The 2025 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America was the ninth round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on June 22, 2025, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin at Road America. The race was contested of 55 laps. Álex Palou won the race, Felix Rosenqvist finished 2nd, and Santino Ferrucci finished 3rd. Kyle Kirkwood and Marcus Armstrong rounded out the top five, while Kyffin Simpson, David Malukas, Nolan Siegel, Scott Dixon, and Rinus VeeKay 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 Practice 1 The first practice session was held on Friday, June 20, at 3:30 PM CT, and lasted for 75 minutes. Kyle Kirkwood, driving for Andretti Global, set the fastest lap in the session with a lap of 1:44.9881 and a speed of 137.638 mph (221.507 km/h). The session was stopped twice for incidents involving Santino Ferrucci and Alexander Rossi, though neither driver was injured. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:44.9881 2 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:45.1414 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 1:45.1795First practice results
Practice 2 The second and final practice session was held on Saturday, June 21, at 10:00 AM CT, and would last for 75 minutes. Christian Lundgaard, driving for Arrow McLaren, set the fastest lap in the session with a lap of 01:45.3412 and a speed of 137.177 mph (220.480 km/h). + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:45.3412 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:45.5916 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 1:45.6809 Second practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held at 1:30 PM CT on June 21, 2025. Rookie Louis Foster, driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, would earn his first career pole position, with a time of 01:44.5141, and a speed of 138.263 mph (222.089 km/h). Joining Foster on the front-row would be Álex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:44.5141 1 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:44.6300 2 3 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 01:44.8523 3 4 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:45.0137 4 5 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:45.0828 5 6 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:45.4877 6 7 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:45.0906 7 8 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:45.1220 8 9 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 01:45.2532 9 10 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:45.2834 10 11 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:45.3704 11 12 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:45.4532 12 13 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:45.0722 13 14 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 01:45.1984 14 15 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:45.2288 15 16 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:45.2235 16 17 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 01:45.3051 17 18 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:45.2816 18 19 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:45.3317 19 20 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 01:45.4283 20 21 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:45.3526 21 22 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:45.5780 22 23 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:45.3673 23 24 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 01:45.6771 24 25 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:46.6468 25 26 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:46.0251 26 27 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:46.3837 27 Qualifying results Notes Bold text indicates fastest time.
Warmup The warmup was held at 9:00 AM CT on June 22, 2025. Felix Rosenqvist, driving for Meyer Shank Racing, set the fastest lap in the session with a lap of 01:45.0725 and a speed of 137.528 mph (221.320 km/h).
+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:45.0725 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:45.1517 3 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:45.2402 Warmup results
Race The race was held at 12:30 PM CT on June 22, 2025. Álex Palou, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, would earn his 3rd-career win in the race and sixth of the year.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 01:53:30.5917 3 2 6 51 2 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 55 +2.1725 3 12 2 41 3 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 55 +17.9663 3 18 0 35 4 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 55 +19.1852 3 3 1 33 5 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 55 +19.6079 4 15 0 30 6 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 +21.1658 4 23 2 29 7 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 55 +21.8948 5 7 2 27 8 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 +23.1972 5 13 0 24 9 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 +29.4093 4 25 27 25 10 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 55 +32.0757 3 22 0 20 11 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +37.0617 3 1 3 21 12 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +41.4421 3 4 8 19 13 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 55 +42.3919 5 24 0 17 14 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +43.0989 3 8 0 16 15 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 55 +43.1800 3 9 0 15 16 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 55 +43.7525 3 16 0 14 17 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 +44.3313 4 11 0 13 18 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 55 +45.1138 4 20 0 12 19 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +46.5774 5 19 0 11 20 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +47.0728 3 6 0 10 21 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 55 +47.6079 3 14 0 9 22 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 55 +01:04.181 7 21 0 8 23 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 55 +01:26.119 4 27 0 7 24 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 +01:29.403 4 5 4 7 25 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 30 Contact 2 10 0 5 26 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 9 Contact 1 26 0 5 27 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 3 Contact 0 17 0 5Fastest lap: Felix Rosenqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) – 01:46.7814 (lap 55) Official race results
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 3862 Kyle Kirkwood 293 (–93)3 Pato O'Ward 275 (–111)4 Scott Dixon 231 (–155)5 Felix Rosenqvist 231 (–155)
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 819 2 Chevrolet 636 (–183)
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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