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2026 IndyCar Series

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2026 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 1
End dateSeptember 6
Awards
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2027 →
Four-time champion Álex Palou (left) is the current championship leader. Kyle Kirkwood (right) is currently in second place, 27 points behind.

The 2026 NTT IndyCar Series is the ongoing 115th official championship season of American open-wheel racing and the 31st season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event is the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Álex Palou entered the season as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner and a four-time series champion, including defending three-peat champion.

Background and series news

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  • On September 12, 2024, IndyCar announced that the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company had signed an extension to remain as the series' sole tire supplier until at least the 2030 season.[1]
  • On July 31, 2025, Fox Sports parent company Fox Corporation announced that it had acquired a one-third stake in IndyCar parent company Penske Entertainment. As part of the acquisition, Fox Sports' TV contract was extended to 2030.[2][3]
  • On December 11, 2025, IndyCar announced a new three-person independent officiating board, named IndyCar Officiating Inc. Two members – Ray Evernham and Raj Nair – were voted on to the panel by IndyCar team owners, while the third member – Ronan Morgan – was appointed by the FIA.[4] Scot Elkins was later announced as the Managing Director of Officiating.[5]
  • On February 12, 2026, it was announced Chevrolet and Honda had signed a multi-year contract extension which keeps them in the series when it switches to 2.4-liter twin-turbo hybrid V6 engines in 2028. Each manufacturer will receive a single charter entry as part of the agreement.[6]
  • On April 28, 2026, IndyCar announced a new rule that non-chartered entries would not be permitted to race outside the Indianapolis 500 beginning with the 2027 season.[7]

Confirmed entries

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The following teams, entries, and drivers are competing in the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season.[8] All teams use a Dallara DW12 chassis with 2018 universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s) Ref(s)
Abel Motorsports Chevrolet 51 United States Jacob Abel 7 [9]
A. J. Foyt Enterprises[N 1] Chevrolet 4 Brazil Caio Collet  R  All [10]
14 United States Santino Ferrucci All [11]
HMD Motorsports with A. J. Foyt Racing[N 1] 11 United Kingdom Katherine Legge 7 [12]
Andretti Global Honda 26 Australia Will Power All [13]
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood[N 2] All [14]
28 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All [15]
Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward All [16]
6 United States Nolan Siegel All [17]
7 Denmark Christian Lundgaard All [18]
31 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[N 3] 7 [19]
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 8 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson All [20]
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon All [21]
10 Spain Álex Palou All [22]
Dale Coyne Racing[N 4] Honda 18 France Romain Grosjean All [23]
19 Norway Dennis Hauger  R  All [24]
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 23 United States Conor Daly 7 [25]
24 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 7 [26]
Ed Carpenter Racing[27] Chevrolet 20 United States Alexander Rossi All [28]
21 Denmark Christian Rasmussen All [28]
33 United States Ed Carpenter 7 [29]
Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 76 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay[N 5] All [30]
77 United States Sting Ray Robb All [31]
Meyer Shank Racing[N 6]
with Curb-Agajanian 		Honda 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 7 [32]
60 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist All [33]
66 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong All [34]
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal All [35]
45 United Kingdom Louis Foster All [36]
47 Germany Mick Schumacher  R  All [37]
75 Japan Takuma Sato 7 [38]
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 United States Josef Newgarden All [39]
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin All [40]
12 United States David Malukas All [41]
Icon Status
 R  Eligible for Rookie of the Year
 RY  Rookie of the Year

Driver changes

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Preseason

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Midseason

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Team changes

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  • On September 23, 2025, with the confirmation of Hauger, Dale Coyne Racing announced that it had formed a technical alliance with Andretti Global for the 2026 season.[24]
  • On January 29, 2026, Team Penske revealed that Tim Cindric is returning to the team as the strategist for Scott McLaughlin, having been released from his role as the team's IndyCar president in May 2025, following penalties during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.[49]
  • During the off-season, Ed Carpenter Racing shifted away from its former denomination and started to be publicly known by the acronym ECR, in light of further changes in its ownership structure involving Ted Gelov, who had become a co-owner in 2025.[27][50]
  • On February 25, 2026, it was confirmed via IndyCar's entry list and grid space allocations that PREMA Racing would miss at least the opening round at St. Petersburg, amidst reports of the founding Rosin family departing the organization and other financial challenges.[51]
  • On April 20, 2026, Abel Motorsports confirmed that they would return to the series with an entry in the Indianapolis 500. The team had last competed in the IndyCar Series in 2023. Jacob Abel will be the driver for the team.[9]

