Runner-up LMGT3 finish in Brazil for No. 81 Z06 GT3.R as both Corvettes take points SĀO PAULO, Brazil (July 13, 2025) – TF Sport’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R program continued its strong momentum Sunday with a runner-up LMGT3 class finish for the No. 81 Corvette of Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade and Tom Van Rompuy at the Six Hours of Sāo Paulo.

The result was the best of the FIA World Endurance Championship season for the trio and its second straight podium following a third-place finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Eastwood and Andrade also were part of TF Sport’s winning lineup a week prior at Imola with its European Le Mans Series Corvette program. The finish Sunday for the No. 81 Corvette also elevated the three drivers and its squad from sixth to fifth in the LMGT3 Drivers and Teams standings after five of eight races. As it has for a majority of the season, the No. 81 Corvette crew ran a faultless race with both Van Rompuy and Andrade moving up through the order with strong driving in a pair of double-stints and Eastwood driving the final 2.5 hours to the finish. Both TF Sport Corvettes finished in the points for the second consecutive race and third time this year. Despite some early misfortunes, the No. 33 Corvette Z06 GT3.R trio of Daniel Juncadella, Jonny Edgar and Ben Keating placed seventh in class to remain third in the championship standings. A winner to start the season in Qatar, the No. 33 Corvette squad lost track position early through on-track contact and subsequent penalties, which forced the engineering team to move to an alternate driver rotation. That resulted in Keating and Juncadella splitting the first two-thirds of the race and leaving it to Edgar to heroically bring home the No. 33 Corvette in the points.   TF Sport and its Corvettes next will race at the FIA WEC’s lone North American race September 5-7 at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.

TF SPORT POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTESCHARLIE EASTWOOD, NO. 81 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SECOND IN LMGT3: “Another great result today with P2. As we’ve seen many times this year, TF Sport executed a really solid race – great strategy, no mistakes, no penalties, which I feel today there were more penalties than most WEC races, and we just were able to capitalize on that to get a great P2. I definitely feel like some momentum is behind me now. I had a tough sort of 18-month start to this journey but with now three podiums in a row with TF between Le Mans, Imola in ELMS and here, I’ve no doubt that we can continue to get podiums at every event to close out the year. So we need to look forward… first to have a nice break over the summer before a very busy late August into September. But I’ve no doubt we can get podiums and race wins every race to the end of the year and hopefully go into both Bahrain and Portimão, giving ourselves a chance at those championships.”

RUI ANDRADE, NO. 81 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SECOND IN LMGT3: “Another podium for the 81 crew and a third in a row for myself and Charlie. Great teamwork by the entire team to move us up the field after a difficult qualifying. And then a great final stint by Charlie to make the overtake which put us P2 at the flag. I’m super happy with this positive momentum and looking forward now to some rest during the summer break after some intense weeks of racing.”

DANIEL JUNCADELLA, NO. 33 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SEVENTH IN LMGT3: “It was a disappointing day. Three penalties that lost us around 55 seconds. So yeah, it’s a big deal. But I did enjoy the alternate strategy. I think it paid off very nicely in terms of track position to switch to myself after Ben’s first stint and then also after his second stint. I think that was very cool and I got to overtake a couple of cars. So that was nice. And then Jonny at the end, I think he did a great job. He was defending against the McLaren, which was clearly faster and he did really well. He also overtook the BMW so it was just perfect execution from him. Unfortunately there were still the penalties… things that happen. I think Ben didn’t have the best of days but we live and learn and hopefully get better for the next one.”

JONNY EDGAR, NO. 33 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SEVENTH IN LMGT3: “It was a tough day for us with some penalties that hurt our race. But the car felt great to drive and I am happy we still scored some points for the championship. The end for me was very tough on very old tires trying to defend from cars on newer ones. So I was happy to be able to hold the McLaren behind at the end. The whole team did a great job all weekend like they always do. We will take these points and move to COTA and try to move back up in the championship.”

Luck goes the way of Milner, Catsburg for second place in GTD PRO BOWMANVILLE, Ontario (July 13, 2025) – Tommy Milner, Nicky Catsburg and the No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R team gambled and won on strategy Sunday on the way to a second-place GTD PRO finish in the Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

A call for a top-off of fuel under yellow by the Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports engineering team with nearly 80 minutes to go reversed the fortunes for the Milner, Catsburg and the No. 4 Corvette, which lost time earlier in the pits and ran as far down as ninth in class. Two additional full-course yellow periods over the final 30 minutes – including one with 15 minutes left that ended the race – allowed Catsburg to hold position and put himself and Milner on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship podium for the first time this year. The result solidified Chevrolet’s lead in the GTD PRO Manufacturers Championship with four races left in the season. Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims also retained their Drivers Championship lead with a fourth-place finish in the No. 3 Corvette. The duo ran a more traditional strategy and looked likely to make the podium for the fifth time this season, thanks to a fuel advantage over two of the cars ahead of it when the final yellows flew. In GTD, Alec Udell and Robert Wickens posted the best finish of the season for the DXDT Racing No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R effort. Wickens, racing a Corvette at CTMP for the first time, started third and drove the first 45 minutes before giving way to Udell to go the rest of the way. The pair was in the same position as the No. 3 Corvette and likely would have made the GTD podium without the late yellows due to the team’s fuel strategy. Matt Bell and Orey Fidani placed ninth in GTD with AWA’s No. 13 Corvette in the team’s home race. The team fought back from a lap down and likewise had its progress halted by the final two yellows. The next race for the Corvette Z06 GT3.R program in IMSA is August 1-3 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTESTOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SECOND IN GTD PRO: “That’s the name of the game sometimes. We for sure didn’t have the car we hoped for or wanted today. It was hard to drive. We took a risk and made a stretch call there that worked out in our favor. In talking to the guys on the pit stand, this is a place where you don’t have little moments; you have big ones. So the chance of a yellow I thought was pretty good so I was pretty happy with our decision. It played into our hands exactly as we needed it to. We’ve had some bad luck throughout the year, so we’ll take some good luck today.”

NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 4 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SECOND IN GTD PRO: “It’s very nice to finish on the podium. It’s our first of the year, and it’s great to do it at the Chevrolet Grand Prix. But we do have a lot of work to do. We got a little bit lucky today. We need to figure out where things keep going wrong for us in the pitlane and figure out how to get the Corvette in a bit better window. We have work left but the guys worked really hard. We did a really good job in terms of Manufacturers points. The points for the 3 car guys today was good for their championship, too. So all good.”

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED FOURTH IN GTD PRO: “It was super difficult strategy-wise to know what to do. You would do whatever you had to do and it obviously went the other way for us. In a way, I’m happy that we did our race. Without the last yellow, everyone ahead of us was tight (on fuel) so it was going to be another fight with the 77. The 4 car made that gamble on fuel and obviously it paid out. For all the loss we got for running the regular strategy, at least the 4 team got the most out of it. They had issues on their first two stops so that put them on the back foot but for once it worked. Great Manufacturer points for Chevrolet. It’s good that either the 3 or 4 Corvette is on the podium in any race. That’s what we need to achieve. Let’s see if at the next races we can get them both up there. But today I’m happy for Corvette Racing overall and we’ll move ahead for the next one.”

ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED FOURTH IN GTD PRO: “It honestly wasn’t one of my most comfortable races for whatever reason. I made a bad call on the last restart; I got checked up by the Ford in front of me which compromised me but then made the wrong call going into Turn One with the Lambo on the inside. I tried to fight him, and if he didn’t back out then I was going to come off second-best by a long way. That happens. It’s really, really frustrating from my side to make that situation happen. I could have sucked it up and lost just one place. The team did a great job to get us back into the mix on strategy. I don’t know how it panned out on strategy. We initiated the strategy call and were proactive to get us back into the race, which was great. On the final restart I got back past the Lambo to reverse the situation from earlier. It was another crazy restart and I don’t know what happened. Thanks to the Pratt Miller team for getting our Corvette back nearer to the front. Huge congrats to the 4 car guys. They’ve had some tough races so it’s nice that they get a result.”

ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED FOURTH IN GTD: “Overall, a pretty good day for us at DXDT Racing. Gutted we didn’t make it on the podium, but I thought as a team we executed a near flawless race. So to come away with a top-five finish, first one of the year for me in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and my first top-five with Corvette, I think we can hold our heads high. And I think we have a lot of momentum moving forward to my next race in Road America in a couple weeks time.”The Corvette Z06 GT3.R was amazing to drive at my home race. Sometimes I’m still having to pinch myself that I got to have such a cool experience. So all in all, thank you to all the fans who came out and supported us over the weekend, bared the weather, and we ended up getting a perfect sunny day in the end. So all in all, a great day.”

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·        Chevrolet’s road course streak continued during NASCAR’s annual trip out west to Sonoma Raceway. In yet another dominating display on left- and right-hand turns, Shane van Gisbergen piloted his No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to back-to-back trips to victory lane – taking the checkered flag in the  Toyota / Save Mart 350 to become the series’ fourth three-time winner in NASCAR’s top division this season.   ·        With fellow Team Chevy driver, Connor Zilisch, picking up the win in yesterday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, Chevrolet now owns three-straight doubleheader weekend sweeps on road courses in NASCAR’s top-two divisions – dating back to Shane van Gisbergen (NCS) and Daniel Suarez’s (NXS) triumphs in Mexico City.   ·        For the second consecutive weekend, Trackhouse Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen led the NASCAR Cup Series field to the green flag from the pole position. The road course ace set sail on the opening lap in his No. 88 Chevrolet – building an early two-second margin by the halfway point of the opening stage. Van Gisbergen was one of the handful of lead pack drivers fighting left-rear grip in the closing laps of the stage. With pit strategy coming into play, crew chief Stephen Doran made the call to flip the stage – bringing his driver to pit road with three laps to go for the team’s first scheduled stop. Van Gisbergen ultimately cycled back up to the second position to take the first green-white checkered flag.  ·        With an all-Chevrolet front-row for the start of Stage Two, Van Gisbergen regained the top position and paced the field throughout the stage – only giving up the lead to flip the stage on pit strategy. But the 36-year-old New Zealand still managed to power his Trackhouse Racing-prepared Chevrolet back to the lead to conclude a Team Chevy stage win sweep at the Northern California circuit.  ·        With a 55-lap run on deck for the final stage of the race, Van Gisbergen lined up on the front-row once again and settled back into the top position. Continuing to put his road course skills on full display, Van Gisbergen went on to bring his laps led tally to 97 on the day en route to his third victory of the season.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS: POS.     DRIVER1st – Shane van Gisbergen3rd – Chase Elliott4th – Michael McDowell8th – William Byron10th – Kyle Busch Chevrolet’s season statistics with 20 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:  Wins: 9Poles: 10Top-Fives: 40Top 10s: 81Stage Wins: 19

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Dover Motor Speedway with the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 on Sunday, July 20, at 2 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Post-Race Driver Quotes: Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 21st“It was a hard battle for the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Chevrolet team. We didn’t really have a lot of speed this weekend, but we did make it better. We made some adjustments mid-race, and then those cautions came out. I had to go through the grass and lost around 15 spots. We got a couple back there at the end, but it’s not what we wanted. We’ll keep digging. We’ve had some good Chevrolet’s the last couple of weekends. Unfortunately, this week, we weren’t as good as we’ve been, but we’ll get better.”   Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 10th“We had to come from behind all day with our zone Chevrolet. On the initial start, our car had no drive or rear lateral any direction. After falling to the back, Randall (Burnett) and the guys made the call for major chassis adjustments to get the rears working. Those adjustments definitely helped, just wished I could have had that same adjustment again without giving up the track position. We kept working on the balance and in Stage 3, the car was the best it had been. It was simply avoiding wrecks at the end. Proud of the No. 8 team for pushing through and getting a top-10 finish.”    Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 3rd“I’m not sure if there was dirt across the track or what, but it happened a couple of times throughout the day. I was obviously pushing really hard. I just got sliding and ran out of road, but I don’t know that it would have been enough anyways, to be honest. I wasn’t near as good that run than the run before. I’m not really sure why that was, but the call by Alan (Gustafson, crew chief) was great. It was nice to be on offense and give ourselves a shot. I wish I could have made it happen there. I was trying, but I just couldn’t get going like we needed to there at the end. We had a really fast No. 9 NAPA Chevrolet all day. I thought we were really solid. We probably needed a little bit more to get Shane (Van Gisbergen) and Chase (Briscoe).”    Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing ChevroletFinished: 17th“It was a rough couple of laps there. Alex (Bowman) and I race really clean. I told him – man, if it wasn’t for the million dollars, I probably wouldn’t have done that, but I had to. It’s been an incredible run for this No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team. We’ve worked so hard for this opportunity. I can’t thank Matt Kaulig, Chris Rice, Ty Norris and Kaulig Racing for giving me the opportunity to shine again. I’ve worked so hard to get here and I’m just grateful. All of our partners that are on board, this has just been so much fun. We’re going to give it all we’ve got at Dover; put pressure on the guys. I think you’ve seen through this that our team doesn’t quit. I saw the No. 48 there at the end, and I knew it was our opportunity to race hard and go get him. Just proud of this team’s effort.”   Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 4th“We needed a little bit more pace out of our No. 71 Gainbridge Chevrolet. We had Project Zin on the car today, which was really cool. Qualifying really hurt us. I think we had decent pace, but we weren’t fast enough to get around the good cars. We got off strategy there, and that didn’t work. Thankfully, we caught a caution and we were able to tires on our Chevrolet and fight our way back. We salvaged a top-five day, but that’s not what we need. We all know what we need to do, and we just weren’t quite good enough to do it today. But this is part of the process. You have good weeks and bad weeks. Last weekend (at Chicago), we had a car that could win. Today, we were a little off. We’ll keep building on it.”   Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 1st“This is amazing. This is why we go racing. I had a great time. It’s awesome to have Red Bull on the car this weekend. Trackhouse Racing gave me a great Chevrolet again. What a great couple of weeks! Just to execute, make no mistakes, have great pit stops, great strategy and be able to hold them off there at the end – it’s incredible. Chase (Briscoe) was driving really well. We had a lot of fun there.”  How much have you worked on restarts because you were flawless there with the multiple restarts at the end? “Yeah, on the last restart, I thought he (Chase Briscoe) jumped a little bit. I was just trying to do what I could to get in position in turn two. That last one, I had to give him a bit of rub, but that was it. I’m just over the moon.” You have three wins this season. Is that beyond your dreams?“I don’t dream about that stuff.. that’s why we work hard – to repay and reward everyone that helps make this happen. It was a tough start to the season, but we’re getting better and better. To win three NASCAR Cup Series races is unbelievable.”

Luck goes the way of Milner, Catsburg for second place in GTD PRO BOWMANVILLE, Ontario (July 13, 2025) – Tommy Milner, Nicky Catsburg and the No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R team gambled and won on strategy Sunday on the way to a second-place GTD PRO finish in the Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

A call for a top-off of fuel under yellow by the Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports engineering team with nearly 80 minutes to go reversed the fortunes for the Milner, Catsburg and the No. 4 Corvette, which lost time earlier in the pits and ran as far down as ninth in class. Two additional full-course yellow periods over the final 30 minutes – including one with 15 minutes left that ended the race – allowed Catsburg to hold position and put himself and Milner on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship podium for the first time this year. The result solidified Chevrolet’s lead in the GTD PRO Manufacturers Championship with four races left in the season. Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims also retained their Drivers Championship lead with a fourth-place finish in the No. 3 Corvette. The duo ran a more traditional strategy and looked likely to make the podium for the fifth time this season, thanks to a fuel advantage over two of the cars ahead of it when the final yellows flew. In GTD, Alec Udell and Robert Wickens posted the best finish of the season for the DXDT Racing No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R effort. Wickens, racing a Corvette at CTMP for the first time, started third and drove the first 45 minutes before giving way to Udell to go the rest of the way. The pair was in the same position as the No. 3 Corvette and likely would have made the GTD podium without the late yellows due to the team’s fuel strategy. Matt Bell and Orey Fidani placed 11th in GTD with AWA’s No. 13 Corvette in the team’s home race. The team fought back from a lap down and likewise had its progress halted by the final two yellows. The next race for the Corvette Z06 GT3.R program in IMSA is August 1-3 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTESTOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SECOND IN GTD PRO: “That’s the name of the game sometimes. We for sure didn’t have the car we hoped for or wanted today. It was hard to drive. We took a risk and made a stretch call there that worked out in our favor. In talking to the guys on the pit stand, this is a place where you don’t have little moments; you have big ones. So the chance of a yellow I thought was pretty good so I was pretty happy with our decision. It played into our hands exactly as we needed it to. We’ve had some bad luck throughout the year, so we’ll take some good luck today.”

NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 4 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED SECOND IN GTD PRO: “It’s very nice to finish on the podium. It’s our first of the year, and it’s great to do it at the Chevrolet Grand Prix. But we do have a lot of work to do. We got a little bit lucky today. We need to figure out where things keep going wrong for us in the pitlane and figure out how to get the Corvette in a bit better window. We have work left but the guys worked really hard. We did a really good job in terms of Manufacturers points. The points for the 3 car guys today was good for their championship, too. So all good.”

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED FOURTH IN GTD PRO: “It was super difficult strategy-wise to know what to do. You would do whatever you had to do and it obviously went the other way for us. In a way, I’m happy that we did our race. Without the last yellow, everyone ahead of us was tight (on fuel) so it was going to be another fight with the 77. The 4 car made that gamble on fuel and obviously it paid out. For all the loss we got for running the regular strategy, at least the 4 team got the most out of it. They had issues on their first two stops so that put them on the back foot but for once it worked. Great Manufacturer points for Chevrolet. It’s good that either the 3 or 4 Corvette is on the podium in any race. That’s what we need to achieve. Let’s see if at the next races we can get them both up there. But today I’m happy for Corvette Racing overall and we’ll move ahead for the next one.”

ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED FOURTH IN GTD PRO: “It honestly wasn’t one of my most comfortable races for whatever reason. I made a bad call on the last restart; I got checked up by the Ford in front of me which compromised me but then made the wrong call going into Turn One with the Lambo on the inside. I tried to fight him, and if he didn’t back out then I was going to come off second-best by a long way. That happens. It’s really, really frustrating from my side to make that situation happen. I could have sucked it up and lost just one place. The team did a great job to get us back into the mix on strategy. I don’t know how it panned out on strategy. We initiated the strategy call and were proactive to get us back into the race, which was great. On the final restart I got back past the Lambo to reverse the situation from earlier. It was another crazy restart and I don’t know what happened. Thanks to the Pratt Miller team for getting our Corvette back nearer to the front. Huge congrats to the 4 car guys. They’ve had some tough races so it’s nice that they get a result.”

ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – FINISHED FOURTH IN GTD: “Overall, a pretty good day for us at DXDT Racing. Gutted we didn’t make it on the podium, but I thought as a team we executed a near flawless race. So to come away with a top-five finish, first one of the year for me in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and my first top-five with Corvette, I think we can hold our heads high. And I think we have a lot of momentum moving forward to my next race in Road America in a couple weeks time.”The Corvette Z06 GT3.R was amazing to drive at my home race. Sometimes I’m still having to pinch myself that I got to have such a cool experience. So all in all, thank you to all the fans who came out and supported us over the weekend, bared the weather, and we ended up getting a perfect sunny day in the end. So all in all, a great day.”

July 13, 2025

• Alex Palou leads Honda podium sweep in Farm to Finish 275 at Iowa Speedway
• Palou’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Scott Dixon, finishes second
• Marcus Armstrong rounds out the all-Honda podium in his Meyer Shank Racing machine

NEWTON, IA – Honda scored their first podium sweep of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season and 11th win in 12 races with championship leader Alex Palou taking the victory from pole in the Farm to Finish 275 at Iowa Speedway—the second race of Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend.

The win is Palou’s seventh victory of 2025, meaning the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing driver has scored victory on all four of the primary circuit types IndyCar races on this season—street circuits (St. Pete), road courses (Thermal, Barber, Indy GP, Road America), speedways (Indianapolis 500), and today’s victory on the short oval at Iowa, his first-career short oval win.

The result extends Palou’s championship lead to 129 points over second place, 515-386.

Scott Dixon made it a Chip Ganassi Racing 1-2. A string of good finishes, including the win the last time out at Mid-Ohio and today’s second place in Iowa has moved Dixon from fifth in the championship standings to third in just two weekends.

Meyer Shank Racing’s Marcus Armstrong rounded out the Honda podium sweep, scoring his first podium since joining the MSR team in 2025.

Armstrong’s Meyer Shank Racing teammate, Felix Rosenqvist finished seventh after starting on the front row, and the Dale Coyne Racing duo of Jacob Abel and Rinus VeeKay drove from the back of the field to finish 11th and 12th respectively. The P11 result is a career-best finish for Abel in his rookie campaign in IndyCar.

Honda has won all but one race in 2025, taking the first 10 races in a row in addition to today’s podium lockout. Honda leads Chevrolet by 208 points, 1147-939.

Farm to Finish 275 Honda Race Results

•  1st Alex Palou  
•  2nd Scott Dixon   
• 3rd Marcus Armstrong  
• 7th Felix Rosenqvist  
• 11th Jacob Abel-R    
• 12th Rinus VeeKay  
• 13th Kyffin Simpson   
• 14th Louis Foster-R  
• 18th Kyle Kirkwood
• 19th Graham Rahal 
• 20th Colton Herta   
• 22nd Marcus Ericsson
• 25th Devlin DeFrancesco 

Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda – Not running, contact
Andretti Global Honda – Not running, contactRahal Letterman Lanigan Honda – Not running, contact

R – Rookie

Quotes

Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished first: “Number one! First win on a short oval. And it was just an amazing day for us, starting on pole, leading a lot of laps. And it’s huge that it’s the first time in the year that we got a 1-2-3 for Honda. It’s amazing to get that 1-2 for the team, 1-2-3 for Honda. We had all the power we needed today. We got a little help by the last yellow there, but we were already running third. But it’s been an amazing weekend here for us and I cannot wait for the next one.”

Scott Dixon (#9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished second: “It was a great day. Ours was a little difficult, we kind of threw the kitchen sink at it to start with. Yesterday, on the high line, we weren’t super happy, so we used it as a bit of a test session to get everything dialed in. Today, of course with Honda and HRC, the fuel mileage was crazy good and we could dictate what we wanted to do with strategy. It’s always nice to have those options in your back pocket. It worked out well for us! Congrats to Alex and congrats to Honda!”  

Marcus Armstrong (#66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda) finished third: “I’m happy about that one! We’ve been saving fuel for two days now and we finally caught the yellow there at the end. Good to follow the two Honda boys home there as well—Alex and Scott. We’re just gaining momentum and I’m really happy with how our #66 crew was on pit lane today.”

Kelvin Fu (Vice President, Honda Racing Corporation USA): “Amazing Honda sweep here in Iowa. This is our first win here since 2018, and we’ve worked hard on our short oval package to get back in victory lane. Credit to everybody at HRC for not giving up and pushing through. Today was a combination of great driving, great strategy and great fuel economy to get us this result. Congrats to Alex on continuing an amazing season, and to Scott and Marcus for incredible results today.”

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Nos. 12, 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.Rs finish 1st and 2nd in WEC raceSAO PAULO, Brazil (July 13, 2025) – A month ago, it was pole at Le Mans. Today, it’s victory at Sāo Paulo. The milestones are historic firsts and statements of first-year Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA’s arrival among the Hypercar elite programs in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

The No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R driven by Alex Lynn, Norman Nato and Will Stevens took the checkered flag of the Rolex 6 Hours of Sāo Paulo with the sister No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R driven by Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais and Jenson Button following in second place for another first in program and WEC history – the first 1-2 by a U.S. manufacturer in the LMP1/Hypercar class. “Congratulations to the Cadillac Racing team and the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R on their victory in the Rolex 6 Hours of Sāo Paulo. Every member of the team can be very proud of their efforts on preparing the racecar for success, from both a technology and durability standpoint,” said John Roth, vice president, Global Cadillac. The breakthrough result on the 4.409 km (2.677-mile), 15-turn Autódromo José Carlos Pace – commonly known as Interlagos – s Cadillac Racing’s 32nd victory in the WEC and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship since joining prototype competition in 2017. Cadillac Racing has 235 podiums (IMSA/WEC) and 32 poles in that span.In its third season of WEC Hypercar competition, Cadillac Racing’s previous best result was third in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023 with Lynn, Bamber and Richard Westbrook sharing the driving duties. JOTA Sport, in its first season as a factory program and celebrating its silver anniversary in motorsports, previously won at Spa-Francorchamps in 2024 with another manufacturer. It was a dominating performance by the twin hybrid Cadillacs and their respective crews, including Stevens setting the fastest lap of the race (1:24.498) on Lap 3. Lynn started on pole in the 18-car Hypercar field for the second consecutive race, with the top spot at Circuit de la Sarthe in June another first for Cadillac and the first for a U.S. brand since 1967. Bourdais had qualified second in Hyperpole – only 0.100 of a second arrears – but was docked on spot on the starting grid because of a stewards’ decision for impeding another car in the 12-minute qualifying session. After relinquishing the point on the first lap, the Nos. 12 and 38 rose to the fore late in the first hour and ran 1-2 for extended periods throughout the race – most importantly at the finish. Following its final pit stop for four tires and energy, the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA traded spots with the front-running sister car when it pitted on Lap 206 with 52 minutes left. The No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R returned to second a lap later when the No. 6 Porsche 963 came down pit lane. Combined, the Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA entries led 165 of 242 laps. Cadillc Hertz Team JOTA is back in action Sept. 5-7 at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, where Lynn and Bamber drove to a fourth-place finish in 2024. Cadillac total victories in all classes/series: 71Cadillac victories in IMSA since 2017: 31Cadillac victories in WEC since 2023: 1Cadillac total podiums in all classes/series: 235  IMSA GTP (17)  IMSA DPi (84)  FIA WEC (3)  World Challenge (126)  American Le Mans Series (5)Prototype poles since 2017: 3229 (IMSA)3 (WEC)

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What they’re saying

Keely Bosn, Cadillac Racing program manager: “Today, Cadillac showed real grit and pace. Securing a 1‑2 finish at Interlagos is a statement. The No. 12 led the way, with the No. 38 right behind, proving the strength of our team and cars. This kind of consistency only comes from world-class engineering and well-executed strategies. It wasn’t just a win on the track — it was a win in the garage, in the data room, and in every detail of our race prep this season. A magnificent day for Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA in Brazil.” Sam Hignett, co-founder and director: “It’s a fantastic start. Five races in, to have a first and second in the Brazil WEC six hours is great. It’s very important that we acknowledge, you know, there are six guys driving cars, did an amazing job. The team on the ground here did an amazing job. But there’s hundreds of people behind the scenes at JOTA, at GM, Cadillac, Dallara. All this credit needs to go to them as well, because without them we wouldn’t be where we are today. The Spa victory is special because it was our first win. We had a huge dose of luck, which enabled the win at Spa. This, we genuinely won on pace. To not only win it, but finish second as well, it was fantastic.” David Clark, co-founder and director: “After an incredible qualifying in Le mans with a historic front row lockout and very convincing qualifying yesterday in Brazil, the 1-2 finish today in Sao Paulo is absolute testimony to the phenomenal teamwork of everyone at Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA. Sam and I could not be prouder of every single individual who has contributed to this breathtaking performance. Without doubt, our huge gratitude goes to General Motors, Cadillac for their trust in us. And a special thank you to our partners at Knighthead, Hertz, Mobil 1, and the whole JOTA family. Their passion and belief in us has been rewarded today. To be the first team to win with two manufacturers in a little over a year is also a huge honor and a clear indicator that we’re getting something very right. It genuinely doesn’t get any better than this.” No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R

Alex Lynn: “Honestly, this is now year number three of me racing this car and year number four of driving it. And, personally, it’s a huge sense of satisfaction. You know, it’s been a huge journey with Cadillac and to finally win a race of the WEC Championship is special. It’s been a lot of hours driving the car and a lot of hours working on it and it means everything.” Norman Nato:  It’s honestly quite impressive, like the progress we’re doing. Since Imola, we keep improving. Fourth at Le Mans was good; obviously, we want more. Le Mans was already quite a strong performance for such a new team that we are in today. One, two, with the two Cadillacs and first win for myself as well. Cadillac and JOTA have been working on this car for already some years and for everyone involved in this; to have this kind of moment today is special It’s just the beginning. We’re going to keep pushing, but big thanks for everyone. We’re going to enjoy this one.” Will Stevens: “Honestly, it’s just amazing for everyone in this program. Obviously, to get Cadillac’s first win for us in the 12 car is pretty special. But, obviously, for us as JOTA as well and carrying on the tradition of getting wins every year, I think super special. So, this is only the beginning of a long program we have together. A goal for this year was to obviously make sure we win a race, but we have even bigger aspirations to keep on winning races and tick off the big boxes that we want to take in this program. So very special.” No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R Earl Bamber: “I think for the program, what everyone’s worked for, since the very beginning in 2022, and what is it, now to get our first one-two in the WEC – and a first for Cadillac — and so it’s a proud moment for everyone. We’ve had a tough season on the 38 car, so to get second place is great and it’s amazing job by the 12 guys.” Sebastien Bourdais: “Just really happy for the boys, for the team, for Hertz and obviously for Cadillac and everybody involved because it’s been a lot of work and it’s the first time that we kind of came together in the race. It’s definitely a good feeling. Earl did an amazing job and then Jensen did as well. And then, when I got in the car, I really got into a really, really poor sequence of traffic and lapped cars and it was really difficult. I think I really hurt the tires just in dirty air in general, and then I really struggled to get into a rhythm. It was a really hard battle, but we got it done and got our first podium.”  Jenson Button: “It’s been a very emotional year in terms of a roller coaster, but to finally get a one-two for this amazing team is special. Really proud of everyone. They’ve worked so hard. The partnership between JOTA and Cadillac just shows how we’ve gelled and we’re one big family. Well done to the 12 car for the win … untouchable. But I enjoyed it out there. The car worked really well and it’s the best cars I’ve had all year. So, long may it continue and congratulations to Cadillac and Hertz Team JOTA.”

BATAVIA, Ohio (July 13, 2025) – Shelby County Speedway once again honors the Kosiski family with the 2nd Annual Kosiski Family 53 on Tuesday, July 15. The event will feature a big purse increase in 2025, with a $25,053 winner’s share. A full schedule of Dirt Draft Hot Laps, Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains is planned, leading up to the 53-lap main event. The IMCA Late Models will join the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing. The pit gate at Shelby County Speedway will open at 4:00 PM. The general admission gate will open at 4:30 PM. Hot Laps begin at 6:30 PM. Shelby County Speedway is a 1/3-mile oval located on the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Harlan, Iowa. To find more information about Shelby County Speedway or purchase tickets in advance, visit www.racescs.com. Jonathan Davenport now holds a 30-point advantage over Ricky Thornton Jr. in the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP standings. Hudson O’Neal has moved to third, followed by Devin Moran and Garrett Alberson, completing the top five. Donald McIntosh leads the O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Year chase by 50 points over Daniel Hilsabeck. Dan Ebert is third. For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, please visit www.lucasdirt.com. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purse:1. $25,053, 2. $10,000, 3. $6,000, 4. $4,000, 5. $3,500, 6. $2,700, 7. $2,500, 8. $2,300, 9. $2,200, 10. $2,100, 11. $2,000, 12. $1,900, 13. $1,800, 14. $1,700, 15. $1,600, 16. $1,500, 17. $1,500, 18. $1,500, 19. $1,500, 20. $1,500, 21. $1,500, 22. $1,500, 23. $1,500, 24. $1,500 = $82,853 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Tire Rule:Left Rear/Fronts – Hoosier (90) NLMT2, (90) NLMT3Right Rear – Hoosier (92) NLMT3, (92) NLMT4

7/12/25 – Andrew Kunas) Petaluma, CA … Tim Kaeding still knows how to win races. The former NARC champion and future Sprint Car Hall of Famer added to his already impressive resume, picking up $5,200 when he won the 2nd Annual Dave Lindt Memorial Saturday at Petaluma Speedway.

