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Indianapolis Star
an hour ago
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Colton Herta's wish after qualifying pole? An 'easy race with no yellows' at Detroit Grand Prix
DETROIT — After a six-race start to his 2025 IndyCar season full of "what ifs" on race days and close calls on Saturdays, Colton Herta will finally have the best seat in the house to take the green flag for Sunday's Detroit Grand Prix, with hopes of turning his first pole of his season and 15th of his career into his first win of 2025, too. The Andretti Global driver finished well over a tenth of a second ahead of A.J. Foyt Racing's David Malukas in the battle for pole Sunday, having had four Fast 6 appearances already this year but so far no poles, matching his pole performance a year ago on the 1.645-mile downtown Detroit street course. But in the chaos of last year's race that featured eight cautions and 47 of 100 laps ran under yellow, Herta and the No. 26 Andretti Global crew faltered and fell back to 19th. Entering IndyCar's third race since the series' shift to the downtown street course track, Andretti Global and others are looking to knock Chip Ganassi Racing off the top step, with Alex Palou (2023) and Scott Dixon (2024) taking wins on the course thus far. 'We've been close a few times this year making it on a pole run, so I'm happy to do that and start P1 tomorrow,' said Herta, who's looking for his first podium finish of 2025. Entering Sunday, the Andretti Global driver's best finish of fourth came at The Thermal Club. Outside that, he's finished 16th at St. Pete after starting second, seventh at Long Beach after starting second and seventh at Barber after qualifying third, along with dismal runs during the Month of May at IMS (25th on the IMS road course and 14th in the Indy 500). Entering Sunday, Herta sits ninth in points, 22 back of eighth-place Will Power, 36 back of his fifth-place teammate Kyle Kirkwood, 74 back of second-place Pato O'Ward and 186 of runaway championship leader Alex Palou. 'Now we just need a nice, easy race with no yellows,' said Herta, referencing IndyCar's run of three full races (and parts of two others) that ran without a single caution earlier in the season. Among a Fast 6 that included Kirkwood, Christian Lundgaard, Palou, Malukas and Graham Rahal, the battle for pole was essentially between the pair of Andretti Global teammates and Malukas, all three of whom had only used one set of Firestone alternate tires during Round 1 of qualifying instead of two like so many of their competitors had — done so they could better ensure they'd advance to the Fast 12. Despite ending up tying his best starting spot of his IndyCar career in second, Malukas said he and his No. 4 squad expected to have a better shot at giving Andretti a serious run, but finished well back of Herta on their fastest laps (1:00.4779 vs. 1:00.6492). Kirkwood, too, felt he gave away an opportunity for his second pole of 2025, having been sitting four-tenths up on Herta's fastest lap with half a lap left before making enough wall contact to break a tow link that left him losing time in bunches on the final couple corners. Entering Sunday, Kirkwood is the only driver to have finished ahead of Palou in the two-time defending series champ's only non-win of the year at Long Beach, where the Chip Ganassi Racing driver still managed a runner-up finish. 'I've never been more disappointed with third in my life,' said Kirkwood, who was stripped earlier this week of his sixth-place Indy 500 finish due to a post-race tech inspection failure. 'But congrats to Colton. I'm glad one of us got (pole), because it would've been really frustrating if neither one of us got it. 