It was inevitable and we all saw it coming – But Alex Palou can finally say he’s a four-time IndyCar Series Champion. Yes, it was a gift after Pato O’Ward’s ECU burnt to a crisp, but it was all wrapped up in an intense decider in Portland as IndyCar heads towards the end of its 2025 season.
Will Power did what he had to do at the front, using an alternate strategy and immense raw pace to leapfrog Felix Rosenqvist and then lead from the front, holding off Christian Lundgaard and an off-sequence Alex Palou at the end in a tense but ultimately futile final fight. Power wins to avoid Penske’s first winless season since 1999, and questions remain asked – Is it time for Penske to move on from one its greatest drivers?
There was also an intense fight between Conor Daly and Christian Rasmussen that ended with Daly careening into the outside wall at over 100mph, and accusations that the Dane did it on purpose. But Dre argues it wasn’t as simple as that and we’ll debate that on the show.
And finally, FOX now owns a third of the series as a whole, as well as the Speedway. Is that as good a move for the series as some think? All that and more on another Motorsport101!
