Alex Palou takes his 2nd career Indianapolis 500 pole and will lead the field to green! This marks Chip Ganassi Racing’s 6th Indy 500 pole position. After all of Saturday’s practice and qualifying sessions were rained out, everything was pushed to Sunday with an updated qualifying format. Each driver had one qualifying attempt in draw order to set positions 13–33, while the top 12 advanced to the Fast 12 session. Those 12 drivers then had one more run to determine who advance

Corey Day captured his second win of the season in dramatic fashion at Dover Motor Speedway, winning in his first-ever start at the Monster Mile. Stage 1 Brandon Jones (#20) took the Stage 1 victory over Ross Chastain (#9). The only caution of the stage came on lap 12, when Crews (#19) bounced off the wall, triggering a domino effect that left both Jeb Burton (#27) and Retzlaff (#99) with heavily damaged cars. Jones grabbed the lead on the restart and controlled the remainder

Ryan Blaney survives multiple pit-road issues to fend off Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick’s bid for four consecutive wins. The No. 20 of Christopher Bell had to settle for second after leading a race-high 176 laps. Team Penske completed the Desert Double after Josef Newgarden won the IndyCar race on Saturday. The story of the race was simple: survival. There were 12 total cautions, many of them caused by tire failures, turning the event into a battle of attrition. Stage 1