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May 1 - Heroic American, Alex Zanardi died at age 59.  He was an F1 driver,
two-time CART champion and a paralympic gold medallist.
Sunday  May 24th                           DAY 9                                The INDY 500
Tuesday May 12th                             DAY 1                              Opening Day - Practice
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Friday
Sunday
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17
May 18
May 22
May 24
INDEX
Wednesday May 13th                              DAY 2                                Indy 500 Open Practice
Thursday May 14th                                DAY 3                                Indy 500 Open Practice
Friday May 15th                                   DAY 4                      Indy 500 Fast Friday Practice
Saturday May 16th                                DAY 5                    Indy 500 - First Day of Qualifying
Sunday May 17th                               DAY 6                        Indy 500 Pole Day Qualifying
Monday May 18th                             DAY 7                                  Indy 500 Practice
Friday  May 22nd                             DAY 8                                 CARB DAY      
Kyle Kirkwood
Caio Collet
Helio Castroneves
Takuma Sato
Christian Rasmussen
Louis Foster
Kyffin Simpson
Jack Harvey
Alex Palou
Jacob Abel
Katherine Legge
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Scott Dixon
Christian Lundgaard
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Ed Carpenter
Rinus VeeKay
Scott McLaughlin
Nolan Siegel
Graham Rahal
Josef Newgarden
Will Power
Felix Rosenqvist
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Santino Ferrucci
Marcus Ericsson
Conor Daly
Mick Schumacher
Romain Grosjean
Marcus Armstrong
Pato O’Ward
David Malukas
Alexander Rossi
Dennis Hauger
Sting Ray Robb
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Indianapolis 500 2026 Qualifying Order
Drivers in the Top 12
- Felix Rosenqvist
- David Malukas
- Conor Daly
- Scott McLaughlin
- Rinus VeeKay
- Alex Rossi
- Caio Collet
- Scott Dixon
- Pato O'Ward
- Santino Ferrucci
- Alex Palou
- Kyffin Simpson
Team
MSR
Penske
Dreyer
Penske
Juncos
ECR
AJ Foyt
Ganassi
McLaren
AJ Foyt
Ganassi
Ganassi
After the practice session ended, there was a blind draw to determine qualifying order
for tomorrow. Drivers hope to draw a low number so they can make a qualifying
attempt before the track heats up in the afternoon.  Below is the results of the draw.
#10 ALEX PALOU
GANASSI
#20 ALEXANDER ROSSI
ECR
#12 DAVID MALUKAS
PENSKE
#60 FELIX ROSENQVIST
MSR
#14 SANTINO FERRUCCI
AJ FOYT
#5 PATO O'WARD
MCLAREN
#8 KYFFIN SIMPSON
GANASSI
#23 CONOR DALY
DREYER & REINBOLD
#3 SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN
PENSKE
#4 CAIO COLLET
AJ FOYT
#9 SCOTT DIXON
GANASSI
#76 RINUS VEEKAY
JUNCOS HOLLINGER
#75 TAKUMA SATO
RLL
#33 ED CARPENTER
ECR
#06 HELIO CASTRONEVES
MSR w/Curb Agajanian
#21 CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN
ECR
#66 MARCUS ARMSTRONG
MSR w/Curb Aganjanian
#28 MARCUM ERICSSON
ANDRETTI
#7 CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD
MCLAREN
#26 WILL POWER
ANDRETTI
#6 NOLAN SIEGEL
MCLAREN
#45 LOUIS FOSTER
RLL
#31 RYAN HUNTER-REAY
MCLAREN
#2 JOSEF NEWGARDEN
PENSKE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
#18 ROMAIN GROSJEAN
DALE COYNE
#27 KYLE KIRKWOOD
ANDRETTI
#11 KATHERINE LEGGE
HMD w/AJ FOYT
#47 MICK SCHUMACHER
RLL
#24 JACK HARVEY
DREYER & REINBOLD
#15 GRAHAM RAHAL
RLL
#19 DENNIS HAUGER
DALE COYNE
#77 STING RAY ROBB
JUNCOS HOLLINGER
#51 JACOB ABEL
ABEL
9
10
11
revised INDY 500 STARTING GRID
ROW
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15*
May 17*
May  18
May 22
Alex Palou
Conor Daly
Pato O'Ward
Felix Rosenqvist
Christian Rasmussen
Josef Newgarden
Josef Newgarden
225.937
228.080
227.308
233.372
232.255
226.198
228.342
Date
Driver
Speed MPH
FASTEST LAP SPEED IN PRACTICE
May 18
May 18
May 18
Rossi
O'Ward
Grosjean
All 3 drivers involved in same Turn 2 crash.
Rossi injured ankle and finger.
Oher drivers ok.
PRACTICE MISHAPS THIS MONTH
* With Qualifying TurboBoost
500 Festival Mini-Marathon Results

