Kyle Kirkwood wins third race of season, first on oval

Kyle Kirkwood – Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – By: Karl Zemlin

Kyle Kirkwood won his first race on an oval Sunday night claiming victory in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. The win is the third of the season for Kirkwood who now has his first career win on an oval. Kirkwood along with Alex Palou are the only drivers to have earned a victory this season.

Kirkwood was joined on the podium by Pato O’Ward and Christian Rasmussen. Scott Dixon and Santio Ferrucci rounded out the top-fiive while points leader Palou finished eighth.

It was a difficult night for Team Pesnke as polesitter Will Power lost a tire which ended his night. Later Josef Newgarden was caught in a scary crash while leading the race. Finally, Scott McLaughlin had a mechanical failure as all three finished 24th or worse.

World Wide Technology Raceway IndyCar Results

June 15, 2025

POSITION
CAR
START
LED
BEHIND
PTS

1

K. Kirkwood #27

10

8

Winner

2

P. O’Ward #5

3

8

0.540

3

C. Rasmussen #21

25

1

0.890

4

S. Dixon #9

11

43

4.207

5

S. Ferrucci #14

19

8

8.946

6

C. Daly #76

15

36

10.293

7

R. Veekay #18

18

1

10.452

8

A. Palou #10

9

0

14.102

9

M. Armstrong #66

6

0

19.957

10

R. Shwartzman #83

24

0

21.410

11

A. Rossi #20

12

2

23.435

12

D. Malukas #4

4

67

24.262

13

M. Ericsson #28

13

2

25.022

14

C. Lundgaard #7

14

0

26.611

15

K. Simpson #8

26

0

1 Lap

16

F. Rosenqvist #60

7

3

1 Lap

17

C. Herta #26

8

0

1 Lap

18

C. Ilott #90

16

5

1 Lap

19

N. Siegel #6

20

0

1 Lap

20

S. Robb #77

23

0

1 Lap

21

J. Abel #51

27

0

2 Laps

22

G. Rahal #15

22

0

7 Laps

23

D. DeFrancesco #30

17

0

43 Laps

24

S. McLaughlin #3

2

51

44 Laps

25

J. Newgarden #2

5

25

131 Laps

26

L. Foster #45

21

0

132 Laps

27

W. Power #12

1

0

213 Laps

John Bman
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