Two-time series champion Newgarden secured his first win of the season and the 33rd of his remarkable career by overtaking leader Kyle Kirkwood with seven laps to go, clinching the Good Ranchers 250 at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday. Starting from second, Newgarden pulled away to achieve a 1.7937-second victory in the No. 2 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet, beating the No. 27 JM Bullion/Gold.com Andretti Global driver Kirkwood. “I’m very surprised,” Newgarden admitted. “In the middle

Alex Palou Alex Palou picked up right where he left off in 2025, opening the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season with a dominant victory in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Palou won his third consecutive and fourth overall series championship last season by a whopping 196 points, an advantage of more than three races, and he and Chip Ganassi Racing showed the same swagger on a sun-splashed Sunday in Florida. Reigning event winner Palou, from Spain, cruised to his 20th

The 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season opens this weekend with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden won last year’s race on the 14-turn, 1.8-mile temporary street circuit, but he will have a host of strong competition for this year’s honors among the 26-car field. This marks the 10th consecutive year that the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will serve as the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season opener, dating to 2011 in a race won by Dario Franchi

The Independent Officiating Board (IOB) remains focused on establishing and launching INDYCAR Officiating to clearly define operational and governance separation and transparency as preparations continue for the upcoming 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES and INDY NXT by Firestone seasons. In the last few months, the IOB, with chairman Raj Nair, secretary and treasurer Ray Evernham and FIA appointee Ronan Morgan, has been diligent in the work needed to arrive to this point of the year,