It was a triumphant return home to California for Kaeding, who had raced out in the Midwest the last several weeks. Saturday’s win was his 75th career NARC King of the West feature victory, second on the all-time win list.

Kaeding, starting on the front row, did not fare well on the initial attempt to start the 30-lap feature, pulling a small wheelstand off Turn 4 and then bicycling some in Turns 1 and 2 as fellow front row start Caeden Steele took the lead. The caution flag came out, however, for a car stopping on the front stretch, forcing a do over. Kaeding, the experienced veteran sprint car racer, learned from his mistake and took full advantage of the second opportunity and grabbed the lead on the next start attempt.

From there, on a typically fast and hooked up Petaluma track, Kaeding led all 30 laps aboard the Emadco Disposal-sponsored Williams Motorsports No. 0 Maxwill-powered Maxim. In addition to the top prize, Kaeding secured $300 in lap money from METTEC Titanium for leading every circuit. Lapped traffic was difficult at times, but Kaeding was able to navigate, making moves when he needed to as he knew there were fast cars chasing him.

In the winner’s circle, Kaeding showed he still enjoyed winning races, no matter how many times he’s done it in any series, as he climbed up the back of his car and greeted the fans. He expressed gratitude to the Williams Motorsports team for putting the car together for him, and also for being able to race in Dave Lindt’s memory on Saturday, having raced with him before.

Steele on one restart was almost able to challenge Kaeding for the lead but struggled to turn in consistent laps on the challenging surface and couldn’t keep pace. Behind him, D.J. Netto and Justin Sanders, who entered the night tied for the NARC points lead, started alongside each other in the second row and frequently raced with each other for positions in the Top 5 – and for the points lead – throughout the event. Netto eventually got around Steele for second place, and Sanders followed.

Netto would pursue Kaeding for a time but could not get to him as they raced through traffic, and would finish second aboard the Penny Newman Grain-sponsored Netto Ag No. 88n Rider-powered KPC, while Sanders took third aboard the Yuba Sutter Aviation-sponsored Mittry Motorsports No. 2x Fisher-powered KPC. That resulted in Netto regaining the NARC points lead by a single point, unofficially.

After running second most of the race, Steele finished fourth in the Tarlton & Son-sponsored BCCR No. 21 Shark-powered Maxim. Tyler Thompson finished fifth aboard the HAM Construction-sponsored Main Motorsports No. 35km Kistler-Maxim, and that unofficially put him back into third place in the point standings. Kansas visitor Jace Park was sixth. Gauge Garcia earned another Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 15th to finish seventh. Mariah Ede, Nick Parker and Dominic Gorden rounded out the Top 10.

Heat races earlier in the evening were won by Netto, Tim Kaeding and Steele. Kaeding won the Beacon Wealth Strategies Dash over Steele to secure the pole position for the main event. Sean Becker, winner of last year’s inaugural Dave Lindt Memorial, paced the field in Automotive Racing Productions Qualifying, touring the 3/8-mile clay oval in 12.719 seconds.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (30 laps): 1. 0 Tim Kaeding (1), 2. 88n D.J. Netto (4), 3. 2x Justin Sanders (3), 4. 121 Caeden Steele (2), 5. 35km Tyler Thompson (5), 6. 10x Jace Park (9), 7. 2k Gauge Garcia (15), 8. 14 Mariah Ede (8), 9. 15 Nick Parker (11), 10. 10 Dominic Gorden (12), 11. 83v Dylan Bloomfield (7), 12. 17 Colby Copeland (13), 13. 9 Dustin Freitas (17), 14. 12j John Clark (16), 15. 7b Sean Becker (6), 16. 29 Bud Kaeding (10), 17. 551 Angelique Bell (18), 18. 26 Billy Aton (14).

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: Tim Kaeding 1-30

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 2k Gauge Garcia, 15th to 7th (+8)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (18 cars): 7b Sean Becker, 12.719 seconds

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 88n D.J. Netto, 2. 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 3. 29 Bud Kaeding, 4. 7b Sean Becker, 5. 26 Billy Aton, 6. 12j John Clark.

Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. 0 Tim Kaeding, 2. 14 Mariah Ede, 3. 35km Tyler Thompson, 4. 10 Dominic Gorden, 5. 2k Gauge Garcia, 6. 9 Dustin Freitas.

WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. 121 Caeden Steele, 2. 10x Jace Park, 3. 15 Nick Parker, 4. 2x Justin Sanders, 5. 17 Colby Copeland, 6. 551 Angelique Bell.

Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 0 Tim Kaeding, 2. 121 Caeden Steele, 3. 2x Justin Sanders, 4. 88n D.J. Netto, 5. 35km Tyler Thompson, 6. 7b Sean Becker.

WAUSEON, OH — July 12, 2025 — Zack Mitchell’s Week 5 has shown immediate success with the Coltman Farms Racing crew as he drove towards his first staple DIRTcar Summer National Late Models win in his fifth career start.

The Enoree, SC driver dominated the front at Oakshade Raceway after setting the night’s Quick Time, won his Heat race, and drove to his third flag-to-flag win with the Hell Tour.

Mitchell began the 40-lap Feature as the polesitter and took the conductor’s role, with Trey Mills in second and 2025 overall title contender Tyler Erb in third place.

While the Palmetto State driver continued to show the way, lapped traffic put his lead in jeopardy as Mills and Erb tightened the gap down to 0.4 seconds. Mitchell‘s No. 57 Longhorn Chassis had to muscle through the cars by forcing them up the racetrack to stop the other two from making a pass.

When the second pack of lapped cars approached the leaders, Mitchell took the risk of going to the middle line and kept his Late Model stuck to the line while Mills followed behind.

Though Erb was comfortably in third place through the majority of the 40-lap Feature, he had a second battle on his hands as overall points leader Jason Feger worked up into the top five after starting in 10th place to chase down the leaders.

When the caution waved with three laps to go, Feger sat in fifth as he strategized a last-gasp opportunity to keep Erb at bay for the win and a wider points gap in his favor.

Feger drove up to the cushion as the green flag waved while the field stayed at the bottom of the track. Entering Turn 1, Erb slipped up into Feger’s line as the two made contact through Turn 2. Erb spun to the bottom of the track and collected fourth-place Colten Burdette in the process. The moment ended the Texan’s hopes of a prime points night in the Hell Tour’s penultimate event.

Erb and Burdette’s incident gifted the Bloomington, IL driver third-place positioning ahead of the final restart of the race. Mitchell ran away from Mills as he got to celebrate his first Birthday Race triumph.

“I was just trying to stay pinned around that bottom,” Mitchell said. “I didn’t know where Trey was, but I’m sure he was right up there on me, and I appreciate him racing me clean. Car was phenomenal. I couldn’t get through that hole down (in Turn 1) the last few laps. But, it feels good to get another win, and hopefully we can get another one around our week off.”

Feger’s finish helped gift the No. 25 a 90-point lead, with Erb finishing in 20th place. With the Jacksonville, FL teenager of Mills finishing second, he retains the Week 5 points lead over Mitchell by 11 points, leaving Saturday night at Oakshade.

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models campaign of 2025 concludes on Sunday night as the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals join the Hell Tour for the finale at Wayne County Speedway on Sunday, July 13.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 57-Zack Mitchell[1]; 2. 14JR-Trey Mills[2]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[10]; 4. 55-Eli Johnson[3]; 5. 75-Dillon McCowan[8]; 6. 91-Rusty Schlenk[12]; 7. 1N-Casey Noonan[7]; 8. 46-Colin Shipley[16]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 10. 31M-Tyler Millwood[19]; 11. 5-Mark Whitener[14]; 12. 06-Jake Rendel[20]; 13. 17SR-Brody Smith[13]; 14. 71R-Rod Conley[15]; 15. 75M-Dusty Moore[24]; 16. 57K-Steve Kester[21]; 17. 53L-Colten Burdette[4]; 18. 18B-Chase Burda[18]; 19. 51-Devin Shiels[6]; 20. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 21. 8-Rob Anderzack[23]; 22. (DNF) 29-Christian Hanger[22]; 23. (DNF) 38-Thomas Hunziker[17]; 24. (DNF) 3M-Matt Miller[11]

Tyler Nicely Takes Summit Modified Nationals Points Lead, Seventh Win of 2025 at Oakshade

Tyler Nicely is back on top.

The 2023 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals champ orchestrated the night at Oakshade Raceway on Saturday night as he flew to his seventh win of the tour in 2025.

The Owensboro, KY native got the 25-lap Feature started from the Pole Position as Thursday winner Michael Ledford ran behind in second place.

When Nicely began to set the pace around the 3/8-mile track around the bottom lane, Ledford kept Nicely within a one-second gap as the two drivers expanded their distance away from third-place Daniel Adam to over eight seconds.

When Nicely approached the lap traffic ahead of him, he did not feel any pressure from Ledford as he managed to drive towards the middle lane and use it to pass the lappers around him.

Ledford attempted a final charge towards Nicely as the checkered flag was in sight, but he could not stop Nicely from scoring the 18th win of his Summit Modified Nationals career, and his first Birthday Race triumph. His dominant night at Oakshade gave him the points lead by 26 points over Trevor Neville heading into the final three tour races of 2025.

“Business as always,” Nicely said. “I’ve been saying we got a good group of guys with me. Just go over this thing, make sure nothing’s gonna fall off tomorrow. We’re all having a blast out here, going up and down the road with (Tyler Erb) is fun.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models campaign of 2025 concludes on Sunday night as the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals join the Hell Tour for the finale at Wayne County Speedway on Sunday, July 13.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 4-Michael Ledford[3]; 3. 75-Daniel Adam[2]; 4. 43-Mark Anderson[4]; 5. 14-Dalton Lane[8]; 6. 21C-Drew Charlson[5]; 7. 60-Shannon Fisk[7]; 8. 42-Nate Young[11]; 9. 74M-Manix Furqueron[9]; 10. B4U-Brad Eitniear[6]; 11. 12M-John McClure[13]; 12. 14T-Mario Toniolo[10]; 13. 32-Scott Boyd Jr[12]; 14. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[14]; 15. 313-Clayton Smith[16]; 16. 74D-Craig Dippman[19]; 17. 09-Dan Price[17]; 18. 21-Roger South[15]; 19. 31J-Ray Jackson[18]; 20. (DNS) 52-John Haynes

The Californian fends off David Gravel’s late charge to secure his first Wilmot checkered flag

WILMOT, WI (June 12, 2025) – There’s no driver hotter on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series tour than Michael “Buddy” Kofoid right now.

It began with a major week at Huset’s Speedway where Kofoid finished on the podium all four nights of the Huset’s High Bank Nationals and won a pair of six-figure paydays, becoming only the third driver to do so in one week.

He and the Roth Motorsports crew followed that with two third place runs at Cedar Lake Speedway. An off weekend for the Fourth of July came next, but Kofoid and company didn’t let the summer break cool them off.

They rolled into Wisconsin’s Wilmot Raceway Saturday night and delivered yet another statement. Kofoid started on the pole of the Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40 and led every single circuit. Defending Series champion David Gravel offered up a couple challenges, but it wasn’t enough as Kofoid held on and kept the hot streak rolling with another checkered flag.

“We wouldn’t be standing up here having speed like this if it wasn’t for Dylan (Buswell), Nate (Knotts), and Gage (Tyra),” Kofoid said of his crew. “They work incredibly hard, and I feel like atmosphere-wise it’s been the best atmosphere and the most fun I’ve had in my career, and that’s all due to them and everyone above us that puts us here.

“I was kind of scratching my head under that yellow like, ‘Man, I don’t know where to be,’ just because there were 10 different things you could do. I was just sticking to what I felt was working for me which was driving across and trying to cut (Turn) 1 really short. Then I kind of gave up on the top in (Turn) 3 and was driving across. I don’t know if that was better or not, but I felt like that helped us finish off the race.”

Kofoid has now topped three of the last six races contest by The Greatest Show on Dirt. The Series sophomore’s seventh victory of 2025 already equals the mark he established last year during his rookie campaign. His first at Wilmot makes the 23-year-old the eighth different driver to win at the “Badger State” track. The 17th overall of Kofoid’s World of Outlaws career tied him with Kraig Kinser and Johnny Herrera for 35th all-time.

David Gravel came home second after throwing everything he had at Kofoid in the latter stages of the race. He fired a slider that came up just a tad short and look poised to make a late run before the yellow flag flew with two laps remaining. The Watertown, CT native closed on Kofoid coming to the white flag after the restart, but a final lap mistake sealed a runner-up fate for the Big Game Motorsports team.

“It definitely hurt our chances a little bit,” Gravel said of the final yellow. “But truly I had a shot on the green-white-checkered. I got a bad start, got through (Turns) 1 and 2 good, and then Buddy struggled through (Turns) 3 and 4 coming to the white. I tried to run the bottom and grab the moisture down low off of (Turn) 2, and about half the time I could do it and half I couldn’t, and that was a time that I missed it. That was a race car capable of winning tonight. Man, when I threw the slider in (Turns) 1 and 2, I swear I cleared him and there was no way he was getting back around me, and then he just probably closed his eyes, prayed, and went wide open around the cushion and got back around me.”

Carson Macedo brought the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 home third for his third consecutive podium finish as he continues to rebound after a tough week at Huset’s in late June. The Lemoore, CA native overcame restart problems to secure a strong finish.

“I was just getting really bad starts,” Macedo said. “My angle was so bad off of (Turn) 4 when I’d start behind Buddy on the bottom. He’d take off pretty early, which I would’ve too, but where I was at I had to turn twice and then exit right around that tire then I’d just be spinning down the frontstretch and be in trouble getting into (Turn) 1 almost every start.”

Chris Windom and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.

Giovanni Scelzi took the KCP Racing No. 18 from 16th to 11th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.

Bill Balog claimed his first Simpson Quick Time of 2025 in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.

Heat Races belonged to Bill Balog (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Buddy Kofoid (Real American Beer Heat Two), and Chris Windom (WIX Filters Heat Three).

The SPATechnique #1 Redraw went to Carson Macedo for the third race in a row.

Buddy Kofoid topped the Toyota Dash.