'I know I just threw away a pole, without a doubt, but our cars are fast, and that's what's really important. And I see no reason why we won't be fast once again (on Sunday).' Starting fourth on Sunday, Lundgaard said after stepping out of his car he was proud to have finished as the fastest driver not to have used a new set of alternates in the Fast 6, as he looks to potentially overtake teammate O'Ward for second in points and with any luck chip away a bit at his 125-point gap to Palou. Meanwhile, Palou, who finished 15th-fastest in Practice 1 Friday afternoon, was more than happy to settle for sixth in the Fast 6 after a whirlwind 48-hour media tour in New York City following his first career Indy 500 win on Sunday. In his five wins so far in 2025, Palou has started eighth (St. Pete), third (Thermal), pole (Barber and IMS road course) and sixth (Indy 500). He'll start fifth Sunday, with Graham Rahal dropping back from fifth to 11th due to a six-spot grid penalty for an unapproved engine change.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
IndyCar Series: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix starting grid, qualifying results on May 31, 2025
The starting grid for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix is set. The IndyCar Series will race 100 laps race on a nine-turn, 1.645-mile downtown street layout on Sunday, June 1. Colton Herta uncorked a lap of 1 minute, 0.477 seconds, winning pole position for the second straight year on this track and for the 15th time in his career. Advertisement Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal will be assessed six-position starting grid penalties for unapproved engine changes. Here is the Detroit Grand Prix starting grid. IndyCar Series Detroit Grand Grix starting grid 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 fifth-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 Advertisement 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 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 Detroit on Sunday, June 1 9:30 a.m.: IndyCar warmup, FS1 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 on June 1? Fox Sports app. Advertisement 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) This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix qualifying results, starting grid today
Fox Sports
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Dennis Hauger Edges Andretti Teammate Lochie Hughes for Detroit Pole
INDYCAR The INDY NXT by Firestone duel between Andretti Global teammates Dennis Hauger and Lochie Hughes continued to heat up Saturday as Hauger edged fellow series rookie Hughes for the pole at the Detroit Grand Prix. Hauger earned his third pole in five races this season – Hughes grabbed the other two – with a series-record lap of 1 minute, 4.9896 seconds in the No. 28 Rental Group car. That broke the series track record of 1:05.1079 set last June by eventual series champion Louis Foster, also of Andretti Global. SEE: Qualifying Results 'It was so messy, but I pushed to the limit and got the pole,' Hauger said. 'That was intense.' Hughes was second at 1:05.0516 in the No. 26 McGinley Clinic/USF Pro Championship machine, also under Foster's track record. There was a gap of nearly one second to third on the starting grid for the 45-lap race Sunday (10:30 a.m. ET, FS1, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network), as 17-year-old rookie Max Taylor qualified third at 1:05.9554 in the No. 18 HMD Motorsports car in just his second start in the INDYCAR development series. 