This 12 months’s Indianapolis 500 will characteristic two drivers particularly whose tales revolve across the pursuit of history.
Josef Newgarden is on the lookout for his third consecutive victory within the Indianapolis 500. Nobody within the 108-year historical past of the race has received twice in a row.
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Helio Castroneves is on the lookout for his fifth victory. Nobody within the 108-year historical past of the race has received 5. Will any of them be capable to accomplish this feat?
The 2025 Indianapolis 500 of the IndyCar Sequence is scheduled for Sunday, Could 25, 2025, on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana.
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The race is the sixth spherical of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Sequence season.
The potential winners of the Indianapolis 500
Each have an extended strategy to go. Newgarden begins in thirty second place on the 33-car grid, after a technical infringement final Sunday despatched him to the again. Castroneves begins twenty second and has not been glad together with his automotive in follow.
Taking the above into consideration, Fox Sports activities’ Bob Pockrass performed a efficiency and betting evaluation that leads us to some predictions that look very correct.
Pato O’Ward, General Winner
O’Ward has completed second in two of the final three Indianapolis 500s, and crashed out whereas battling for second late within the race in 2023. The Arrow McLaren driver has his greatest beginning place of third
This prediction could also be extra heartfelt than rational. Sure, I do know it may be harmful. However typically you simply have that feeling. What does the saying go? You must lose one to win one other. Some would say he has misplaced three.
PICK: Pato O’Ward (+500) to win the Indianapolis 500
Alex Palou, Absolute Winner
Sure, I’m betting on Palou as one other potential rookie winner. And no, he has by no means received on an oval. However contemplating that he has received 4 of the primary 5 races this 12 months and that he begins from the surface of the second row, he is able to keep on the entrance
He and the Ganassi crew have been flawless this 12 months, and that is what it takes on this race. And he is been extraordinarily quick in follow.
Alex Palou (+600) to win the Indianapolis 500
Scott McLaughlin’s place
McLaughlin has a spare automotive, nevertheless it’s a brand new one, designed particularly for a circuit. He begins tenth and, though he has a brand new strategist after Penske’s management overhaul in INDYCAR this week, he might be robust.
Scott McLaughlin (+400) to win the pole place for the Indianapolis 500
Kyle Kirkwood’s present
He begins twenty third, however has loved his automotive quite a bit throughout follow. The one day the Andretti driver didn’t really feel good together with his automotive was qualifying day
The race is totally different from qualifying, and in case you’re on the lookout for a barely extra distant alternative, Kirkwood is your man.
SELECTION: Kyle Kirkwood (+800) to compete in Indy 500
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