Skylar Gee won the Micro-Lite Last Chance Showdown.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Hunter Schuerenberg.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars head to Ohio for a major week of racing. It begins with the Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic presented by dac Vitamins and Minerals at Attica Raceway Park on Tuesday, July 15. For tickets, CLICK HERE. Then it’s over to Rossburg, OH’s Eldora Speedway for the 42nd running of the Kings Royal (July 18-19) with the champion banking a record $200,000. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the track, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (40 Laps): 1. 83-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[2]; 3. 41-Carson Macedo[3]; 4. 7S-Chris Windom[5]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 7. 21H-Brady Bacon[10]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[9]; 9. 2C-Cole Macedo[13]; 10. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 11. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[16]; 12. 23-Garet Williamson[8]; 13. 6-Zach Hampton[17]; 14. 28M-Conner Morrell[14]; 15. 3N-Jake Neuman[11]; 16. 15K-Creed Kemenah[15]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee[20]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee[19]; 19. 87A-Austin Hartmann[24]; 20. 10V-Matt VanderVere[21]; 21. 13-CJ Malueg[23]; 22. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[18]; 23. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[12]; 24. 43-Jereme Schroeder[22]

WHEATLAND, MO (July 12, 2025) – Brandon Sheppard started sixth and passed race leader Gordy Gundaker on lap 15 to win the 19th Annual CMH Diamond Nationals presented by Wieland on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway.  Sheppard’s win was his second of the season with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, and it allowed him to tie with Josh Richards for 8th place on the all-time series wins list, now with 34 wins. Once in front, Sheppard dominated the rest of the race, which was slowed only by one caution. Sheppard won by an impressive 3.775 seconds to become the 12th different winner in the event’s history. Hudson O’Neal, who started alongside Sheppard in row three, finished second, with Ricky Thornton Jr. rounding out the Big River Steel Podium in third. The rest of the top five included defending track champion Justin Wells and Garrett Alberson, who started 17th. Gundaker, who started from the Victory Fuel Pole, took the lead at the beginning of the race and held the top spot for the first 14 laps until the only caution of the race was called. Gundaker, aiming for the biggest win of his career and his first Lucas Oil victory, saw Sheppard pass him on the lap 15 restart. From that point on, Sheppard dominated the rest of the race, leading the final 36 laps unchallenged. “This place has haunted me in my dreams many times. We finished second at the Show-Me in 2021. I’ve performed well here before. The track is very tricky and hit or miss. It requires different skills than your average race track. We’re still figuring out this new car. We’re improving our consistency by trying different things each night and building on a program we’ve grown to be good at here,” said the New Berlin, Illinois native. “Getting a win here really shows where we stand as a team. I appreciate all the fans for sticking it out. I know it looked sketchy all day from the south, but somehow we dodged the gap, and it missed us. We definitely got lucky with the weather. Wheatland was an awesome track both nights this weekend.” O’Neal, who entered the weekend with four wins in five appearances at Lucas Oil Speedway, finished in second after moving up to that position on lap 27. “I think I got to overdriving a little bit,” as O’Neal was asked about getting sideways near the end of the race. “I felt like I was okay, and if I could pass some of those guys, I might be able to close the gap (on Sheppard) a little bit. I was driving a bit too hard and jumped the cushion down there, almost at the opening, turned pretty sharply. I was wide open trying to get back over the banking. I think I got tired a little early, and Sheppard got too big of a lead without a caution right then, so I couldn’t close in on him.”  Thornton, who won the previous night at Wheatland, outdueled Wells in the final laps as he survived a back-and-forth battle to finish on the Big River Steel Podium. “I felt like I was pretty good. I was a little too tight early, but once it finally slowed down, I felt really good. Hats off to the track crew. I think this race, the Show-Me, is probably the best this place has raced in a long time. I know they have been working hard to improve this place. The High Limit race here was really good too. I felt like I needed to be a lot better — I mean significantly better — to beat Brandon. He was in a league of his own tonight. I believe he got by me on lap two or three, and after that, I never really saw him.”  The winner’s Mark Richards Racing, Rocket Chassis is powered by a Durham Racing Engine and sponsored Valvoline, Seubert Calf Ranches, Franklin Enterprises, Petroff Towing, Gunter’s Honey, Performance Grading, Ace Metal Works, Sunoco Race Fuels, Collins Brothers Towing, Stiles Marine and Maintenance, Rocket 1 Pre-Owned Motors. Completing the top ten were Daulton Wilson, Gordy Gundaker, Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Overton, and Kayden Clatt. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 19th Annual CMH Diamond Nationals presented by Wieland | Night 2Saturday, July 12, 2025Lucas Oil Speedway – Wheatland, MO Allstar Performance Time TrialsFast Time Group A: Jonathan Davenport | 15.049 seconds (Overall)Fast Time Group B: Brandon Overton | 15.266 seconds  Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 11-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 3. 98-Justin Wells[4]; 4. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[2]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[6]; 6. 0-Jake O’Neil[7]; 7. 65-Jon Binning[8]; 8. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 9. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[2]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[4]; 3. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[1]; 4. 50-Kayden Clatt[3]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[6]; 6. 93-Carson Ferguson[5]; 7. 7J-Ryan Johnson[8]; 8. 60-Dan Ebert[7] Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 4. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 5. 1/4J-Jaxon Ertel[5]; 6. 79-Donald McIntosh[6]; 7. 15L-Payton Looney[7]; 8. 805-Rob Hough[9]; 9. (DNS) 3W-Brennon Willard Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 3. 96-Dalton Imhoff[2]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[4]; 5. 93L-Cory Lawler[5]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[6]; 7. 87-Darron Fuqua[7]; 8. 15-Clay Stuckey[8] Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[2]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[4]; 4. 0-Jake O’Neil[3]; 5. 4W-Tyler Wolff[7]; 6. 7J-Ryan Johnson[6]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert[8]; 8. 65-Jon Binning[5]; 9. 49-Jonathan Davenport[9] UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1/4J-Jaxon Ertel[1]; 2. 79-Donald McIntosh[3]; 3. 93L-Cory Lawler[2]; 4. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 5. 15L-Payton Looney[5]; 6. 87-Darron Fuqua[6]; 7. 15-Clay Stuckey[8]; 8. 805-Rob Hough[7]; 9. (DNS) 3W-Brennon Willard 19th Annual CMH Diamond Nationals presented by Wieland | Night 2 Feature Finish(50 Laps): Pos – Start – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Pay1 – 6 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – $25,8002 – 5 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – $10,8003 – 4 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – $7,1004 – 9 – 98 – Justin Wells – Aurora, MO – $4,0005 – 17 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – $4,2006 – 7 – 18D – Daulton Wilson – Fayetteville, NC – $3,4007 – 1 – 11 – Gordy Gundaker – St. Charles, MO – $2,5008 – 23 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – $3,5009 – 2 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – $2,90010 – 15 – 50 – Kayden Clatt – Edina, MO – $2,10011 – 8 – 97 – Cade Dillard – Robeline, LA – $2,00012 – 25 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – $1,20013 – 3 – 19M – Spencer Hughes – Meridian, MS – $2,50014 – 21 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – $2,40015 – 10 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – $2,60016 – 19 – 11T – Trevor Gundaker – St. Charles, MO – $1,50017 – 16 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – $2,30018 – 13 – 1XM – Aaron Marrant – Richmond, MO – $1,50019 – 24 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – $2,20020 – 11 – 8K – Tyler Kuykendall – Warsaw, MO – $1,50021 – 22 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – $2,20022 – 20 – 79 – Donald McIntosh – Dawsonville, GA – $2,20023 – 12 – 96 – Dalton Imhoff – Jamestown, MO – $1,50024 – 18 – 1/4J – Jaxon Ertel – Neosho, MO – $1,50025 – 14 – 56 – Tony Jackson Jr – Lebanon, MO – $1,500 Race Statistics  Entrants: 34Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Gordy GundakerMD3 Lap Leaders: Gordy Gundaker (1-14), Brandon Sheppard (15-50)Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Brandon SheppardWieland Feature Winner: Brandon SheppardMargin of Victory: 3.775 secondsColtman Farms Racing Cautions: Donald McIntosh (Lap 14)Series Provisionals: Jonathan Davenport, Dan EbertFast Time Provisional: n/aEmergency Provisional: Clay HarrisTrack Provisional: n/aBig River Steel Podium Top 3: Brandon Sheppard, Hudson O’Neal, Ricky Thornton Jr.Penske Shocks Top 5: Brandon Sheppard, Hudson O’Neal, Ricky Thornton Jr., Justin Wells, Garrett AlbersonPEM 4th Place Feature: Justin WellsDMI Rearends 5th Place Feature: Garrett AlbersonWilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Gordy GundakerWehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Cade DillardDeatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Spencer HughesMD3 24th Place Feature: Jaxon ErtelHoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Advanced 15 Positions)MD3 Most Laps Led: Brandon Sheppard (36 Laps)Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Brandon SheppardMidwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan DavenportO’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Daniel HilsabeckPro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Brandon Sheppard | Lap 18 | 15.504 secondsSlicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Brandon SheppardFresh Roof Hard Luck Award: Jonathan DavenportOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Danny WhiteARP Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Racing EnginesMiller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket ChassisDirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Tony Jackson Jr. | 15.724 secondsTime of Race: 17 minutes 14 seconds Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:Pos – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Points – Pay1 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – 5485 – $261,9002 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – 5455 – $288,6503 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – 5175 – $157,2754 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – 5135 – $193,0495 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – 4975 – $118,5506 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – 4895 – $148,3007 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – 4760 – $101,6008 – 18D – Daulton Wilson – Fayetteville, NC – 4505 – $83,7259 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – 4275 – $70,32510 – 79 – Donald McIntosh – Dawsonville, GA – 4085 – $56,20011 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – 4000 – $52,02512 – 19M – Spencer Hughes – Meridian, MS – 3725 – $50,12513 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – 3660 – $42,90014 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – 3565 – $44,65015 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – 3235 – $32,925

Team Chevy Drivers Sweep Podium and Score Seven of Top-Eight in Finishing Order

NEWTON, IOWA (July 12,2025) – Pato O’Ward took his No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet to Iowa Speedway Victory Lane to score his first win of the season, his second at the .875-mile track and the eighth of his NTT INDYCAR SERIES career. He led 33 of the 275 laps in today’s race, the first of the Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend doubleheader.

O’Ward’s win of the SYNK 275 is the first of the season for Chevrolet and the 14^th for the Bowtie Brand on the Iowa D-shaped oval.  He now sits second in the standings, 105 points down to leader Alex Palou.

Chevrolet drivers swept the podium with Josef Newgarden bringing his No. 2 Astemo Team Penske Chevy to the checkered flag in the runner-up spot, his ninth podium at Iowa. Teammate Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Chevrolet completed the podium in third place, his seventh time on an Iowa podium.

Scott McLaughlin had to start 27^th in the field after an incident on his qualifying out lap that resulted in his No. 3 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet making hard contact with the turn two wall. The winner of the 2024 Iowa race one drove through the field to finish fourth. McLaughlin made 24 on-track passes in his quest to score a solid finish

• Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 Splenda Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, drove from the 19^th starting spot to finish sixth, also making 24 on-track passes
• Conor Daly piloted the No. 76 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet to seventh in the final finishing order
• Santino Ferrucci completed the seven Chevrolet powered drivers in the top-eight bringing the No. 14 Sexton Properties AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet across the finish line in eighth place
• Chevrolet has led an amazing 4,099 at Iowa Speedway with Newgarden leading the way with 2,079 led including 232 today after starting on the pole
• Race Two of the Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway – The Farm To Finish 275 (275 laps) – is scheduled to start at 1pm (ET)/ noon (CT)/11am (MT)/10am (PT) and will be broadcast on FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218.

DRIVER POST RACE QUOTES

PATO O’WARD, NO. 5 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER:

“This is great we’ve been waiting for this one for over a year. My 50th race was also a win here in Iowa and that’s the only other thing I have here so it’s a cool story. Great job by the Arrow McLaren guys and gals. This Chevy powered machine was, I think it’s 1-2-3 right? 1-2-3 Chevy podium. I think it was about and I’m super happy I’m the Chevy guy that gave them their first win this year.

Josef is the master at these races, he rules around here so I knew that we had to be spot on and I had to be so precise on the in laps to beat him at his own game. This is awesome and we have another chance tomorrow, it would be really awesome to double up. 

How did you hold him back

I mean we’ve had so many duels, Josef and I, but he usually, he’s a percentage that comes out on top more. I said that today is the day that changes, so racing out there and you know I had a lot of fun making that that outside groove work whenever we were 4th and 5th and as soon as we were behind him, we just kind of this positioned ourselves to get it done.”

JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 2 ASTEMO TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 2^ND:

“O’Ward got track position, it was a simple as that. My car was quick, and Team Chevy did a great job Finally got a win for Team Chevy is a big deal. They should have had way more on the year, so good to finally get one.”

WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 3^RD:

“We’ve always had the speed. Just a very smooth day I would say. Some good racing out as the second lane came in, which is awesome. I think everyone should thank Conor Daly for bringing it in, or at least showing us how to do it. Him and Ferruci rolled that outside really well. I just watched Connor do it I’m like oh OK, so he taught me that. It was a solid day, I’m really happy to have a smooth day with no problems. That’s what I got and hopefully tomorrow you can go for the win.”

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, NO. 3 XPEL TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 4^TH:

“Oh, man, it’s huge. I don’t know how many people saw, but the amount of people, that not only work on the No. 3 car, but the No. 2 and the No. 12, It was just a huge team effort to get back in the race. I know I was talking to some drivers, and some teams may not have even been able to do that, so it’s a proud moment for us. Proud moment for me. After the last few months, it’s just nice to have a decent result, but the problem is we’ve do it again tomorrow, but I think we can. The car was really good. I would rip the bottom. I would rip whatever lane I wanted, So, I put a lot of trust in it. I put trust in it because the guys are so good, you know, and just really proud of everyone, and everyone on the XPEL Chevy.”

CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN, NO. 21 SPLENDA ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 6^TH:

“Done with the first race at Iowa Speedway! Finished P6 after starting P19, a good result. We just steadily moved our way through the field from the beginning to the end. I had one exciting moment with probably the biggest drift I’ve ever done on an oval and still saved it! Thankfully, we got through it and the good thing is we get to do it all over again! We are starting a little farther up tomorrow so maybe we can have an even better day!”

CONOR DALY, NO. 76 JUNCOS HOLLINGR RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 7^TH:

“Honestly, I was really happy with the Chevy, the whole day. Really appreciate the team’s work on giving me a fast car. I just struggled a little bit in the middle of the race. myself, just with what was going on, not car related, just driver related. But, it was good to get a last restart in to get one more spot. But yeah, just lost a little bit in that first pit exchange because we had a tough in, but, you know, car was still really fast. We’ve just got a fine tune a few things for tomorrow, and I think we’ll have a shot at it.”

SANTINO FERRUCCI, NO. 14 SEXTON PROPERTIES AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 8^TH:

“”Tough, tough day. Honestly, i thought we had a much better race car than we did, just based off our practice, but as it turned out, we were incredibly tight and just trying to battle that. You can only do so much, you’re max-tooling in the car. you can only put so much front wing in before you tip it over. So, hands tied but happy to come home with a top-10 and ready to make some overnight changes and get back after it tomorrow.”

DAVID MALUKAS, NO. 4 CLARIENCE AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 12^Th:

“We missed the mark on the setup when we first went out, so it was a little bit of a survival and then the yellow came out for the first stop. So we decided not to do any changes with the wing, just not to change the balance. But we were going backwards. and fell back to 17th. On the next stop, we were able to do the turns of wing and the car just kicked alive and we worked our way from 17th up to 12th. With the rain and the tornado, it cut our sessions even shorter. We didn’t do the testing here that everybody else did. So, I think that showed there and we missed the mark on where the car needed to be by the end of a race stint. But we learned, so thankfully, we have another race going tomorrow.”

ROBERT SHWARTZMAN, NO. 83 PREMA RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 20^TH:

“I think we had a pretty good qualifying with what we had. The balance was not perfect, but overall, the car was quick, and I was quite happy with what we had with the short time we had to get everything ready. In today’s race, I really struggled with the car balance; it was really difficult to drive. I had a few moments where I was close to losing the car and putting it in the wall, but I managed to keep it alive. We need to analyse overnight to see what changes we can make for tomorrow’s race, where we start from a promising grid position.”

STING RAY ROBB, NO. 77 UNCOS HOLLINGER RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 22^ND: 

“Race one was a bit more chaotic than I think that we would all like, but nonetheless, we brought it back all four wheels attached to the car, with some learning to do as well. I think that we can get some good reset for tomorrow for Race 2. I feel like we have a good data from today that we can apply and really overall, I think that it’s an okay day. It’s not the result that we wanted, but with the result of Connor finishing inside the top 10. I think that’s very good for the team and for everyone involved. And so we can go into tomorrow with a lot of confidence.”

CALLUM ILLOT, NO. 90 PREMA RACING CHEVROLET,  23^RD DNF CONTACT:

“We had a really fast car but it was just not a good day in the pitlane. We were slow and also very unlucky with the timing of our second pitstop early on, which put us the only car laps down. We raced back through, but I managed to take too much risk with the pace increase and it didn’t end very well. We have another race for tomorrow and the positive is that the pace looks good.”

NOLAN SIEGEL, NO. 6 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVROLET, 24^TH DNF CONTACT:

“It was a little weird from the time I left pit lane and had a lot of oversteer up until then and then I don’t know I just lost it in the middle of (Turn) ¾. I was pushing hard. There’s not much more to it. It was a big hit. I’m fine. 

