Alex Palou entered the Indianapolis 500 as the two-time defending IndyCar champion and has won three of the last four titles. His start to the 2025 season couldn't have gone much better either, as he racked up four wins in the first five races. However, he'd never won the Indianapolis 500 - but ...

In its first broadcast on Fox, the Indianapolis 500 saw more viewers tuning into the race on TV at home than we've seen in nearly two decades.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sunday's Indianapolis 500 had its biggest television audience in 17 years. Alex Palou's victory averaged 7.05 million viewers on Fox, according to Nielsen. That is the largest audience since 2008, when Scott Dixon's win averaged 7.25 million on ABC. That was also the first year of a combined open-wheel series

With 13 laps to go in the 2025 Indianapolis 500, Alex Palou made his move, passing Marcus Ericsson for the lead amid traffic ahead of them and ultimately winning his first Indy 500. Ericsson — the 2022 Indy 500 winner who was among eight past Indy 500 champions in Sunday's 109th race — finished second by 0.6822 seconds.

Cleanup crews that help clear the trash from IMS after the Indy 500 see old fried chicken, empty chip bags and beer cans. Lots and lots of beer cans.

Halfway through the race and as of this writing, eight drivers were out of the race but drivers like Josef Newgarden, seeking his third straight Indy 500 win, and Helio Castroneves, seeking his recording-breaking fifth ever Indy 500 win, were still in the mix.

When Tom Brady stepped on stage in an Indy 500 ceremony he was greeted with the familiar sound of boos from Indianapolis fans.

Indianapolis 500 runner-up Marcus Ericsson was penalized to the rear of the 33-car field along with Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood on Monday.

Marcus Ericsson had finished second to winner Alex Palou in Sunday's Indianapolis 500 before his Andretti Global car failed post-race inspection.