The Penske Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon Penske Dixon team of Chip Ganassi Racing combined to win the last six races in the Indycar NTT series at the World Wide Technology Raceway.
Alex Palou (n ° 10 RIDGELINE Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) and Kyle Kirkwood (n ° 27 Siemens Honda) managed to win the seven races this season, but won an oval victory between them, Palou in the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. Kirkwood’s best finish in three starts of the world of technology is 15th in 2023. Palou has a top-five in six departures on the oval of 1.25 mile just east of Saint-Louis.
Who emerges in the lead in the Bommarito Automobile Group on Sunday evening 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline?
The 1.25 mile oval victory route is reserved for the best. The list of 11 winners in the Indycar NTT series is filled with legends like Paul Tracy, Alex Zanardi, Michael Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Al Unier Jr., Gil de Ferran, Helio Castroneves, Will Power and Takuma Sato joining Newgarden and Dixon.
Will anyone again join the fraternity of the winners during the 260-round race on Sunday at 8 p.m. He on Fox, Fox Sports App and Indycar Radio Network?
Favorite
Josef Newgarden (PPG team n ° 2 Penske Chevrolet)
Newgarden won five victories in nine breeders from world technology. He also led an astonishing 599 laps. On a track similar to Iowa Speedway, Newgarden collected six victories in 16 departures. Newgarden won the two NTT P1 awards on another short oval in Milwaukee Mile last season and finished third in the 2024 season in Nashville Superspeedway with the same aerodynamic package.
Scott McLaughlin (The Dex Imaging Team N ° 3 Penske Chevrolet)
Between the short ovals Iowa Speedway, Milwaukee Mile, Nashville Superspeedway and WWTR, McLaughlin has two victories and first top-five in 13 departures. This includes the results of the fourth, third, fifth and second, respectively, on the 1.25 -mile track in the St. Louis region and in 2024 victories at Iowa and Milwaukee.
Pato O’Ward (n ° 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet)
With 28 career oval departures, O’Ward won three victories, eight finalists and first 20 results. He finished 26th last year in WWTR, but before that, his worst finish among his last five breed departures of global technology was fourth. Half of his six WWTRs led to a finalist.
Scott Dixon (n ° 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda)
Dixon snoonely on the ground in 2023, going to the finish line in at least one stop at the stand less than everyone, marking their second victory in the world of world technology. He launched all the cars except two that day, with his third top-five in his last five departures around the oval of 1.25 mile. He finished 11th last year but at nine top-six tops oval in his last 13 attempts.
Will Power (n ° 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet)
Power has a career victory each at Iowa Speedway, Milwaukee Mile and World Wide Technology Raceway. Power also has four top 10 in its last five WWTR departures, including two third place in the last four tests. He led a 117 -round summit in last year’s race before being collected in a late accident.
Crosspiece
David Malukas (n ° 4 Chevrolet Technologies Golds)
World Wide Technology Raceway is undoubtedly the best piece of Malukas. He finished second in 2022, third in 2023 and despite crashed with Power at the end of last year’s race, he was in the running for the victory after qualifying the second and leading 11 laps. Malukas finished second of this year “500” of this year.
Santino Ferrucci (n ° 14 Bomomarito Automotive Group Chevrolet)
Ferrucci has two top-10 in five departures in the world of world technology and completed 1,165 of the 1,168 rounds possible. Ferrucci showed a force on the oval last season with five eight top-eight in seven departures. He finished fifth in Indianapolis 500 this year and between this weekend after finishing second in the Grand Prix of Chevrolet Detroit presented by Lear on June 1.
Colton Herta (n ° 26 GAINBRIDGE HONDA)
Herta has six Top-11 in seven breeds of raceway in the world of technology. His best race took place in 2021, when he led more than 100 laps before the failure of a transmission tree by leading it, relegating it to a result of 18th place. Herta has finished sixth and fifth, respectively, in the past two years. Herta also won the final of the season in 2024 on the Nashville oval.
Marcus Ericsson (n ° 28 Fresh Connect Central Honda)
Ericsson qualified seventh last year, but a mechanical failure left him an early outing and a 24th place. Before, Ericsson had four top-10 in his last five departures with a better WWTR in fifth career in 2020.
Conor Daly (n ° 76 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet)
Daly finished 13th with the team last year at WWTR but ranked third in an oval similar to Milwaukee. In eight WWTR departures, he has four top 10, with a better result of the fifth for AJ Foyt Racing in 2017.