You and Kyle have been really gelling

It’s been great. I think Kyle’s doing a great job it’s been great working with him, obviously we haven’t had a ton of time to work together, but I really enjoying working with him so far. I think that was a great race from his side, from the strategy side and I think we were in position to I don’t know where we’re sitting,  but it was unfortunate for it to end like that but we’re in a good spot.”

POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPTS:

PATO O’WARD

TONY KANAAN

JOSEF NEWGARDEN

WILL POWER

THE MODERATOR: Now joined by the champion of the Synk 275 powered by Sukup in Pato O’Ward, who led 33 of the 257 laps this afternoon, driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, his first win of the season, Chevy’s first win as well as mentioned, eighth career win, second here at Iowa. The first win at Iowa came on your 50th start. This came on your 100th start. Your thoughts about win No. 1 this season for you.

PATO O’WARD: Yeah. First time I do a repeat at a track, so that’s a cool milestone for myself. Super happy for, first of all, all the guys and gals at Arrow McLaren. We’ve been working really hard. But the guy we’re chasing down keeps winning a bunch of them.

Also very happy for Team Chevy. This was important and very deserving for Team Chevy. I’m glad it was an all-Chevy podium.

Yeah, for my race, I started getting creative. They’re just such long races. There’s time to get your car in the window, start getting creative on where you want to place it. So yeah, we got moving in that second restart, and as soon as I got to Josef, he’s one of the guys that when you’re behind him, he tries to outsmart you, definitely. He’s been running ovals for more than I’ve been in the series. That experience only comes with laps, and he’s also very strong here, so I knew that we had to be perfect.

We capitalized on that in lap. I think I went a little bit over the limit and risked a bit more than I was planning to, but all in all, it actually worked out because he was right on our gearbox on that 3 and 4 when we came out. Yeah, great pit stop, and did my job to secure us that overcut, and that’s pretty much what gave us the win today.

THE MODERATOR: The difference was between you and Josef just over two-tenths which was the closest finish at Iowa since 2012 when Ryan Hunter-Reay defeated Marco Andretti.

Q. I saw this stat on social media. I haven’t been able to fact check it myself, but it sounds right. You’ve had 16 runner-up finishes in your career and seven of those have been in races that Josef Newgarden has won. In those moments, I think of the Indy 500 a year ago, I think of Texas 2023. What have you taken away from those late-race battles, particularly on ovals, with Josef, and was there anything that you did tonight that you would say kind of came from some of those learnings?

PATO O’WARD: I mean, he’s the guy that I’ve been most around, especially to win races. If it wasn’t for him, I would have a lot more wins. But he’s a tough competitor. I think this year for him has been quite different to what it’s been in the past. I see him very differently, to be honest, like his attitude and everything is definitely not the Josef that I’ve always praised, I would say.

But I’ve studied him. I know how to race him. He gets what he gives. If he was flirting with fire there, then that’s what he got, and that’s what I was going to give him because you get to these points in your career, and for me especially today when I was behind him, I said, today is the day that’s going to change because obviously he’s got a lot more experience than I do, but I think over the years, I’ve grown to realize that I’m pretty handy, at least in certain ovals, and I believe our package is very strong, and it’s important to capitalize when we can get those wins.

We were super close in Gateway and we’ve been so close there, and now here, we’ve won here before, but it was kind of given to us when Josef had a failure there that 50th race for me that I won here. I said, you know what, today we’re going to — I knew I had all the pieces in place to outright beat him at his own game. Yeah, that’s what we did today, and it obviously is a great feeling to go into tomorrow and know that we’ve got a car that we can fight our way forward and battle our way and see what we can make happen.

Q. Of the kind of three late-race moments that I think you guys were probably closest together, when you blended out in front of him on the last pit stop and then the final two restarts, which of those did you feel like he was closest to being able to pass you, and as you think back on whichever moment that is, what did you do specifically just to make sure that you held him back?

PATO O’WARD: Those Penske cars were running quite a bit higher than I was, so when I kind of made my way through the guys, when I was fifth, I think, in line, fourth or fifth in line that second restart, I feel like I kind of started the trend.

I think Conor started it, and then I followed. Then I could tell he was watching when I was behind him, and then I saw him start exploring.

Then I think — I don’t know if it was maybe 40 laps to go or so, Power was coming quick. He was running really high. With new tires, you can run a lot higher than I thought. I think tomorrow — with now a race under our belt, people are going to try to get a little bit more confident up there and see if they can make it work.

But yeah, it felt very reminiscent of Conor and I in Gateway where you can hold that outside line pretty much almost as fast as the guy down low and you can just stay there and see what you can come up with.

Yeah, I think the closest he was was probably when we came out of the pits where we’re still coming up to speed. He’s coming fifth, sixth gear and we’re just coming third, fourth, and we’re trying to spool up. But we got it done.

Q. I don’t know if you’ve seen the points yet. You’ve still got a ways to go to get to Alex, but you trimmed off —

PATO O’WARD: Let me guess, still over 100 points.

Q. Just barely. 125 come into the weekend, it’s 105 right now. You’ve got another chance to go out there and potentially sweep the weekend tomorrow and chip away at that even more. Does it still at this moment in time still feel like it’s possible, or do I need to wait to ask you tomorrow?

PATO O’WARD: In racing, anything is possible. There’s been some weird, weird stuff that happens. I think if weird stuff happens even more in INDYCAR, that makes sense.

But the guy just doesn’t have any bad races, and a bad race for him is like fifth. Otherwise he’s on the podium.

We’ve just got to keep chipping away at it. I’ve been as consistent as I’ve ever been. I feel like I’ve been laying low, and that usually means you’re staying out of trouble. But it’s tough to be podium contention and qualifying, top 3 every single weekend.

This year for me, qualifying specifically, it’s been horrible. I find my ways in recovery drives like almost every weekend, which it’s fun to try and do it when you know you’ve got a car that can go it, AKA Mid-Ohio, but there’s other scenarios where you’re like, we’ve really got nothing to fight with, and that’s where you’re just like — you’re just hoping that you stay out of trouble and you try and capitalize on people’s mistakes when people are making mistakes.

I think the name of the game for us this year has been really the consistency that we’ve had but also capitalize when you need to, and I think today was an important day to be able to do that.

Tomorrow we’re starting a little bit further back, but seeing how the restarts are working and that second lane, I think we can make our way forward and start getting the leaders a little bit nervous.

I’ve never doubled up. I know we’ve only got one double weekend this year. There’s a few drivers that have in the grid, so I’d love to be a part of that list.

Q. There’s been a lot of — Tony was up there saying Chevrolet needed this and the team needed this, but I’m curious, how bad did Pato O’Ward need this?

PATO O’WARD: How bad did I need it? I wanted it. I wouldn’t necessarily say if I didn’t get it, it was going to be the end of the world. We’ve been chipping away at it. If it wasn’t a win, I think it was going to be a second.

I don’t know how many seconds I have this year, three or four — three? Whatever. Number one looks and feels much better.

I’m glad that — I was pretty determined to be the first one that kind of broke through for Chevy. I wanted to do that at Mid-Ohio, but we weren’t able to do that. So I said, you know what, I think Iowa is going to be a great place to go capitalize.

We don’t just one want. We want more. But it’s a great start to have our first.

Q. Kit didn’t follow through with the pinky swear and come to Victory Lane, so does he still need to —

PATO O’WARD: Yeah, yeah, I told him, and Emma was like, I’m going to bring him to the podium if you win. But no. Maybe he’s sleeping or something. No, he’s such a good kid, so much energy. So much energy. I spent a lot of time with him at the bus when we did the parade at the 500, and yeah, Scott is like, you want him? Great kid. He looks like a ball of energy and a lot of fun. Great family.

Q. Were you a little surprised when Josef Newgarden dived in first before you into the pit stops in the final stint?

PATO O’WARD: No. I was saving more fuel than he was. I know he was on defense mode for a while there. But he was stuck. He was looking for clear track, which he did get. But wasn’t enough to get us.

Q. Out of the pit stops, I saw there was a couple bobbles coming through the gears there. Were you a little afraid of the same situation happening in practice earlier, that you were about to spin it trying to get to the lead?

PATO O’WARD: Me spin? In the exit from the pit lane? I was pushing. Oh, man, the apron was super busy. Oh, yes, I was pushing. That’s what you have to do, man. When you’re racing a guy like that with so much experience, you just know that he’s going to to try — you know he’s trying to do that, so you just got to do that and go better.

But yeah, I knew the objective in hand, and I did it.

Q. What was going through your mind when the red flag came out and you had to sit in pit lane?

PATO O’WARD: Nothing, really.

Q. You weren’t worried about the restart? You weren’t thinking about the restart?

PATO O’WARD: No, because it was going to be the same if we had a restart earlier and no red flag. It was going to be the same story. No, but I had VeeKay behind me. But anyways, I knew what I had to do.

Q. Pato, you said on the FOX broadcast that you wanted to turn the tables on Josef. Do you feel like you usurped the king of corn country?

PATO O’WARD: Yeah, he was poised to get another win. He’s dominated here. But like I said, we’ve had a lot of battles, a lot of one and twos, and a lot of those one and twos, I’ve been two. It’s just way nicer and a way better feeling when you’re number one.

Yeah, I know how to race him. He’s probably the guy that I know how he races the most and the one that I’ve studied the most because he’s the one that I’ve been behind the most. Yeah, pretty straightforward really.

THE MODERATOR: As promised, we have joined by Tony Kanaan, team principal of Arrow McLaren as the team celebrates their 26th win in the NTT INDYCAR Series. It was a pretty thrilling race, Tony. Your thoughts from the pit stand.

TONY KANAAN: You want to know? I’m not a very good spectator. It’s nerve-racking, actually, checking on Nolan that was at the medical center at the time and red flag and so on. I did not watch the last three laps. So I could never blame my mother for some watching my races anymore. I texted her right after the race and said I am sorry, for 40 years I made fun of you; today I was you.

Q. Obviously it was a team win for Pato and the 5 and a good pit stop to get ahead of the 2.

TONY KANAAN: Yeah, obviously a tough place to pass. We had to do something, and then Pato — it was all Pato there on the out lap, so the guys did a great job, and then once Pato got in the front, I knew it was going to be hard fought for Josef.

I’ve been in that position before. I’ve lost this race in the last five laps to Hunter-Reay, so I was just watching Newgarden on the podium. It was the same face I had when I lost to Hunter-Reay.

But it feels good. Obviously Chevy needed this. I think the series needed this as far as Palou is doing a great job, but we wanted to break that, and as a team, for me, everybody back home, especially the F1 team doing so well, Zac was looking at me like, I think it’s you.

I texted him today, it’s not me. But happy for the team and happy for Pato for sure.

Q. Tony, were you not watching the last couple laps because you were still involved with Nolan or because you were too nervous to watch and figure out how —

TONY KANAAN: I can use the first one, but no, I was in the timing stand with Moyer and Hunter, and I just sat down just because I couldn’t watch. No, I was not with Nolan.

Q. I know Team Chevy has been looking for that first win. You guys have been carrying the mantle in terms of the podiums you’ve had where your top 2 drivers are positioned in the championship, overtaking Team Penske this year. How important was it to get that first win for Team Chevy this year?

TONY KANAAN: I mean, as a team, we’re chasing a championship, but also we get so much support from Chevy that it was not getting any easier for us every race to have a Honda win.

For me, it was a matter of we’ve got to do it. Obviously I wanted a Chevy to win. Most likely I want us to win. It came down to that.

But for me, we kept looking around. This is what we’re doing. What can we do to try to beat those guys? Last race we played three different strategies of three cars, the strong cars we had to try to, and they still managed to get us.

It was good. I think coming to an oval, we kind of knew the Penskes are going to be strong, especially here. Newgarden has been dominating the ovals for the past few years. It was kind of a little easier to say I think we’re going to get that win, and that we did.

Q. I know you were on the Nolan stand and probably watching him a lot and kind of focus on that, but as the laps are winding down, Pato is sitting right there with Josef, it seemed like it was especially up toward the front, pretty difficult to make a pass for that one-two spot. I don’t think we saw that on track at all today. What was going through your head? Did you feel like there was going to be an opportunity for Pato to pass if that exchange didn’t happen? What were your nerves going into the final 50 laps or so?

TONY KANAAN: I’m on the 6 timing stand, but I had a scanner so we actually can communicate. Pato said the only way I’m going to pass this guy is if you guys pull something out in the pits or on the pit sequence or if it had gone yellow maybe he would have tried.

Obviously the guys did an awesome job with the pit stop. Pato knew what he needed to do. Newgarden for some reason decided to pit when he pit, we stayed out and Pato pushed as much as he could to close that gap and then on the sequence we ended up beating him out.

I think one thing that people don’t take into consideration, if you guys notice, Pato spun this morning coming out of the pits because he was trying to leave as fast as he could, and I think he found the limit, and today he won the race. It was all him today on that pass. The guys did the job they needed to do, but we needed him to come out of the pits as fast as he could, and that was it.

Q. TK, what were you thinking throughout the course of the race? Seemed like Pato obviously looked like he could get by a couple guys during the duration of the race. What did you think of the passing today compared to last season?

TONY KANAAN: The race was as tough as last year. I think this race was better last year. At some point we got actually a two-lane race. I think at some point when one guy went up there and then the spotter started telling people, hey, that’s working, it came up.

It was tough to pass. If you look at the guys in the front, it was just a waiting game. But they’re getting some pretty good positions on the restarts and then you’d just sit there and wait. But to me it’s INDYCAR racing. In comparison to last year, I think it was a better race.

Q. So many drivers in the INDYCAR Series have gotten a win in their 100th start. How much does it mean to you to be a part of Pato’s win in his 100th?

TONY KANAAN: Oh, it means a lot to me. It’s my first win. This kid is unbelievable. I’ve been a fan of Pato even before I was here. We’ve been through quite a bit in the past three years, and I’m a big supporter. We’re here to win, and he has this team around him, and he delivers when it needs to be delivered. I’m not going to keep talking about him. Glad that I’m part of this.

Q. Mr. Tony, you remember Adrián Fernández, Mario Dominguez, Bernard Jourdain. How do you feel remembering these racers with Pato O’Ward?

TONY KANAAN: I don’t disrespect my old Mexican friends, but Pato is Pato. Obviously this is the era of social media. But watching every race, how popular he is and how much he has behind him from his own country, it’s pretty cool to see.

Obviously I had a little bit of a small part of experiencing that myself, and then Pato comes along and makes you feel like you don’t have that many fans. (Laughter.)

He put me back in my place pretty quick. But obviously it’s generations. I think with Adrián just started all that, no different than Emerson starting for the Brazilians. Hopefully we will keep growing that fan base. When Pato doesn’t win, I get a lot of complaints in Spanish on my own social media. They blame me quite a bit. Hopefully today I kept the Mexicans happy. (Laughter.)

THE MODERATOR: Wrapping up today’s Synk 275 powered by Sukup, Josef Newgarden has joined us, who led 232 laps today of the 275, driver of the No. 2 Astemo Penske Chevrolet, best finish of the season, second podium here of 2025, 60th of his career, which ties him with Johnny Rutherford for 17th on the all-time list.

Josef, take us through the day, please, with your best finish of 2025, but I’m sure you wanted one more.

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: Yeah, it was okay. Our car was really good. Team did an amazing job. Been good all weekend. Really proud of the Astemo car we put out there. Team Chevy did amazing. It was great to see them get a result. They’ve really deserved one all year. Yeah, that’s that.

Q. It’s a Chevy one-two-three, so good stuff from the bowtie brand. Also joining us, Will Power, who led three laps this afternoon, driver of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, matching his best finish of the season, now 107 career podiums, which is, of course, still fourth on the all-time list.

A lot of good action out there, Will. What did you think of the race?

