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Alex Palou is making all the right moves as he seeks to win the IndyCar championship for a third consecutive year. Palou has opened the 2025 season with wins on the street course at St. Petersburg and followed that up Sunday with a win on the Thermal road course. The closing laps of the race at Thermal was interesting with Palou using the right strategy in the closing laps to pass pole winner ...

After an opener that drew an average of 1.4 million viewers, IndyCar's 2nd race of the year at The Thermal Club was a relative dud

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Spain's Alex Palou won Sunday's IndyCar Thermal Club Grand Prix, opening the 2025 campaign with back-to-back wins as he chases a third consecutive season crown and fourth in five years.Palou, who took the season opener three weeks ago at St. Petersburg, Florida, was 10.1 seconds ahead of runner-up Pato O'Ward of Mexico to capture his 13th IndyCar triumph.

IndyCar's race from Thermal was knocked off Fox for a little more than 10 minutes due to an electrical issue in the production truck

Defending series champ Alex Palou wins after starting third, surging by the Arrow McLaren front row of Pato O'Ward and Christian Lundgaard.

Alex Palou is seeking a third consecutive IndyCar championship. He won the 2025 season opener in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Arrow McLaren has its first front-row lockout since rejoining IndyCar. Here's what the competition means for its drivers, Pato O'Ward and Christian Lundgaard.

The 2025 IndyCar Series continues on Sunday at the Thermal Club. See the starting lineup here.

Fox's debut IndyCar race broadcast featured both highlights and hiccups. IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown offers his likes, dislikes and improvements for Thermal.

Chip Ganassi started his 35th season in motorsports exactly how he finished the last five years — dancing in victory lane for either a win or yet another championship. Palou returns this weekend to The Thermal Club in Thermal, California, as the defending race winner. It is Team Penske, with its “Darth Vader” image and record 20 Indianapolis 500 victories —including the last two — that is considered the gold standard of American open-wheel racing.

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IndyCar will add a new street race in suburban Dallas next year, with the IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington contested around the home stadiums of NFL and MLB teams."The IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington is definitely circled on the calendar," Mexican IndyCar driver Pato O'Ward said.

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Bob Tasca takes a moment between Funny Car runs to tell Fox Sports a thing or two about its promotion of IndyCar.

After years of strife from the project's founder, Michael Andretti, Cadillac F1 has gained formal approval to join the grid in 2026.

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The IndyCar season opened with an interesting race on the streets of St. Petersburg and Fox Sports did an admirable job with the coverage. In the past few weeks Fox, which secured the broadcasting rights for IndyCar, has done a great job of promoting the series and some of the drivers. The network has stepped up so that fans can watch practice and qualifying in addition to the race coverage. ...

In this episode of The Inside Line, Nathan Brown and Joey Barnes break down how Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou emerged victorious in St. Pete. Then, they discuss the highs and lows of on-track performances outside the podium finishers. The two then end the episode breaking down Fox’s first IndyCar

Fox Sports' debut IndyCar race drew 1.417 million viewers and was the most watched series event aside from the Indianapolis 500 on any network since 2011. The Fox Sports viewership peaked with 1,820,000 viewers from 2:15-2:26 p.m. Local market ratings will not be available until later this week. IndyCar this season ended it's 16-year relationship with NBC Sports for a multi-year deal with Fox Sports, which has promised high-quality production and promotion that began in January with glossy commercials featuring three of the series stars that aired during NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl.

The Cassidy Marie was docked first in line outside Turn 10 with an unobstructed view of IndyCar's season-opening race in downtown St. Petersburg. It was 8:30 a.m. on Sunday and Jill Gregory, the new president of Andretti Global, was weaving her way through pedestrian traffic to get to the yacht owned by her new boss, Dan Towriss. The Associated Press was allowed exclusive access with Andretti Global ahead of Towriss' first race as controlling owner of Michael Andretti's former team and Gregory's first as the only female team president in IndyCar.

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Scott Dixon ran the entire IndyCar season-opening race without radio communication in a miscue that probably cost him his first career victory on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. The six-time IndyCar champion finished second to winner Alex Palou in a 1-2 finish for Chip Ganassi Racing on Sunday. Team owner Ganassi said if the radio had not malfunctioned “he would have won -- it was simple.”

Michael Andretti was tanned and thinner when he made his way from his yacht to the starting grid for IndyCar’s season-opening race. Retirement is going better than expected for Andretti, who turned control of his race team over to Dan Towriss at the end of last season and no longer has any official role at Andretti Global. Andretti instead headed off in the direction of Andretti hospitality — or maybe he was going back to his triple-decker yacht docked near Turn 10.

Reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing powered to victory in the opening race of the new season at the Grand Prix of St Petersburg on Sunday.For Palou the victory, his 12th in his IndyCar career, was the perfect start to his title defence.

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The 2025 IndyCar schedule includes 17 races in North America, and the F1 schedule includes 24 races in 21 nations/principalities.

Alex Palou is seeking a third consecutive IndyCar championship. Among active drivers, Will Power and Josef Newgarden have two wins each at St. Pete.

Scenes from the 21st annual Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the first race of the 2025 IndyCar season. ©2025 Tampa Bay Times. Visit tampabay.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

The 2025 IndyCar Series kicks off with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday. See the starting lineup here.

Will Power had a rough 44th birthday Saturday when he lost power in his car, brushed the wall during practice and had his hybrid engine changed before qualifying for IndyCar’s season-opening race. Then he failed to advance out of the first round of qualifying while teammates Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden both did move on. Power will start 13th, while McLaughlin won the pole for Sunday’s race on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg.

Josef Newgarden won the pole position for the 2024 St. Petersburg race, and Felix Rosenqvist started on the outside of the front row.

Get to know IndyCar Series driver Josef Newgarden of Team Penske as he seeks a third consecutive Indianapolis 500 championship.

Get to know IndyCar Series driver Pato O'Ward of Arrow McLaren, who won three races in the 2024 season.

Get to know IndyCar Series driver Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing, as he seeks his third consecutive points championship in the 2025 season.

Get to know IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing, who has the most race wins among active drivers.

Get to know IndyCar Series driver Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske, who won three races in the 2024 season.

Get to know IndyCar Series driver Will Power of Team Penske, a two-time series points champion and the best in qualifying in IndyCar history.