May 2 - It was a cold morning for the 13.1-mile foot race that started and ended in downtown Indianapolis
and included a lap around the Indy Motor Speedway!  There were approximately 30,000 runners.

The overall winner was James Quattlebaum, from Greenville SC, with a time of 1:02.27.
The fastest female was Rebecca Schmitt, from Edgewood NM, with a time of 1:10:10.
With a time of 1:20:22, 11-year-old Ben Dick is believed to be the fastest ever recorded for his age.
Five former cross country runners from Anderson University broke a Guinness World Record
for the "Fastest Half Marathon in a Five-Person Costume" with a time of 1:25.50.
The team consisted of Zach Burton, Kaid Hutchinson, Zachary Davenport, Ian Leatherman and
David Lane.  The previous record was 1:48:59.
James Quattlebaum
Rebecca Schmitt
Ben Dick
May 10 - Due to exactly 33 cars entered for the Indy 500, there will be no
bumping during qualifying.  Consequently, qualifying procedures have been
changed.  See the new - Indy 500 Qualifying Procedutes
Practice began with sunny skies and 66 degrees.
It warmed up to mid 70s during the afternoon.
All cars made it out on track today.

Marcus Armstrong held the fastest speed
throughout the day until Happy Hour, when Alex
Palou came out and ran 225.937 mph.

Alex Rossi ran the most laps - 116.
Rookie Dennis Hauger ran the least laps - 12.

DAY 1 PRACTICE RESULTS
On Opening Day each year, Thirty-three
immigrants come to the Speedway to be sworn
in and become U.S. citizens.

The annual naturalization ceremony is held right
on the yard of bricks on Pagoda Plaza.  This
year they represented 20 different countries.

The wife of Alex Rossi hails from Canada. She
was among those who received US citiszenship.
May 13 - All 235,000 reserved seats for the Indy 500 has sold out for the
second year in a row!
Ed Carpenter Indy 500 Livery
Indy 500 Livery for Marcus Armstrong (Meyer Shank Racing)
New American Citizens
Weather is a bit cooler and less sunny than yesterday.
Temperature in the mid 60s.

Scott McLaughlin and Ed Carpenter cars had new
engines installed.

Katherine Legge announced she will be running The
Double!  The Double is when a driver races in both the
INDY 500 and Nascar's Coke 600 on the same day.
Legge is the first woman and the first non-American to
attempt the double as well as the oldest.
Katherine Legge
AJ Foyt Racing
Katherine Legge's Shiny 500 Entry
Indy 500 Livery for Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
Indy 500 Livery for Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren)
Indy 500 Livery for Nolan Siegel (Arrow McLaren)
Conor Daly was fastest at 228.080 mph.
Palou was second quickest and ran the most laps today - 118.
Sting Ray Robb ran the fewest laps - 44.

DAY 2 PRACTICE RESULTS
Conor Daly - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
DRIVERS WHO ATTEMPTED THE DOUBLE
JOHN ANDRETTI - 1994
TONY STEWART - 1999 & 2001
ROBBY GORDON - 2000, 2002-2004
KURT BUSCH - 2014
KYLE LARSON - 2025
It was sunny and 62-64 degrees.

Pato O'Ward was fastest - 227.308 mph.
Alex Rossi ran the most laps - 68.
Jack Harvey ran the fewest - 16.