WILL POWER: Yeah, I really enjoyed it. It was sort of one and a half lanes. Conor Daly kind of showed us the way when he just rolled the outside and showed that he could go there, so then you start going there, and there was grip. Yeah, worked on people a lot. Worked on two Ganassi guys and then can’t even remember the rest. But it was fun.

Q. You hate to see cautions, but a lot of two-by-two action.

WILL POWER: Yeah, that actually helped rubber it in. Restarts definitely help big time.

Q. Josef, I know very close to the line, had a great day all day, but what does it mean for both of you to get this result for you, for you, for Power and for McLaughlin to all finish up there and battle so close to the lead?

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: Yeah, I think it was just a clean day for the most part. We’ve just struggled to have clean days; one thing has happened or another, and today was mostly pretty okay.

WILL POWER: No strange issues.

Q. What does it mean for you going into tomorrow? Obviously y’all showed — Chevrolet finally showed strength on the track, finally beating the Honda. I know it was Pato O’Ward, but how much confidence does that bring you going into tomorrow?

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: I don’t think they finally showed strength; I think they just finally got a result is what I would say for Chevrolet.

WILL POWER: Yeah. We’ve been there.

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: It’s the truth. Anybody who’s been watching would know.

WILL POWER: We had plenty of potential to win a race all year. It was just a strange year.

Q. Josef, on those last 20 laps and the last two restarts, did you need Pato to make a mistake or was there anything you could do?

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: No. I mean, he pushed me up in 3 in the restart when I had a good run. You’re going for the win, so I almost — I can’t fault him. But with this package I was flat out. Couldn’t do anything different. He got position, and that was that.

Q. Did you think you had a shot to pass him when you came out of the pits? Looked like you got right up to him.

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: Yeah, if we were just a little quicker, then we do. It takes one little bobble.

Q. Will, you were battling with Scott there toward the end, probably both knowing that you need to be smart and also knowing, I’m sure, you guys both just really badly wanted to get a win here or move up and gain a spot and put yourself in the right position. How did you manage and deal with that battle with him down the stretch?

WILL POWER: I was hoping it wouldn’t be close. It was good on the first restart. I was like, good, I’ve got a gap. You don’t want to have any issues when you’ve got three team cars in a row. You just kind of want to finish there, considering the season we’ve had.

But I think — I’m sure he was thinking the same. He’s come all the way from the back of the field. To be where he was is pretty impressive. I think he’s going to be pretty happy with where he was.

Yeah, always difficult with a teammate. You don’t want to cause him a problem. Even tougher if you’re going for the win. You don’t want to — the last thing we want at this point with the season we’ve had.

Q. Josef, between the last pit stop when Pato was blending out just barely ahead of you, between that moment, then the two restarts at the very end, which of those did you feel like maybe you had the best chance or maybe the closest moment to be able to pass him back and take the lead back?

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: We just needed to maintain position. That was going to be the key.

Q. Speaking of teammates, Scotty Mac came all the way from the back, fourth place finish from 27th. That’s pretty impressive. When you think about that two-three-four finish for Team Penske even though you didn’t win? You’ve still got to walk away feeling pretty good that you’re getting the program back in the right direction.

WILL POWER: Oh, man, I was stoked to get a podium. I really was. Wins are nice, but considering what’s been going on, just top 5 would have been good. Just finish the bloody race, get some points. Crying out loud, we have such potential every week. Just to leave so much on the table in the last few races has been really disappointing. Just nice to have a solid result and build on it tomorrow.

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: Tremendous for the group. Very good.

Q. Will, specifically about Scotty, what did you think? You’ve had some pretty good moves through the field before in your career. He said he went high when nobody else would because in order to do that you’ve got to do what the other drivers aren’t.

WILL POWER: It didn’t surprise me actually when I saw him there. I was like, man, that’s awesome, but not really surprised, and especially after a big shun. It’s not nice to get back in that thing and trust the rear straight off the bat, but that’s a big recovery right there. Good for him.

Q. Josef, you kind of mentioned the package. I’m going to ask it bluntly. Do you think there’s a possibility or a scenario where we could seen an on-track lead change tomorrow, or is it all going to be on the pit sequence?

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: No, I think throughout a sequence you will. In 10, 15 laps you won’t. Certainly not like at the end of this race. But through sequencing if there’s a car that’s faster than the leader, I think you can get by him, yeah, for sure.

Q. It seemed like in lap traffic today it seemed like you were picking your spots. Could you make more passes in lap traffic than you were showing, or was that kind of a decision to hold position and knowing that it was really tough to pass for second?

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: Yeah, I was just kind of managing risk today. A day like today going, I wish I would have done a little bit more. But we’ve got tomorrow, so we’ll see what we can bring.

Q. Will, you mentioned the track is kind of one and a half lanes right now. It seems as the race improved, that second lane got better and better. What can we expect tomorrow from that?

WILL POWER: Actually probably a true two lanes now. You can put your tires just on that black seam, maybe a little higher, which is two lanes.

Yeah, you need just half a car and you can start working someone, especially if they’ve got someone in front of them. Yeah, that’s how I got past the guys I had to get past. Yeah, it was good. Much better than last year. It really was.

Q. Will, you mentioned a couple of weeks ago at one of the press conferences, I think it was at Road America, about the changes in the downforce levels at this track and how you thought it could be a lot more physical. Did that actually play out in the race, or was it similar to last year?

WILL POWER: It wasn’t initially when everyone was just saving fuel going slow, but once we started hammering, it got physical. Like at the end there, man, oh, my God, big arm pump just trying to hold on.

It was nice when it went yellow, you could open your hands, shake them out a bit. Your grip, when I came to pit, I could hardly pull the paddle and press the neutral button. It was very difficult for me because you had so much arm pump. It got pretty hard, and I think it’ll be harder tomorrow. More grip, people have better cars. Yeah, and it’ll be a more hectic race because everyone knows there’s two lanes, so you’re never going to sit back and save fuel, you’re going to try and pass.

Q. Because of the fact that the track has now got some rubber on after the rain, will that second lane really become a true second lane?

WILL POWER: Yeah, it’s rubbered in. It could actually help the race tomorrow. It will already be rubbered in. Everyone will have seen that you can run two lanes. Everyone will run two lanes, so essentially it will be just better racing. Sometimes everyone’s car improves, and that sort of stops a bit of passing, but yeah, looking forward to it.

Q. Following up on that last question, during the FOX broadcast, FOX interviewed Pato during the red flag and he said that the second lane was working. He was worried you would catch him, Josef. Any feedback you can give about whether that second lane was working in your opinion?

JOSEF NEWGARDEN: It’s in. It’s working. Yeah, we were using it. It’s come in.

WILL POWER: Josef loves to answer questions at the moment. He’s seething. Seething. He didn’t win. He was close, man. I saw it. I was like, he’s going to get him. He’s going to get him on the outside. But he moved him up a little. Yeah, it was — yeah, second lane, I think tomorrow will be really in.

Q. Will, if you can follow up, we might ask the same question after tomorrow’s race, but there’s been so much speculation about the future of this date heading into this weekend because that second lane didn’t work last year. If the racing starts to get back to something that we’ve seen in the past, could that mean good things for the future of INDYCAR here?

WILL POWER: I think it will be all about the numbers, how many people they got here. I think they want to go to places that have big crowds and successful events. I think it’ll be all about that.

Chevrolet at the Iowa Speedway

Chevrolet wins at Iowa Speedway: 14

·       2025 Race #1 – Pato O’Ward -Arrow McLaren

·       2024 Race #1 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske

·       2023 Race #2 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

·       2023 Race #1 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

·       2022 Race #2 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren

·       2022 Race #1 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

·       2020 Race #2 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

·       2020 Race #1 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske

·       2019 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

·       2017 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske

·       2016 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing

·       2013 – James Hinchcliffe – Andretti Global

·       2012 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Global

Chevrolet poles at Iowa Speedway: 15

 ·     2025 Race #1 – Josef Newgarden

·       2024 Race #2 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske

·       2023 Race #2 – Will Power – Team Penske

·       2023 Race #1 – Will Power – Team Penske

·       2022 Race #2 – Will Power – Team Penske

·       2022 Race #1 – Will Power – Team Penske

·       2020 Race #2 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske

·       2020 Race #1 – Conor Daly – Carlin

·       2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske

·       2018 – Will Power – Team Penske

·       2017 – Will Power – Team Penske

·       2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske

·       2015 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske

·       2014 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing

·       2013 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske 

Chevrolet Podiums at Iowa Speedway: 39

Chevrolet podiums at the Iowa Speedway by driver: Josef Newgarden (9), Will Power (7), Pato O’Ward (5), Scott McLaughlin (4), Tony Kanaan (3), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2), Marco Andretti (1), Oliver Askew (1), Helio Castroneves (1), Scott Dixon (1), JR Hildebrand (1), James Hinchcliffe (1), Sage Karam (1), Simon Pagenaud (1), and Spencer Pigot (1). 

Chevrolet podiums at the Iowa Speedway by team: Team Penske (20), Arrow McLaren (6), Andretti Global (4), Chip Ganassi Racing (4), Ed Carpenter Racing (4) and KV Racing Technology (1). 

Chevrolet Laps Led at Iowa Speedway: 4,099

Chevrolet laps led at Iowa Speedway by driver: Josef Newgarden (2079), Helio Castroneves (434), Will Power (403),  Tony Kanaan (317), Scott McLaughlin (260), James Hinchcliffe (245), Pato O’Ward (130), Simon Pagenaud (97), JR Hildebrand (38), Ed Carpenter (20), Scott Dixon (18), Conor Daly (17), Ryan Hunter-Reay (15), Oliver Askew (10), Sebastien Bourdais (6), Marco Andretti (3), Ryan Briscoe (2), Max Chilton (2), Felix Rosenqvist (2) and Rubens Barichello (1).

Chevrolet laps led at Iowa Speedway by team: Team Penske (2844), Ed Carpenter (451), Chip Ganassi Racing (337), Andretti Global (263), Arrow McLaren (140), Carlin (17), and KV Racing Technology (7).

Chevrolet On Short Ovals – All-time wins

Manufacturer History at Iowa Speedway

Wins (with competition)

14 – Chevrolet (2025 Race #1, 2024 Race #2, 2024 Race #1, 2023 Race #2, 2023 Race #1, 2022 Race #2, 2022 Race #1, 2020 Race #2, 2020 Race #1, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2013, 2012)

3 – Honda (2018, 2014, 2014)

Poles (with competition)

15 – Chevrolet (2025 Race #1, 2024 Race #2, 2023 Race #2, 2023 Race #1, 2022 Race #2, 2022 Race #1, 2020 Race #2, 2020 Race #1, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2016, 2013)

2 – Honda (2024 Race #1, 2012)

Historical Chevrolet Information

INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturer Championships (since 1979)

Chevrolet-Powered Wins in the Twin-Turbo 2.2L V6 Era (2012-present)

Chevrolet-Powered Wins (All-time)

July 12, 2025 — NEWTON, IA

• Fifth-place Palou leads for Honda in the first race of the Sukup INDYCAR race weekend at Iowa Speedway
• Marcus Armstrong, Scott Dixon score top-10 finishes
• Honda drivers score front-row lockout for Sunday’s race

Championship leader, Alex Palou, was the frontrunning Honda today in the first race of the Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway, finishing fifth in the Synk 275.

Palou will be starting on pole for tomorrow’s race, the second of the doubleheader weekend, alongside Honda’s Felix Rosenqvist.

Though Palou saw his lead shrink slightly in his quest to score his third consecutive NTT INDYCAR SERIES title—and fourth in five years—the Spaniard still holds a 105-point advantage in the championship fight.

Marcus Armstrong and Scott Dixon also notched top-10 finishes today, coming home ninth and tenth, respectively.

Today’s Synk 275 is the first race of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season that Honda has not scored victory in, after taking the win in the first 10 races of the year, ultimately scoring an 11-race win streak stretching back to the final event of 2024.

Honda still leads rival Chevrolet in the manufacturers’ championship by 172 points, 969-797.

Synk 275 Honda Race Results

•  5th Alex Palou 
•  9th Marcus Armstrong
• 10th Scott Dixon 
• 11th Graham Rahal 
• 13th Colton Herta  
• 14th Louis Foster-R 
• 15th Marcus Ericsson
• 16th Rinus VeeKay 
• 17th Felix Rosenqvist 
• 18th Kyffin Simpson
• 19th Devlin DeFrancesco 
• 26th Kyle Kirkwood
• 27th Jacob Abel-R 

Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda – Not running, contact
Dale Coyne Racing Honda – Not running, contact

R – Rookie

Quotes
Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished fifth: “Number one Honda today, but I wish we finished a little further up front. The speed was there, we just didn’t execute to 100% today with the strategy, or the pit stops, or the driving. We lost a couple positions in the pits, and I lost a couple more on track. Overall, we had tons of speed, so I’m looking forward to starting P1 tomorrow.”

Marcus Armstrong (#66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda) finished ninth: “It was a lot of work for P9, but I definitely felt more confident towards the end of the race. I didn’t feel like the car balance was perfect, but I think we can make some small adjustments for tomorrow and we’ll be rockin’.”

Kelvin Fu (Vice President, Honda Racing Corporation USA): “We’ve had a remarkable start to the season here in IndyCar. Ten wins in a row in 2025 is something we are all so proud of, and it really is a testament to all of the hard work from the men and women at HRC, as well as all of the incredibly talented teams and drivers we work with at Honda. Of course, we wanted the win streak to continue, but that’s racing. We will be back to fight again tomorrow.”

Next
The teams and drivers of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES will be back in action tomorrow for the second race of the Sukup INDYCAR Race Weekend, the Farm to Finish 275, tomorrow at 1 PM ET on Fox.

Josh Berry and the No. 21 eero Ford Mustang Dark Horse will roll off 25th in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, the fourth of six road or street course events on this year’s NASCAR Cup Series schedule.Berry secured the starting spot with a lap at 94.467 miles per hour around the 1.99-mile, 12-turn circuit during Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session. The effort marked another week in which the No. 21 team outpaced its practice results during time trials—a trend that has become a recurring theme this season.Earlier in the day, Berry posted the 29th-fastest lap in practice with a top speed of 91.974 mph, which came on the fourth of his 15 laps in the session. He was 15th on the board among drivers who ran 10 consecutive green-flag laps, averaging 91.212 mph over his first 10 laps. Sunday’s 110-lap, 218.9-mile race through the heart of California’s wine country is scheduled to go green at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET, with Stage breaks planned for Laps 25 and 55.

Solid qualifying sessions for Z06 GT3.R contingent ahead of Chevrolet Grand Prix BOWMANVILLE, Ontario (July 12, 2025) – Corvette Z06 GT3.R teams will start on the second row of their classes after two GT category qualifying for Sunday’s Chevrolet Grand Prix. Antonio Garcia and Tommy Milner qualified third and fourth, respectively, in Saturday’s GTD PRO session at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, while Robert Wickens was third-quickest in GTD for DXDT Racing ahead of the seventh round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Garcia’s best lap was a 1:15.334 (117.508 mph) effort in the No. 3 Corvette that shares with championship co-leader Alexander Sims. The two won last year’s Chevrolet Grand Prix at CTMP to lead a Corvette 1-2 finish. They finished ahead of Nicky Catsburg and Milner, who was just 0.13 seconds behind in the No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Both Corvettes were within 0.418 seconds of Neil Verhagen’s pole-winning time. Wickens qualified at his home track for the first time in his career with a lap of 1:15.876 (116.669 mph). The result in DXDT’s No. 36 Corvette, which he shares with Alec Udell, continued the strong showing in qualifying for the Z06 GT3.R that is equipped with a Bosch hand-controlled electronic braking system. Udell qualified the DXDT Corvette on the front row of GTD the last two races, and this is the second race in which Wickens and Udell will share the Z06 GT3.R. Also in GTD, Orey Fidani qualified the Canadian-liveried No. 13 Corvette 13th in class. He and teammate Matt Bell will look to break a tie at the top of the Bob Akin Award standings, which Fidani won in 2024 to secure an invite to this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Bell ended Saturday’s final practice third in GTD, showing the potential for the AWA Z06 GT3.R to move up the field in its home race. The Chevrolet Grand Prix is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 13. The race will air live on USA from 2 to 5 p.m. with full streaming coverage on Peacock inside the U.S. and IMSA.com outside the U.S. IMSA Radio will air the race at IMSA.com along XM 206, SiriusXM Online 996.

CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R QUALIFYING DRIVER QUOTESANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “Obviously we would have preferred P2 or P1 as well! But it’s pretty tight. It’s also tight on how you approach this track and how fine-tuned you need to have everything in order to go fast around here. It’s a shame I didn’t quite nail everything but in a way I can’t complain. It’s all good information toward tomorrow. Learning what we learned even in these conditions to see what we can do different, that’s the target. This morning (in final practice), it was good right away. We just tried to nail and get a little more out of it in qualifying, but it’s also good information for tomorrow. That’s what we can take away from today.”

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “I think we would have liked to have been a little further forward. For us qualifying is pretty important to keep the track position as far forward as we can. It’s still hard for us to race generally. Where we make our lap time is in the corners, and when you’re behind somebody it’s hard to show the speed. It’s better to be third and fourth than seventh and eighth, so from that side I’m not unhappy by any means. We’re at the front end, which is good. We’ll look at our strategy options for tomorrow and see what we can make happen to go for another Corvette 1-2.”

OREY FIDANI, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “This has been a very special weekend so far. I’m really happy to be back home and racing in front of family and friends that are coming out for this awesome event.”I love this track. It’s one of the most technical and hardest tracks around to drive. Maybe we are a little slower than last year with the heat and things being a little greasy. We’ll keep it on track, push forward and see if we can put on a good show for everyone.”I’m feeling awesome, and so is the car and the team. We really want to get that lead back in the Akin standings. After going to Le Mans this year, everyone really wants to go back. We want to do it again so we’re going to push hard to make that happen and get back to Le Mans.”

ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “It’s actually my first time qualifying here in IMSA, so it’s very special. I was supposed to qualify here in 2022, but my son was born the day before so I wasn’t even in the country during qualifying! And then the other two TCR races, I was the finishing driver there, so yeah this place is special on a qualy lap. It was a lot of fun. The car was amazing. I think all weekend, I just haven’t quite clicked and extracted the most of this Corvette Z06 GT3.R yet, and I know it’s out there, I know it’s possible. So I’m a little bit gutted, but honestly the team’s been picking me up all weekend, so the fact that we put together a top-three start for tomorrow, I think we can hold our heads up high. But you never want to see the gap that we had to the front.”(On long-run pace) “I think we’re in and about where we need to be. I don’t think we’re setting the pace by any means. But every session we’ve gotten stronger and stronger, so we’re gonna go back to the drawing board again, look at data, look at video. I feel like every time I’m in this car, because I’m not in it regularly – as often as I want to be anyway – it’s taking a lot of coaching. Alec’s been doing an amazing job, helping me get the best of this car and so is everyone at DXDT Racing. So it’s been a full team effort, and yeah, excited for what we can do tomorrow.”

CORVETTE RACING AT CTMP: By the Numbers• 4: Generations of Corvette Racing entries at CTMP since 2000 – Corvette C5-R (2004), Corvette C6.R (2005-13) and Corvette C7.R (2016-2019). The Corvette C8.R raced at the track for the first time in 2002• 8: Pole positions for Corvette Racing drivers at CTMP. Oliver Gavin leads with three with Alexander Sims (2024) being the most recent• 8: Number of drivers who have won races at CTMP for Corvette Racing. Johnny O’Connell (six), Jan Magnussen (five), Oliver Gavin (four), Ron Fellows and Antonio Garcia (three), and Olivier Beretta (two) each have multiple wins there with the team. Alexander Sims scored his first Corvette win at the circuit in 2024• 13: Class victories at Corvette Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – all since 2001• 14: Manufacturer Championships for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing since 2001• 31: Tracks at which Corvette Racing has won races – Baltimore, Charlotte Motor Speedway, COTA, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport, Chang International Circuit (Thailand), Daytona, Detroit, Houston, Imola, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Lime Rock, Long Beach, Lusail International Circuit (Qatar), Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia), Miami, Mid-Ohio, Monza, Portimão, Portland, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sebring, Sonoma, St. Petersburg, Texas, Trois Rivieres, Utah, VIR, Washington DC and Watkins Glen• 38: Number of drivers to win races in Corvette Racing entries since 1999. The latest to join the list were Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade and Hiroshi Koizumi at Imola in ELMS• 70: Number of drivers in Corvette Racing entries since 1999. The latest to join the list was Ben Green in GT World Challenge Asia for Johor Motorsports Racing at Mandalika (Indonesia)• 72: Years since Corvette was introduced to the world on Jan. 17, 1953 in New York City. A total of 300 cars were produced that year• 145: Victories worldwide for Corvette Racing – 117 in IMSA, nine at Le Mans, four in the FIA WEC, 12 in GT World Challenge America and two GT World Challenge Asia• 334: Event starts by Corvette Racing since 1999 (as of the IMSA event at Watkins Glen)• 12,248.28: Number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing in its 21 previous trips to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. That represents 4,981 laps• 441,296.99: Total number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing entries since 1999. To put that in perspective, Corvette Racing is more than halfway to the distance traveled by Apollo 13 – the longest manned spaceflight in history: 622,268 miles Corvette Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (wins in bold)2000 – No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Andy Pilgrim – 2nd in GTS (Fellows pole, fastest race lap) 2001 – No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell – 1st in GTSNo. 4 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins – 3rd in GTS 2002 – No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell – 1st in GTSNo. 4 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins – 2nd in GTS (Pilgrim fastest race lap) 2003 – No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell – 1st in GTSNo. 4 Corvette C5-R: Oliver Gavin/Kelly Collins – 7th in GTS (Gavin pole) 2004 – No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell – 2nd in GTSNo. 4 Corvette C5-R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 1st in GTS (Gavin pole, fastest race lap) 2005 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell – 2nd in GT1No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 1st in GT1 2006 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell – 4th in GT1No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1 2007 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O’Connell – 1st in GT1No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1 (Gavin pole, fastest race lap)No. 33 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Andy Pilgrim – 3rd in GT1 2008 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Johnny O’Connell/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT1 (O’Connell pole)No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1 (Beretta fastest race lap) 2009 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O’Connell – 1st in GT2No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 3rd in GT2 2010 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Johnny O’Connell – 5th in GT2No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 4th in GT2 2011 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Tommy Milner – 6th in GTNo. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT 2012 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 2nd in GT (Magnussen pole)No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 10th in GT 2013 – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 4th in GTNo. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 1st in GT 2014 – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 1st in GTLMNo. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 7th in GTLM 2015 – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 3rd in GTLM (Garcia fastest race lap)No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 5th in GTLM 2016 – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 3rd in GTLM (Garcia pole)No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 2nd in GTLM 2017No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 4th in GTLMNo. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 8th in GTLM 2018 – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 2nd in GTLMNo. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 3rd in GTLM 2019 – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 7th in GTLMNo. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Marcel Fässler – 8th in GTLM 2022 – No. 3 Corvette C8.R: Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 2nd in GTD PRO 2023 – No. 3 Corvette C8.R: Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 1st in GTD PRO 2024 – No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Antonio Garcia/Alexander Sims – 1st in GTD PRO (Sims pole, fastest race lap)No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Tommy Milner/Nicky Catsburg – 2nd in GTD PRONo. 13 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Matt Bell/Orey Fidani – 13th in GTD (DNF-crash)

Sukup INDYCAR Race WeekendIowa SpeedwayNewton, IowaQualifying Report July 12 For the second time in his career, Josef Newgarden will start from the pole for a race on the 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway short oval, turning a lap at 183.999 MPH in the No. 2 Astemo Team Penske Chevrolet. It’s the 15th Chevrolet-powered pole in 17 races at Iowa Speedway. The six-time Iowa winner will start the second race from the outside of the second row. Newgardens pole is the 29th short-oval pole since the introduction of the twin-turbo 2.2L V6 in 2012 and the 53rd all-time. Conor Daly, a pole winner for Team Chevy at Iowa Speedway while driving for Carlin in 2020, will start outside of his long-time friend tonight and will begin Sunday’s race from seventh. David Malukas, in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet, will start Saturday night’s race from tenth, but will start the Farm To Finish 275 Powered By Sukup on Sunday from third, matching his best start at the Newton, Iowa, track.A pair of Arrow McLaren drivers, Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet tonight, and Nolan Siegel in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet on Sunday night, will start from fifth. Scott McLaughlin, the pole sitter in the second race at Iowa Speedway last year, had the lone incident, losing the rear end of the No. 3 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet in Turn 1 and backing into the SAFER Barrier. The Kiwi was seen and released from the medical center and will have to start both races from the back of the 27-car field. For the second straight year, McLachlan led the lone practice before qualifying, turning a lap at 183.514mph, leading five other Chevrolet-powered cars in the top six. Toinght’s Synk 275 Powered By Sukup will air at 5 pm (ET) on FOX.   WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES): Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Astemo Team Penske Chevrolet qualified on pole for Race #1 and 4th for Race #2:  It was a good run. The team did an amazing job with a great car. You just never know in these conditions, how things shakes out. We’ve got to have a good race car, that’s going to be the name of the game.  How do you adjust to the cooler conditions that we’ll see later tonight here at Iowa Speedway?  I’m not sure we’ll get there in time, right? I don’t know that it’ll get too cold yet, you start seeing that shift really after 6 pm, so maybe that very final stint, it’ll get a little bit cooler, but it should be mostly a high track temp. Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet qualified 2nd for Race #1 and 7th for Race #2: Honestly, the car is great. Our car is really good. I think we just missed it a little bit on gears. I just clipped a limiter in fifth gear. I thought fifth was gonna be good, and then we got a bit of a tailwind into Turn 1, but just clipped the limiter. When you clip the limiter, you’re dead. Just missed it a little bit. But again, the balance is fine. I mean, our car has been really good. We just got to figure out how to, you know, get a really, really good long stint pace as well, and we tried to work on that this morning, so we’re confident, we just have to execute today. Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 5th for Race #1 and 9th for Race #2: Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 7th for Race #1 and 6th for Race #2: Yeah, definitely. I really want to be in the top five for both. Got a few quick guys to go, but, happy with that. Not much I could do. I was wide open. I knew Joseph went wide open. I saw Scott got crash in front of me, so I was a little bit worried with the car set up, but it was nice. Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 8th for Race #1 and 5th for Race #2:  That was the happiest I’ve been after a short oval qualifying, so it feels good to feel like the car is working well. I feel like we’re fast and I feel like I’d actually did a good job. It’s hard to do and this has been a struggle for me, and I think it’s something that I’ve improved on massively. We’ve had really good balance since we rolled off the truck and obviously practice, we were really fast and good day for Team Chevy in practice. I think like the top eight were all Chevy. I think we have the better engine this weekend and I’m excited.  Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 9th for Race #1 and 20th for Race #2: I just got super loose. I backed it into one. It’s kind of hard to catch the balance. Either the wind picked up or the track really flipped between David’s run and McLaughlin’s run. You saw him get loose, and I did the same thing. I guess I just got really lucky in catching the car. David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 10th for Race #1 and 3rd for Race #2: I think Chevy power is going to prove well here and I’m just excited to get racing tonight, and see what we can do, Hopefully get Chevrolet on top of the podium. Difference between Lap 1 and Lap 2? Obviously. you’re fighting a car that’s got understeer all day, and you’re expecting an understeer in your car, and it’s neutral on lap one and for it to get super loose was not something I was ready for. So, it’s unfortunate, but at the end of the day we hung on to it and did our best. Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet qualified 13th for Race #1 and 15th for Race #2: We missed in qualifying which I I don’t really understand, but the car balance is really good and it’s been consistent across kind of all conditions, so excited for the opportunity this evening. Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified for 16th Race #1 and 11th for Race #2: Yeah, I think overall, from my qually run at least, I don’t know what it was for Callum, but it seemed like a similar limitation. Yeah, you know, we try to play with gears and stuff, and I just hit really hard on the limiter in fifth. I thought a single gear, but the was not possible, so I missed quite a lot of there. And also, the balance was a bit on the understeer side, so if we could have just, you know, played it out. But, you know, its experience, I think overall, I’m quite happy with what we have achieved now, and, every time I go to new ovals, everything is new, so it felt good. Overall, it felt good, but obviously, I felt like you could have done more. Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified 17th for Race #1 and 13th for Race #2d: I don’t know. The first lap I had to lift, where we were a bit too trimmed. Second lap was good, but it’s going to be tight. We wanted to trim to try and get every little bit of speed, but it’s going to be so tight. So, I think anywhere from, I’d say, 12 to 18th, but you never know. Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet qualified 19th for Race #1 and 17th for Race #2: I don’t know, honestly. The car felt pretty decent. I hit my lines, and did everything I could. I guess just some pace disappeared from this morning. We obviously have to wait and see how everything falls out here. Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 21st for Race #1 and 17th for Race #2: We were okay on balance this morning, and qualifying was just a very, very different balance than we’ve had all day. Very disappointing. Yeah, very disappointed. Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet qualified 24th for Race #1 and 24th for Race #2: It’s a different package from last year. We had a lot more grip last year and it was really easy flat. This year it’s completely different story. They’ve taken off downforce, added drag  and took my power so it’s a different car feeling. Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 27th for Race #1 and 27th for Race #2: I don’t know if I just got a little bit high or if I got caught by the wind. I made a slight error there. It just sort of caught up with me, and then we went around. I’m really gutted for my XPEL Chevy team. We had a really fast car, that could easily been on the front row, or got pole. That was mistake by me, but we’ll start last both races and just have to send it.

