IndyCar Fast Facts: Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — There have been 5 winners within the first 9 NTT IndyCar Sequence races this season.

Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, Barber Motorsports Park, Streets of Lengthy Seaside and Streets of Detroit), Josef Newgarden (Phoenix Raceway, World Broad Know-how Raceway), Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Arlington), Christian Lundgaard (Indianapolis Motor Speedway highway course) and Felix Rosenqvist (Indianapolis 500).

The XPEL Grand Prix at Highway America Introduced by AMR would be the thirty seventh IndyCar Sequence occasion performed at Highway America because it hosted its first IndyCar occasion in 1982. Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi and Alex Palou have three wins, essentially the most by an IndyCar Sequence driver on the monitor.

Alex Palou’s three wins are essentially the most by an energetic driver at Highway America. Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden and Will Energy have every gained twice at Highway America.

Different earlier Highway America winners entered embrace Alexander Rossi and Felix Rosenqvist.

• Eight drivers have gained the Highway America race from the pole: Mario Andretti (1983, 1984,1987), Danny Sullivan (1989), Paul Tracy (1993), Jacques Villeneuve (1995), Bruno Junqueira (2003), Sebastien Bourdais (2007), Will Energy (2016) and Josef Newgarden (2018).

• The driving force who has gone on to win the championship has gained at Highway America 10 occasions: Mario Andretti (1984), Michael Andretti (1991), Jacques Villeneuve (1995), Alex Zanardi (1997), Cristiano da Matta (2002), Sebastien Bourdais (2007), Scott Dixon (2020) and Alex Palou (2021, 2023, 2025).

• Scott Dixon and Will Energy have competed in 13 earlier races at Highway America, most of any driver. Sixteen entered drivers have led laps on the monitor: Josef Newgarden 159, Will Energy 76, Scott Dixon 70, Alexander Rossi 70, Pato O’Ward 43, Scott McLaughlin 26, Alex Palou 24, Felix Rosenqvist 20, Marcus Armstrong 5, Christian Lundgaard 5, Graham Rahal 5, Kyle Kirkwood 4, Marcus Ericsson 4, Louis Foster 3, David Malukas 2 and Kyffin Simpson 2.

• Chip Ganassi Racing has gained eight occasions at Highway America (1997, 2001, 2017, a sweep of the 2020 doubleheader, 2021, 2023 and 2025), together with 5 of the final seven IndyCar Sequence races at “America’s Nationwide Park of Pace.”

CGR is certainly one of three present groups with wins on the monitor. Workforce Penske has gained seven occasions at Highway America (1989, 1992, 1993, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024) whereas Andretti World gained in 2019.

• Rookies Caio Collet, Dennis Hauger and Mick Schumacher will race an Indy automobile at Highway America for the primary time this weekend. Collet gained the Indy NXT race on the monitor in 2025.