The forecast called for rain during qualifying, but never showed up. Alex Palou, however, rained on everyone's parade by winning pole for Sunday's race.
Palou ran down into Turn 7 to overtake O'Ward for the lead with 10 laps to go and drove onto his second straight win to start the 2025 NTT INDYCAR Series season.
BEN RHODES, No. 99 Campers Inn RV Ford F-150 – “This F-150 had a lot of speed. It’s a shame because we had Camper Inn here and some TYM folks, so I wanted to get them to Victory Lane on my birthday."
The reigning NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Rookie of the Year Gio Ruggiero continued his strong start to his sophomore Truck Series season with a third-place finish at EchoPark Speedway
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse, was presented with the NMPA Pocono Spirit Award for 2025 during today’s rain delay at EchoPark Speedway.
The 2026 Daytona 500 champion from Corning, California, was awarded the pole position for Sunday's Cup event at Atlanta due to rain and lightning canceling Saturday's qualifying session.
