Palou wins the 2026 IndyCar Barber GP for the second year in a row after battles with Lundgaard, Schumacher and Hauger.
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Palou details “suffering” with lap traffic to win 2026 IndyCar Barber GP

Alex Palou took to Victory Lane at the 2026 IndyCar Barber GP for the second year in a row. Christian Lundgaard and Graham Rahal were neck-and-neck for second, but it was the Spaniard who converted his pole into a win this weekend. During the IndyCar Barber GP, the 28-year-old lost some time by battling with…

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Álex Palou wins the IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park ahead of Lundgaard and Rahal.
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IndyCar | Race | Barber | Palou wins after Lundgaard suffers disaster pit stop

With Álex Palou and David Malukas starting from the first row, the IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park has all the ingredients to get off to an exciting start. Will Power has to come from the back after a big shunt in qualifying, whereas championship leader Kyle Kirkwood has to come from fifth place. Early…

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Álex Palou set the pace in IndyCar Practice 2 at Barber Motorsports Park, with a competitive field close behind, before a late crash for Scott McLaughlin brought the session to an end.
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IndyCar | Practice 2 | Barber | Palou on top as scary McLaughlin crash disrupts session

Álex Palou set the pace in IndyCar Practice 2 at Barber Motorsports Park, with a competitive field close behind, before a late crash for Scott McLaughlin brought the session to an end. After a closely contested opening session at the IndyCar Series Barber round, Scott McLaughlin set the early benchmark in Practice 1, narrowly edging…

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Alex Palou races around Barber Motorsports Park during Sunday’s race in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Photo Credit: Penske Entertainment | Chris Owens

Alex Palou speeds into the month of May with a “perfect” IndyCar victory at Barber

This weekend at Barber Motorsports Park was definitely one for the books. Following in Scott McLaughlin’s footsteps, Alex Palou scored a victory from pole position at the Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix. Following his success in qualifying on Saturday which ended with the NTT P1 Award, Palou showed great consistency leading 81 laps out of…

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Praise for Penske after Scott McLaughlin dominates Barber IndyCar race: “So proud of the execution, the way that the team stuck together”

Scott McLaughlin converted his pole position at Barber Motorsports Park into a commanding victory, despite a late caution and an agressive strategy choice by his team. Looking back on the race, the Penske-driver was proud of how his team executed the race and how they stuck together.

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Scott McLaughlin elated with IndyCar Barber pole position: “A nice little reward” after losing St. Petersburg podium earlier in the week

Scott McLaughlin grabbed his first pole position of the season yesterday at Barber Motorsports Park, besting teammate Will Power, who for the second race in succession had to settle for second. Crossing the alternate start/finish line the Kiwi was clearly very happy with the result, cheering loudly on the team radio.

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Newgarden emotionally opens up on his IndyCar rule breach at St. Pete: “I want to be held accountable for what I did”

The biggest cheating scandal in years has hit IndyCar in the past few days, following the disqualification of Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin from the St. Petersburg round. Team Penske was in fact caught manipulating the overtake software system, with the two drivers able to use push to pass at all race starts and restarts….

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