Schedule

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The schedule was released on September 16, 2025.[52] Start times were released on December 18, with all races being broadcast on Fox.[53] The Freedom 250 was then added on January 30, 2026.[54]

Icon Legend
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit
Rd. Date Race name Track Location Time (ET)
1 March 1 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 12:00 p.m.
2 March 7 Good Ranchers 250  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona 3:00 p.m.
3 March 15 Java House Grand Prix of Arlington  S  Streets of Arlington Arlington, Texas 12:30 p.m.
4 March 29 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 1:00 p.m.
5 April 19 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 5:30 p.m.
6 May 9 Sonsio Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana 4:30 p.m.
7 May 24 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway 10:00 a.m.
8 May 31 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix  S  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan 12:30 p.m.
9 June 7 Bommarito Automotive Group 500  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois 9:00 p.m.
10 June 21 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 2:00 p.m.
11 July 5 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 12:30 p.m.
12 July 19 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee TBD
13 August 9 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 4:00 p.m.
14 August 16 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham  S  Streets of Markham Markham, Ontario 12:00 p.m.
15 August 23 Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.  S  Streets of Washington Washington, D.C. TBD
16 August 29 Snap-on Makers and Fixers 250  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 2:30 p.m.
17 August 30 Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250 1:00 p.m.
18 September 6 IndyCar Grand Prix of Monterey  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California 2:30 p.m.

Schedule changes

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Sponsorship changes

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Results

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Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner Report
Driver Team Engine
1 St. Petersburg New Zealand Scott McLaughlin United States Kyle Kirkwood Spain Álex Palou Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Report
2 Phoenix United States David Malukas Australia Will Power United States David Malukas United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet Report
3 Arlington Sweden Marcus Ericsson New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Kyle Kirkwood1 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda Report
4 Barber Spain Álex Palou Denmark Christian Lundgaard Spain Álex Palou Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Report
5 Long Beach Sweden Felix Rosenqvist United States Josef Newgarden Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Report
6 IMS GP Spain Álex Palou Spain Álex Palou United States David Malukas Denmark Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet Report
7 Indianapolis 500 Report
8 Detroit Report
9 Gateway Report
10 Road America Report
11 Mid-Ohio Report
12 Nashville Report
13 Portland Report
14 Markham Report
15 Washington, D.C. Report
16 Milwaukee 1 Report
17 Milwaukee 2
18 Monterey Report
  • 1 Kyle Kirkwood, Álex Palou and Will Power tied for most laps led at Arlington. Kirkwood received the bonus points for most laps led by virtue of being the highest placed finisher, based on IndyCar rule 7.3.6.2.

Season report

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Opening rounds

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The 2026 IndyCar season started like the year before, with a pole position for Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.[64] He led Andretti's Marcus Ericsson throughout the first stint of the race, handling an early restart after a three-car collision caused by Juncos Hollinger Racing's Sting Ray Robb on the opening lap. McLaughlin pitted on lap 35, with Ericsson following a lap later. Chip Ganassi Racing's defending champion Álex Palou crucially elected to stay out two laps longer to attempt an overcut. That strategy worked and it led to Palou taking the net race lead after his stop on lap 38, before cycling back to the front on lap 42. The only threat to his victory from that point on came through the final stint, where Palou ran hard tires while the others behind ran the quicker soft tires, but Palou consistently pulled away throughout the final part to win the race by almost 13 seconds. Andretti's Kyle Kirkwood looked set to take second before both McLaughlin and McLaren's Christian Lundgaard overtook him on lap 94.[65][66]

The Good Ranchers 250 marked IndyCar's return to Phoenix for the first time since 2018. Team Penske's David Malukas earned his first career pole position after beating teammate Josef Newgarden in qualifying.[67] He controlled the opening part of the race, which saw an early caution on lap ten. On the restart, JHR's Rinus VeeKay made contact with Palou while attempting to pass him, sending the points leader into the wall and out of the race. Malukas held first place until the first pit cycle, where McLaren's Pato O'Ward took over in front. ECR's Christian Rasmussen rose up the order during the next stint, and a timely second caution allowed him to dispatch then-leader Kirkwood with fresher tires. Andretti's Will Power attacked Rasmussen for the lead and the pair made contact, causing a puncture for Power and a third caution. Newgarden was among the drivers electing to pit and quickly moved from tenth to the lead. He took the win and the points lead ahead of Kirkwood and Malukas, while Rasmussen dropped to fourteenth with a damaged car.[68][69]

