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The Greatest Spectacle in Racing · 2026
Indianapolis 500
Winner: Felix Rosenqvist
Meyer Shank Racing took home the Borg-Warner Trophy.
Felix Rosenqvist
Winner of the 2026 Indianapolis 500 · Meyer Shank Racing
Podium: P1 Rosenqvist · P2 Malukas · P3 McLaughlin
When is the 2026 Indianapolis 500?
How does Indy 500 qualifying work?
Indy 500 qualifying runs across two days. Each attempt is a four-lap average speed — not a single lap time.
- Day 1 (Saturday): all 34 cars run a qualifying attempt. Positions 13–30 are locked in by speed.
- Top 12 (Sunday): the fastest 12 cars from Day 1 re-qualify to fight for positions 7–12 and to advance to the Fast Six.
- Last Chance Qualifying (Sunday): the slowest cars run again to claim spots 31, 32, and 33. The slowest car is bumped from the race.
- Fast Six Pole Shootout (Sunday): the top six from Top 12 do one final run. Fastest sets the pole; the rest fill positions 2–6.
Starting Grid · 11 rows of three
12 of 33 positions confirmed. Front row inside, last row at the back.
- 1TBD2TBD3
McLaughlin
Team Penske
- 4
Collet
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
5O'Ward
Arrow McLaren
6TBD - 7TBD8
Simpson
Chip Ganassi Racing
9Dixon
Chip Ganassi Racing
- 10
Palou
Chip Ganassi Racing
11TBD12Malukas
Team Penske
- 13TBD14
Ferrucci
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
15TBD - 16TBD17TBD18TBD
- 19TBD20
Rossi
Ed Carpenter Racing
21TBD - 22TBD23
Daly
Juncos Hollinger Racing
24TBD - 25TBD26TBD27TBD
- 28TBD29TBD30TBD
- 31TBD32TBD33TBD
Back row
Positions 31, 32, and 33 — the back row of the 33-car field.
Did not qualify
- —Bumped
Felix Rosenqvist
Meyer Shank Racing
- —Bumped
Rinus VeeKay
Dale Coyne Racing
Qualifying speeds
Four-lap average speed (mph). Sorted by final grid position.
| Pos | Driver | Entrant | Speed (mph) |
|---|---|---|---|
| P3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | — |
| P4 | Caio Collet | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | — |
| P5 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | — |
| P8 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | — |
| P9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | — |
| P10 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | — |
| P12 | David Malukas | Team Penske | — |
| P14 | Santino Ferrucci | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | — |
| P20 | Alexander Rossi | Ed Carpenter Racing | — |
| P23 | Conor Daly | Juncos Hollinger Racing | — |
| P60 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing | — |
| P76 | Rinus VeeKay | Dale Coyne Racing | — |
Session by session — how they got there
Fast Six sets positions 1–6. Top 12 sets 7–12. Last Chance sets 31–33. Day 1 sets everyone in between.
Fast Six Pole Shootout
| Pos | Driver | Entrant | Speed (mph) |
|---|---|---|---|
| P5 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | — |
| P10 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | — |
| P12 | David Malukas | Team Penske | — |
| P14 | Santino Ferrucci | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | — |
| P20 | Alexander Rossi | Ed Carpenter Racing | — |
| P60 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing | — |
Top 12 Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Entrant | Speed (mph) |
|---|---|---|---|
| P3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | — |
| P4 | Caio Collet | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | — |
| P8 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | — |
| P9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | — |
| P23 | Conor Daly | Juncos Hollinger Racing | — |
| P76 | Rinus VeeKay | Dale Coyne Racing | — |
Finishing order
| Pos | Driver | Entrant | Grid | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | David Malukas | Team Penske | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Marcus Armstrong | Chip Ganassi Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Rinus VeeKay | Dale Coyne Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Santino Ferrucci | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Dale Coyne Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Takuma Sato | Unknown Entrant | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nolan Siegel | Arrow McLaren | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Conor Daly | Juncos Hollinger Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Andretti Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Christian Lundgaard | Arrow McLaren | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Dennis Hauger | Dale Coyne Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Louis Foster | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Jack Harvey | Unknown Entrant | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Sting Ray Robb | Juncos Hollinger Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Jacob Abel | Dale Coyne Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Helio Castroneves | Unknown Entrant | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Caio Collet | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Christian Rasmussen | Ed Carpenter Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Will Power | Andretti Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Alexander Rossi | Ed Carpenter Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Unknown Entrant | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Katherine Legge | Unknown Entrant | — | — | — | — | — |
Past Indy 500 winners on this year's grid
5 drivers on the current grid have won the 500 before — 6 Borg-Warner trophies between them.
- 2× Indy 500
Team Penske
- 1× Indy 500
Chip Ganassi Racing
- 1× Indy 500
Andretti Global
- 1× Indy 500
Andretti Global
- 1× Indy 500
Ed Carpenter Racing
Storylines to watch
The angles that will shape race day — verified facts, no predictions.
Newgarden goes for the three-peat
Josef Newgarden won back-to-back Indy 500s in 2023 and 2024 — the first repeat winner since Hélio Castroneves in 2001–2002. No driver has ever won three Indianapolis 500s in a row.
Palou defends his Borg-Warner
Alex Palou won the 2025 Indy 500 for Chip Ganassi Racing, completing a missing chapter in a CV that already included three IndyCar championships. He is the reigning winner and arrives as the championship points leader.
Power debuts at Andretti at the 500
Will Power's first Indy 500 in Andretti Global colors comes after 17 seasons at Team Penske — the longest single-seat tenure in modern IndyCar. He won the 500 in 2018 with Penske and holds the all-time pole record across all IndyCar tracks.
Shwartzman backs up his rookie pole
Robert Shwartzman became the first-ever rookie pole sitter in 2025 — a stunning result in his first month of IndyCar. PREMA Racing's second 500 is the consolidation test: can the speed translate to a full race day in the field.
O'Ward chases the missing trophy
Pato O'Ward led late at the 2024 Indianapolis 500 before being passed by Josef Newgarden in the closing laps. Arrow McLaren orange has yet to win the 500.
About the Brickyard
Indianapolis Motor Speedway — the venue that gives the 500 its name and its character.
- Track length
- 2.5 mi
- Turns
- 4
- Race distance
- 200 laps
- Total distance
- 500 mi
- Turn banking
- 9° 12'
- Front stretch
- 0.625 mi
- First Indy 500
- 1911
- Surface
- Asphalt + 1 yard of original brick
The Speedway was paved with 3.2 million bricks in 1909, giving the track its nickname. A 36-inch strip of original brick remains at the start/finish line — the Yard of Bricks.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2026 Indy 500?
When is the 2026 Indianapolis 500?
How does Indy 500 qualifying work?
How many cars start the Indy 500?
How long is the Indianapolis 500?
What is Bump Day at the Indy 500?
What is the all-time Indy 500 pole speed record?
Who has won the most Indianapolis 500s?
Keep exploring the 500
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- Indianapolis 500 Winners — all-timeEvery past champion and the 4× winners club
- Indy 500 Pole HistoryRecent pole sitters and Luyendyk's all-time 236.986 mph record
- Indy 500 Race RecordsFastest race avg, closest finish, laps-led leaders
- Indy 500 TraditionsYard of bricks, milk bottle, Borg-Warner, Carb Day
- Indy 500 Prize MoneyWinner's share, total purse, payouts by year
- 2026 INDYCAR StandingsLive driver championship
- 2026 INDYCAR CalendarEvery round, date, and track
- 2026 INDYCAR ResultsRace-by-race winners
- Indianapolis 500 race detailFull session-by-session breakdown
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