By: Spencer Neff
June 1, 2025

2025 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Results

Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood weathered a damaged front wing and held on for his second victory of 2025, taking the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. After starting third, Kirkwood made his way to the front and held off A.J. Foyt Racing’s Santino Ferrucci by 3.5931 seconds to win in the seventh race of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.

The Jupiter, Florida native led 48 of 100 laps, including the final 22 on the 1.645-mile, nine-turn circuit in Detroit’s Renaissance Center.

It is Kirkwood’s fourth career victory, all of which have been on temporary street circuits. For his Andretti Global team, it is their 76th INDYCAR victory.

Kirkwood snaps points leader Alex Palou’s win streak at three. Before this race, Kirkwood was the only driver to beat Palou this year, when they finished 1-2 at Long Beach.

Ferrucci earns his best career finish and gives A.J. Foyt Racing their second consecutive runner-up finish after teammate David Malukas ran second at the Indianapolis 500.

He also improved 19 positions after starting 21st, best of any driver in the field.

After starting on the pole, Kirkwood’s teammate Colton Herta would bookend the podium for Andretti in third. Team Pesnke’s Will Power was fourth and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyffin Simpson earned his best INDYCAR finish in fifth.

PREMA Racing’s Robert Shwartzman finished 16th after starting 22nd and now holds the lead in the Rookie of the Year standings by three points over Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Louis Foster.

Race Recap

From the start, Herta would grab hold of the race lead while several drivers fought behind him. Lundgaard jumped from his fourth-place starting spot but was quickly usurped by Kirkwood. On Lap 12, Herta would make his first stop of the day, handing the lead to McLaughlin.

After the initial stops Herta and Nolan Siegel of Arrow MclAren battled for on-track position, which allowed Kirkwood to slip past.

On Lap 15, Felix Rosenqvist spun in Turn 8 after contact from teammate Marcus Armstrong. While the Meyer Shank Racing driver was able to continue, the first caution of the day was displayed.

The second caution of the day was displayed soon after when the right-rear tire of Devlin DeFrancesco fell off. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver continued on after pitting for new tires.

After McLaughlin pitted, it would be Christian Rasmussen of Ed Carpenter Racing who led the field to the Lap 19 restart. Further back, Siegel would spin after contact from McLaughlin but continued on.

McLaughlin was later assessed a stop-and-go penalty for the avoidable contact with Siegel. While the stint wore on, Graham Rahal, Foster and 2024 race winner Scott Dixon all had their turn at the lead. On Lap 42, Dixon would pit and hand the lead of the race back to Kirkwood.

Rosenqvist and Pato O’Ward would spend time at the front of the race before O’Ward would post for his first set of alternate Firestone tires.

On Lap 69, PREMA Racing’s Callum IIlott crashed into the outside wall in Turn 1 after sustaining a loose wheel nut on his left-front. The race’s third caution would lead to the final pit stop of the afternoon.

After the lap 73 restart, Malukas would make contact with Palou in Turn 1, sending the points leader into the wall and ending his day early. Malukas would be assessed a stop-and-go penalty for the avoidable contact.

Palou’s lead in the points is now 90 over Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward, who finished seventh after starting 18th.

Kirkwood sliced his way from fourth to the lead around Ferrucci within two laps of the restart on Lap 77. Power would find his way to second behind Kirkwood. On Lap 84, Foster suffered a massive suspension failure and made heavy impact to Rosenqvist in the Turn 3 tire barrier.

Rosenqvist and Foster both climbed from their damaged race cars but Rosenqvist was loaded onto a stretcher. Both would get released from the infield care center shortly after the end of the race.

On Lap 88, the red flag was displayed as repairs were needed to the course. Herta made his way around Power for the final podium spot while Kirkwood held on for the victory.

The race, which featured an event record 11 lead changes and 10 different leaders, had an average speed of 82.022 mph. Five cautions for 19 laps would slow the race to that average speed.

Up Next

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will have a week off before their next event. For the first time in 2025, the series will head to a short oval, the 1.25-mile Worldwide Technology Raceway (Gateway) in Madison, Illinois for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500.

Opening practice for the event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. ET on June 14. Qualifying is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. ET. Both sessions will be live on FS1.

On Saturday evening, a final practice will be held that includes a 30-minute “high-line” session to help get a second racing line. That practice is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET and will air on FS2.

The 260-lap race is scheduled to air on FOX at 8:00 p.m. ET with an expected green flag at 8:20. Stay with IndyCar1909 and our social media platforms for the latest on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

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