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2025 IndyCar Series

The2025 NTT IndyCar Seriesis scheduled to be the 114th official championship season ofAmerican open wheel racingand the 30th season underIndyCar Seriessanction. Its showcase event will be the109th runningof theIndianapolis 500.

2025 IndyCar season
NTTIndyCar Series
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 2
End dateAugust 31
Awards
←2024
2026→

Chip Ganassi RacingdriverÁlex Palouwill enter the season as the defending champion, whileTeam PenskedriverJosef Newgardenis the defending Indianapolis 500 winner.

Background and series news

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After IndyCar's television contract withNBC Sportslapsed in 2024, the series signed a new agreement withFox Sportsthat will see all races being covered on theFox Broadcast Network.[1]On January 14, 2025, Fox announced its broadcast team for the 2025 season.Will Buxtonwas named the lead commentator whileTownsend BellandJames Hinchcliffe,who previously served as analysts for NBC, retained their roles in the new lineup.[2]

On September 23, 2024, IndyCar announced its first ever charter system, which will begin in 2025 and extend until 2031. 25 charters were awarded among all teams that competed full-time in the 2024 season, with a maximum of 3 for each team. Chartered entries are qualified to compete for the 22 Leaders Circle contracts. At every race on the calendar outside of the Indianapolis 500, starting fields were limited to 27 cars, and chartered entries were guaranteed a starting position. Qualification for the Indianapolis 500 would remain open, and no teams would have a guaranteed entry in the 33-car starting field.[N 1][5]

As a new entrant in the series,Prema Racingwas excluded from receiving charters. If a race event outside of the Indianapolis 500 were to feature additional cars, those would have to compete against the two Prema cars for the two 'open' spots in the field.[6]

On February 11,Doug Boleswas named as the new president of IndyCar, replacingJay Frye.Boles will also continue to hold his role as president ofIndianapolis Motor Speedway.[7]

Confirmed entries

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The following teams, entries, and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use aspecDallara DW12chassis with2018 universal aero kitandFirestonetires.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s) Ref(s)
A. J. Foyt Racing[N 2] Chevrolet 4 David Malukas All
14 Santino Ferrucci All [9]
Andretti GlobalwithCurb-Agajanian Honda 26 Colton Herta All [10]
Andretti Global 27 Kyle Kirkwood All [11]
28 Marcus Ericsson All [12]
98 Marco Andretti 6 [13][14]
Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 5 Pato O'Ward All [15]
6 Nolan Siegel All [16]
7 Christian Lundgaard All [17]
Arrow McLaren/Rick Hendrick 17 Kyle LarsonR[N 3] 6 [18]
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 8 Kyffin Simpson All [19]
9 Scott Dixon All [20]
10 Álex Palou All [21]
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 Rinus VeeKay All [22]
51 Jacob AbelR All [23]
DRR-Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet 23 Ryan Hunter-Reay 6 [24][25]
24 Jack Harvey 6 [25]
ECR Chevrolet 20 Alexander Rossi All [26][27]
21 Christian Rasmussen All [26][27]
33 Ed Carpenter 6 [26][27]
Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Sting Ray Robb All [28]
78 Conor Daly All [29]
Meyer Shank Racing[N 4] Honda 06 Hélio Castroneves 6 [30]
60 Felix Rosenqvist All [31]
66 Marcus Armstrong All [32]
Prema Racing Chevrolet 83 Robert ShwartzmanR All [33]
90 Callum Ilott All [34]
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 Graham Rahal All [35]
30 Devlin DeFrancesco All [36]
45 Louis FosterR All [37]
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 Josef Newgarden All [38]
3 Scott McLaughlin All [39]
12 Will Power All [40]
REligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver changes

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Preseason

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Team changes

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Preseason

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  • On April 9, 2024, Italian junior formula and endurance racing teamPrema Racingannounced it would enter two full-time entries in IndyCar in 2025, having secured a supply ofChevroletengines.[43][44]
  • On August 19, 2024, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed that it would be switching technical alliance partners fromAndretti GlobaltoChip Ganassi Racing,having been with Andretti since2020.[45]
  • On September 4, 2024,Racerreported thatChip Ganassi Racingwould downsize its IndyCar operation from five to three cars.[46]
  • On January 3, 2025,Arrow McLarenannounced thatMcLaren Grouphad purchased the remaining 25% stake of the team fromSam Schmidtand Ric Peterson as of December 31, 2024.[47]
  • On January 13, 2025,Ed Carpenter Racingannounced a rebrand ahead of the season, with the team being known as "ECR" going forward. Additionally, the team confirmed that investor Ted Gelov had been named chairman.[27]
  • On January 13, 2025 with the confirmation of Jacob Abel to the No. 51 entry, the Dale Coyne's partnership with Rick Ware Racing has ended, reverting the Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing entry name back to Dale Coyne Racing.

Schedule

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The schedule was released on June 13, 2024.[1]

Rd. Race name Track Location Date
1 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg SStreets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 2
2 The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix RThe Thermal Club Thermal, California March 23
3 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach SStreets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 13
4 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix RBarber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama May 4
5 Sonsio Grand Prix RIndianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana May 10
6 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 OIndianapolis Motor Speedway May 25
7 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix SStreets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan June 1
8 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 OWorld Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois June 15
9 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America RRoad America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 22
10 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio RMid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 6
11 Hy-Vee Homefront 250 OIowa Speedway Newton, Iowa July 12
12 Hy-Vee One Step 250 July 13
13 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto SExhibition Place Toronto, Ontario July 20
14 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey RWeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California July 27
15 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland RPortland International Raceway Portland, Oregon August 10
16 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 OMilwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin August 24
17 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix ONashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee August 31

OOval/Speedway
RRoad course
SStreet circuit

Schedule changes

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  • The race at the Thermal Club that was the non-championship$1 Million Challengein 2024 will become a full points-paying race in 2025.
  • The Milwaukee Mile, which hosted a double-header in 2024, will only host a single race in 2025.
  • The race at World Wide Technology Raceway will move from August to June.

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^The Leaders Circle program provides approximately $1 million dollars to the top-22 eligible entries by entrant points at the end of a season, in what has been described by sources as a "socialized financial incentive program"[3][4].
  2. ^Technical partnership withTeam Penske.
  3. ^Larson is considered a Rookie in the IndyCar Series as he has competed in less than eight IndyCar series races; however, he is not a rookie for the2025 Indianapolis 500as he participated in the2024 Indianapolis 500.
  4. ^Technical partnership withChip Ganassi Racing.

References

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