DAY 3 PRACTICE RESULTS
May 15 - Tickets to the new IndyCar Washington D.C. race can be requested
between May 29 - June 7 through Ticketmaster.  These free general admission
tickets will be handed out in a random drawing.  MORE INFORMATION
It rained this morning.  The day was overcast with
a temperature of 64-degrees.

A monster truck was revealed at IMS that will
attempt to break the speed record Sunday.
The current record is 101.84 mph.

Scott McLaughlin held the fastest time until after
6 p.m. when the track cooled down.

Felix Rosenqvist ended up being fastest with a
lap at 233.372 mph.

DAY 4 PRACTICE RESULTS
Pato O'Ward Signs A Shoe
#33 Ed Carpenter - Ed Carpenter Racing
#3 Scott McLaughlin - Team Penske
#31 Ryan Hunter-Reay - Arrow McLaren
#26 Will Power - Andretti Global
Due to exactly 33 cars entered for the Indy 500, there will be no
bumping during qualifying.  Consequently, qualifying procedures have
been changed.  See the new - Indy 500 Qualifying Procedutes

The one-hour morning practice was cancelled due to rain.

Qualifying was supposed to begin at 11 a.m, but continued rain
through the afternoon has postponed Indy 500 Qualifying to tomorrow.
Firestone Firehawk Polishes Borg-Warner Trophy
Felix Rosenqvist Was Fastest Today
Scott Dixon - Chip Ganassi Racing Garage
Sarah Fisher and Katherine Legge
INDIANAPOLIS WEATHER RADAR - FROM LOCAL NBC AFFILIATE WTHR
Qualifying scheduled for yesterday will be run today.
Due to the time parameters needed for “knockout rounds,” initial qualifying runs
will determine positions 13-33, with the fastest 12 qualifiers continuing directly to
a Top 12 round.  There will not be a Top 15 session, as originally planned.

The order of Top 12 begins in reverse of qualifying speeds from the cars’ initial
qualifying attempts (12, 11, 10, 9, etc).  Each car will have one attempt.  Those
finishing seventh through 12th will fill out starting positions 7-12 according to their
time and speed.

The fastest six will advance to the next round of “500” qualifying and the Firestone
Fast Six to determine positions one through six.

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Takuma Sato brushed the wall, but had the second fastest time during morning
practice.

SUNDAY MORNING PRACTICE RESULTS

Qualifying began at noon.  Weather was sunny and 78 degrees.
All drivers were able to make a qualifying run before 3 p.m.
The fastest 12 will advance to Top 12 Qualifying at 4 p.m.
The remaining drivers' starting positions (13-33) are now set.

It was hot and windy on the track.
Teams used different strategies with the hybrid power boost - some only using it
on the last lap, while others used it sporadically throughout their four laps.

After their Top 12 qualifying laps, all the drivers said how hard it was, they had to
work their tools and hang on.

Felix Rosenqvist was fastest of the dozen, with a 4-lap average speed of
232.065 mph.

Six drivers move on to the Fast 6 Qualifier, which will determines the order of the
first two rows and who starts on pole.
Drivers in the FAST 6
- Felix Rosenqvist
- David Malukas
- Alex Rossi
- Pato O'Ward
- Santino Ferrucci
- Alex Palou
Team
MSR
Penske
ECR
McLaren
AJ Foyt
Ganassi
Reigning 500 Winner Alex Palou won the pole.

This weekend's qualifying was much different than normal.
Usually, after securing a qualifying run on Saturday, the drivers have the rest of that
day to make more attempts to improve their times.  This time, 21 drivers were stuck
with their first qualifying attempt, while the fastest 12 moved on to Top 12 qualifying.

The Indy 500 Grid is now set.
The 500 Festival announced Hailey Ready of
Greenwood, Indiana, as the 2026 500 Festival
Queen Scholar. The announcement was made
during the annual Mayors Breakfast, held at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway this morning.

Hailey is a senior at Marian University and is
pursuing a degree in Biology and English.

She was selected from 33 500 Princesses, who
represented 19 Indiana colleges and 21 cities
and town across Indiana.

