2025 IndyCar season | |
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NTT IndyCar Series | |
Season | |
Races | 17 |
Start date | March 2 |
End date | August 31 |
Awards | |
The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series is the ongoing 114th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 30th season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event will be the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou entered the season as the back-to-back defending champion and is seeking a three-peat, while Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden is the defending back-to-back Indianapolis 500 winner and is also seeking a three-peat.
After IndyCar's television contract with NBC Sports lapsed in 2024, the series signed a new agreement with Fox Sports that saw all races being covered on the Fox broadcast network. [1] On January 14, 2025, Fox announced its broadcast team for the 2025 season. Will Buxton was named the lead commentator while Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe, who previously served as analysts for NBC and are also former Indycar drivers, retained their roles in the new lineup. [2]
On September 23, 2024, IndyCar announced its first ever charter system, which will begin in 2025 and extend until 2031. 25 charters were awarded among all teams that competed full-time in the 2024 season, with a maximum of 3 for each team. Chartered entries are qualified to compete for the 22 Leaders Circle contracts. At every race on the calendar outside of the Indianapolis 500, starting fields were limited to 27 cars, and chartered entries were guaranteed a starting position. Qualification for the Indianapolis 500 would remain open, and no teams would have a guaranteed entry in the 33-car starting field. [N 1] [5]
As a new entrant in the series, Prema Racing was excluded from receiving charters. If a race event outside of the Indianapolis 500 were to feature additional cars, those would have to compete against the two Prema cars for the two 'open' spots in the field. [6]
On February 11, Doug Boles was named as the new president of IndyCar, replacing Jay Frye. Boles will also continue to hold his role as president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [7]
The following teams, entries, and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with 2018 universal aero kit and Firestone tires.
The schedule was released on June 13, 2024. [1]
Rd. | Race name | Track | Location | Date |
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1 | Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | S Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida | March 2 |
2 | The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix | R The Thermal Club | Thermal, California | March 23 |
3 | Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach | S Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | April 13 |
4 | Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix | R Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama | May 4 |
5 | Sonsio Grand Prix | R Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | Speedway, Indiana | May 10 |
6 | 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 | O Indianapolis Motor Speedway | May 25 | |
7 | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix | S Streets of Detroit | Detroit, Michigan | June 1 |
8 | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 | O World Wide Technology Raceway | Madison, Illinois | June 15 |
9 | XPEL Grand Prix at Road America | R Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | June 22 |
10 | Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio | R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 6 |
11 | Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend Race 1 | O Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa | July 12 |
12 | Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend Race 2 | July 13 | ||
13 | Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto | S Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario | July 20 |
14 | Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey | R WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | July 27 |
15 | BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland | R Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | August 10 |
16 | Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250 | O Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | August 24 |
17 | Big Machine Music City Grand Prix | O Nashville Superspeedway | Lebanon, Tennessee | August 31 |
O Oval/Speedway
R Road course
S Street circuit
On February 21, Hy-Vee announced that they were ending their event sponsorships for Iowa and Milwaukee. Snap-on was announced as the new title sponsor for Milwaukee. [50] Sukup Manufacturing was announced as the new title sponsor for the Iowa race weekend. [51]
Rd. | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race winner | Report | ||
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Driver | Team | Manufacturer | ||||||
1 | St. Petersburg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
2 | Thermal Club | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
3 | Long Beach | Report | ||||||
4 | Barber | Report | ||||||
5 | IMS GP | Report | ||||||
6 | Indianapolis 500 | Report | ||||||
7 | Detroit | Report | ||||||
8 | Gateway | Report | ||||||
9 | Road America | Report | ||||||
10 | Mid-Ohio | Report | ||||||
11 | Iowa 1 | Report | ||||||
12 | Iowa 2 | |||||||
13 | Toronto | Report | ||||||
14 | Laguna Seca | Report | ||||||
15 | Portland | Report | ||||||
16 | Milwaukee | Report | ||||||
17 | Nashville | Report |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th+ |
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Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
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