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Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/Motorsports Today (St Louis, 2026) Kyle Kirkwood’s “King of the Streets” moniker rang true once more in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., leading 128 laps en route to victory in the event’s inaugural running Sunday afternoon. He led Christian Lundgaard and Will Power for his sixth victory on a street course. "To be able to win in what will be considered probably my home race, right, being the Freedom 250 as an Amer

JEFFREY HRUNKA - INDYCAR CONTRIBUTOR Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2026) Kyle Kirkwood is in pursuit of his first championship, only sitting second in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES standings entering the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. race weekend. The kicker is that he is over 100 points behind championship leader Alex Palou, who is poised to take his fifth championship in the last six years. Still, confidence to close that gap this weekend is at an all-time high.

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2026) Hype, crowd fare and driver approval couldn’t get the first practice session of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham off the ground, as several delays due to track repairs meant on-track activity was shifted to Saturday. “Yeah, I think there are a day behind,” Will Power, driver of the No.26 Andretti Global Honda, said. Race teams arrived at the track on Friday morning to find barriers being mo

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2025) Even the World Cup buildup couldn’t stop the rain from delaying the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix from its prime-time slot. NTT INDYCAR SERIES officials have moved the race to Monday, July 19th, at 3:00 pm EST on FOX. With the time change, drivers will have to deal with record temperatures and an excessive heat index of over 100 degrees. For the safety of the drivers, the race will revert

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle (Motorsports Today, 2026) Kyle Kirkwood continues hot streak at Nashville Superspeedway with second career Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix pole. He nearly tops every timing sheet en route to an almost-perfect Saturday. “Quick in practice. Quick again in qualifying there,” Kirkwood said. “Happy that our pace has stayed true over the past three years that we've run around this place.” Although Kirkwood made noise in all t

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2026) Street courses are always a wildcard on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule, as heavy braking zones and tight-knit racing are a recipe for trouble. This could not be truer in Sunday afternoon’s edition of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, as Palou stayed ahead of the chaos between cautions for his fourth victory of the season. "It was not an easy day at all. It was not like a straight -- there's races w

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributo r Marvin Hernandez Jr. (Motorsports Today 2025) Once Kyle Kirkwood passed Alex Palou with 16 laps to go, he didn’t look back, holding the four-time champion for the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington Grand Prix victory. Kirkwood capped off a dominant weekend by Andretti Global, as the team led 47 laps with all cars finishing inside the top four. "I passed Palou, which is a very rare thing to say, in a race” Kirkwood said. “It was

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Marvin Hernandez Jr. (Motorsports Today, 2026) The INDY NXT SERIES wrapped both its practice sessions ahead of the series’ qualifying session on Saturday afternoon. Max Taylor led an Andretti Global 1-2-3 in the first practice session on Friday, Feb.27, and carried that momentum into the second session, topping the session as it timed out. After the last season’s INDY NXT champion Dennis Hauger swept every session at St. Petersburg last se

Jeffrey Hrunka - IndyCar Contributor Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2025) IndyCar announced its 2026 season schedule on Tuesday,...

EDDIE KALEGI - STAFF WRITER Colton Herta zooms around Nashville Superspeedway in his final INDYCAR start with Andretti Global, finishing...

Staff Writer - Jeffrey Hrunka Photo Credit: Penske Entertainment/James Black Three Race Wins, four podiums and a pole continue to put an...

Jeffrey Hrunka - Staff Writer Photo Credit: Penske Entertainment/James Black Dennis Hauger continued to demonstrate his dominance in the...