The first edition of the Java House Grand Prix of Arlington was a major success. The drivers were enthusiastic about the new street course, the race featured an exciting battle for the win and all grandstand tickets were sold out, with fans from all 50 U.S. states and 20 different countries represented. It was also Andretti Global’s best race in 52 races! What else stood out? We analyze the race weekend based on a series of numbers!

206 - Looking at the two best-performing drivers per team, the teams’ championship is now extremely close. Both Andretti Global and Team Penske have scored 206 points, ahead of Chip Ganassi Racing with 180 points.

150 - During the Grand Prix of Arlington, 151 overtakes were recorded, 150 of which were for position.

93.9902 - Scott Dixon set the fastest lap of the race on lap nine: 1:33.9902, or 93.9902 seconds.

52 - For Andretti Global, the Grand Prix of Arlington was a huge success, with all three cars finishing in the top four. The last time the team had three cars in the top four was in 2023 at Long Beach, when Kyle Kirkwood, Romain Grosjean and Colton Herta finished first, second and fourth – 52 races ago!

28 - In the engine manufacturers’ championship, Honda has retaken the lead from Chevrolet. After Phoenix, the Japanese manufacturer still trailed by nine points, but in Arlington it scored 37 more points than Chevrolet and now leads by 28 points.

25 - Kyle Kirkwood is a true master of street circuits, helped by his team’s strong performance on this type of track. Of his six IndyCar victories, five have come on street circuits. In total, the 27-year-old has raced 20 times on street circuits, meaning he has won an impressive 25% of all his street course races.

20.4946 - The fastest ‘full service’ pit stop of the race was performed by the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing pit crew of Scott Dixon. On lap fifteen, the team completed a full service stop in 20.4946 seconds.

20 - The Grand Prix of Arlington was a major success: all grandstand tickets were sold out and ticket buyers came from all 50 states and 20 different countries.

17 - The IndyCar field is extremely competitive – this is illustrated by the fact that out of the 25 drivers, seventeen have already finished this season at least one race inside the top ten.

16 - No fewer than three different drivers led a total of sixteen laps: Kyle Kirkwood, Alex Palou and Will Power. Marcus Ericsson led just one fewer lap: 15. The remaining seven laps were led by Felix Rosenqvist. As Kirkwood had the highest finishing position (first) among the drivers who led the most laps, he earned the two bonus points for leading the most laps.

16 - The driver who was passed the most during the race was Christian Rasmussen. The Dane was overtaken sixteen times during the race. In this ranking, Romain Grosjean finished second (passed 13 times) and Josef Newgarden third (passed 12 times).

14 - Scott McLaughlin gained the most positions compared to his starting spot. The Team Penske driver started the race in 25th and finished 11th – a gain of fourteen places.

12 - For the first time this year, Caio Collet was the highest-finishing rookie, taking an impressive 12th place.

12 - Kyle Kirkwood truly earned the victory on pace, not through strategy or quick pit stops (which were actually far from trouble-free). This is also reflected by the fact that he made the most overtakes during the race: 12. In this ranking, Romain Grosjean finished second with ten overtakes, followed by Rinus VeeKay, Caio Collet and Scott Dixon with nine.

6 - Kyle Kirkwood’s victory in Arlington is his sixth win in the IndyCar Series. This moves him into a tie for 62nd place on the all-time Indy Car winners list. He shares that position with drivers including Graham Rahal, James Hinchcliffe, Parnelli Jones and Takuma Sato.

4 - The Grand Prix of Arlington turned into a true Honda celebration, as the entire top four consisted of Honda-powered drivers. The highest-finishing Chevrolet driver was Pato O’Ward in fifth place.

3 - Race control handed out three penalties during the race: Kyffin Simpson received a drive-through penalty for hitting his own pit equipment, Mick Schumacher also received a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact and Felix Rosenqvist was moved to the back of the field after passing David Malukas too early on a restart.

2 - Several drivers started the race on a two-stop strategy, but only Will Power managed to complete the race with only two pit stops, possibly helped by the late-race cautions. Power finished the race in third place.

2 - This was the second race in a row in which the winner took the lead on track with an overtake in the final quarter of the race. In Phoenix, it was Josef Newgarden who passed Christian Rasmussen, while in this race it was Kyle Kirkwood with a brilliant move on Alex Palou.

1 - For Marcus Ericsson, Saturday marked only the first IndyCar pole position of his career. It is also the second race in a row in which a driver claimed his first IndyCar pole – in Phoenix that honor went to David Malukas.