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The only practice for round 8 of the 2026 Indy NXT season in Gateway has been completed, view the full results here. Round 7 in Detroit saw Enzo Fittipaldi take the victory after a chaotic race on the streets of Detroit. Myles Rowe and Tymek Kucharczyk completed the podium, while Fittipaldi left the weekend as…
The entire IndyCar field resumes racing after championship leader Alex Palou displayed his dominance once again in Detroit, as drivers brace for Practice 1 in Gateway. Several drivers are battling with health issues, with Romain Grosjean undergoing surgery following his Detroit collision with Rossi, still recovering from his pre-500 health issues. Among the first drivers…
IndyCar Practice 1 at Gateway ahead of round 9 of the 2026 season has been completed, view the full results here. Ahead of the session, Arrow McLaren announced that Ryan Hunter-Reay would become the team’s Sporting Director. Earlier in the week, ECR confirmed Christian Rasmussen had signed a new multi-year contract to stay in the…
Ed Carpenter Racing (ECR) have announced that one-time race winner Christian Rasmussen has agreed a new multi-year deal with the team into 2027 and beyond in the IndyCar series. It has been a difficult start to 2026 for the Dane. He currently lies 24th in points, second last of the full-time entries this campaign. The…
Kyle Kirkwood maintained his second place in the 2026 IndyCar standings with a second place at the Detroit GP. It was a sterling race for the Andretti Autosport driver from P6 at the start. He would lead five laps and challenge for the lead late. After the race Kirkwood plainly said of the afternoon: “it…
Amidst 6 full-course cautions, Alex Palou takes his third street course win of the 2026 season at the Detroit Grand Prix. From pole position, he charged ahead of the field, closely followed by street-course specialist Kyle Kirkwood, who took P2 at the checkered flag. In spite of his top standing at the finish, all was…
It’s time to go racing around the tight and twisty streets of the Motor City for the Detroit GP! Alex Palou starts on pole, his third in a row following the Indy500 and IMS road course races. However, Andretti isn’t far behind, and with a stellar record around these city streets, Power and Kirkwood are…
The 2026 IndyCar Detroit GP is complete, view the full race results below. During Qualifying in Detroit, Alex Palou scored his third consecutive pole position of the season. Palou started the race ahead of Will Power and Scott McLaughlin. Indy 500 winner Felix Rosenqvist started the race from P16. After crashing during Qualifying, runner-up David Malukas started the…
Round 7 of the 2026 Indy NXT season is in the books as the race at Detroit has been completed, view the full results here. For the fifth time in 2026, Alessandro de Tullio started on pole position as he went fastest by the slimmest of margins from Tymek Kucharczyk in Group 1. Max Taylor…
2-tenths, quicker than the blink of an eye. That’s the margin by which Alex Palou took his historic third pole position in a row, at the Detroit GP. Following a tough Indy500, where he was leading the race and lost due to strategy and picked up a post-race penalty, Palou looked on fire in the…
