0.0233, a Pole Streak, and a Bullring Under the Lights
Felix Rosenqvist won the 110th Indianapolis 500 by 0.0233 seconds, the closest finish in race history, snatching it from David Malukas in the final corner. A week later, Alex Palou turned the streets of Detroit into a coronation and stretched his championship lead to 62 points. Now IndyCar's brutal three-weekend gauntlet closes under the lights at Gateway, the egg-shaped St. Louis bullring where Josef Newgarden has won five times and where the one soft spot in Palou's season, the ovals, finally gets tested. Here's everything that happened, and everything worth watching Sunday night.
Welcome to the Yard of Bricks
The 110th Indianapolis 500 hits Sunday with Alex Palou on pole at 232.248 mph and a back-to-back bid waiting on the other side of 200 laps. A walkthrough for the casual or first-time fan: the track, the field, the hybrid rules that just got rewritten, the Penske scandal aftermath, the traditions worth knowing, and one humble new-fan call on the podium.