Chevrolet at the Iowa Speedway Chevrolet wins at Iowa Speedway: 13 ·       2024 Race #2 – Will Power – Team Penske (pictured above)·       2024 Race #1 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske·       2023 Race #2 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske·       2023 Race #1 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske·       2022 Race #2 – Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren·       2022 Race #1 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske·       2020 Race #2 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske·       2020 Race #1 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske·       2019 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske·       2017 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske·       2016 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing·       2013 – James Hinchcliffe – Andretti Global·       2012 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Global Chevrolet poles at Iowa Speedway: 14 ·       2024 Race #2 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske·       2023 Race #2 – Will Power – Team Penske·       2023 Race #1 – Will Power – Team Penske·       2022 Race #2 – Will Power – Team Penske·       2022 Race #1 – Will Power – Team Penske·       2020 Race #2 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske·       2020 Race #1 – Conor Daly – Carlin·       2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske·       2018 – Will Power – Team Penske·       2017 – Will Power – Team Penske·       2016 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske·       2015 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske·       2014 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing·       2013 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske  Chevrolet Podiums at Iowa Speedway: 36 Chevrolet podiums at the Iowa Speedway by driver: Josef Newgarden (8), Will Power (6), Scott McLaughlin (4), Pato O’Ward (4), Tony Kanaan (3), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2), Marco Andretti (1), Oliver Askew (1), Helio Castroneves (1), Scott Dixon (1), JR Hildebrand (1), James Hinchcliffe (1), Sage Karam (1), Simon Pagenaud (1), and Spencer Pigot (1).  Chevrolet podiums at the Iowa Speedway by team: Team Penske (18), Arrow McLaren (5), Andretti Global (4), Chip Ganassi Racing (4), Ed Carpenter Racing (4) and KV Racing Technology (1).  Chevrolet Laps Led at Iowa Speedway: 3831 Chevrolet laps led at Iowa Speedway by driver: Josef Newgarden (1847), Helio Castroneves (434), Will Power (400),  Tony Kanaan (317), Scott McLaughlin (260), James Hinchcliffe (245), Pato O’Ward (97), Simon Pagenaud (97), JR Hildebrand (38), Ed Carpenter (20), Scott Dixon (18), Conor Daly (17), Ryan Hunter-Reay (15), Oliver Askew (10), Sebastien Bourdais (6), Marco Andretti (3), Ryan Briscoe (2), Max Chilton (2), Felix Rosenqvist (2) and Rubens Barichello (1). Chevrolet laps led at Iowa Speedway by team: Team Penske (2649), Ed Carpenter (451), Chip Ganassi Racing (337), Andretti Global (263), Arrow McLaren (107), Carlin (17), and KV Racing Technology (7). Chevrolet On Short Ovals All of INDYCAR SERIES Chevrolet’s Short Oval Wins All of Chevrolet’s INDYCAR SERIES Short Oval Poles Manufacturer History at Iowa Speedway Wins (with competition) 13 – Chevrolet (2024 Race #2, 2024 Race #1, 2023 Race #2, 2023 Race #1, 2022 Race #2, 2022 Race #1, 2020 Race #2, 2020 Race #1, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2013, 2012)3 – Honda (2018, 2014, 2014) Poles (with competition) 14 – Chevrolet (2024 Race #2, 2023 Race #2, 2023 Race #1, 2022 Race #2, 2022 Race #1, 2020 Race #2, 2020 Race #1, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2016, 2013)2 – Honda (2024 Race #1, 2012)  Historical Chevrolet Information INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturer Championships (since 1979) Chevrolet-Powered Wins in the Twin-Turbo 2.2L V6 Era (2012-present) Chevrolet-Powered Wins (All-time)

Nos. 12, 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.Rs grab first, second in Sao PauloSAO PAULO, Brazil (July 12, 2025) – For the second consecutive FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race, the Nos. 12 and 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.Rs will have a clear view of the green flag. The first-year factory team locked out the front row for the Rolex 6 Hours of Sāo Paulo like it did last month for the 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Alex Lynn, who earned the pole at Circuit de La Sarthe, repeated the superlative effort as he drove the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R to the top of the 18-car Hypercar field. Lynn, who will share duties with Norman Nato and Will Stevens on the 4.409 km (2.677-mile), 15-turn Autódromo José Carlos Pace – commonly known as Interlagos – course Sunday, recorded a lap of 1 minute, 22.570 seconds in the 10-minute Hyperpole session. He also topped the 12-minute qualifying set with a lap of 1:22.829. Both bettered the 1:23.140 pole time from 2024. “Congratulations to the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R on securing pole position in qualifying for the Rolex 6 Hours of Sāo Paulo,” said John Roth, vice president, Global Cadillac. “We are thrilled to get back on the track Sunday and compete for the overall win.”  Sebastien Bourdais was one-tenth of a second off Lynn’s blistering Hyperpole pace in the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R. The Hypercar entry has qualified in the top 10 in four of the five WEC races, with Earl Bamber collecting the front-row start at Le Mans. Bourdais and Bamber will share the wheel with Jenson Button on Sunday.The pole is the third for Cadillac Racing in its third season of WEC competition, and the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R is the only Hypercar to qualify in the top 10 of all five races this season.

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What they’re saying

No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R Alex Lynn: “It feels great to be on pole again. It’s a special feeling to drive the Cadillac on one lap. I love being here in Brazil. The Sāo Paulo track is so cool. It’s huge a huge honor, and I’m really happy. I think, honestly, our side of the garage has been really confident all week. So, we concentrate on the race now. We knew we were going to be quick, and we were. So now we just focus. It’s a good place to start and we just want to race well now.” Will Stevens: “We knew we needed to start at the front for this race. Track position is pretty key here, so this is the place to be starting for tomorrow.” Norman Nato: “Big congrats to Alex and the team for another 1-2. We know it’s going to be a difficult race tomorrow with a lot of different strategies on tires and a lot of degradation. It’s good to start from pole tomorrow and we are going to try our best to be on first step of the podium tomorrow.”No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R Sebastien Bourdais: “Up until Hyperpole, we just had a really difficult weekend. It’s just been a succession of little miscues that gave us a couple of wrong reads and I felt like it just kind of threw us a bit down the rabbit hole. A few more tweaks to the setup and it was OK in FP3. So, you go in qualifying, and you have no real idea of what the car is. Plus, traffic was an absolute mess in that first bout of qualifying. Thankfully, we made it to Hyperpole and now you have a better idea of where the car is at, what it’s doing. It just it worked a lot better for me. I still made a mistake and didn’t really get that best lap, but you’re always kicking yourself a bit. Very happy for the team. Congrats to Alex and we’ll see what we can do tomorrow.”

NASCAR CUP SERIES SONOMA RACEWAY TEAM CHEVY POST-QUALIFYING REPORT JULY 12, 2025

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·        Fresh off a weekend sweep, Team Chevy’s Shane van Gisbergen picked up right where he left off by driving a pair of Chevrolet-powered machines to a sweep of the pole wins at Sonoma Raceway. Concluding the NASCAR Cup Series practice session fastest on the best 10-lap average, the 36-year-old New Zealand native drove his No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to the top of the qualifying speed charts on his final run by posting a best-lap of 1:14.594 – the only driver to hit speeds at 96 mph around the 1.99-mile California circuit.   ·        Van Gisbergen’s fourth career pole in NASCAR’s top division was enough to push Chevrolet to a double-digit record in qualifying triumphs this season, with the Bowtie brigade earning the pole position for the 10th time in 20 points-paying races.   ·        Also claiming the pole position for today’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Northern California circuit, Van Gisbergen is one step closer to adding onto NASCAR history once again this weekend. The ‘Rookie of the Year’ contender could potentially become the only driver in history to sweep the pole and race wins in NASCAR’s top-two divisions more than once. ·        Van Gisbergen led Chevrolet to four top-five qualifying efforts with his fellow Team Chevy drivers William Byron, Ross Chastain and AJ Allmendinger set to line-up in the third through fifth positions, respectively, to take the green flag for the series’ 20th race of the season.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 STARTING LINEUPPOS.     DRIVER 1st – Shane van Gisbergen 3rd – William Byron 4th – Ross Chastain5th – AJ Allmendinger9th – Alex Bowman Chevrolet’s season statistics heading into the 20th NASCAR Cup Series race:  Wins: 8Poles: 10Top-Fives: 37Top 10s: 76Stage Wins: 17

Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet – Pole Winner Quotes How did the car respond during practice qualifying? How did this track feel for you in the Cup car as opposed to the Xfinity car?“Yeah, they’re quite different in the way the cars make their speed and the platform of the car. But yeah, it felt really slippery. I sort of saw that in group one. A lot of people were having big lap time fall off and struggling with the rear, in particular. So yeah, I tried to manage my practice. I started slow and tried to keep it at consistent speed. My car was very, very average actually, so we can make it better for tomorrow. But then in qualifying on the new tires, it was great.”  We’ve heard a lot this week about just how slick this track is this weekend. How different is it this time around than it was last year?“It felt pretty similar yesterday in the Xfinity car. I thought it was just hotter, but then seeing the times today, how much slower it was than last year and how much fall off there was, I guess it is — the track’s aged a little bit. I don’t really have a reference from last year, but certainly everyone was flat on their lap times and today we were all dropping off, so that should be good for the racing tomorrow.”  Why did you run the second lap?“Well, I thought it could be faster. And then in the first group, we saw big gains on people on their second run. I think the 24 made a huge jump, which is pretty abnormal, I think, on these tires, especially this new soft tire. So yeah, just tried again. I struggled… my first lap was just a banker almost, like I still had a little bit left. That second lap was really good.”  Shane, obviously you’ve had hot streaks before in your career, but how good does it feel to have one in NASCAR?“Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. We’ve had a really cool couple of weeks. You just feel the energy in the shop when you walk in on Monday and Tuesday. Even the stay-at-home guys and girls preparing the cars — it’s just a cool atmosphere in the shop. Everyone’s lifted up. Ross’s win kind of started it at the Coke 600, and we just got better and better. So yeah, it’s really cool for everyone.”  Did you even run a qualifying lap in practice? You were third on the speed chart…“No, I don’t think anyone really did. We all just did long runs. People probably could have pushed more in practice, but we were trying to see what the tire would do.”  When I posted your post-qualifying interview from yesterday, I got a lot of response from fans in New Zealand. There was a big spike, and they were all celebrating your pole. What is it like having almost the whole nation to kind of rally up with you, and what would you say to all your fans back home? “Yeah, I think it’s awesome — the support we’ve got, and you see it in INDYCAR with the Scott’s. They both get so much support from our home, and it’s amazing how much people stick behind the Kiwi drivers when they’re overseas. So yeah, it’s pretty special when I have a good weekend, or even a bad one. The messages I get and how many people tune in from home to watch the race — it’s probably like first thing in the morning there, or 4 a.m. there at the moment, so it’s amazing that people get up and watch us race. It’s pretty cool.”

NASCAR CUP SERIES SONOMA RACEWAYTEAM CHEVY POST-QUALIFYING REPORTJULY 12, 2025

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·        Fresh off a weekend sweep, Team Chevy’s Shane van Gisbergen picked up right where he left off by driving a pair of Chevrolet-powered machines to a sweep of the pole wins at Sonoma Raceway. Concluding the NASCAR Cup Series practice session fastest on the best 10-lap average, the 36-year-old New Zealand native drove his No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to the top of the qualifying speed charts on his final run by posting a best-lap of 1:14.594 – the only driver to hit speeds at 96 mph around the 1.99-mile California circuit.   ·        Van Gisbergen’s fourth career pole in NASCAR’s top division was enough to push Chevrolet to a double-digit record in qualifying triumphs this season, with the Bowtie brigade earning the pole position for the 10th time in 20 points-paying races.   ·        Also claiming the pole position for today’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Northern California circuit, Van Gisbergen is one step closer to adding onto NASCAR history once again this weekend. The ‘Rookie of the Year’ contender could potentially become the only driver in history to sweep the pole and race wins in NASCAR’s top-two divisions more than once. ·        Van Gisbergen led Chevrolet to four top-five qualifying efforts with his fellow Team Chevy drivers William Byron, Ross Chastain and AJ Allmendinger set to line-up in the third through fifth positions, respectively, to take the green flag for the series’ 20th race of the season.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 STARTING LINEUPPOS.     DRIVER 1st – Shane van Gisbergen 3rd – William Byron 4th – Ross Chastain5th – AJ Allmendinger9th – Alex Bowman Chevrolet’s season statistics heading into the 20th NASCAR Cup Series race:  Wins: 8Poles: 10Top-Fives: 37Top 10s: 76Stage Wins: 17

Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet – Pole Winner Quotes How did the car respond during practice qualifying? How did this track feel for you in the Cup car as opposed to the Xfinity car?“Yeah, they’re quite different in the way the cars make their speed and the platform of the car. But yeah, it felt really slippery. I sort of saw that in group one. A lot of people were having big lap time fall off and struggling with the rear, in particular. So yeah, I tried to manage my practice. I started slow and tried to keep it at consistent speed. My car was very, very average actually, so we can make it better for tomorrow. But then in qualifying on the new tires, it was great.”  We’ve heard a lot this week about just how slick this track is this weekend. How different is it this time around than it was last year?“It felt pretty similar yesterday in the Xfinity car. I thought it was just hotter, but then seeing the times today, how much slower it was than last year and how much fall off there was, I guess it is — the track’s aged a little bit. I don’t really have a reference from last year, but certainly everyone was flat on their lap times and today we were all dropping off, so that should be good for the racing tomorrow.”  Why did you run the second lap?“Well, I thought it could be faster. And then in the first group, we saw big gains on people on their second run. I think the 24 made a huge jump, which is pretty abnormal, I think, on these tires, especially this new soft tire. So yeah, just tried again. I struggled… my first lap was just a banker almost, like I still had a little bit left. That second lap was really good.”  Shane, obviously you’ve had hot streaks before in your career, but how good does it feel to have one in NASCAR?“Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. We’ve had a really cool couple of weeks. You just feel the energy in the shop when you walk in on Monday and Tuesday. Even the stay-at-home guys and girls preparing the cars — it’s just a cool atmosphere in the shop. Everyone’s lifted up. Ross’s win kind of started it at the Coke 600, and we just got better and better. So yeah, it’s really cool for everyone.”  Did you even run a qualifying lap in practice? You were third on the speed chart…“No, I don’t think anyone really did. We all just did long runs. People probably could have pushed more in practice, but we were trying to see what the tire would do.”  When I posted your post-qualifying interview from yesterday, I got a lot of response from fans in New Zealand. There was a big spike, and they were all celebrating your pole. What is it like having almost the whole nation to kind of rally up with you, and what would you say to all your fans back home? “Yeah, I think it’s awesome — the support we’ve got, and you see it in INDYCAR with the Scott’s. They both get so much support from our home, and it’s amazing how much people stick behind the Kiwi drivers when they’re overseas. So yeah, it’s pretty special when I have a good weekend, or even a bad one. The messages I get and how many people tune in from home to watch the race — it’s probably like first thing in the morning there, or 4 a.m. there at the moment, so it’s amazing that people get up and watch us race. It’s pretty cool.”

July 12, 2025 — Newton, IA

• Championship leader Alex Palou scores his fourth pole position of 2025 in the second race of the Iowa doubleheader
• Felix Rosenqvist completes the race 2 Honda lockout by qualifying P2
• Rosenqvist qualifies third for race 1, Palou fourth.

Alex Palou notched his fourth pole position of 2025, scoring his first-career short oval pole today at Iowa Speedway. The pole also gives Palou another point in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers’ championship fight, which he entered the weekend leading by 113 points.

Lining up second will be Felix Rosenqvist for Meyer Shank Racing—giving Honda a front row lockout for race 2. The second place starting position is Rosenqvist’s best start of 2025.

Rosenqvist and Palou were also the top Honda qualifiers for race 1 of the weekend—with Rosenqvist lining up P3 and Palou P4.

Race winner the last time out at Mid-Ohio, Scott Dixon, also qualified in the top 10 for both races, putting his #9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda sixth for race 1 and eighth for race 2.

Honda has won 10 consecutive races to start the NTT INDYCAR series season, with six being won by Palou, one by Dixon, and three by Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood.

Synk 275 Honda Qualifying Results – Saturday Race 1

• 3rd Felix Rosenqvist 
•  4th Alex Palou  
•  6th Scott Dixon 
• 11th Marcus Armstrong 
• 12th Louis Foster-R
• 14th Graham Rahal
• 15th Marcus Ericsson 
• 18th Kyle Kirkwood
• 20th Devlin DeFrancesco
• 22nd Kyffin Simpson 
• 23rd Colton Herta 
• 25th Rinus VeeKay
• 26th Jacob Abel-R 

Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda

R – Rookie

Farm to Finish Honda Qualifying Results – Sunday Race 2

•  1st Alex Palou  
•  2nd Felix Rosenqvist
•  8th Scott Dixon    
• 10th Graham Rahal  
• 12th Marcus Armstrong
• 14th Marcus Ericsson 
• 16th Louis Foster-R 
• 18th Kyffin Simpson 
• 19th Colton Herta    
• 21st Kyle Kirkwood
• 23rd Devlin DeFrancesco  
• 25th Jacob Abel-R  
• 26th Rinus VeeKay    

Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Andretti Global Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Dale Coyne Racing Honda

R – Rookie

Quotes
Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda): “Number one! For race 2 at least. It’s a great result. I knew we had a fast car, but maybe not enough to be on pole. But, it feels awesome. Starting top four in both races is going to be huge for the start. We will be able to try and have a cleaner start for the race. Another pole, two weekends in a row. It’s another point in the championship fight. And it’s my first short oval pole. Hopefully we can get my first short oval win this weekend.”

Felix Rosenqvist (#60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda): “P3 and P2 for the two races here in Iowa. Kind of unexpected, to be honest. We rolled off not really knowing what we had. And in practice there was a lot of traffic, so it was hard to tell. I knew the car had more, so I just kept it flat in the Qualifying runs and, yeah, it ended up really good! This is usually a tough race to pass at, so it’s really good to be up front. Happy to nail that one for my team and the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda crew.”