2026 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America
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10th round of the 2026 IndyCar season
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 Layout of the Road America circuit | |||||
| Date | June 21, 2026 | ||||
| Official name | XPEL Grand Prix at Road America | ||||
| Location | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | ||||
| Course | Permanent road course 4.014 mi / 6.460 km | ||||
| Distance | 55 laps 220.55 mi / 354.94 km | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |  Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 1:43.6615 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Time | 1:45.54 (on lap 50 of 55) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Second |  David Malukas (Team Penske) | ||||
| Third | .svg.png){kind=small} Will Power (Andretti Global) | ||||
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The 2026 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America was the tenth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on June 21, 2026, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin at Road America.[1][2] The race was contested to 55 laps. Christian Lundgaard won the race. David Malukas finished 2nd, and Will Power finished 3rd. Kyffin Simpson and Álex Palou rounded out the top five, and Alexander Rossi, Scott McLaughlin, Felix Rosenqvist, Santino Ferrucci, and Kyle Kirkwood rounded out the top ten.
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The XPEL Grand Prix at Road America, is held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on its 14-turn road course layout. A 4.014-mile (6.46 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 | 66 |  Marcus Armstrong |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 1:44.2714 |
| 2 | 60 |  Felix Rosenqvist W |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 1:44.3501 |
| 3 | 10 | Álex Palou W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 1:44.3659 |
| Practice 1 results | |||||
Practice 2
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 5 |  Pato O'Ward |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 1:44.0029 |
| 2 | 66 | Marcus Armstrong |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 1:44.1097 |
| 3 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 1:44.3108 |
| Practice 2 results | |||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held at 1:00 PM CST on June 20, 2026.
Qualifying classification
Warmup
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 1:44.8508 |
| 2 | 66 | Marcus Armstrong |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 1:44.9990 |
| 3 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist W |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 1:45.0214 |
| Official warmup results | |||||
Race
The race was held at 1:00 PM CST on June 21, 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.
- 1 2 "Ferrucci, Rossi get grid penalties for Road America". RACER. June 20, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
IndyCar Officiating has announced a six-position starting grid penalty for the No. 14 entry of AJ Foyt Racing Chevy driven by Santino Ferrucci, and No. 20 ECR Chevy driven by Alexander Rossi, for unapproved engine changes following Friday practice at Road America.
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