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The IndyCar Series goes to wine country to compete at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca in the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey, a 95-lap race on an 11-turn, 2.238-mile layout.
The series is finishing a busy stretch of five races over four weekends. Pato O'Ward has won two of the last three race but still trails points leader Alex Palou by 99 points.
Push-to-pass: 150 seconds total in increments of up to 15 seconds.
Tire allotment: Five sets primary and five sets alternate to be used during the event weekend. Rookie drivers may use one additional set of tires in the first session. Teams must use one set of primary and one new set of alternate tires unless wet conditions are declared.
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Alex Palou has won seven races, Kyle Kirkwood three, Pato O'Ward two Scott Dixon one. Palou is 99 points clear of second-place O'Ward with four races to go.
Alex Palou won from pole position, with Colton Herta and Alexander Rossi completing the podium.
Alex Palou swept the pole and race in 2024. Is it going to be one of those weekends?
As much as I'd love for the championship fight to get tighter, Palou has exceled here. He didn't run away and hide a year ago, but he was clearly the best car from the jump. This year, Palou has won four of the five natural-terrain road-course races — and in the one he didn't (Mid-Ohio), his small silly mistake cost him the win. We haven't gotten a true Alex Palou beatdown of a weekend since the spring, and it feels like we're due.
How will Team Penske fare this weekend?
I certainly don't expect a win. I think there's an off-chance we get a podium from either Scott McLaughlin or Will Power. I still think we could get a Penske win before the season ends, but not here. Chip Ganassi Racing has won each of the last three trips to the track, and if I'm making predictions, there's no reason to expect that to change unless something odd happens.
The Rookie of the Year race couldn't be tighter. Who has the edge between Louis Foster and Robert Shwartzman?
Foster has had a better track record both in qualifying performance and consistency, so in a tie with four races to go, I'll give a slight edge to the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing rookie, although I think this very much could be alive until the finale — at an oval, where Prema has gotten the bulk of their strong results this year.
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(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)
5 p.m.: IndyCar practice, FS2
11:30 a.m.: IndyCar practice, FS1
2:30 p.m.: IndyCar qualifying, FS1
Noon: IndyCar warmup, FS2
3 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox
TV: Coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET, Sunday, July 27, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 3:22 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.
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Friday: 20% chance of rain and highs in the 60s.
Saturday: 20% chance of rain and highs in the 60s.
Sunday: Partly cloudy skies and highs in the 60s.
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 & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 10, Indianapolis & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 25, Indianapolis 500 * (Winner: Alex Palou)
June 1, Detroit % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 15, St. Louis * (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin & (Winner: Alex Palou)
July 6, Lexington, Ohio & (Winner: Scott Dixon)
July 12, Newton, Iowa * (Winner: Pato O'Ward)
July 13, Newton, Iowa * (Winner: Alex Palou)
July 20, Toronto % (Winner: Alex Palou)
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.
(Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)