The 2026 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America was the tenth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on June 21, 2026, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin at Road America. The race was contested to 55 laps. Christian Lundgaard won the race. David Malukas finished 2nd, and Will Power finished 3rd. Kyffin Simpson and Álex Palou rounded out the top five, and Alexander Rossi, Scott McLaughlin, Felix Rosenqvist, Santino Ferrucci, and Kyle Kirkwood rounded out the top ten.
Race background
The XPEL Grand Prix at Road America, is held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on its 14-turn road course layout. A track, it is the longest track on the calendar and is also currently a points-paying race of the NTT IndyCar Series. The event is contested by "Indy Car", that is a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel, purpose-built race cars.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner
Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 4 Caio Collet 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 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:44.2714 2 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:44.3501 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:44.3659 Practice 1 results
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:44.0029 2 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:44.1097 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:44.3108 Practice 2 results
Qualifying Qualifying was held at 1:00 PM CST on June 20, 2026.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:43.6615 1 2 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:43.9542 2 3 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Honda 1:44.0225 3 4 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:44.0502 4 5 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:44.1737 5 6 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:44.8242 6 7 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:44.1270 13 8 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:44.2026 7 9 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:44.3713 8 10 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:44.4003 9 11 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:44.4918 10 12 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:44.5003 11 13 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:44.2020 12 14 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:44.2824 14 15 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:44.3111 15 16 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:44.2850 16 17 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:44.3717 17 18 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:44.3002 18 19 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:44.4129 19 20 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:44.4601 20 21 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:44.4546 25 22 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:44.5392 21 23 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:44.4556 22 24 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Chevrolet 1:44.7699 23 25 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:45.5290 24 Qualifying results
Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:44.8508 2 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:44.9990 3 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:45.0214 Official warmup results
Race The race was held at 1:00 PM CST on June 21, 2026.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 1:51:06.4432 4 12 7 51 2 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 55 1:51:07.0673 3 2 - 40 3 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 55 1:51:08.0000 3 10 - 35 4 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 1:51:08.7529 3 19 - 32 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 1:51:09.4111 3 1 13 32 6 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 55 1:51:11.0257 3 25 - 28 7 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 55 1:51:11.0845 3 6 - 26 8 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 55 1:51:11.8825 3 4 18 27 9 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 55 1:51:13.8951 3 13 - 22 10 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 55 1:51:14.3013 3 18 - 20 11 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 1:51:14.7991 3 11 - 19 12 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 1:51:15.5344 3 9 - 18 13 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 55 1:51:16.4624 3 5 - 17 14 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Chevrolet 55 1:51:17.2621 3 23 - 16 15 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 55 1:51:18.1015 3 14 - 15 16 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 55 1:51:18.5638 4 8 - 14 17 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 1:51:18.7956 4 22 - 13 18 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 55 1:51:19.5841 3 21 - 12 19 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 55 1:51:20.1935 3 24 - 11 20 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 55 1:51:21.1097 4 17 - 10 21 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 1:51:26.2500 3 7 - 9 22 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 55 1:51:43.2189 3 15 3 9 23 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 54 Contact 3 20 - 7 24 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Honda 52 Mechanical 3 3 14 7 25 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 28 Mechanical 2 16 - 5Fastest lap: Christian Lundgaard (Lap 50) Official race results
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 374 12 David Malukas 314 13 Kyle Kirkwood 3134 Christian Lundgaard 2975 Pato O'Ward 257
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 827 2 Chevrolet 772
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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