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IndyCar complete results: Kyle Kirkwood wins Detroit Grand Prix after Indy 500 winner Alex Palou crashes out
IndyCar complete results: Kyle Kirkwood wins Detroit Grand Prix after Indy 500 winner Alex Palou crashes out Kyle Kirkwood comes away from the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix with his second IndyCar Series victory of the year after he muscles past three cars late on a damaged wing. Kirkwood started 3rd, though he believes he had the best car and squandered a chance at pole position a day earlier. After the last round of pit stops, he picks off Marcus Armstrong, Kyffin Simpson and Santino Ferrucci on successive laps (76-78 of 100) to take the lead. Post-race, Kirkwood said his damaged wing didn't offer much of a problem. He also won at Long Beach. Ferrucci finishes a career-best 2nd, improving 19 places from his start. Pole-sitter Colton Herta completes the podium. They and 4th-place Will Power battle hard in the closing laps after a red flag as Kirkwood wins by 4+ seconds. Points leader Alex Palou crashes out and finishes 25th, down 20 spots from his start, but he retains a 90-point edge on Pato O'Ward in the season championship. Jinx!: Palou's crashcontinues streak of Indy 500 winner not winning next race Nathan Brown is your best IndyCar follow, and sign up for IndyStar's motorsports newsletter. Kyle Kirkwood Santino Ferrucci Colton Herta Will Power Kyffin Simpson Marcus Armstrong Pato O'Ward Christian Lundgaard Josef Newgarden Alexander Rossi Scott Dixon Scott McLaughlin Marcus Ericsson David Malukas Sting Ray Robb Robert Shwartzman Conor Daly Jacob Abel Nolan Siegel Graham Rahal Felix Rosenqvist Louis Foster Devlin DeFrancesco Christian Rasmussen Alex Palou Callum Ilott Rinus Veekay Lap 90: Santino Ferrucci gets past Will Power for 2nd, but he's 3+ seconds behind Kyle Kirkwood. Colton Herta also passes Power. Lap 89 restart: Kyle Kirkwood leads Will Power by 2 seconds. Lap 83 red flag: Felix Rosenqvist and Louis Foster crash hard. Foster's front suspension fails, he loses control and plows into Rosenqvist. Barrier repair requires a red flag and the cars head to the pits. Lap 78: Kyle Kirkwood gets by Santino Ferrucci for the lead, but Kirkwood has left front wing damage. Lap 77: Kyle Kirkwood muscles by Kyffin Simpson for 2nd, and he stalks leader Santino Ferrucci. Lap 76 restart: Kyle Kirkwood gets by Marcus Armstrong for 3rd place. Lap 72 restart: David Malukas gets into the rear of Alex Palou, ending the points leader's day. Malukas likely faces a penalty. Caution again. Lap 70: Santino Ferrucci, Kyffin Simpson and Marcus Armstrong — who had pitted shortly before the caution — are the top 3 and may have enough fuel to make it to the end. Coming out of the pits, Kyle Kirkwood is 4th, with Will Power, Colton Herta and Alex Palou trailing. Lap 67 caution: Callum Ilott smashes the wall shortly after making a pit stop. Lap 60: Kyle Kirkwood leads, with Will Power, Colton Herta, Alex Palou and David Malukas completing the top 5. They are on hard tires. Pato O'Ward is 6th, but he started 18th and is on soft tires. He wants to make up track position before the soft tires start losing grip. (Just before many of the leaders take pit stops) Kyle Kirkwood Colton Herta Will Power Alex Palou Pato O'Ward Felix Rosenqvist Marcus Armstrong Kyffin Simpson David Malukas Scott Dixon Christian Rasmussen hits a wall after a pit stop but keeps going. Lap 39: Scott Dixon goes the farthest on his first set of hard primary tires before pitting. He had qualified 10th but started 16th after an unapproved engine change coming into the weekend. Lap 33: Graham Rahal needs extensive work on the right rear in the pits. Christian Rasumussen Graham Rahal Louis Foster Marcus Ericsson Scott Dixon Alexander Rossi Robert Shwartzman Kyffin Simpson Sting Ray Robb Josef Newgarden Lap 23 restart: Christian Rasmussen leads Graham Rahal and Louis Foster. Lap 18 restart: Christian Rasmussen leads and Nolan Siegel spins out after getting hit from behind by Scott McLaughlin, who is assessed a drive-through penalty. Devlin DeFrancesco goes off track and loses his right rear tire. Caution. Lap 14, caution: Felix Rosenqvist spins. Laps 11-13: David Malukas, Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Kirkwood and Colton Herta pit to take on hard tires. They will be on a 3-pit stop strategy. Lap 10: The leaders started the race soft tires, and they're slowing rapidly. Colton Herta leads Kyle Kirkwood, with Christian Lundgaard third. Lap 1: Alex Palou moves up for third on the opening lap and David Malukas falls to fifth. Colton Herta keeps the lead. Row 1 1, Colton Herta 2, David Malukas Row 2 3, Kyle Kirkwood 4, Christian Lundgaard Row 3 5, Alex Palou 6, Rinus Veekay Row 4 7, Scott McLaughlin 8, Will Power Row 5 9, Marcus Armstrong 10, Christian Rasmussen Row 6 11, Graham Rahal (had 5th-best qualifying effort) 12, Marcus Ericsson Row 7 13, Louis Foster 14, Felix Rosenqvist Row 8 15, Alexander Rossi 16, Scott Dixon (had 10th-best qualifying result) Row 9 17, Callum Ilott 18, Pato O'Ward Row 10 19, Kyffin Simpson 20, Jacob Abel Row 11 21, Santino Ferrucci 22, Robert Shwartzman Row 12 23, Devlin DeFrancesco 24, Josef Newgarden Row 13 25, Conor Daly 26, Sting Ray Robb Row 14 27, Nolan Siegel Push-to-pass: 150 total seconds, in increments up to 15 seconds. Tire allotment: Five sets of primary tires (six for rookies) and five sets of alternate tires. Teams must use one set of primary tires and one set of new alternate tires for at least two laps in the race. Alex Palou, who has won five of the six races. Kyle Kirkwood has one win. Scott Dixon avoided the crashes and penalties on the tight downtown street course to come away with his 58th career win. From Nathan Brown, IndyStar Picking Alex Palou is so obvious that we're barring him from this portion of the preview for a while. Pato O'Ward sits second and Christian Lundgaard third in points, but they're more than two races' worth of max points behind Palou. Who makes a move in the points standings? Marcus Ericsson would have been 10th in points after crossing the finish line second in the Indianapolis 500, but he stands 20th after his car failed post-race tech inspection. He earned his lone podium finish in 2024 in Detroit, and with a similar performance this weekend, Ericsson makes up a lot of the ground he lost in the championship standings in Indy. Something you didn't see coming: At a track where he started on pole last year, but only finished 19th, Detroit seems like as good a track as any for Colton Herta to find some momentum. He sits just 9th in the championship standings with a single top-5 finish. However, the narrow streets of Detroit can be cruel, and somehow Herta and the No. 26 crew leave with a tough result unbecoming of the traditionally dominant street course program of Andretti Global. (All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218) 9:30 a.m.: IndyCar warmup, FS1 10:30 a.m.: Indy NXT race, FS1 12:30 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox TV: Coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, June 1, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 12:47 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. Fox Sports app. Watch free with a Fubo trial IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race) Sunday: Sunny, high around 70 degrees. (Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)
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IndyCar complete results: Kyle Kirkwood wins Detroit Grand Prix after Indy 500 winner Alex Palou crashes out
Kyle Kirkwood comes away from the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix with his second IndyCar Series victory of the year after he muscles past three cars late on a damaged wing. Kirkwood started 3rd, though he believes he had the best car and squandered a chance at pole position a day earlier. After the last round of pit stops, he picks off Marcus Armstrong, Kyffin Simpson and Santino Ferrucci on successive laps (76-78 of 100) to take the lead. Advertisement Post-race, Kirkwood said his damaged wing didn't offer much of a problem. He also won at Long Beach. Ferrucci finishes a career-best 2nd, improving 19 places from his start. Pole-sitter Colton Herta completes the podium. They and 4th-place Will Power battle hard in the closing laps after a red flag as Kirkwood wins by 4+ seconds. Points leader Alex Palou crashes out and finishes 25th, down 20 spots from his start, but he retains a 78-point edge on Kirkwood in the season championship. Jinx!: Palou's crashcontinues streak of Indy 500 winner not winning next race Nathan Brown is your best IndyCar follow, and sign up for IndyStar's motorsports newsletter. IndyCar results; Detroit Grand Prix results Kyle Kirkwood Santino Ferrucci Colton Herta Will Power Kyffin Simpson Marcus Armstrong Pato O'Ward Christian Lundgaard Josef Newgarden Alexander Rossi Scott Dixon Scott McLaughlin Marcus Ericsson David Malukas Sting Ray Robb Robert Shwartzman Conor Daly Jacob Abel Nolan Siegel Graham Rahal Felix Rosenqvist Louis Foster Devlin DeFrancesco Christian Rasmussen Alex Palou Callum Ilott Rinus Veekay IndyCar leaderboard at Detroit Grand Prix Lap 90: Santino Ferrucci gets past Will Power for 2nd, but he's 3+ seconds behind Kyle Kirkwood. Colton Herta also passes Power. Advertisement Lap 89 restart: Kyle Kirkwood leads Will Power by 2 seconds. Lap 83 red flag: Felix Rosenqvist and Louis Foster crash hard. Foster's front suspension fails, he loses control and plows into Rosenqvist. Barrier repair requires a red flag and the cars head to the pits. Lap 78: Kyle Kirkwood gets by Santino Ferrucci for the lead, but Kirkwood has left front wing damage. Lap 77: Kyle Kirkwood muscles by