INDIANAPOLIS — Welcome to our annual ESPN.com Motorsports public service, when we give you the information you need to arm yourself as an expert on the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing held at the Racing Capital of the World for the 106th time this Sunday afternoon in Speedway, Indiana.
We totally recognize that the Indy 500 is one of those events like the Kentucky Derby or X Games, or especially the Olympics, when the general public watches sporting events that they don’t regularly follow. In those cases, knowledge is power. And here is the knowledge to give you the power to tell from the couch, “I knew this guy was going to do that because I just read this!”
Enjoy the race. You’re welcome.
How to watch
When: Sunday, noon ET
TV: NBC
Row 1
Scott Dixon
2008 Indy 500 winner
No. 9
Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
Team: Chip Ganassi Racing
Engine: Honda
Car color: Burnt orange and blue
Milk choice if he wins: Whole
Why you should care about him: He’s the greatest IndyCar racer of this century, and with 51 wins a half dozen championships, he has a solid argument to be in the G.O.A.T. debate alongside the likes of A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti. What’s holding him back? He has “only” one Indy 500 win, and that came way back in 2008. He’s on the pole for the fifth time, and his four-lap average speed of 234.046 is the second-fastest qualifying run in the 106-year history of the race. “That’s fantastic,” he said Thursday. “But history doesn’t care if you lead the first lap. The only lap that matters is the last one.”
Alex Palou
No. 10
Hometown: Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Spain
Team: Chip Ganassi Racing
Engine: Honda
Car color: White with light blue nose and wing
Milk choice if he wins: Whole
Why you should care about him: A year ago in this preview we wrote that he had “shocked” the field with his first career IndyCar win on April 18, 2021. Then he won twice more, finished second at Indy and went on to win the season championship at the ripe old age of 24. His days of…
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