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Indy 500: TV schedule, starting grid, betting odds, storylines, weather and more

The famed 'Month of May' concludes this Sunday with the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. Team Penske's Josef Newgarden is aiming to become the first driver ever to win three consecutive Indy 500s, but to do so, he'll have to do it from the final row of the grid. Robert Schwartzman will lead the field to the green flag after becoming the first rookie since 1983 to win the pole. Eight former Indy 500 winners are in the 2025 field, combining for 13 victories in the previous 108 editions of the race. Advertisement Here's what to know ahead of the 2025 Indy 500: 2025 Indy 500 TV schedule All times ET Friday, May 23 11 a.m.: Carb Day final practice (FS1) Sunday, May 25 10 a.m.: Pre-race show (Fox) 12:20 p.m.: National anthem (Fox) 12:45 p.m.: 109th Indy 500 (Fox) 2025 Indy 500 details Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile low-banked squared oval) in Speedway, Indiana Banking: Turns - 9.2 degrees | Straights - flat Race length: 200 laps for 500 miles Fuel window: 30-35 green flag laps Top storylines for the 2025 Indy 500 Penske penalties: All three Team Penske Chevys made it into last Sunday's Fast 12 qualifying round for a shot at the pole, but one crashed in the morning practice and two others were removed after failing inspection. The cars driven by Newgarden and Will Power were each found to have an illegally modified attenuator, which is the rear-end crash structure. The attenuator is a spec part that by rule cannot be modified. Advertisement Larson and "The Double": For the second straight year, 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson will attempt "The Double" — running the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, which take place just hours apart in Indiana and North Carolina in two very different types of race car. Larson admirably qualified fifth for the Indy 500 last year but rain delayed the start of the race by four hours. He finished 18th and immediately boarded a plane bound for Charlotte, but in an ironic twist of fate, the same weather system that delayed the start in Indianapolis curtailed his attempt to at least jump into his Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet in the late stages of the Coca-Cola 600. He'll start 19th for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Sensational Schwartzman: Only two times in the 108-year history of Indianapolis 500 had a rookie ever qualified first for the race. Until last Sunday. Schwartzman, racing for Prema, became the first Indy debutant since Teo Fabi in 1983 to win the pole position. What's more — it's his first time driving an oval in his professional career after coming up through the European karting and Formulae system, while also driving endurance cars on the side. 109th Indy 500 starting grid Row 1 Robert Schwartzman, Prema Racing-Chevrolet Takuma Sato, RLL Racing-Honda Pato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet Advertisement Row 2 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank Racing-Honda Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Row 3 David Malukas, AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet Marcus Ericsson, Andretti-Global-Honda Row 4 Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske-Chevrolet Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet Alexander Rossi, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet Row 5 Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet Santino Ferrucci, AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet Row 6 Devlin DeFrancesco, RLL Racing-Honda Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet Advertisement Row 7 Kyle Larson, Arrow McLaren/Hendrick-Chevrolet Louis Foster, RLL Racing-Honda Callum Ilott, Prema Racing-Chevrolet Row 8 Helio Castroneves, Meyer Shank Racing-Honda Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global-Honda Nolan Siegel, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet Row 9 Ryan Hunter-Reay, DRR-Cusick Motorsports-Chevrolet Jack Harvey, DRR-Cusic Motorsports-Chevrolet Colton Herta, Andretti Global-Honda Row 10 Graham Rahal, RLL Racing-Honda Marco Andretti, Andretti Global/Curb Agajanian-Honda Marcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank Racing-Honda Row 11 Rinus Veekay, Dale Coyne Racing-Honda Josef Newgarden, Team Penske-Chevrolet Will Power, Team Penske-Chevrolet Indy 500 betting odds Despite the 32nd starting spot, Newgarden has the fifth-best odds to win entering the weekend – likely due to his status as the two-time defending race winner. Pato O'Ward, having posted two second-place finishes at the Speedway in addition to a fourth and sixth, enters with the best odds at 5-to-1. Runaway championship leader Alex Palou and six-time series champion Scott Dixon are among the top favorites behind O'Ward. Advertisement Odds courtesy of BetMGM Pato O'Ward +500 Alex Palou +600 Scott Dixon +700 Scott McLaughlin +800 Josef Newgarden +1200 Takuma Sato +1300 Felix Rosenqvist +1500 Weather for the 109th Indy 500 The race day forecast calls for partially cloudy skies with a high temperature of 67 degrees. There is a 25 percent chance of precipitation. Last year's race was infamously delayed by rain for four hours, which ultimately cost Kyle Larson his chance at running 'The Double.'