Kyffin Simpson for 2nd, and he stalks leader Santino Ferrucci. Lap 76 restart: Kyle Kirkwood gets by Marcus Armstrong for 3rd place. Lap 72 restart: David Malukas gets into the rear of Alex Palou, ending the points leader's day. Malukas likely faces a penalty. Caution again. Lap 70: Santino Ferrucci, Kyffin Simpson and Marcus Armstrong — who had pitted shortly before the caution — are the top 3 and may have enough fuel to make it to the end. Coming out of the pits, Kyle Kirkwood is 4th, with Will Power, Colton Herta and Alex Palou trailing. Lap 67 caution: Callum Ilott smashes the wall shortly after making a pit stop. Lap 60: Kyle Kirkwood leads, with Will Power, Colton Herta, Alex Palou and David Malukas completing the top 5. They are on hard tires. Pato O'Ward is 6th, but he started 18th and is on soft tires. He wants to make up track position before the soft tires start losing grip. IndyCar leaderboard at Lap 50 (Just before many of the leaders take pit stops) Advertisement Kyle Kirkwood Colton Herta Will Power Alex Palou Pato O'Ward Felix Rosenqvist Marcus Armstrong Kyffin Simpson David Malukas Scott Dixon Christian Rasmussen hits a wall after a pit stop but keeps going. Lap 39: Scott Dixon goes the farthest on his first set of hard primary tires before pitting. He had qualified 10th but started 16th after an unapproved engine change coming into the weekend. Lap 33: Graham Rahal needs extensive work on the right rear in the pits. Detroit Grand Prix leaders at Lap 25 Christian Rasumussen Graham Rahal Louis Foster Marcus Ericsson Scott Dixon Alexander Rossi Robert Shwartzman Kyffin Simpson Sting Ray Robb Josef Newgarden Lap 23 restart: Christian Rasmussen leads Graham Rahal and Louis Foster. Lap 18 restart: Christian Rasmussen leads and Nolan Siegel spins out after getting hit from behind by Scott McLaughlin, who is assessed a drive-through penalty. Devlin DeFrancesco goes off track and loses his right rear tire. Caution. Lap 14, caution: Felix Rosenqvist spins. Laps 11-13: David Malukas, Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Kirkwood and Colton Herta pit to take on hard tires. They will be on a 3-pit stop strategy. Lap 10: The leaders started the race soft tires, and they're slowing rapidly. Colton Herta leads Kyle Kirkwood, with Christian Lundgaard third. Lap 1: Alex Palou moves up for third on the opening lap and David Malukas falls to fifth. Colton Herta keeps the lead. IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix tire strategy IndyCar Series Detroit Grand Grix starting grid Row 1 1, Colton Herta Advertisement 2, David Malukas Row 2 3, Kyle Kirkwood 4, Christian Lundgaard Row 3 5, Alex Palou 6, Rinus Veekay Row 4 7, Scott McLaughlin 8, Will Power Row 5 9, Marcus Armstrong 10, Christian Rasmussen Row 6 11, Graham Rahal (had 5th-best qualifying effort) 12, Marcus Ericsson Row 7 13, Louis Foster 14, Felix Rosenqvist Row 8 15, Alexander Rossi 16, Scott Dixon (had 10th-best qualifying result) Row 9 17, Callum Ilott 18, Pato O'Ward Row 10 19, Kyffin Simpson 20, Jacob Abel Row 11 21, Santino Ferrucci 22, Robert Shwartzman Row 12 23, Devlin DeFrancesco 24, Josef Newgarden Row 13 25, Conor Daly 26, Sting Ray Robb Row 14 27, Nolan Siegel IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix push-to-pass, tire allotment Push-to-pass: 150 total seconds, in increments up to 15 seconds. Advertisement Tire allotment: Five sets of primary tires (six for rookies) and five sets of alternate tires. Teams must use one set of primary tires and one set of new alternate tires for at least two laps in the race. Who is leading IndyCar? 2025 IndyCar results Alex Palou, who has won five of the six races. Kyle Kirkwood has one win. Who won the Detroit Grand Prix? 2024 IndyCar results on streets of Detroit Scott Dixon avoided the crashes and penalties on the tight downtown street course to come away with his 58th career win. IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix expert picks, predictions From Nathan Brown, IndyStar Picking Alex Palou is so obvious that we're barring him from this portion of the preview for a while. Pato O'Ward sits second and Christian Lundgaard third in points, but they're more than two races' worth of max points behind Palou. Advertisement Who makes a move in the points standings? Marcus Ericsson would have been 10th in points after crossing the finish line second in the Indianapolis 500, but he stands 20th after his car failed post-race tech inspection. He earned his lone podium finish in 2024 in Detroit, and with a similar performance this weekend, Ericsson makes up a lot of the ground he lost in the championship standings in Indy. Something you didn't see coming: At a track where he started on pole last year, but only finished 19th, Detroit seems like as good a track as any for Colton Herta to find some momentum. He sits just 9th in the championship standings with a single top-5 