He's done it. Alex Palou wins the 2025 Indy 500. He fends off past Indy 500 champion Marcus Ericsson to capture his first-ever win on an oval. Palou has won five of six races this season. One lap to go. Alex Palou in the lead. Can he hold on and fend off Marcus Ericsson to win the Indy 500?

Ericsson finished second, followed by David Malukas, Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist as the race ended under a caution flag for a crash involving Nolan Siegel. Kyle Larson finished 27th in his bid to race the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

Ericsson landed a breakthrough Indy 500 victory in 2022 that allowed him to escape the ‘pay driver’ moniker he not only shouldered throughout his Formula 1 career, but several seasons into his shift to IndyCar. But Sunday’s runner-up 500 finish, his second in three years, will feel like the race the Swede gave away.

IndyCar superstar driver Alex Palou denied he was going to drive over to Formula 1 after he rode to victory at the Indianapolis 500 over the weekend.

The Indy 500 is always a wild and exciting affair. But the 109th running on Sunday was filled with a lot of chaos and early, ranging from Scott McLaughlin crashing before the race officially started to Marco Andretti crashing four laps in to mayhem on pit road and some scary crashes to the thrilling final laps as Palou took the checkered flag.

There’s a long list of driving greats who have passed through Chip Ganassi Racing over its 35 years in existence.

Celebrate Alex Palou's thrilling first Indianapolis 500 victory with a commemorative page print from the IndyStar.

Alex Palou's win of his first Indy 500 came from a lesson he learned a few years earlier about the value of lapped cars in front of the leader.