ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — There have been two winners in eight NTT IndyCar Collection races this season.
Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, The Thermal Membership, Barber Motorsports Park, Indianapolis Motor Speedway highway course and Indianapolis 500) and Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Lengthy Seaside, Streets of Detroit and World Extensive Know-how Raceway) have gained this season.
This weekend’s XPEL Grand Prix at Highway America, Offered by AMR, would be the thirty sixth IndyCar Collection race at Highway America because it hosted its first Indy automotive race in 1982.
Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi have three wins, probably the most by any driver on the observe.
Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Alex Palou and Will Energy have gained twice at Highway America – most amongst lively drivers. Different earlier Highway America winners entered embrace Alexander Rossi and Felix Rosenqvist.
• Eight drivers have gained the Highway 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 Energy (2016) and Josef Newgarden (2018).
• The motive force who has gone on to win the championship has gained at Highway America seven instances: 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 Energy have competed in 12 earlier races at Highway America, most of any driver. Fourteen entered drivers have led laps on the observe: Josef Newgarden 159, Alexander Rossi 70, Will Energy 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 gained seven instances at Highway America (1997, 2001, 2017, a sweep of the 2020 doubleheader, 2021 and 2023), together with 4 of the final six races at “America’s Nationwide Park of Pace.”
• CGR is one in every of three present groups with wins on the observe. Group Penske additionally has gained seven instances at Highway America (1989, 1992, 1993, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024) whereas Andretti World gained in 2019.
• Rookies Jacob Abel, Louis Foster and Robert Shwartzman will race an NTT IndyCar Collection automotive at Highway America for the primary time this weekend.
• Scott Dixon will try and make his 348th consecutive begin, extending his document streak. Dixon handed Mario Andretti for the all-time in IndyCarSERIES begins along with his 408th begin Might 25 at Indianapolis and can prolong his document along with his 411th profession begin Sunday.
