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Analysis: Palou remains unflappable -- but slappable -- in winning 3rd IndyCar title

Sep. 16, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Chip Ganassi likes winners — its his catchphrase, in case you didn't know — and his celebrations rarely deviate. At least that's what Alex Palou has learned after winning three IndyCar championships in the last four years for his boss. It starts with an...

Palou has a poor qualifying run that tightens IndyCar championship ahead of the finale

Sep. 14, 2024 20:51 PM EDT

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Alex Palou's poor qualifying run and pending engine penalty dramatically tightened the IndyCar championship race the day before the season finale at Nashville Superspeedway. Palou of Spain has a 33-point lead over Australian driver Will Power and needs only to...

Alex Palou survives early electrical issue to take IndyCar points lead into season finale

Sep. 01, 2024 18:39 PM EDT

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — Alex Palou was helpless as he sat in the cockpit of his disabled car watching his hold on the IndyCar championship slip away. The second of two races at the Milwaukee Mile was about to begin and the Spaniard's car suddenly lost power. He was...

Pato O'Ward blasts IndyCar leadership for not landing race in Mexico ahead of NASCAR

Aug. 31, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — The line for Pato O'Ward at every IndyCar autograph session snakes around corners, blocks the entrances for other drivers and pretty much shames his rivals. When his Arrow McLaren Racing team tries to debrief at the track, fans of the 25-year-old Mexican...

Colton Herta dominates in Toronto for first IndyCar victory in more than 2 years

Jul. 21, 2024 23:45 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Colton Herta won the chaotic Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday for his first victory in more than two years, starting from the pole and maintaining control throughout at Exhibition Place. The 24-year-old American completed the first weekend sweep in IndyCar history,...

Colton Herta takes pole for IndyCar street race in Toronto

Jul. 20, 2024 17:56 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Colton Herta took the IndyCar pole position Saturday on the Exhibition Place street course, turning a lap at 59.5431 seconds. Trying to win for the first time this season, the Andretti Global driver will start alongside Andretti teammate Kyle Kirkwood on Sunday,...

Iowa Speedway's repaving could change Newgarden's dominance

Jul. 12, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Josef Newgarden’s recent run of success at Iowa Speedway might have been buried under the partial repaving the .875-mile oval underwent in the spring. It’s why Newgarden thinks this weekend’s IndyCar Series doubleheader is “to be determined.” ...