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- Fox Sports
Gearing Up: Tightening Title Race To Heat Up at Road America
INDYCAR With back-to-back NTT INDYCAR SERIES victories, Andretti Global's Kyle Kirkwood has sliced his points deficit to championship leader Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing in half. Still, Kirkwood still has considerable work to do to earn his first series title as the season reaches its halfway point this weekend at Road America. Kirkwood, who won Sunday night's Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline at World Wide Technology Raceway, still trails Palou by 75 points, and Palou has some of his favorite tracks lined up. Palou has won two races at the Wisconsin track that hosts Sunday's XPEL Grand Prix at Road America presented by AMR, and he is a former pole and race winner at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the site of the ensuing race Sunday, July 6. SEE: Road America Event Details Kirkwood has neither won at Road America nor Mid-Ohio, although he is riding a wave of momentum after winning both of this month's races: the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear and the race at WWTR. Sunday's win was his first on an oval after four street circuit wins. 'It does,' Kirkwood said of a 75-point deficit feeling at least somewhat manageable. 'It's double digits again. Triple digits are never a good sign in a championship. Moving closer. It's still a long ways to go. '(Palou) is good at a lot of races that we're coming up to, so those are the ones that are going to really count. (WWTR) has been a track that we haven't been amazing at, so it's great to claw back some points. But everybody knows we're going to go to Road America and he's going to put on a show there, and we'll have to do everything in our power to keep him from looking shiny once again on road courses.' Kirkwood would be in a better points position if not for being penalized for his car being outside the equipment rules in last month's Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. Rather than finishing sixth and netting 28 points, Kirkwood landed 32nd and received just five points. The Floridian could be within 52 points of the lead, which is still a race's worth of points, but the deficit would be less. For Palou, who is seeking his third consecutive season championship and fourth in five years, the next two races represent an opportunity to regain his footing. He got knocked into the tire barrier in Detroit and finished 25th. At WWTR, he nearly got lapped at the halfway point before scrambling up to finish eighth. Still, after winning five of the season's first six races, this could be considered a drought. Last year at Road America, Palou and Kirkwood finished fourth and fifth, respectively, each leading three laps. But neither was a match for Team Penske's three drivers, which earned the team's first podium sweep in seven years. Will Power beat Josef Newgarden to the finish line by 3.2609 seconds with Scott McLaughlin third. The trio combined to lead 27 of the 55 laps. Team Penske is coming off a damaging race at WWTR. Power and Newgarden were involved in accidents; McLaughlin had equipment failure. They finished 24th, 25th and 27th in the 27-car field and remain winless as a group this season. Palou (five wins) and Kirkwood (three) remain the only race winners this season, helping Honda win the first eight races of the season. It has been 45 years since a pair of drivers had a comparable start to the season. It would be foolish to sleep on Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward, who at WWTR scored his series-leading third runner-up finish of the season. He has series wins at three of the remaining eight venues on the schedule. He is second in the standings, 73 points behind Palou and two points in front of Kirkwood. Palou still controls the race to the Astor Challenge Cup, but Kirkwood and O'Ward have made it interesting with strong results this month. If they finish 1-2 at Road America, as they did at WWTR, this could turn into a dogfight. recommended
Indianapolis Star
7 hours ago
- Indianapolis Star
IndyCar Series 2025 drivers championship, Rookie of the Year, Leaders Circle standings after Bommarito 500
The 2025 IndyCar Series season nearing its halfway point. Alex Palou has won five races, most notably the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle Kirkwood has won three. Here's where the drivers and teams stand in the season-long points, Rookie of the Year and Leaders Circle races. Wild night in St. Louis: IndyCar results: Kyle Kirkwood earns third win of the season at St. Louis (Through eight of 17 races) Robert Shwartzman finished 10th at World Wide Technology Raceway, while Jacob Abel finished 21st and Louis Foster 26th after contact. IndyCar's Leaders Circle program pays eligible teams just over $1 million the following season in guarantees. To qualify for one of the 22 spots, the entry must be associated with one of IndyCar's 25 charters — teams are allowed to have a maximum of three. Only Prema Racing's two cars remain unchartered. The 25 chartered cars are then ranked by entrant points and, at the end of this season, the top 22 eligible entries will be paid $1.2 million or more by Penske Entertainment throughout the 2026 season. Here are the cars around the bubble after IndyCar's race at World Wide Technology Raceway: 19. Andretti Global No. 28, 114 points 20. Chip Ganassi Racing No. 8, 112 points 21. Arrow McLaren No. 6, 104 points 22. Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 77, 88 points ------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 45, 81 points 24. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 30, 78 points
Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Yahoo
Josef Newgarden is Okay Following Airborne Flip in IndyCar's First Short Oval Race of the Season
Josef Newgarden is okay after a massive crash with rookie Louis Foster, which sent the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner's car flipping over its nose in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Newgarden was leading on lap 130 and approaching a battle between Foster and Santino Ferrucci that would send the rookie into the marbles and then into the wall. After Foster lost control in the marbles and hit the wall, and slid down the track. Josef Newgarden, with nowhere to go, ran straight into the side of Foster's No. 45, causing his Hitachi Dallara/Chevrolet to flip over its own nose and skid down the track on its roll bar and halo. With slightly more air, Newgarden could've ended up flipping over the low wall separating the front stretch and pit lane. "I got a bit of a wiggle... got a bit too high and went into the marbles," Foster told IndyCar on Fox. "I just couldn't stop the car from spinning and, obviously, a pretty scary impact with myself and Josef. I'm glad he is OK." When Foster was crashing across the track, Alex Palou was coming out of the corner, Palou having a better view of the crash, and Foster's trajectory went high, where Newgarden was set to exit the corner just moments later. Reacting to Palou's reaction, Newgarden moved down the track, and there was nowhere to avoid Foster's broken car, which came to a halt at the inside SAFER barrier. Kyle Kirkwood went on to win the race over Pato O'Ward, securing his first oval win and continuing to be the only driver, aside from defending champion and reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Palou, to have won. We are now eight races into the IndyCar season with only two winners, Palou and Kirkwood. O'Ward separates the two in the championship points with his run of top-five finishes. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car
