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VeeKay: Top-10 finish at IndyCar St. Pete felt “like a win” for Dale Coyne Racing

The 2025 IndyCar season roared to life on the streets of St. Petersburg, with plenty of action, strategy, and standout performances. Among them was Rinus VeeKay, who delivered a strong race for Dale Coyne Racing (DCR), securing the team’s first top-10 finish since Portland 2023. His ninth-place result not only marked a positive start to…

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Dennis Hauger “didn’t expect” such a dominant start to 2025 Indy NXT season at St. Pete

Dennis Hauger was simply sensational as he dominated on his Indy NXT debut at St. Pete last weekend as the 2025 season got going. Fastest in FP1, second in FP2, taking pole in qualifying, controlling the race: it was a masterclass. Dennis Hauger left a bit surprised by his dominant start to the 2025 Indy…

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Newgarden during the St. Pete round
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Newgarden says P3 a “great day” at St. Pete IndyCar round after “two fuel miscues”

Overall it was a positive St. Pete round for Penske’s Josef Newgarden. The two-time defending Indy 500 winner managed to fight his way up after missing the Fast 6. He was even in contention to win again as he was less than half a second of distance from eventual race winner Alex Palou at one…

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IndyCar 2025 championship standings and results after St. Pete
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IndyCar 2025 championship standings and results after St. Pete

The 2025 IndyCar season is underway following a fascinating race St. Pete on Sunday, and it’s the usual suspects at the sharp end in the championship standings for the most part. Three-time champion Alex Palou of Spain kick-started his title defence in style by winning. The CGR driver is aiming for a third consecutive title…

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Palou winning the IndyCar Race at St. Petersburg
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IndyCar | Race | St. Pete | Palou beats Dixon to season-opening victory

IndyCar is officially back! The 2025 IndyCar season begins with a street race in St. Pete and recently renewed Penske driver Scott McLaughlin starting from pole position ahead of Herta and Rosenqvist. Dixon can never be disregarded, and today he is the best starting Ganassi driver from P6, next to the other Andretti drivers and…

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Scott McLaughlin takes home Pole position St. Pete season opener.
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IndyCar | Qualifying | St. Pete | McLaughlin takes home first pole of the season

After an exciting Qualifying session, Scott McLaughlin took home the first pole position of the season in St. Pete. Following a competitive FP2 session where Marcus Ericsson topped the timesheets, expectations were high heading into today’s qualifying. The Swede had led a remarkably close field, with Rinus VeeKay impressing in second for Dale Coyne Racing…

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Indy NXT | Qualifying | St. Pete | Hauger storms to pole on debut as Andretti take 1-2, full report and results
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Indy NXT | Qualifying | St. Pete | Hauger storms to pole on debut as Andretti take 1-2

Indy NXT qualifying at St. Pete is in the books, full report and results below as the 2025 season kicks off. The fastest time across the two groups would guarantee pole position, with the others from that one starting 3rd, 5th, 7th and so on. Group 1 Drivers in the first group: Hauger, Collet, de…

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Ericsson during FP2 at St. Pete
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IndyCar | FP2 | St. Pete | Ericsson leads from Veekay and Palou in a fragmented session

It’s time for the second practice session of the weekend. Yesterday two times race winner Kyle Kirkwood had impressed and signed the fastest lap time, will he manage to remain on top of FP2 at St. Pete or will someone else snatch that top spot, maybe even recently resigned McLaughlin? Early red flag All drivers…

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