These exceptional women were selected for
their academic excellence, community
engagement, leadership, and deep Hoosier pride.
#12 David Malukas - Team Penske
Will Start Outside of Front Row
#20 - Alexander Rossi - Ed Carpenter Racing
Will Start Middle of Front Row
During an overcast 80-degree afternoon, the IndyCars came out for a two-hour
practice session.

About a half-hour into the session the first accident of the week happened, and it
was a big one.

As Alex Rossi was going into Turn 2, his back-end came around on him and he spun
into the wall.

There were a line of cars behind him, all at speed.  Pato O'Ward let off the gas and
his car spun and slammed hard into Rossi's car, which had bounced off the wall and
almost flipped over.  O'Ward then slid across the track hitting the inside wall.  

Romain Grosjean, hit his brakes, spun, hit the outside wall and slid across the track.

Debris was scattered all over the track.

With skill and luck, the rest of the drivers in the group missed hitting them or losing
control.

Rossi looked shaken when he got out of the car.  O'Ward and Grosjean were soon
released from the infield hospital.
UPDATES:
The Dale Coyne Racing Honda #18 of Romain Grosjean will be repaired for the
race.

Pato O'Ward will race a backup car and get a new engine.  He will retain his 2nd
row starting position.

Alex Rossi was taken to the hospital and had out-patient surgery on his ankle and
a finger on his left hand.  If medical staff determines he can race in the Indy 500,
he will use a backup car with a new engine and retain his front row starting position.

However, if Rossi cannot drive in the race, another driver will be selected to
replace him and will have to start on the last row in 31st position.  In addition, he
will need to complete a refresher session.
After qualifying, IndyCar Officiating penalized two drivers for having unapproved
parts on their cars.

#4 Caio Collet (AJ Foyt Racing) and #24 Jack Harvey (Dreyer & Reinbold
Racing) have their qualifying times stricken, moving them to the back of the grid.

Collet, who qualified  10th, will now start 32nd and lost his qualifying points for making the Top 12.
Harvey, who qualified 29th, will now start 33rd.
MONDAY PRACTICE TIMES

The session resumed for a little while, but was soon stopped due to weather.
O'Ward Slid Into Rossi
Rossi Contacts Wall While O'Ward Starts Spin
Rossi Wrecked Car
Rain was forecast for the afternoon, however it held off long enough to get the two-hour practice
session ran.

Alex Rossi participated with his backup car.  He wore a brace on his right foot and needed crutches.
He turned 48 laps and will race Sunday.
Josef Newgarden was fastest during practice with a speed of 228.342 mph.

FINAL 500 PRACTICE TIMES



The Pit Stop Competition had to be stopped due to rain.

The Carb Day concert was held even though it was raining.
The headliner was Counting Crows.
Crippled Alex Rossi
110th Indianapolis 500 Post-Race Notes

  • This was the first career Indianapolis 500 victory for Felix Rosenqvist in his eighth career
  “500” start.
  • Felix Rosenqvist won today by .0233 of a second over David Malukas, the closest finish in
   “500” history. The previous closest finish came in 1992 when Al Unser Jr. beat Scott
   Goodyear by .043 of a second.
  • Today’s race featured an event-record 70 lead changes. The previous record was 68, in
   2013.
  • Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian earned its second Indianapolis 500 victory. Helio
   Castroneves earned his record-tying fourth “500” win for the team in 2021.
  • This year's finish marks the fifth time in “500” history that the driver leading the race lost
   on the last lap.

It was 90 years ago ...
That the tradition of the Indy 500 race winner began getting a glass of milk.
That the Borg-Warner Trophy debuted.
That the Pace Car was awarded to the race winner for the first time.
The race sold out.  330,000 people attended the Greatest Spectacle in Racing -
The largest one day sporting event in the world.

The race started on time and the fear of a rain-out proved unfounded.
There were a couple of short caution periods during the race for sprinkles.

Ryan Hunter-Reay lost control and wrecked on Lap 17, which caused Katherine Legge to
swerve hard to miss him, which caused her to crash too.

Ed Carpenter had been running in 15th when he crashed after a restart on Lap 26 and hit the
Turn 1 wall.

Alex Rossi was swapping the lead at the start of the race with Alex Palou, but had to retire
on lap 91 with engine problems.

