Indy 500: TV schedule, starting grid, betting odds, storylines, weather and more
Robert Schwartzman will lead the field to the green flag after becoming the first rookie since 1983 to win the pole. Eight former Indy 500 winners are in the 2025 field, combining for 13 victories in the previous 108 editions of the race.
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Here's what to know ahead of the 2025 Indy 500:
2025 Indy 500 TV schedule
All times ET
Friday, May 23
11 a.m.: Carb Day final practice (FS1)
Sunday, May 25
10 a.m.: Pre-race show (Fox)
12:20 p.m.: National anthem (Fox)
12:45 p.m.: 109th Indy 500 (Fox)
2025 Indy 500 details
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile low-banked squared oval) in Speedway, Indiana
Banking: Turns - 9.2 degrees | Straights - flat
Race length: 200 laps for 500 miles
Fuel window: 30-35 green flag laps
Top storylines for the 2025 Indy 500
Penske penalties: All three Team Penske Chevys made it into last Sunday's Fast 12 qualifying round for a shot at the pole, but one crashed in the morning practice and two others were removed after failing inspection. The cars driven by Newgarden and Will Power were each found to have an illegally modified attenuator, which is the rear-end crash structure. The attenuator is a spec part that by rule cannot be modified.
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Larson and "The Double": For the second straight year, 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson will attempt "The Double" — running the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, which take place just hours apart in Indiana and North Carolina in two very different types of race car. Larson admirably qualified fifth for the Indy 500 last year but rain delayed the start of the race by four hours. He finished 18th and immediately boarded a plane bound for Charlotte, but in an ironic twist of fate, the same weather system that delayed the start in Indianapolis curtailed his attempt to at least jump into his Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet in the late stages of the Coca-Cola 600. He'll start 19th for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
Sensational Schwartzman: Only two times in the 108-year history of Indianapolis 500 had a rookie ever qualified first for the race. Until last Sunday. Schwartzman, racing for Prema, became the first Indy debutant since Teo Fabi in 1983 to win the pole position. What's more — it's his first time driving an oval in his professional career after coming up through the European karting and Formulae system, while also driving endurance cars on the side.
109th Indy 500 starting grid
Row 1
Robert Schwartzman, Prema Racing-Chevrolet
Takuma Sato, RLL Racing-Honda
Pato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet
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Row 2
Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda
Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank Racing-Honda
Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda
Row 3
David Malukas, AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet
Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet
Marcus Ericsson, Andretti-Global-Honda
Row 4
Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske-Chevrolet
Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet
Alexander Rossi, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet
Row 5
Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda
Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet
Santino Ferrucci, AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet
Row 6
Devlin DeFrancesco, RLL Racing-Honda
Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet
Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet
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Row 7
Kyle Larson, Arrow McLaren/Hendrick-Chevrolet
Louis Foster, RLL Racing-Honda
Callum Ilott, Prema Racing-Chevrolet
Row 8
Helio Castroneves, Meyer Shank Racing-Honda
Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global-Honda
Nolan Siegel, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet
Row 9
Ryan Hunter-Reay, DRR-Cusick Motorsports-Chevrolet
Jack Harvey, DRR-Cusic Motorsports-Chevrolet
Colton Herta, Andretti Global-Honda
Row 10
Graham Rahal, RLL Racing-Honda
Marco Andretti, Andretti Global/Curb Agajanian-Honda
Marcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank Racing-Honda
Row 11
Rinus Veekay, Dale Coyne Racing-Honda
Josef Newgarden, Team Penske-Chevrolet
Will Power, Team Penske-Chevrolet
Indy 500 betting odds
Despite the 32nd starting spot, Newgarden has the fifth-best odds to win entering the weekend – likely due to his status as the two-time defending race winner. Pato O'Ward, having posted two second-place finishes at the Speedway in addition to a fourth and sixth, enters with the best odds at 5-to-1. Runaway championship leader Alex Palou and six-time series champion Scott Dixon are among the top favorites behind O'Ward.
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Odds courtesy of BetMGM
Pato O'Ward +500
Alex Palou +600
Scott Dixon +700
Scott McLaughlin +800
Josef Newgarden +1200
Takuma Sato +1300
Felix Rosenqvist +1500
Weather for the 109th Indy 500
The race day forecast calls for partially cloudy skies with a high temperature of 67 degrees. There is a 25 percent chance of precipitation. Last year's race was infamously delayed by rain for four hours, which ultimately cost Kyle Larson his chance at running 'The Double.'
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