Palou heads to Portland with a 121-point lead over O’Ward and needs to leave with at least a 108-point advantage to clinch the 2025 IndyCar Series title

Alex Palou will enter Sunday's IndyCar race at Laguna Seca with a comfortable starting spot, but the championship leader's fiercest rival joins him on the front row.

Alex Palou has powered Honda to a perfect 5-for-5 record at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca since the NTT INDYCAR SERIES returned to the Northern California track in 2019. This season, Palou has dominated on natural road courses, winning at The Thermal Club (March 23), Barber Motorsports Park (May 4), the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (May 10), and Road America (June 22). He also ...

But as the 2025 IndyCar season goes, Alex Palou found another way to Victory Lane ... off a final pit exchange (St. Pete), pulled off a late-race pass for the win (Thermal and the Indy 500), dominated from pole (Barber) and lost the lead early, only ...

Alex Palou's 93-point lead in the IndyCar championship may be strengthened ... not including his exhibition victory a year ago at The Thermal Club where he led the field to green. Rams schedule 2025: Study the Los Angeles Rams week-by-week schedule with ...

Palou’s wins have come at a variety of tracks with one on a street course (St. Petersburg), three on permanent road courses (Thermal, Barber, Indianapolis) and one on an oval with the Indy 500.

Alex Palou (10) climbs atop his DHL Chip Gnassi Racing Honda to celebrate winning The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix in Thermal, Calif., Sunday, March 23, 2025. Palou won from a third place start ...