finish. However, the narrow streets of Detroit can be cruel, and somehow Herta and the No. 26 crew leave with a tough result unbecoming of the traditionally dominant street course program of Andretti Global. IndyCar Series schedule at Detroit (All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218) IndyCar race schedule at Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix today, June 1 9:30 a.m.: IndyCar warmup, FS1 Advertisement 10:30 a.m.: Indy NXT race, FS1 12:30 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox What channel is IndyCar race at Detroit on? TV: Coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, June 1, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 12:47 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 Detroit today? Fox Sports app. Watch free with a Fubo trial How can I listen to IndyCar race at Detroit on June 1? IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race) Will it rain at the Detroit Grand Prix? Sunday: Sunny, high around 70 degrees. IndyCar drivers for 2025 (Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only) Advertisement This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar complete results Detroit Grand Prix crashes, leaderboard
Fox Sports
9 hours ago
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Rare Early Exit Halts Alex Palou's Dream Start to Season
INDYCAR This much is clear about Alex Palou's tire barrier shunt late in Sunday's Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear: He still has a healthy points lead in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES standings, but the advantage is not as significant as it once was. The winner of five of the season's first six races, including last week's Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, suffered his worst finish in nearly three years when Indy runner-up David Malukas knocked him off course in Turn 1 on a restart. Palou's No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda had to be hauled away by a tow truck, resulting in a 25th-place finish out of 27 drivers. Palou wasn't happy about the contact from behind, but he was resigned to the fact these things happen on tight street circuits such as this one. 'It doesn't feel great, but there's nothing we could have done there,' he said on the FOX broadcast. Malukas, the No. 2 starter in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet of AJ Foyt Racing, was issued a stop-and-go penalty for avoidable contact. He finished 15th. 'Just ran out of talent,' Malukas told FOX Sports reporter Bob Pockrass. 'I feel so bad. (I) tried to slow it down and just locked up both front brakes.' Malukas said he nearly hit Palou in the corner prior, and then he braked early approaching the corner where they came together. Malukas vowed to call him if he couldn't find him at the track. 'I'm 23 (years old) and this is my third (plus) season in INDYCAR,' he said. 'I shouldn't be doing things like that. Those are more rookie mistakes. 'Every lap, every restart, we expect (the field to be bunched), and it still caught me off guard. So, I can't be letting these things happen.' The Spaniard pursuing his third consecutive series championship and fourth in five years entered the weekend with a 112-point lead over Pato O'Ward. The driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet finished seventh, narrowing the gap to 90 points, which is still the equivalent of just under two races. Race winner Kyle Kirkwood of Andretti Global moved from fifth in the standings to third in the No. 27 Siemens AWS Honda, overtaking Arrow McLaren's Christian Lundgaard, who finished eighth in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. Kirkwood trails Palou by 102 points heading to the next race, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline on Sunday evening, June 15 at World Wide Technology Raceway. Lundgaard fell to fourth in the standings. Palou became the latest Indy winner to suffer a disappointing finish in the ensuing race. In the past 10 years, only Takuma Sato in 2020 has finished in the top three – the Japanese driver was second at World Wide Technology Raceway. No other Indy winner has finished better than sixth. Juan Pablo Montoya is the last '500' winner to win the next week's race, and that was in 2000 when the Colombian captured the CART race at the Milwaukee Mile. Palou likely wasn't going to win Sunday's race even without the race-ending contact. He had qualified in the sixth position before jumping to third on the opening lap. But that's as far forward as he got. He was in seventh place when Malukas' car struck his on the restart at Lap 73. 'It's very unfortunate,' Palou said. 'We did an amazing recovery this weekend (as) we didn't really have much pace at the beginning (of the weekend). 'I thought we were running good to try to sneak onto the podium (as a top-three finisher) there at the end.' The last time Palou didn't finish a race was in last year's first race of the Iowa Speedway doubleheader. There, he spun by himself on the front straightaway. The last time someone bumped him out of the race was nearly three years ago in the 2022 race at Road America when he took Turn 5 contact from Marcus Ericsson, who was then his teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing. Palou tried to keep going and did so for about 30 laps before retiring in last place (27th). So, yes, Sunday's occurrence was mighty rare for the reigning series champion. recommended
