The is ready for the on June 21, at , the 4.014-mile highway course outdoors Elkhart Lake in rural Sheboygan County.
It will likely be the tenth of 18 races in , the twelfth for IndyCar on the observe and the thirty seventh together with CART and Champ Automotive.
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The race is scheduled to take the inexperienced flag about 1:20 p.m. Sunday. The consists of observe at 3 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, qualifying at 1 p.m. Saturday and a warmup at 10 a.m. Sunday.
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Who’s the favourite to win the 2026 IndyCar XPEL Grand Prix at Highway America?
Alex Palou was victorious at Highway America , and and went on to win the collection championship every year. Whereas Palou’s victories have include Chip Ganassi Racing, a powerhouse Honda workforce, he additionally scored spectacular finishes of third and seventh for Dale Coyne Racing within the 2020 doubleheader earlier than he hit the massive time. Palou, a four-time champion at age 29, has gained 4 of the 9 races up to now in 2026 and once more leads the standings.
Eventual winner Alex Palou (10) pursues Christian Lundgaard within the 2025 IndyCar XPEL Grand Prix at Elkhart Lake’s Highway America.
Who’re another drivers to look at at Highway America?
Christian Lundgaard broke by means of for a and completed second to Palou at Barber Motorsports Park, the one pure terrain highway programs on which the collection has raced up to now this season. The 24-year-old Danish driver has , although.
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at Highway America in 2020 and completed second to Palou final yr.
Josef Newgarden , had a 3rd victory slip away resulting from a components failure . . Newgarden has been racing harm since a crash at Indy however gained on the World Vast Know-how Raceway oval in the newest occasion.
Will Energy has two victories at Highway America (2016 and ’24) however is struggling for ends in his first yr with Andretti World and the workforce has been weakest at pure highway programs lately.
Santino Ferrucci completed third in 2026 with the assistance of gasoline technique after which endeared himself to Wisconsin followers when then chugged a beer tossed to him by a spectator after his automotive stopped in Flip 1 after the checkered flag.
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David Malukas has a pole and three podiums, together with a heartbreaking second at Indy, since becoming a member of Roger Penske’s workforce. Malukas was seventh at Highway America with a lesser workforce final yr.
Kyle Kirkwood, who is available in second in factors behind Palou, has completed progressively higher in every of his 4 Highway America begins. He was fourth final yr.
Six-time collection champion Scott Dixon has two Highway America victories to his credit score (2017, ’20) however has been on the rostrum just one different time in 11 begins.
