(WANAMAKER, IN.) – After a thrilling finish to the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES rolls into the Streets of Detroit for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear.
Race weekend: Friday, May 29-Sunday, May 31
Race distance: 100 laps/170 miles
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Entry List
Push to Pass parameters: 150 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 15 seconds per activation.
Hybrid energy deployment parameters: Unlimited activation, with a maximum deployment of 425 kilojoules (kj) per lap
Firestone tire allotment: Five sets primary (hard/black sidewall) and five sets alternate (soft/green sidewall) to be used during the event weekend. Teams fielding a rookie driver may use one additional set of primary tires. Teams must use one set of primary and one set of new (sticker) alternate tires for at least two laps in the race.
2025 race winner: Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27 Siemens Honda)
2025 NTT P1 Award winner: Colton Herta (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda), 1:00.4797, 97.920 mph
Qualifying lap record: Colton Herta, 1:00.2304, 98.322 mph, June 1, 2024 (Set in Round 2 of knockout qualifying)
At-track schedule (all times local):
FRIDAY, MAY 29
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM – Practice #1
SATURDAY, MAY 30
9:05 AM – 10:25 AM – Practice #2
1:00 PM -2:30 PM – Qualifying for NTT P1 Award
SUNDAY, MAY 31
9:35 AM -10:05 AM – Warmup
12:52 PM – Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Notes
- The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear will be the fourth INDYCAR SERIES race held on the nine-turn, 1.645-mile downtown Detroit street circuit and the 36th INDYCAR SERIES race held in the Motor City. A 2.5-mile street circuit in downtown Detroit hosted CART events from 1989-91 before the event moved to Belle Isle Park in 1992.
- Scott Dixon has four wins in Detroit, the most wins by an INDYCAR SERIES driver in the Detroit Grand Prix. Dixon won three times at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park and on the streets of downtown Detroit in 2024. In addition to Dixon, other previous Detroit Grand Prix race winners entered include Kyle Kirkwood (2025), Alex Palou (2023), Will Power (2014 Race #1, 2016 Race #2, 2022), Pato O’Ward (2021 Race #2), Marcus Ericsson (2021 Race #1), Josef Newgarden (2019 Race #1) and Graham Rahal (2017 Race #1 and Race #2).
| ACTIVE RACE WINNER | WINS | SEASONS |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Dixon | 4 | 2012, 2018 Race #1, 2019 Race #2. 2024 |
| Will Power | 3 | 2014 Race #1, 2016 Race #2, 2022 |
| Graham Rahal | 2 | 2017 Race #1, 2017 Race #2 |
| Josef Newgarden | 1 | 2019 Race #1 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 1 | 2021 Race #1 |
| Pato O’Ward | 1 | 2021 Race #2 |
| Alex Palou | 1 | 2023 |
| Kyle Kirkwood | 1 | 2025 |
- The driver who has gone on to win the championship has won at Detroit eight times. Alex Palou won on the streets of downtown Detroit in 2023, Josef Newgarden won Race #1 on Belle Isle in 2019, Scott Dixon won Race #1 on Belle Isle in 2018, Will Power won on Belle Isle in 2022 and won Race #2 on Belle Isle in 2014, Alex Zanardi won on Belle Isle in 1998, Bobby Rahal won at Belle Isle in 1992, and Emerson Fittipaldi won in downtown Detroit in 1989.
- Milestones: Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 364th consecutive start, extending his record streak.
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