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10 hours ago
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Paddock Buzz: Santino Ferrucci Continues Foyt's Recent Resurgence
INDYCAR Santino Ferrucci made his NTT INDYCAR SERIES debut in 2018 at Belle Isle Park in Detroit with Dale Coyne Racing. Fast-forward to Sunday's Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear, and Ferrucci delivered the best result of his INDYCAR SERIES career, finishing second in the No. 14 Sexton Properties/AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet. 'Huge shoutout to this whole team,' Ferrucci said. This is the second consecutive week an A.J. Foyt Enterprises entry has finished runner-up. David Malukas secured second place in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet in the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on May 25. Ferrucci's podium finish on the nine-turn, 1.645-mile Detroit street circuit also represents the team's best road or street course result since Takuma Sato finished second in 2015 at Belle Isle. But Ferrucci admitted frustration that his task to reach the front was made more difficult because he qualified 21st Saturday. 'I struggled in qualifying,' Ferrucci said. 'I made a lot of mistakes. I was really hard on myself yesterday. I thought it was all on me.' Ferrucci steadily worked his way through the field during Sunday's race, but a pivotal moment came on Lap 67 when Callum Ilott crashed in Turn 1, bringing out a caution. Ferrucci had just made his final pit stop on Lap 65, and with many of the leaders still needing to stop, the caution allowed him to cycle to the front when they pitted under yellow on Lap 69. He held the lead until Lap 78 when Kyle Kirkwood made the race-defining move to take over the top spot. Kirkwood went on to secure his fourth career victory and second of the 2025 season, both coming on street circuits after also winning the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 13. 'The pit stops were phenomenal,' Ferrucci said. 'The stand was amazing. Perfect strategy. I just got lucky with that yellow.' The result capped off a historic two-week stretch for A.J. Foyt Enterprises, marking the first time since 2013 the team has finished on the podium in back-to-back races. That year, Takuma Sato won at Long Beach and followed with a runner-up finish in Brazil. Frustrated O'Ward Still Gains Points Pato O'Ward turned a challenging weekend into a solid result by climbing 11 positions from 18th to finish seventh Sunday in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. 'We survived it,' O'Ward said. 'It's been the worst performance weekend I've probably ever had in INDYCAR, really. We legit qualified 18th on just pure pace. We've had other times where we've been back there, but it's always been because of an issue, or I made a mistake here and there. This one was truly where we deserved to be.' Despite his frustrations, O'Ward made the most of the race through smart strategy and tire management. He and Josef Newgarden were the only two drivers in the 27-car field to start the race on Firestone Firehawk primary tires, then follow with another stint on the same compound, opting for durability over early pace. O'Ward pitted on Lap 53 to switch to the softer alternate tires, but when the caution came on Lap 67 due to Ilott's crash, it allowed him to pit again with the leaders and return to the more durable primary tire. That strategic move kept him in the top 10 mix during the closing laps. The seventh-place finish gave O'Ward a much-needed 22-point gain on championship leader Alex Palou, who crashed in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda on Lap 72. O'Ward heads into the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline on June 15 at World Wide Technology Raceway second in the standings, trailing Palou by 90 points. 'That's a positive considering where we were starting,' O'Ward said. 