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Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Fast Facts

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Race weekend: Friday, May 29-Sunday, May 31

Track: Streets of Detroit, a 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street course (counterclockwise)

Race distance: NTT INDYCAR SERIES: 100 laps/170 miles | INDY NXT by Firestone: 45 laps/55 minutes

Push to Pass parameters: NTT INDYCAR SERIES: 150 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 15 seconds per activation. | INDY NXT by Firestone: 65 seconds of total time.

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. INDY NXT by Firestone: Three new sets to be used during the race weekend. Two carryover sets from the Indianapolis event may be used in practice sessions before qualifying.

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2025 race winners:

NTT INDYCAR SERIES

Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27 Siemens Honda)

INDY NXT by Firestone

Dennis Hauger (No. 28 Andretti Global)

2025 NTT P1 Award winner: Colton Herta (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda), 1:00.4797, 97.920 mph

2025 INDY NXT by Firestone pole winner:

Dennis Hauger (No. 28 Andretti Global), 1:04.9896, 91.122 mph

Qualifying lap record:

NTT INDYCAR SERIES

Colton Herta, 1:00.2304, 98.322 mph, June 1, 2024 (Set in Round 2 of knockout qualifying)

INDY NXT by Firestone

Dennis Hauger, 1:04.9896, 91.122 mph, May 31, 2005

FOX Sports telecasts: NTT INDYCAR SERIES: Practice 1, 3 p.m. ET Friday, FS2 (live); Practice 2, 9 a.m. ET Saturday, FS1 (live); Qualifying, 1 p.m. ET Saturday, FS1 (live); Warmup, 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday, FS1 (live); Race, 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX (live). Will Buxton is the play-by-play announcer for FOX’s coverage of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, alongside analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe. Georgia Henneberry, Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters. | INDY NXT by Firestone: Practice 1, 2 p.m. ET Friday, FS2 (live); Practice 2. 8 a.m. ET Saturday, FS1; Qualifying, Noon ET Saturday, FS2 (live); Race, 10:30 a.m. ET Sunday, FS1 (live). Kevin Lee is the play-by-play announcer for FOX Sports’ coverage of INDY NXT by Firestone alongside analyst Jack Harvey. Georgia Henneberry is the pit reporter.

INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is the anchor alongside driver analyst Davey Hamilton. Jake Query and Michael Young are the turn announcers. Alex Wollf, Ryan Myrehn, Joel Sebastianelli and DJ Clark are the pit reporters. The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear race (noon ET Sunday), INDY NXT by Firestone Detroit Grand Prix (10:25 a.m. Sunday) and all NTT INDYCAR SERIES practices and qualifying sessions air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation 218, indycar.com/leaderboard and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA. All INDY NXT by Firestone practices, qualifying sessions and races are available on SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation 218, indycar.com/leaderboard and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA.

At-track schedule (all times local):

FRIDAY, MAY 29

2-2:45 p.m. INDY NXT by Firestone practice #1, FS2 (live)

3:05-4:25 p.m. NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice #1 (45 minutes all car session followed by two 10-minute group sessions), FS2 (live)

SATURDAY, MAY 30

8-8:45 a.m. INDY NXT by Firestone practice #2, FS1(live)

9:05-10:25 a.m. NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice #2 (45 minutes all car session followed by two 10-minute group sessions), FS1 (live)

Noon-12:30 p.m. INDY NXT by Firestone qualifying (Two groups, 10-minute session), FS1 (live)

1-2:30 p.m. NTT INDYCAR SERIES qualifying for NTT P1 Award (Three rounds of knockout qualifying), FS1 (live)

SUNDAY, MAY 31

9:35-10:05 a.m. NTT INDYCAR SERIES warmup, FS1

10:31 a.m. INDY NXT by Firestone command to start engines

10:36 a.m. INDY NXT by Firestone Detroit Grand Prix (45 laps/55 minutes), FS1 (live)

12:30 p.m. FOX on air

12:45 p.m. Command to start engines

12:52 p.m. Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear (100 laps/164.5 miles), FOX (live)

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 WINNERWINSSEASONS
Scott Dixon42012, 2018 Race #1, 2019 Race #2. 2024
Will Power32014 Race #1, 2016 Race #2, 2022
Graham Rahal22017 Race #1, 2017 Race #2
Josef Newgarden12019 Race #1
Marcus Ericsson12021 Race #1
Pato O’Ward12021 Race #2
Alex Palou12023
Kyle Kirkwood12025
  • 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…

INDY NXT by Firestone Notes:

  • The ultra-competitive INDY NXT by Firestone season resumes with a downtown Detroit street circuit event. Nikita Johnson leads the point standings on the strength of two wins in the first six races, but the three other race winners this season, HMD Motorsports’ Tymek Kucharczyk and Enzo Fittipaldi and Andretti Global’s Max Taylor are hot on his heels for the title and the financial benefits to advance to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Just 16 points separate the top-four in the championship.
  • Group qualifying will decide the starting grid on road and street circuits. Based on the best lap times from the practice session immediately preceding qualifying, the fastest driver in that session will choose which group will compete in the first of the two qualifying sessions. With 12 minutes allotted for each group (with a guarantee of one timed lap), the fastest driver between the two sessions will be awarded pole position with the drivers who finished behind that driver, in order and in that group, occupying the odd-numbered starting positions (3, 5, 7, etc.) for the race and the drivers who finished in order from the other group occupying the even-numbered starting positions (2, 4, 6, etc.). One driver and entrant championship point will be awarded to the fastest car in each qualifying group.

    • nt championship point will be awarded to the fastest car in each qualifying group.