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How IndyCar’s Yellow Flag and Local Caution Rules Work

How IndyCar’s Yellow Flag and Local Caution Rules Work

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

IndyCar uses a layered caution system that can slow the entire field or just a portion of...

How Fuel Strategy Shapes the Indy 500’s 500-Mile Distance Graphic: Backfire Racing.

How Fuel Strategy Shapes the Indy 500’s 500-Mile Distance

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

At 500 miles, the Indianapolis 500 is long enough that fuel strategy becomes one of the defining...

Conor Daly’s Full-Time Return Is the Feel-Good Story. The Charter Math Is the Real One. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Aerial August 2018

Conor Daly’s Full-Time Return Is the Feel-Good Story. The Charter Math Is the Real One.

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

Every offseason, IndyCar fans want to argue about the same handful of names: can anyone dethrone Alex...

Alex Palou Won IndyCar’s Title by 86 Points. Second Through Fifth Were Decided by 31.

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

Alex Palou’s margin over second place in the final 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES standings was 86 points....

McLaughlin’s Laguna Seca Win Ends His Drought. The More Interesting IndyCar Story Was Two Garages Down.

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Scott McLaughlin’s 36-race winless streak is over, and it ended about as emphatically as a streak can...

How Chip Ganassi Racing Built IndyCar’s Greatest Dynasty — One Four-Peat at a Time Alex Palou holds the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship trophy alongside Chip Ganassi at the Milwaukee Mile

Alex Palou holds the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship trophy alongside Chip Ganassi at the Milwaukee Mile

How Chip Ganassi Racing Built IndyCar’s Greatest Dynasty — One Four-Peat at a Time

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

Alex Palou clinched his fifth IndyCar championship at the Milwaukee Mile on August 30, and he did...

Arrow McLaren Traded Christian Lundgaard for Two Indy 500 Winners — and the Timing Makes It Sting More

Johnny Puckett October 20, 2026

Alex Palou got the trophy at Milwaukee. He’d already clinched title No. 5 — four in a...

Alex Palou Won IndyCar Title No. 5 From 10th Place, and the Points Math Explains Why Alex Palou holds the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship trophy alongside Chip Ganassi at the Milwaukee Mile

Alex Palou Won IndyCar Title No. 5 From 10th Place, and the Points Math Explains Why

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

Alex Palou did not win Sunday’s second race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. He...

How ‘The Month of May’ Traditionally Builds Up to the Indy 500 Graphic: Backfire Racing.

How ‘The Month of May’ Traditionally Builds Up to the Indy 500

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s biggest race is traditionally preceded by weeks of on-track activity, giving the Indy 500...

Honda’s 12th IndyCar Manufacturers’ Title Arrived With a Race to Spare, and the Math Explains Why Alex Palou holds the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship trophy alongside Chip Ganassi at the Milwaukee Mile

Honda’s 12th IndyCar Manufacturers’ Title Arrived With a Race to Spare, and the Math Explains Why

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

Honda didn’t need the season finale to win IndyCar’s manufacturers’ championship, which tells you almost everything about...

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How IndyCar’s Yellow Flag and Local Caution Rules Work

How Fuel Strategy Shapes the Indy 500’s 500-Mile Distance

Conor Daly’s Full-Time Return Is the Feel-Good Story. The Charter Math Is the Real One.

Alex Palou Won IndyCar’s Title by 86 Points. Second Through Fifth Were Decided by 31.

McLaughlin’s Laguna Seca Win Ends His Drought. The More Interesting IndyCar Story Was Two Garages Down.

How Chip Ganassi Racing Built IndyCar’s Greatest Dynasty — One Four-Peat at a Time

Arrow McLaren Traded Christian Lundgaard for Two Indy 500 Winners — and the Timing Makes It Sting More

Alex Palou Won IndyCar Title No. 5 From 10th Place, and the Points Math Explains Why

How ‘The Month of May’ Traditionally Builds Up to the Indy 500

Honda’s 12th IndyCar Manufacturers’ Title Arrived With a Race to Spare, and the Math Explains Why

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