2026 Honda Indy 200
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11th round of the 2026 IndyCar season
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 Layout of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course circuit | |||||
| Date | July 5, 2026 | ||||
| Official name | Honda Indy 200 | ||||
| Location | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio | ||||
| Course | Permanent road course 2.258 mi / 3.634 km | ||||
| Distance | 90 laps 203.22 mi / 327.05 km | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |  Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Time | 1:04.8396 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) | ||||
| Time | 1:06.5323 (on lap 54 of 90) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First |  Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Second | Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Third | Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Global) | ||||
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The 2026 Honda Indy 200 was the eleventh round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 5, 2026, in Lexington, Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[1][2] The race was contested of 90 laps. Pato O'Ward won the race. Christian Lundgaard finished 2nd, giving Arrow McLaren its first-ever 1-2 finish in IndyCar, and Kyle Kirkwood finished 3rd. Rinus VeeKay and Alex Palou rounded out the top five, and Will Power, Christian Rasmussen, David Malukas, Josef Newgarden, and Nolan Siegel rounded out the top ten.
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The Honda Indy 200, is held at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio on its 13-turn road course layout. A 2.258-mile (3.63 km) track, it is the longest track on the calendar and is also currently a points-paying race of the NTT IndyCar Series. The event is contested by "Indy Car", that is a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel, purpose-built race cars.
Entry list
| Key | Meaning |
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| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
Practice 1
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 26 | .svg.png){kind=small} Will Power W |
Andretti Global | Honda | 1:05.5540 |
| 2 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood |
Andretti Global | Honda | 1:05.6674 |
| 3 | 10 |  Álex Palou W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 1:05.7557 |
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Practice 2
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 7 | Christian Lundgaard |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 1:05.2158 |
| 2 | 45 |  Louis Foster |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Chevrolet | 1:05.2896 |
| 3 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood |
Andretti Global | Honda | 1:05.3148 |
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Qualifying
Qualifying was held at 2:30 PM EST on July 4, 2026.
Qualifying classification
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Warmup
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 60 |  Felix Rosenqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 1:05.8725 |
| 2 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood |
Andretti Global | Honda | 1:06.1740 |
| 3 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 1:06.2123 |
| Official Report | |||||
Race
The race was held at 12:30 PM EST on July 5, 2026.
Race classification
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ↑ "2026 Schedule" (PDF). IndyCar. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
- ↑ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar is moving to Fox. And with it, a new race schedule. 5 takeaways on 2025 slate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 6, 2025.