The Java House Grand Prix of Arlington brought a new track as well as a new top-six single-lap shootout qualifying format, in which Ericsson took his first career pole position.[70] Palou qualified second, with the pair leading the field until they both pitted on lap 16. An error by Ericsson's pit crew saw him fall behind Palou, with O'Ward and Kirkwood slotting in behind. Lap 27 saw both Andretti cars make their second stops, with Palou and O'Ward following a lap later before Kirkwood got past Ericsson for a net second place. The pit stops promoted Power to the front, albeit on a less favorable two-stop strategy that saw him extend his second soft-tire stint until lap 45. By that point, Palou had nullified the gap to him and took over at the front. The top two took their final pit stop on lap 49, and Kirkwood, the fastest man on track at that point, reeled in Palou to claim first place with 16 laps to go. The race ended under caution after a multi-car collision, handing Kirkwood the win and with it the championship lead as Power rounded out the podium.[71][72]

Round four, the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix, saw Palou take pole position in qualifying ahead of Malukas and RLL's Graham Rahal.[73] The top three remained static after the start until Rahal took second place on lap 17. Malukas pitted two laps later, with Rahal following suit and Palou holding out on hard tires on until lap 27. Lundgaard, who also started on hard tires, rose from tenth to third in his first stint. Palou took his second pitstop on lap 45, seven seconds ahead of Rahal, who stopped one lap later. Lundgaard pitted on lap 50, overcutting Rahal to move into second place. Lundgaard cut Palou's advantage to 3.4 seconds during the penultimate stint, until the Spaniard stopped for the final time on lap 64. Lundgaard stayed out longer again and looked set to challenge Palou through an overcut, but a slow 17-second stop saw him rejoin behind Rahal. Palou, now leading comfortably, took victory to cut the championship gap to two points. Lundgaard was able to repass Rahal, who held on to third to take his first podium since August 2023.[74][75]

MSR's Felix Rosenqvist secured pole position in qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, besting O'Ward by just 0.04 seconds.[76] Palou started third and immediately passed O'Ward for second place on Lap 2. Rosenqvist controlled the pace for the first 31 laps until the leaders made their first tandem pit stops. Rosenqvist maintained his lead over Palou as they both transitioned to the alternate tires. He managed to build a three-second lead during this second stint, before a piece of debris triggered the event's only caution period on lap 57. The field pitted on Lap 59, leading to a direct duel between the top two drivers' pit crews. Palou's stop took 7.3 seconds, while Rosenqvist was stationary for 8.4 seconds, leading to him losing the lead as CGR's Scott Dixon took third place. After the Lap 61 restart, Palou quickly began gapping the field, while Dixon had to work hard defending from Kirkwood. Palou claimed his maiden victory at Long Beach to also move back into the championship lead, 17 points ahead of fourth-place finisher Kirkwood.[77][78]

Points standings

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Further information: List of American Championship car racing points scoring systems
  • Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.; then by finishing position in the previous race; then by random draw.[79]
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+ 
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

