The 2025 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was the eighth round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on June 15, 2025, in Madison, Illinois at World Wide Technology Raceway. The race was contested of 260 laps. Kyle Kirkwood won the race, his first on an oval, Pato O'Ward finished 2nd, and Christian Rasmussen finished 3rd, his best finish. Scott Dixon and Santino Ferrucci rounded out the top five, while Conor Daly, Rinus VeeKay, Álex Palou, Marcus Armstrong, and Robert Shwartzman rounded out the top ten.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner
Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet
Practice + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 25.2465 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 25.2597 3 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 25.3014Source:
Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held at 2:00 PM CT on June 14, 2025, but was rescheduled to 4:30 PM CT on that same day. Each driver completed two laps of the circuit on their qualifying run, with the aggregate timings setting the grid.
The pole was earned by Team Penske's Will Power. This would be Power's 71st career pole and Penske's 700th career pole.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 112 Will Power Team PenskeChevrolet49.9088123 Scott McLaughlinTeam PenskeChevrolet50.06032 3 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 50.2261 3 4 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 50.2572 4 5 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 50.3046 5 6 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 50.3486 6 7 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 50.3650 7 8 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 50.4171 8 9 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 50.4538 9 10 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 50.4968 10 11 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 50.5578 11 12 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 50.5629 12 13 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 50.7313 13 14 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 50.8855 14 15 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 50.9030 15 16 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 50.9170 16 17 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51.0528 17 18 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 51.0715 18 19 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 51.1472 19 20 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 51.2007 20 21 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51.4560 21 22 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51.5207 22 23 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 51.5836 23 24 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 51.6456 24 25 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 51.6737 25 26 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 52.0126 26 27 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 52.5014 27Source: Practice (post-qualifying) Final practice + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 25.4527 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 25.6714 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 25.7474Source:
Race The race was held at 7:00 PM CT on June 15, 2025.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 260 2:23:26.7757 5 10 8 51 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 260 +0.5398 5 3 8 41 3 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 260 +0.8896 5 25 1 36 4 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 260 +4.2065 6 11 43 33 5 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 260 +8.9459 5 19 8 31 6 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 260 +10.2934 5 15 36 29 7 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 260 +10.4518 5 18 1 27 8 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 260 +14.1018 5 9 24 9 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 260 +19.9565 5 6 22 10 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 260 +21.4104 5 24 20 11 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 260 +23.4350 5 12 2 20 12 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 260 +24.2622 5 4 67 21 13 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 260 +25.0222 5 13 2 18 14 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 260 +26.6108 6 14 16 15 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 6 26 15 16 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 259 +1 Lap 7 7 3 15 17 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 259 +1 Lap 5 8 13 18 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 6 16 5 13 19 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 8 20 11 20 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 259 +1 Lap 6 23 10 21 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 258 +2 Laps 7 27 9 22 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 253 +7 Laps 8 22 8 23 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 217 +43 Laps 4 17 7 24 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 216 Mechanical 4 2 51 7 25 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 129 Contact 2 5 25 6 26 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 128 Contact 2 21 5 27 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 47 Contract 1 6Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 25.7374 (lap 225) Source:
Race statistics
Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1-50 David Malukas 51-101 Scott McLaughlin 102 Kyle Kirkwood 103-104 Alexander Rossi 105-129 Josef Newgarden 130-133 David Malukas 134 Christian Rasmussen 135-147 David Malukas 148-153 Pato O'Ward 154-189 Conor Daly 190 Pato O'Ward 191-192 Kyle Kirkwood 193 Rinus Veekay 194-236 Scott Dixon 237 Pato O'Ward 238-245 Santino Ferrucci 246-247 Marcus Ericsson 248-249 Callum Ilott 250-252 Felix Rosenqvist 253-255 Callum Ilott 256-260 Kyle Kirkwood
Total laps led Driver Laps David Malukas 67 Scott McLaughlin 51 Scott Dixon 43 Conor Daly 36 Josef Newgarden 25 Kyle Kirkwood 8 Pato O'Ward 8 Santino Ferrucci 8 Callum Ilott 5 Felix Rosenqvist 3 Alexander Rossi 2 Marcus Ericsson 2 Christian Rasmussen 1 Rinus Veekay 1
Cautions: 4 for 47 lapsLapsReason 4–9 #30 DeFrancesco crash in turn 1 47–56 #12 Power crash in turn 4 130–148 #2 Newgarden & #45 Foster crash on front straightaway 195-206 #4 Malukas crash in turn 4
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 3352 Pato O'Ward 262 (–73)3 Kyle Kirkwood 260 (–75)4 Christian Lundgaard 221 (–114)5 Scott Dixon 206 (–129)
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 723 2 Chevrolet 575 (–148)
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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