The Indianapolis 500 is once again one for the history books, and the 109th running is no exception! Alex Palou not only claimed his first Indy 500 victory but also his first win on an oval. That made him the 76th winner of the Indy 500. He nearly lost it, though, to Marcus Ericsson, who gained almost 5.5 seconds on Palou during his final pit stop! What else stood out? We’ve broken down the race in a series of stats.

These figures were compiled before the disqualification of Marcus Ericsson, Kyle Kirkwood, and Callum Ilott.

17179 – Over the course of two weeks of practice, qualifying, and the race itself, a total of 17,179 laps were completed on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway — a total of 42,947.5 miles (69,102.5 km). That comes out to an average of 505 laps per driver (including unqualified Jacob Abel and Tony Kanaan’s refresher laps).

595 – Kyle Larson hoped to complete 1,100 miles (1,770 km) on Sunday by doing "The Double" — but ended up with ‘only’ 595 miles (957 km). In Lap 92 of the Indy 500, he lost control of his car and crashed. Things didn’t go much better in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway: he hit the wall early on but managed to continue. Later in the race, he spun into the infield but again kept going. In Lap 245, Daniel Suarez and Ryan Blaney crashed ahead of him, and while trying to avoid them, Larson was clipped — ending his day.

394 – A total of 394 on-track passes for position were recorded during the race — 202 fewer than last year’s 596.

306 – With five wins and a second-place finish, Alex Palou has already earned 306 points this IndyCar season. That puts him 115 points ahead of the rest of the field, led by Pato O'Ward.

231.207 – The average qualifying speed for the entire field was 231.207 mph — slower only than in 2023 and 2024.

226.178 – Helio Castroneves may not have succeeded in his “Drive for Five,” but he did clock the fastest lap of the race: 226.178 mph.

76 – With Alex Palou taking the checkered flag, the Indy 500 has its 76th different winner!

71 – This year’s Indy 500 lasted 2 hours, 57 minutes, and 38 seconds — 71 seconds faster than last year’s race.

26 – Starting from 32nd place, Josef Newgarden — despite a conservative pit strategy — gained 26 positions to finish sixth before retiring after 135 laps due to a fuel pressure issue.

22 – There were 22 lead changes during the race. The final — and decisive — one occurred with 14 laps to go, when Alex Palou passed Marcus Ericsson heading into Turn 1.

17 – Kyle Kirkwood gained the most positions from his starting spot. He started 23rd and finished sixth.

16 – Alex Palou’s victory was his 16th career IndyCar win. That moves him from 31st to tied for 29th on the all-time wins list, alongside Dan Wheldon.

15 – Louis Foster was the only Indy 500 rookie to finish the race running, placing 15th. Nolan Siegel (not a rookie in the IndyCar championship but a 500 rookie) crashed on the final lap, while Robert Shwartzman locked up under braking and slid into the pit wall.

15 – All top 15 finishers completed all 200 laps — fewer than last year when the top 21 drivers went the full distance.

14 – A total of 14 different drivers led at least one lap: Takuma Sato (51 laps), Ryan Hunter-Reay (48), Marcus Ericsson (17), Devlin DeFrancesco (17), Alex Palou (14), Alexander Rossi (14), Conor Daly (13), Christian Rasmussen (8), Robert Shwartzman (8), Jack Harvey (3), David Malukas (2), Pato O'Ward (2), Kyle Kirkwood (2), and Ed Carpenter (1).

12 – Callum Ilott finished 12th, the best result so far for a Prema driver in the Indy 500.

11 – A total of 11 out of 33 starters failed to finish — two more than last year’s nine retirements.

7 – With his seventh-place result, Santino Ferrucci extended his streak of top-ten finishes in all seven of his Indy 500 starts.

6 – A total of six penalties were issued during the race:

Louis Foster (twice), Colton Herta, and Jack Harvey were penalized for speeding in pit lane with drive-throughs.

Robert Shwartzman received a stop-and-hold penalty for hitting his own pit crew. It didn’t matter much, as he retired immediately after the incident.

Marcus Armstrong was handed a drive-through for improper lane behavior during a caution.

6 – This was just the sixth Indy 500 win in Chip Ganassi Racing’s history. The team previously won in 2000 (Juan Pablo Montoya), 2008 (Scott Dixon), 2010 and 2012 (Dario Franchitti), and 2022 (Marcus Ericsson) — and now in 2025 with Alex Palou.

5.4138 – In the final phase of the race, it may have been surprising to see Marcus Ericsson exit his last pit stop ahead of Alex Palou and retain the lead — especially since he was in seventh before the pit cycle began. Data shows that from Lap 167 (just before the stops) to Lap 176 (after Ericsson’s stop), Ericsson was 5.4138 seconds faster than Palou!

Of that, 4.8979 seconds came purely on-track, while his pit stop (requiring less fuel) was 0.5159 seconds quicker. Palou had a faster in-lap, but got stuck behind David Malukas after his stop — allowing Ericsson to build the gap.

5 – With his Indy 500 win, Alex Palou now has five wins this season in just six races.

2 – Marcus Ericsson’s second-place finish marks the second time he has finished runner-up in the Indy 500, having also done so in 2023. Fortunately for the Andretti Global driver, he has one win to his name (2022) — a big improvement over last year, when he crashed in Turn 1 of the opening lap.

1 – Believe it or not, this was Alex Palou’s very first win on an oval!

1 – It was also the very first pole position for both Robert Shwartzman and Prema, in their debut oval race.