Driver standings

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  • At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earns 1 point (unless qualifying is not held).[80] The twelve Indy 500 qualifiers who qualify for the fast 12 session receive points based on the results of that session, descending from 12 points for first place.[81]
  • Drivers who lead at least one race lap are awarded 1 point.[82] The driver who leads the most laps during a race scores an additional 2 points.[82]
  • Each entrant-initiated engine change-out performed, prior to the engine having reached its distance mandate, results in a loss of 10 championship points.[83]
Pos Driver STP PHX ARL BAR LBH IGP INDY DET GTW ROA MOH NSS POR MRK D.C. MIL LAG Pts
1 Spain Álex Palou 1L* 24 2L* 1L* 1L 5L 237
2 United States Kyle Kirkwood 4 2L 1L* 5 4 9 210
3 United States David Malukas 13 3L* 6 4 7 2L* 185
4 Denmark Christian Lundgaard 3L 13L 7 2L 20 1L 182
5 United States Josef Newgarden 7L 1L 15 10 14L 4 162
6 New Zealand Scott Dixon 23L 7L 8 7 3 6 148
7 Mexico Pato O'Ward 5 4L 5 17 5 18 148
8 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 2L 8 11 16 6 16 141
9 United States Graham Rahal 18 9 18 3L 8 3 141
10 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 11 5L 10 6 24 11 123
11 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 12 12 19L 13 2L* 23 116
12 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 6L 17L 4L 9 25 22 112
13 United States Alexander Rossi 16 6 9 11 9 25 110
14 Australia Will Power 22 16L 3L* 12 19L 13L 107
15 Norway Dennis Hauger  R  10 15L 16 23 11 8 100
16 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 9 22 14 14 13 15 94
17 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson 15 10 20 20 10 12 93
18 United States Santino Ferrucci 24 11 17 8 18 14 90
19 United Kingdom Louis Foster 14L 23 13 25 16 7 86
20 United States Nolan Siegel 20 20 24 18 12 10 76
21 Brazil Caio Collet  R  17 19 12 21 22 19 70
22 France Romain Grosjean 8 25 23 15 21 21 69
23 Denmark Christian Rasmussen 19 14L 25 19 15 24 65
24 United States Sting Ray Robb 21 21 21 22 23 17 55
25 Germany Mick Schumacher  R  25 18 22 24 17 20 54
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish (DNF)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point; except Indy)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
L Led race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(2 points)
1–12 Indy 500 "Fast Twelve"
bonus points
c Qualifying canceled
(no bonus point)
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Entrant standings

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Only full-time entries are shown.

Pos Driver STP PHX ARL BAR LBH IGP INDY DET GTW ROA MOH NSS POR MRK D.C. MIL LAG Pts
1 #10 Chip Ganassi Racing 1L* 24 2L 1L* 1L 205
2 #27 Andretti Global 4 2L 1L* 5 4 188
3 #12 Team Penske 13 3L* 6 4 7 142
4 #5 Arrow McLaren 5 4L 5 17 5 136
5 #7 Arrow McLaren 3L 13L 7 2L 20 131
6 #2 Team Penske 7L 1L 15 10 14L 130
7 #3 Team Penske 2L 8 11 16 6 127
8 #9 Chip Ganassi Racing 23L 7L 8 7 3 120
9 #60 Meyer Shank Racing 12 12 19L 13 2L* 109
10 #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 18 9 18 3L 8 106
11 #20 ECR 16 6 9 11 9 105
12 #28 Andretti Global 6L 17L 4L 9 25 104
13 #66 Meyer Shank Racing 11 5L 10 6 24 104
14 #26 Andretti Global 22 16L 3L 12 19L 89
15 #76 Juncos Hollinger Racing 9 22 14 14 13 79
16 #19 Dale Coyne Racing 10 15L 16 23 11 76
17 #8 Chip Ganassi Racing 15 10 20 20 10 75
18 #14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 24 11 17 8 18 74
19 #18 Dale Coyne Racing 8 25 23 15 21 60
20 #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 14L 23 13 25 16 60
21 #4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 17 19 12 21 22 59
22 #21 ECR 19 14L 25 19 15 59
Leaders' Circle cutoff
23 #6 Arrow McLaren 20 20 24 18 12 56
24 #47 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 25 18 22 24 17 44
25 #77 Juncos Hollinger Racing 21 21 21 22 23 42

Engine manufacturer standings

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The top-two finishing full-season eligible entrants for a manufacturer in each race score points toward the engine manufacturer's championship. Points scored are the same as the driver's championship except for bonus points – a race win is worth five bonus points for a manufacturer, while a pole position is worth one bonus point (except at the Indianapolis 500). A full-season entry is eligible to score manufacturer points until it exceeds the maximum number of allowed engines per entry.

For Indianapolis 500 qualifying, the manufacturer that runs the fastest speed on Saturday receives one bonus point; while the manufacturer that qualifies on pole position receives two bonus points.

Pos Manufacturer STP PHX ARL BAR LBH IGP INDY DET GTW ROA MOH NSS POR MRK D.C. MIL LAG Pts
1 Japan Honda 1 2 1 1 1 440
4 5 2 3 2
87W 70 96PW 91PW 96PW
2 United States Chevrolet 2 1 5 2 5 355
3 3 6 4 6
76P 91PW 58 72 58

P–Pole position winner, W–Race winner

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Technical partnership with Team Penske.
  2. ^ with Curb-Agajanian
  3. ^ with Legacy Motor Club
  4. ^ Technical partnership with Andretti Global.
  5. ^ with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for Indianapolis 500 only
  6. ^ Technical partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing.

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