Kyle Kirkwood took the honors in IndyCar’s second practice session at Long Beach on Saturday, while several teams are working to repair crash damage ahead of qualifying later this afternoon.

O’Gara departs Chip Ganassi Racing after 12 years where he was a fixture in its IndyCar program, ran its IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship and FIA WEC efforts, and recently oversaw its Indy NXT team.

The entire Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix weekend was one strange result after another for Hauger, who finished 23rd and was lapped for the first time in his career.

Pole position for the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was another demonstration of dominance by Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, who followed last year’s pole with another series-leading performance in the No. 10 Honda.

Defending race winner Alex Palou led Saturday morning’s practice session at the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix which was cut short by Scott McLaughlin’s big crash in Turn 1.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyffin Simpson has been retroactively penalized by the IndyCar Series for triggering the end-of-race crash that put Arrow McLaren’s Nolan Siegel and Dale Coyne Racing’s Romain Grosjean into the wall and out of the contest.

Gearing and hybrid issues started in practice and spiraled into race day for the Dale Coyne Racing driver.

Newgarden’s No. 2 Chevy led Kirkwood and Malukas to the line as Alex Palou crashed first and handed the championship lead to the Team Penske veteran.

It wasn’t the exact result they were hoping for after qualifying third and sixth, but rookie Dennis Hauger and veteran Dale Coyne Racing teammate Romain Grosjean were able to secure a pair of top 10s to open the IndyCar season at St. Petersburg on Sunday.For Grosjean, it was a run...

With both Hauger and returning vet Grosjean starting in the top six on Sunday, the team's surplus of engineering expertise already appears to be paying off.