Josef Newgarden was running in 4th, but then made a mistake on a restart and hit the safer
barrier hard in Turn 4, ending his race on Lap 124.

Rookie Caio Collet had an up and down day, leading the race early, going a lap down, and
then moving up to 11th.  He put it in the Turn 4 wall with nine laps to go!  Lots of fire came
from the car as he rebounded off the wall.

That accident brought out the red flag.  

After the restart, with just a few laps to go, rookie Mick Schumacher brushed the wall, and,
though he kept going, a caution flag came out.  

The race went green for the final time with 1 lap to go.   David Malukas led in his #12
Penske Chevy and seemed to have the race won, but Felix Rosenqvist decided to floor it
and risk passing cars on the outside through turns 3 & 4. Gaining momentum, he was able to
catch Malukas and nosed ahead of him at the last second!  It was the closest finish in history!
The New Indianapolis 500 Winner
Felix Roseqnvist
Swedish - Age 34
Races for Meyer Shank Racing
Became a father three weeks ago.
CLOSEST FINISH IN 500 HISTORY!
24 y/o David Malukas was devastated.  
He finished 2nd in last year's Indy 500 too.
UPDATES:

Alex Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing received a post-race technical inspection penalty - the
front wing on the No. 19 failed the height measurement. IndyCar Officiating determined that the
non-compliance was the result of an assembly error and not an intentional modification. Car No.
10 was penalized five championship driver and entrant points and the team was fined $10,000.

Katherine Legge flew to Charlotte from Indy and then competed in the Coca-cola 600 after
competing in the Indy 500.  She finished in 31st, the last car still running and 12 laps down at
the Nascar event.

Josef Newgarden injured his left foot in his crash which the doctor called minor.  He showed up
at Detroit Friday wearing a brace on it.

The race purse increased $10 million over last year.  The winner received $4.3 million of the
$30,906,400 race purse.
Winning Car - No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Sirius/XM Radio Honda
Sonsio Grand Prix at IMS

May 9 - Alex Palou was significantly faster than
other Indycar drivers in yesterday's practice.
Graham Rahal, Kyle Kirkwood and Felix
Rosenqvist were the next fastest.  Rain fell hard
in the afternoon, washing out Indycar qualifying.  

Before that happened, Indy NXT got a race in that
began dry, but ended in the wet.  Enzo Fittipaldi
charged from 10th and outdueled Lochie Hughes
for the win, adding to the Fittipaldi legacy at the
speedway.  Enzo's grandfather Emerson
Fittipaldi won two Indy 500s and his cousin
Christian Fittipaldi, with Joao Barbosa, won the
2014 Brickyard Grand Prix sports car race.

A USF 2000 race was won by Anthony Martella.
Enzo Fittipaldi Won Indy NXT Race 1
The weather was perfect on Saturday - sunny and
72-degrees.

The morning Indycar warmup sessions was
replaced with Indycar qualifying.  Palou easily
captured the pole with a margin of 0.5475
seconds.  This was his 3rd pole in a row at this
event.

The USF 2000 and USF 2000 Pro series both held
two races over the morning and early afternoon.
Jacob Douglas and Jack Jeffers won the USF
Pro races and Sebastian Garzon and Brad
Majman won the last two USF 2000 races.

Series rookie Tymek Kucharczyk, earned his first
career victory by holding off Max Taylor to win
the second Indy NXT race of the weekend.  The
young Pole has finished in the Top 5 of all races
this season.

SONSIO GRAND PRIX
There was a pile up at the first turn on the first lap
of the race, which isn't unusual for the Sonsio
Grand Prix.  This time it happened at the front of
the field, scattering cars in all directions.  It was
caused by Rosenqvist who came into the turn too
hot.  Some cars sought repairs, but all were ready
at the restart.

On Lap 27 of 85, an accident in Turn 13, among
three drivers, knocked Rosenqvist out of the race.

Christian Lundgaard passed David Malukas for
the lead on Lap 68 and held on to win the Sonsio
Grand Prix.
Tymek Kucharczyk Won Indy NXT Race 2
Christian Lundgaard Won Sonsio Grand Prix