22-05-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Indy 500 start time, 2025 race day schedule, TV channel, stream, radio
The 109th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 25, 2025, on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. But there's plenty of action on the track before the race.
6 a.m.: Gates open
8:45-10:10 a.m.: Borg Warner Trophy march to the bricks.
9-9:20 a.m.: Cars to pit lane
9:30 a.m.: Red carpet show
10:30 a.m.: Cars to grid on front stretch
10:37 a.m.: Indy 500 winners lap
10:54 a.m.: Historic cars lap
11:25 a.m.: Military appreciation lap
11:47 a.m.: Driver introductions
12:18 p.m.: Invocation
12:24 p.m.: National anthem, Natalie Grant
12:29 p.m.: Drivers to your cars
12:36 p.m.: "Back Home Again in Indiana," Jim Cornelison
12:38 p.m.: Command to start engines, Roger Penske
12:45 p.m.: Green flag for 109th Indy 500, 200 laps on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval
Sunday, May 25, weather permitting. Green flag is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. ET.
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TV: Fox. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell.
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