2024 Rookie of the Year Caio Collet qualified fourth at 1:05.6249 in the No. 76 HMD Motorsports machine. Salvador de Alba was the third Andretti Global driver in the top five with his top lap of 1:05.9772 in the No. 27 Grupo Indi car. Callum Hedge rounded out the first three rows by qualifying sixth at 1:06.1315 in the No. 17 Abel Motorsports car. There was plenty of suspense throughout qualifying. The session was split into two groups of drivers, with Hughes in the first group and Hauger in the second to build the drama. Hauger leads his teammate by 15 points atop the series standings after four races, and they are the only drivers to win races this season – Hauger has three victories, Hughes one. Hughes laid down his huge lap on his final trip around the treacherous, nine-turn, 1.645-mile street circuit in downtown Detroit, finally getting clear track on the tight, bumpy circuit for his last qualifying run. Hauger was working up his response when James Roe suffered his second crash of the weekend with about seven minutes left in the session, with his No. 29 Topcon car receiving heavy right front damage after wall impact. Roe was unhurt. There were only three minutes, 56 seconds left in the session when the track reopened, and Hauger and his group hustled back on the circuit to complete as many laps as possible. Hauger dropped to 1:05.287 on his second-to-last lap, just behind Hughes, but grabbed the pole with his track-record lap on his final trip around the circuit. 'That was just so nerve-wracking with the red flag because tire temperatures weren't there on the first two laps, and they came on the last one,' Hauger said. 'I hit the wall on the second-to-last lap, I almost crashed in Turn 1 on the last lap.' recommended
Fox News
7 hours ago
- Automotive
- Fox News
'Plower' move? Kyle Kirkwood eyes INDYCAR action after Will Power's push-and-pass
DETROIT – Will Power chuckled a little watching the replay, but whether INDYCAR officials find humor in his new push-to-pass maneuver in practice Friday is still to be seen. The Detroit Grand Prix street course is notoriously tight in some areas, and Power got into the back of Kyle Kirkwood and decided to just keep pushing him until he got to a point where he could pass Kirkwood. The contact did slight damage to the underwing of Kirkwood's car but Kirkwood still posted the fastest time by the end of the opening INDYCAR practice. "He stopped in the middle [of the turn] and I tried to go, and he didn't and I thought I might as well move him out of the way and get a gap and then finish my run," Power said. "I just moved him ... I don't have a problem with him. I didn't even know who it was. "I was just in the back of someone and I was like, 'He's off-throttle and I'll keep pushing him until he gets passed this [other] car, move him out of the way and go.'" Kirkwood wasn't mad but also said he hopes for some sort of sanction (which typically is a reduction of practice time). INDYCAR officials had not said anything as of Friday night if Power will lose any time Saturday. "Does it give him the right to push my car through a couple of corners and almost cause a wreck?" Kirkwood said. "I don't think so. ... I expect INDYCAR to do the right thing with that. I'm sure they'll do something. Who knows what? I have never seen that before." Kirkwood did have some fun (we think) on social media. "I get Will's frustration," Kirkwood said. "Everyone's stopped. I'm frustrated, too. But the difference is I'm not pushing guys, I'm not running into the back of guys. Everyone knows Will to get animated sometimes and that's another moment of it." The Andretti driver is the only driver not named Alex Palou to win this year. "We're fast, so I'm not frustrated," Andretti said. "We're quick. We're a team that is going to come here and try to win and do everything in our power to win, and we're not going to let anybody ruffle our feathers." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
San Francisco Chronicle
12 hours ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area sports calendar, May 31-June 1
