Amid constant contact, inflamed emotions, and the double requirement for drivers to use Firestone’s short-life alternate compound tires, it was far from a boring 100 laps in Motown. But it still came out Alex Palou's way.

The story so far with IndyCar tires in 2026 across the three street course races at St. Petersburg, Arlington and Long Beach has been one of greater durability with Firestone’s quicker alternate compound. But if what the teams just learned about those alternates holds firm for the rest of this weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, we could be in for an outlier of an event.

Cara Krstolic is best known for her work as Firestone’s Director of Race Tire Engineering and Manufacturing, and she’s added a new accomplishment to her career: Helmet livery designer for her best friend Katherine Legge, who starts from 27th in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500.Krstolic, who also creates hand-written messages for each...

Ed Carpenter and Helio Castroneves, who will both start the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 from Row 5, agree that the field has gotten tighter over the course of their long careers here, but that they feel ready to take on anyone in the heat of battle.“It’s really going...

The year was 1911 when a local Indianapolis sales manager suggested to Harvey Firestone that Firestone Tire, eight years on from manufacturing its first tires, should back a driver in the Indianapolis 500. The rest is the stuff of legend.Ray Harroun went on to win the inaugural race with his...

Alex Palou and the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda team have made the Indianapolis Grand Prix their personal playground in recent years and they’ve set themselves up for the trend to continue.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has several new displays for the Month of May, allowing more stories to be told. In The Heritage Group Gasoline Alley Gallery, six of the seven cars have been switched out. Cars now on display include: 1914 Isotta Fraschini Tipo IM, driven by Ray Gilhooly...

Rosenqvist comes into the weekend 14th in the points with best finishes of 12th at St. Petersburg and Phoenix, and said that besting the field in qualifying on Saturday – his second Long Beach pole in three years – is an important step toward arresting the slide.

Mick Schumacher’s introduction to the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was a short-lived experience.

“The tire test days that Firestone comes up with, they put you with six sets of tires, and they tell you, ‘Hey, do five laps, and then five more laps, and then five more laps, and let us know the differences,’ and then we do the same on long runs with brand-new sets,” Palou told RACER.