'There's plenty of racing to go. There's more championship left than what we've done. I think that there's a lot of points on the table, and you can't expect (Alex) Palou to be making a lot of mistakes.' Late Caution Costs Power Potential Podium Will Power was on track for a runner-up finish in Sunday's race, but late-race cautions and a challenging restart dropped him to fourth in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. Power was running second on the primary pit strategy before the Lap 67 caution triggered by Ilott's crash. That yellow shuffled the field, as Ferrucci, Kyffin Simpson and Marcus Armstrong had already pit and cycled ahead. Power exited pit lane behind Kirkwood but rejoined the race in fifth. By Lap 77, the running order was Ferrucci, Kirkwood, Simpson, Power and Colton Herta. Power made swift moves to get around Simpson and Ferrucci just before another major incident on Lap 83 when Louis Foster suffered a mechanical failure entering Turn 3, colliding with Felix Rosenqvist in a frightening crash. Foster walked away uninjured, and Rosenqvist was seen and released from the infield care center following evaluation. The race was red-flagged with Power sitting in second, but that moment turned out to be his undoing. On the restart with 11 laps to go, his car struggled on cold tires, and he lost positions, first to Ferrucci, then to Herta – ultimately settling for fourth. 'My car was very tough on the restart,' Power said. 'We were as good as them once our tires were warmed up but struggled before. It was almost like I'm driving on snow.' While Power acknowledged he likely didn't have the pace to challenge Kirkwood for the win, he believes he could have held second without the late cautions. Still, the result marked a significant personal milestone, earning his 140th career top-five finish, moving him past Michael Andretti (139) and tying him with Al Unser for sixth on the all-time INDYCAR SERIES list. 'A little disappointed I didn't get a podium, but obviously results really matter for me at the moment,' Power said. Simpson Earns Career-Best Fifth Simpson is establishing himself on street courses in his second season in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. After earning a then career-best 10th-place finish at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 13, the young driver took another leap forward by finishing fifth in Sunday's race, his best result in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. The turning point came during Sunday morning's final practice session, where Simpson and his Chip Ganassi Racing team discovered Firestone alternate tires dramatically improved the performance of his No. 8 Ridgeline Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. 'We found that the alternate tire really made the car come alive,' Simpson said. Capitalizing on that knowledge, the team opted for two mid-race stints on the alternates, giving Simpson the grip and speed to move up the order. He made his final pit stop two laps before the Lap 67 caution brought out by Ilott's crash, which handed him crucial track position as others pitted under yellow. The strategy paid off, and Simpson stayed in the mix with the frontrunners for the remainder of the race, ultimately delivering a strong top-five result and building momentum as the series heads toward the summer stretch. Odds and Ends The last time prior to Sunday that three American-born drivers swept the podium in Detroit came in 1995 with Robby Gordon, Jimmy Vasser and Scott Pruett. The last time three Americans stood on the podium in any INDYCAR SERIES race was the second race in 2020 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, when Andretti teammates drivers Herta, Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay were in the respective podium spots. Graham Rahal finished fourth that day, too, giving Americans a lockout of the top four spots. Scott Dixon finished 11th, extending his winless streak to 19 races with his last victory coming here in 2024. This is the fourth-longest winless drought of his career, trailing 39 races between 2003 and 2005, 36 races between 2001 and 2002 and 22 races between 2021 and 2022. Kirkwood delivered Andretti Global its 76th career INDYCAR SERIES victory. Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Global have three podium finishes each since the series returned downtown in Detroit in 2023. Team Penske, A.J. Foyt Enterprises and Arrow McLaren each have one. Kirkwood has a 2.33 average finish on street courses this season. The race featured 261 on-track passes, a record for this downtown circuit and the second-highest total in the history of the event, including races on Belle Isle. The race also featured an event record 181 on-track passes for position. recommended
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Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix live updates, leaderboard: Top INDYCAR moments
The 2025 INDYCAR season continues with the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday on FOX, and we've got you covered with all the must-see moments from start to finish from the streets of Downtown Detroit. Live Coverage for this began on 11:48a ET recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