SATURDAY BASEBALL 11a Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs MLB Net Noon A's at Toronto NBCSCA (95.7) 1p Giants at Miami NBCSBA (680, 104.5) 1p Milwaukee at Philadelphia FS1 4p N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers Channel 2 Channel 40 4:35p Minors: Grand Junction at Ballers (860) 7p Washington at Arizona FS1 COLLEGE BASEBALL NCAA tournament regionals 9a Wake Forest vs. Miami ESPN 9a South Carolina Upstate vs. Kentucky ESPN2 9a Binghamton vs. Oklahoma State ESPNU Noon Alabama vs. Southern Mississippi ESPN2 Noon Oregon State vs. TCU ESPNU Noon NC State vs. Coastal Carolina ACC Net 3p Florida vs. Fairfield SEC Net 3p Duke vs. Georgia SEC Net 3p West Virginia vs. Clemson ACC Net 3p Florida State vs. Mississippi State ESPN2 3p Oklahoma vs. North Carolina ESPNU 6p Texas-San Antonio vs. Texas SEC Net 6p St. Mary's vs. USC ESPN+ (streaming) 6p Columbia vs. Miami ACC Net 6p Louisville vs. Vanderbilt ESPN2 FOOTBALL Noon UFL: Houston at Michigan ESPN GOLF 4a DP World Tour: Austrian Alpine Open GOLF 11a PGA: The Memorial GOLF Noon U.S. Women's Open Channel 11 Channel 3 Channel 8 2:30p PGA: The Memorial Channel 5 Channel 13 Channel 46 HORSE RACING 11a America's Day at the Races FS1 MOTOR SPORTS 3:25a F1: Spanish Grand Prix practice ESPN2 5a Indy NXT: Detroit Grand Prix practice FS1 6a IndyCar: Detroit Grand Prix practice FS1 6:55a F1: Spanish Grand Prix qualifying ESPN2 8:30a Indy NXT: Detroit Grand Prix qualifying FS1 9a IndyCar: Detroit Grand Prix qualifying FS1 4:30p NASCAR Xfinity: Tennessee Lottery 250 Channel 4 NBA PLAYOFFS 5p East Finals, Game 6: New York at Indiana TNT TruTV (1050) SOCCER 11:30a MLS: Earthquakes at St. Louis Apple TV (streaming) (810) Noon UEFA Champions League: Internazionale at Paris Saint-Germain Channel 5 Channel 13 Channel 46 1p CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: Panama vs. Mexico FS2 2:30p Women's friendly: United States vs. China in St. Paul, Minn. TBS 4p Canadian Premier League: Halifax at York United FS2 7p USL Cup: Las Vegas at Sacramento Channel 40 7:30p USL Cup: Oakland Roots at AV Alta Channel 36 SOFTBALL Women's College World Series Noon Oklahoma vs. Texas Channel 7 Channel 10 4p Texas Tech vs. UCLA ESPN TENNIS 11a French Open TNT TruTV 2a Sun French Open Tennis Ch. 3a Sun French Open TNT TRACK AND FIELD 1p Grand Slam: Philadelphia Channel 4 SUNDAY BASEBALL 10a St. Louis at Texas Roku (streaming) 10:30a Boston at Atlanta MLB Net 10:30a A's at Toronto NBCSCA (960) 10:30a Giants at Miami NBCSBA (680, 104.5) 1p Grand Junction at Ballers (860) 4p N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers ESPN2 BOXING 3p TCL: Phoenix vs. Boston Channel 20 5:30p TCL: L.A. vs. Las Vegas Channel 20 COLLEGE BASEBALL NCAA tournament regionals 9a Teams TBA ESPN 9a Teams TBA ESPN2 9a Teams TBA ESPNU 9a Teams TBA ACC Net Noon Teams TBA ESPN Noon Teams TBA ESPN2 Noon Teams TBA ESPNU Noon Teams TBA ACC Net 6p Teams TBA ESPNU 7p Teams TBA ESPN2 FOOTBALL 7:10a European League: Vienna at Rhein Channel 50 9a UFL: Arlington at San Antonio Channel 7 Channel 10 Noon UFL: Birmingham at Memphis Channel 2 Channel 40 5p AF1: Orlando at Billings Vice GOLF 3:30a DP World Tour: Austrian Alpine Open GOLF 10a PGA: The Memorial GOLF 11a U.S. Women's Open Channel 11 Channel 3 Channel 8 11:30a PGA: The Memorial Channel 5 Channel 13 Channel 46 11:30a PGA Champions: Principal Charity Classic GOLF HORSE RACING Noon America's Day at the Races FS1 MOTOR SPORTS 6:30a IndyCar: Detroit Grand Prix warm-up FS1 7a FIM: MX2 Germany CBSSN 7:30a Indy NXT: Detroit Grand Prix FS1 8a FIM: MXGP Germany CBSSN 9:30a IndyCar: Detroit Grand Prix Channel 2 Channel 40 3p NHRA: New England Nationals Channel 2 Channel 40 3:30p NASCAR Cup: Cracker Barrel 400 Amazon Prime (streaming) SOCCER 10a CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: United States vs. Puerto Rico FS1 1p CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: Guyana vs. Costa Rica FS1 6p CONCACAF Champions Cup: Vancouver Whitecaps at Cruz Azul FS1 SOFTBALL Women's College World Series Noon Game 9: Teams TBD Channel 7 Channel 10 4p Game 10: Teams TBD ESPNU TENNIS 10a French Open Tennis Ch. 11a French Open TNT TruTV 2a Mon French Open Tennis Ch. TruTV 3a Mon French Open TNT TruTV Tennis Ch. TRACK AND FIELD Noon Grand Slam: Philadelphia Channel 4 WNBA 5:30p Minnesota at Valkyries Channel 44 (95.7)
