood's cars, causing one of Kirkwood's tires to fly over the barrier and damage the fan's car. One spectator suffered minor injuries from debris from the wreck. Josef Newgarden won the race.
Alex Palou secured pole position for the Indy 500, with Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist joining him on the front row. Christian Lundgaard was fastest in the Last-Chance qualifying session, while Jack Harvey bumped his teammate Graham Rahal from the starting field. The 200-lap, 500-mile race will feature a 33-car field with a three-wide rolling start across 11 rows.
Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing secured the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 with a record-breaking four-lap run at an average speed of 234.217 mph, edging out Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist. This marks Ganassi's third consecutive pole in the race. Palou's run surpassed the previous record set by teammate Scott Dixon last year. The race will take place on May 28th.
Alex Palou won the pole position for the 2023 Indianapolis 500, with Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist completing the closest front row in race history. Graham Rahal missed the race, while Felix Rosenqvist had the third-fastest qualifying run in Indy 500 history. Scott Dixon, who was trying for a record third-straight Indy 500 pole, will start in the second row. The rest of the top 14 starters use Chevrolet engines, while Palou and Dixon drive for Chip Ganassi Racing, which has the 1st, 6th, 8th, and 10th starters.
Felix Rosenqvist led the first day of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500, with a four-lap average of almost 234mph, beating teammate Alexander Rossi's benchmark. All four Arrow McLaren Chevrolet drivers made it to the Fast 12 session on Sunday, where they will face opposition from the Chip Ganassi Racing Honda quartet, the AJ Foyt Racing entries of Santino Ferrucci and rookie Benjamin Pedersen, and singleton entries from Team Penske and Ed Carpenter Racing. Scott Dixon, five-time polesitter at Indy, went back out with 2h0m to go and ran three laps north of 233mph and a fourth of 232.6mph which resulted in an average of 233.375mph — enough to bounce him from the lower reaches of the Top 10 into fourth place.
Christian Lundgaard secured pole position for the Indianapolis Grand Prix, leading a close group in the Firestone Fast Six session. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team secured pole, fourth, and eighth for the race. Lundgaard's lap of 1m09.3321s was just 0.0027s ahead of Arrow McLaren's Felix Rosenqvist and Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou was only 0.0459s behind. The rest of the Fast Six was rounded out by Jack Harvey, Pato O'Ward, and Kyle Kirkwood.
Christian Lundgaard won his first career pole in qualifying for the GMR Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, becoming the first Danish driver to win an INDYCAR SERIES pole. He edged Felix Rosenqvist by 27 ten-thousandths of a second, as Rosenqvist will start second after a best lap of 1:09.3348 in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. Lundgaard led all three RLL drivers in the top eight, as Jack Harvey will start fourth and Graham Rahal eighth.
The start time for the PPG 375 IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway has been brought forward due to a weather threat. The race will now start at 11.06am local time to ensure it runs its full intended length of 250 laps. Pole-winner Felix Rosenqvist and five-time Texas winner Scott Dixon will lead the 28-car field to the green.
Felix Rosenqvist secured his second consecutive pole at Texas Motor Speedway for the PPG 375 NTT IndyCar series race, with a two-lap average of 220.264mph. He was followed by Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi, with Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward in fourth and fifth respectively. Rosenqvist's team, Arrow McLaren, had a P1-3-5 qualifying performance, with all three cars in a straight line as they approach the start. Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports’ David Malukas impressed with a run to ninth, one position ahead of Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport’s fastest driver.