Alex Palou picks up win No. 7 this IndyCar Series season, edging Chip Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon in the Farm to Finish 275 on the 7/8-mile Iowa Speedway oval.
Marcus Armstrong completes the podium, his first this season. Josef Newgarden, who leads 72 laps, has bad luck with the timing of his pit stops and finishes 10th.
Pato O’Ward, who won Saturday’s race, takes 5th. Newgarden led 232 laps in that race but a late sluggish pit stop left him in 2nd place.
Christian Lundgaard, who started 22nd, finishes 6th.
Rookies have a good day: Robert Shwartzman takes 9th, Jacob Abel 11th and Louis Foster 14th.
Newgarden’s Penske teammates have even worse luck: Will Power loses power and finishes 24th, and Scott McLaughlin gets caught up in Devlin DeFrancesco’s crash and finishes 26th.
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IndyCar Farm to Finish 275 at Iowa Speedway complete results
IndyCar Farm to Finish 275 at Iowa Speedway leaderboard, crashes, highlights
Lap 164 restart: Alex Palou leads teammate Scott Dixon, with Marcus Armstrong in third.
Lap 255: Alex Palou pits under caution.
Lap 252: Colton Herta hits the wall. Caution. That’s bad luck for Malukas and Newgarden, who are 8th and 9th.
Laps 248-250: David Malukas and Josef Newgarden pit for a splash of fuel. Alex Palou stays on track and leads.
Lap 240: Josef Newgarden and David Malukas pass Alex Palou.
Lap 235: Josef Newgarden passes David Malukas for second place and is closing on Alex Palou for the lead.
Lap 222: Josef Newgarden, who had been on the end of the lead after an unfortunately timed pit stop, is back up to third place. Alex Palou leads David Malukas by more than 1 second, with Newgarden another 4 seconds back.
Lap 198: Scott Dixon and Marcus Armstrong make contact, but both continue.
Lap 191 restart: Alex Palou challenges Kyle Kirkwood and gets by after a couple of laps of side-by-side racing. David Malukas soon gets by Kirkwood for second.
Lap 184: The leaders pit. Alex Palou leads that group, David Malukas is second and Conor Daly third on exit. (Kyle Kirkwood stays on track.) Teams hope they have enough fuel to finish without pitting again.
Lap 177: Callum Ilott crashes. Caution.
Lap 165: Ed Carpenter Racing teammates Alexander Rossi and Christian Rasmussen battle for 8th place, and Josef Newgarden — racing 10th — considers trying to pass both but doesn’t.
Lap 143 restart: Alex Palou keeps his lead. Conor Daly passes Felix Rosenqvist for 4th. Alexander Rossi and Colton Herta get together, and Herta hits the wall, continues, but loses a couple of spots.
IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa, Lap 140
Lap 130: Josef Newgarden pits under green, just as Marcus Ericsson crashes. Caution.
Laps 117-120: David Malukas challenges Alex Palou for 2nd place. Palou holds him off. Meanwhile, Josef Newgarden’s lead grows to 3 seconds.
Lap 100: Josef Newgarden leads Alex Palou by more than 1 second.
IndyCar leaderboard at Lap 70
Lap 65 restart: Josef Newgarden passes Alex Palou for the lead.
Lap 53: The field pits. Alex Palou keeps the lead on exit, with Josef Newgarden second and David Malukas third.
Lap 50: Sting Ray Robb crashes. Caution.
Lap 28: Christian Rasmussen and Santino Ferrucci touch wheels but keep going.
Lap 21: Will Power encounters a problem, falls off the pace and pits. He had been in 4th place.
Lap 12 restart: Alex Palou leads, followed by Felix Rosenqvist and Josef Newgarden.
Lap 2: Scott McLaughlin and Devlin DeFrancesco make contact. Caution.
Lap 1: Pole-sitter Alex Palou leads on a clean start
Brebeuf Jesuit alum Jay Higgins gives command to start engines
He’s also a former Iowa football star.
Nolan Siegel is ruled out
Siegel crashed late in Saturday’s race, and medical officials have sidelined him for today.
IndyCar starting grid for Farm to Finish 275 at Iowa today, July 13, 2025
Row 1
1. Alex Palou, 184.014 mph
2. Felix Rosenqvist, 183.975 mph
Row 2
3. David Malukas, 183.369 mph
4. Josef Newgarden, 183.316 mph
Row 3
5. Will Power, 183.072 mph
6. Conor Daly, 182.943 mph
Row 4
7. Scott Dixon, 182.664 mph
8. Pato O’Ward, 182.645 mph
Row 5
9. Graham Rahal, 182.489 mph
10. Robert Shwartzman, 182.489 mph
Row 6
11. Marcus Armstrong, 182.409 mph
12. Callum Ilott, 182.214 mph
Row 7
13. Marcus Ericsson, 182.154 mph
14. Alexander Rossi, 181.846 mph
Row 8
15. Louis Foster, 181.805 mph
16. Christian Rasmussen, 181.681 mph
Row 9
17. Kyffin Simpson, 181.589 mph
18. Colton Herta, 181.472 mph
Row 10
19. Santino Ferrucci, 181.205 mph
20. Kyle Kirkwood, 181.181 mph
Row 11
21. Christian Lundgaard, 180.920 mph
22. Devlin DeFrancesco, 180.664 mph
Row 12
23. Sting Ray Robb, 177.683 mph
24. Jacob Abel, 177.145 mph
Row 13
25. Rinus VeeKay, 170.822 mph
26. Scott McLaughlin, no time
Ruled out
Nolan Siegel
Who is leading IndyCar? 2025 IndyCar results
Alex Palou, has won six races, is back to a two-races-of-max-points lead on and Kyle Kirkwood, who has three race wins. Scott Dixon and Pato O’Ward also have wins.
Who won at Iowa Speedway in 2024? 2024 IndyCar results at Iowa Speedway
Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin won the first race, and teammate Will Power won the second.
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IndyCar Series schedule at Iowa Speedway
(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)
IndyCar schedule at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, July 13
1-3:30 p.m.: IndyCar race 2, 275 laps, Fox
What channel are IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway on?
TV: Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET, Saturday, July 12, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 1:20 p.m. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters.
How can I stream the IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway?
FoxSports.com, Fox Sports app.
Watch free with a Fubo trial
How can I listen to IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway?
IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race)
Will it rain during the IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway?
Sunday: Partly cloudy skies and highs in the low 80s.
2025 IndyCar Series schedule
The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval)
March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida % (Winner: Alex Palou)
March 23, Thermal, California & (Winner: Alex Palou)
April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
May 4, Birmingham, Alabama & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 10, Indianapolis & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 25, Indianapolis 500 * (Winner: Alex Palou)
June 1, Detroit % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 15, St. Louis * (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin & (Winner: Alex Palou)
July 6, Lexington, Ohio & (Winner: Scott Dixon)
July 12, Newton, Iowa * (Winner: Pato O’Ward)
July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 1 p.m.
July 20, Toronto %, noon
July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m.
Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m.
IndyCar drivers for 2025
(Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)
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