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.

Thirty years ago, Jimmy Vasser was in the early throes of a triumphant IndyCar campaign – his first and last, Chip Ganassi Racing’s first of 17… so far. RACER reminisces with Vasser, race engineer Julian Robertson, and CGR’s Tom Anderson and Mike Hull.

The opening practice session for Sunday’s Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park saw Scott McLaughlin lead the 25 drivers at the end of the three-stage outing.

The overwhelming memory of IndyCar's return to Phoenix will be of an instant classic produced by drivers old and new.

After their latest rollicking win, some are already looking to conspiracies to explain what they're seeing from Alex Palou and the Chip Ganassi Racing team. But the reality is straightforward, as Marshall Pruett explains.

He credits Team Penske's "incredible" pit stops with helping him overcome a poor qualifying run to climb 16 spots and finish within the top 10.

After going winless in 2025, the New Zealander went into the offseason with a renewed fire to re-establish himself as a championship contender, and with his pole position captured on Saturday at St. Petersburg, the Team Penske driver sent notice that he’s back.

Its new alternate compound also drew positive reviews, which should be helpful after IndyCar enacted a new rule that requires every driver to use two sets of alternates in every street race.