IndyCar starting lineup for race at Road America in June 2025
Road America is up next for the NTT IndyCar Series, and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will lead the field to the green flag. Louis Foster won the pole for the 2025 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America this weekend. Alex Palou will join Foster on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is Foster's first pole position of the 2025 IndyCar season.
Kyle Kirkwood and Scott McLaughlin will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Marcus Armstrong, Colton Herta, Santino Ferrucci, Rinus VeeKay, Alexander Rossi, and Scott Dixon all qualified 15th or worse for Sunday's event. It was a relatively straightforward qualifying session.
The full IndyCar starting lineup is available below.
IndyCar starting lineup: Road America (June 2025)
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