Newgarden turned a lap at 225.687 to top the timing charts in Friday’s Carb Day final practice session. He was followed by fellow two-time race-winner Takuma Sato (225.415) and six-time series champion Scott Dixon (225.200).

Yes, the winner of the Indy 500 gets paid millions of dollars along with the Borg-Warner Trophy. The winner’s purse has increased year after year, and for 2025, the race purse is around $20 million, according to USA Today. The outlet reported that the winner could get up to $4.5 million.

Roger Penske delivered the command for drivers to start their engines Sunday at the Indianapolis 500, then watched one of his own drivers crash out before it even began and another fail to finish.

This year, like all years, the month of May at Indianapolis culminates in the 109th edition of the Indianapolis 500, the signature race for the NTT IndyCar Series and a motorsports institution well beyond the state of Indiana.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was the leader at the halfway point of the Indianapolis 500 as he looked for a second victory in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

The Indy 500 is set to run on May 25 from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in IndyCar's biggest race of the season.