IndyCar Series at Barber live race updates, crashes, results, highlights today, May 4

Indianapolis Star

04-05-2025

The IndyCar Series field is chasing Alex Palou in a 90-lap race on the 16-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park road course featuring 80 feet of elevation change. Scott McLaughlin, the two-time defending race winner, also starts on the front row.
Palou maintains a commanding points lead through three races with wins at St. Petersburg and Thermal, but Kyle Kirkwood won the most recent race at Long Beach.
IndyCar starting grid; starting lineup at Barber in Alabama
1. Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi
2. Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske
Row 2
3. Colton Herta, Andretti Global
4. Will Power, Team Penske
Row 3
5. Rinus VeeKay, Dale Coyne
6. Nolan Siegel, Arrow McLaren
Row 4
7. Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren
8. Pato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren
Row 5
9. Josef Newgarden, Team Penske
10. Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi
Row 6
11. Marcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank
12. Louis Foster, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
Row 7
13. Santino Ferrucci, A.J. Foyt
14. Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank
Row 8
15. Alexander Rossi, Ed Carpenter
16. Callum Ilott, Prema
Row 9
17. Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter
18. Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global
Row 10
19. Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger
20. David Malukas, A.J. Foyt
Row 11
21. Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
22. Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger
Row 12
23. Marcus Ericsson, Andretti Global
24. Robert Shwartzman, Prema
Row 13
25. Jacob Abel, Dale Coyne
26. Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi
Row 14
27. Devlin DeFrancesco, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
IndyCar at Barber expert picks, predictions
From Nathan Brown, IndyStar
Race winner: Six pole position winners have won the 14 IndyCar stops at Barber Motorsports Park, and 11 winners have started on the first two rows). Expect Christian Lundgaard 's Arrow McLaren teammate Pato O'Ward to start toward the front, too (O'Ward has made the Fast Six the last four years at Barber). Other teams will have a tough time working around them. The 1-2 finish Arrow McLaren personnel dreamed of at Thermal comes through at Barber.
Something you might not expect: Felix Rosenqvist logs his first podium finish since joining Meyer Shank Racing. This isn't entirely unexpected – the Swedish driver has snagged top-5 finishes each of the last two races and four overall with the team – but it will mark MSR's first podium in nearly three years (Simon Pagenaud, 2022 IMS road course), coming at a track Rosenqvist finished 4th at a year ago.
IndyCar at Barber schedule today, May 4
10 a.m.: IndyCar Warmup, FS1
1:30 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox
What channel is IndyCar race at Barber on today?
TV: Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET, Sunday, May 4, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 1:47 p.m. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters.
How can I stream the IndyCar race at Barber today, May 4?
FoxSports.com, Fox Sports app.
Watch free with a Fubo trial
How can I listen to IndyCar race at Barber today, May 4?
IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race)
IndyCar push-to-pass, tire allotment at Barber
Drivers will have 200 seconds of push-to-pass, enabled in 20-second increments. Cars must use at least one set of new alternate tires for at least two laps during the race.
2025 IndyCar Series schedule
The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval)
March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida % (Winner: Alex Palou)
March 23, Thermal, California & (Winner: Alex Palou)
April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
May 4, Birmingham, Alabama &, 1:47 p.m.
May 10, Indianapolis &, 4:30 p.m.
May 25, Indianapolis 500 *, 12:45 p.m.
June 1, Detroit %, 12:30 p.m.
June 15, St. Louis *, 3 p.m.
June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin &, 2:30 p.m.
July 6, Lexington, Ohio &, 2 p.m.
July 12, Newton, Iowa *, 5 p.m.
July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 2 p.m.
July 20, Toronto %, 2 p.m.
July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m.
Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m.
Also on track today: Here are the key differences between F1 and IndyCar in 2025
IndyCar drivers for 2025
(Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)
IndyCar Series 2025 points championship points
(Through three of 17 races)
Alex Palou, 142 points
Kyle Kirkwood, 108
Christian Lundgaard, 96
Felix Rosenqvist, 88
Scott Dixon, 86
Pato O'Ward, 80
Colton Herta, 73
Scott McLaughlin, 69
Will Power, 63
Josef Newgarden, 58
Alexander Rossi, 58
Marcus Ericsson, 55
Santino Ferrucci, 51
Marcus Armstrong, 50
Kyffin Simpson, 48
Rinus Veekay, 46
Graham Rahal, 45
David Malukas, 42
Christian Rasmussen, 40
Sting Ray Robb, 39
Conor Daly, 32
Robert Shwartzman, 30
Nolan Siegel, 26
Louis Foster, 25
Callum Ilott, 25
Devlin DeFrancesco, 24
Jacob Abel, 17
IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year points
Robert Schwartzman, 30 points
Louis Foster, 25
Jacob Abel, 17