IndyCar
Facts & Figures: IndyCar At Road America By The Numbers
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — There have been two winners in eight NTT IndyCar Series races this season.Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, The Thermal Club, Barber Motorsports Park, Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Indianapolis 500) and Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Long Beach, Streets of Detroit and World Wide Technology Raceway) have won this season.
This weekend’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America, Presented by AMR, will be the 36th IndyCar Series race at Road America since it hosted its first Indy car race in 1982.
Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi have three wins, the most by any driver at the track.
Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Alex Palou and Will Power have won twice at Road America – most among active drivers. Other previous Road America winners entered include Alexander Rossi and Felix Rosenqvist.
• Eight drivers have won the Road America race from the pole: Mario Andretti (1983, 1984, 1987), Danny Sullivan (1989), Paul Tracy (1993), Jacques Villeneuve (1995), Bruno Junqueira (2003), Sebastien Bourdais (2007), Will Power (2016) and Josef Newgarden (2018).
• The driver who has gone on to win the championship has won at Road America seven times: Mario Andretti (1984), Michael Andretti (1991), Jacques Villeneuve (1995), Alex Zanardi (1997), Cristiano da Matta (2002), Sebastien Bourdais (2007), Scott Dixon (2020) and Alex Palou (2023).
• Scott Dixon and Will Power have competed in 12 previous races at Road America, most of any driver. Fourteen entered drivers have led laps at the track: Josef Newgarden 159, Alexander Rossi 70, Will Power 76, Pato O’Ward 43, Scott Dixon 43, Colton Herta 42, Scott McLaughlin 18, Felix Rosenqvist 18, Alex Palou 18, Marcus Armstrong 5, Graham Rahal 5, Marcus Ericsson 4, Kyle Kirkwood 3 and Christian Lundgaard 1.
• Chip Ganassi Racing has won seven times at Road America (1997, 2001, 2017, a sweep of the 2020 doubleheader, 2021 and 2023), including four of the last six races at “America’s National Park of Speed.”
• CGR is one of three current teams with wins at the track. Team Penske also has won seven times at Road America (1989, 1992, 1993, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024) while Andretti Global won in 2019.
• Rookies Jacob Abel, Louis Foster and Robert Shwartzman will race an NTT IndyCar Series car at Road America for the first time this weekend.
• Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 348th consecutive start, extending his record streak. Dixon passed Mario Andretti for the all-time in IndyCarSERIES starts with his 408th start May 25 at Indianapolis and will extend his record with his 411th career start Sunday.
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — There have been two winners in eight NTT IndyCar Series races this season.
Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, The Thermal Club, Barber Motorsports Park, Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Indianapolis 500) and Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Long Beach, Streets of Detroit and World Wide Technology Raceway) have won this season.
This weekend’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America, Presented by AMR, will be the 36th IndyCar Series race at Road America since it hosted its first Indy car race in 1982.
Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi have three wins, the most by any driver at the track.
Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Alex Palou and Will Power have won twice at Road America – most among active drivers. Other previous Road America winners entered include Alexander Rossi and Felix Rosenqvist.
• Eight drivers have won the Road America race from the pole: Mario Andretti (1983, 1984, 1987), Danny Sullivan (1989), Paul Tracy (1993), Jacques Villeneuve (1995), Bruno Junqueira (2003), Sebastien Bourdais (2007), Will Power (2016) and Josef Newgarden (2018).
• The driver who has gone on to win the championship has won at Road America seven times: Mario Andretti (1984), Michael Andretti (1991), Jacques Villeneuve (1995), Alex Zanardi (1997), Cristiano da Matta (2002), Sebastien Bourdais (2007), Scott Dixon (2020) and Alex Palou (2023).
• Scott Dixon and Will Power have competed in 12 previous races at Road America, most of any driver. Fourteen entered drivers have led laps at the track: Josef Newgarden 159, Alexander Rossi 70, Will Power 76, Pato O’Ward 43, Scott Dixon 43, Colton Herta 42, Scott McLaughlin 18, Felix Rosenqvist 18, Alex Palou 18, Marcus Armstrong 5, Graham Rahal 5, Marcus Ericsson 4, Kyle Kirkwood 3 and Christian Lundgaard 1.
• Chip Ganassi Racing has won seven times at Road America (1997, 2001, 2017, a sweep of the 2020 doubleheader, 2021 and 2023), including four of the last six races at “America’s National Park of Speed.”
• CGR is one of three current teams with wins at the track. Team Penske also has won seven times at Road America (1989, 1992, 1993, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024) while Andretti Global won in 2019.
• Rookies Jacob Abel, Louis Foster and Robert Shwartzman will race an NTT IndyCar Series car at Road America for the first time this weekend.
• Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 348th consecutive start, extending his record streak. Dixon passed Mario Andretti for the all-time in IndyCarSERIES starts with his 408th start May 25 at Indianapolis and will extend his record with his 411th career start Sunday.
Source: Speed Sport
