scott horner, indianapolis star
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IndyCar's Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey is set for Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, 95 laps on the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course. Alex Palou is on the pole for today's race, with Kyle Kirkwood on the front row. Nolan Siegel is back on the grid with Arrow McLaren.
Scott Dixon won last year's chaotic season finale on this track. Colton Herta has won here twice since the series returned in 2019.
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IndyCar Series Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey live updates
Lap 45: Alex Palou, Romain Grosjean and Pato O'Ward are on an alternate pit strategy. They stayed out on the Lap 36 caution, but may need to pit twice more.
The primary strategy, pitting on the Lap 36 caution, was used by Colton Herta (currently in 10th place), Alexander Rossi (12th) and Kyle Kirkwood (14th). They should be able to go the rest of the way with just one pit stop.
Lap 43 restart: Alex Palou is already more than 1.5 seconds ahead, while Romain Grosjean remains 2nd and Pato O'Ward 3rd.
Lap 41 restart: Alex Palou leads, and Romain Grosjean passes Pato O'Ward for second. Nolan Siegel runs off track. Caution.
Trouble for @nolan_siegel!
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— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 23, 2024
Lap 37: Alex Palou, along with a dozen others, stays on track, and Palou assumes the race lead. Colton Herta has a better pit stop than Alexander Rossi under caution. Scott Dixon makes contact with the pit wall entering pit road.
Lap 36: Luca Ghiotto crashes, bringing out the first caution.
Heavy impact for the No. 51.@luca_ghiotto brings out the yellow flag on Lap 36.
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— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 23, 2024
Josef Newgarden heading into the pits to serve a penalty, and Marcus Ericsson returning to the track, have a near collision.
YIKES! 😲
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— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 23, 2024
Lap 30: Alexander Rossi leads Kyle Kirkwood by 4+ seconds. Colton Herta is 3rd, Alex Palou 4th.
Laps 24-27: Alex Palou and Scott Dixon − both Ganassi Racing cars − are the last among the early leaders to pit. Christian Lundgaard heads off track on Lap 27.
Watch out for roadside hazards ⚠️
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— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 23, 2024
Through the cycle, Alexander Rossi leads Alex Palou by 2+ seconds.
Lap 20: Kyle Kirkwood retains a narrow lead on Alex Palou. Felix Rosenqvist, Alexander Rossi, Colton Herta and Christian Lundgaard are within 5 seconds.
Lap 10: Kyle Kirkwood is not quite 1 second up on Alex Palou. Felix Rosenqvist, Alexander Rossi and Colton Herta are within 5 seconds.
Lap 7: Rinus VeeKay spins and falls into last place.
Lap 4: Will Power is forced off the track and loses 10 positions.
Lap 1: It's clean for a change. Kyle Kirkwood goes to the outside of pole-sitter Alex Palou for the lead.
Straight into the lead!@KKirkwoodRacing charges past polesitter @AlexPalou with authority 😤 pic.twitter.com/80XiERINtq
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 23, 2024
#IndyCar is racing at @WeatherTechRcwy! 🟢
— Motorsport.com (@Motorsport) June 23, 2024
IndyCar Series warmup crash, incident
Santino Ferrucci was penalized 5 minutes of track time during this exchange with rival Romain Grosjean.
😬
📺: #INDYCAR warmup on Peaco*ck pic.twitter.com/zK3o3g63aj
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 23, 2024
Sting Ray Robb crashes during the warmup.
Trouble for @sting_ray_robb!
The No. 41 with a hard hit in the Turn 6 tire barrier.
📺: #INDYCAR warmup on Peaco*ck pic.twitter.com/jszUbEQf3W
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 23, 2024
IndyCar Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey starting grid
Alex Palou
Kyle Kirkwood
Felix Rosenqvist
Colton Herta
Alexander Rossi
Christian Lundgaard
Scott McLaughlin
Romain Grosjean
Pato O'Ward
Scott Dixon
Marcus Armstrong
David Malukas
Agustin Canapino
Josef Newgarden
Will Power
Linus Lundqvist
Santino Ferrucci
Marcus Ericsson
Graham Rahal
Rinus VeeKay
Christian Rasmussen
Kyffin Simpson
Noel Siegel
Pietro Fittipaldi
Sting Ray Robb
Jack Harvey
Luca Ghiotto
When is the IndyCar race today?
Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey is Sunday, June 23, 2024, at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. All times ET
3-3:30 p.m.: IndyCar Series warmup, Peaco*ck, IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio, SiriusXM Channel 218,
3:55-5:10 p.m.: Indy NXT race, Peaco*ck, IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio, SiriusXM Channel 218
6-9 p.m.: IndyCar race, USA, Peaco*ck, IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio, SiriusXM Channel 218
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Times are ET for TV coverage
Date, time | Location | TV/winner |
March 10 | St. Petersburg, Fla.% | Pato O'Ward** |
March 24 | Thermal, Calif.*# | Alex Palou |
April 21 | Long Beach, Calif.% | Scott Dixon |
April 28 | Leeds, Ala.# | Scott McLaughlin |
May 11 | Indianapolis# | Alex Palou |
May 26 | Indianapolis@ | Josef Newgarden |
June 2 | Detroit% | Scott Dixon |
June 9 | Elkhart Lake, Wis.# | Will Power |
June 23, 6 p.m. | Monterey, Calif.# | USA |
July 7, 1:30 p.m. | Lexington, Ohio# | NBC |
July 13, 8 p.m. | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 14, noon | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 21, 1 p.m. | Toronto% | Peaco*ck |
Aug. 17, 6 p.m. | Gateway, Ill.@ | USA |
Aug. 25, 3 p.m. | Portland# | USA |
Aug. 31, 6 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | Peaco*ck |
Sept. 1, 2:30 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | USA |
Sept. 15, 3 p.m. | Nashville@ | NBC |
IndyCar Series points standings
(Through June 9)
Will Power, 236
Alex Palou, 231
Scott Dixon, 225
Pato O'Ward, 184
Scott McLaughlin, 179
Kyle Kirkwood, 179
Colton Herta, 176
Josef Newgarden, 169
Alexander Rossi, 162
Felix Rosenqvist, 157
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