After the third consecutive three-week break to start off the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season, the series is set to visit Barber Motorsports Park, also known as the Augusta National of Motorsports, for Sunday afternoon's Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix.
This 90-lap race around the 17-turn, 2.38-mile (3.83-kilometer) natural terrain road course in Birmingham, Alabama was won by Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin from pole last year, making him the sixth polesitter to win at Barber since the track was added to the schedule in 2010.
In fact, no driver has won at Barber from lower than fourth place on the grid since Josef Newgarden earned his first win as a Team Penske driver back in 2017 after starting seventh. Ninth is the lowest grid spot for a Barber winner, with Team Penske's Will Power having achieved that in 2012.
Bottom line, qualifying matters at Barber, probably more than it does at most other tracks. Strategy is usually just as important, but barring any impromptu interference from rogue mannequins, the cream always seems to rise to the top.
And in a series that hasn't seen a caution since the opening lap of race number one of the season, qualifying is that much more important for race number four.
Follow along four our live qualifying updates.
IndyCar at Barber: Full Round 1, Group 1 results
1st - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2nd - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
3rd - Marcus Armstrong - No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
4th - Pato O'Ward - No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
5th - Nolan Siegel - No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
6th - Will Power - No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet
7th - Santino Ferrucci - No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
8th - Alexander Rossi - No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
9th - Christian Rasmussen - No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
10th - Conor Daly - No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
11th - Graham Rahal - No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
12th - Marcus Ericsson - No. 28 Andretti Global Honda
13th - Jacob Abel - No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
IndyCar at Barber: Full Round 1, Group 2 results
1st - Colton Herta - No. 26 Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
2nd - Josef Newgarden - No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet
3rd - Christian Lundgaard - No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
4th - Kyffin Simpson - No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
5th - Rinus VeeKay - No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
6th - Louis Foster - No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
7th - Felix Rosenqvist - No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
8th - Callum Ilott - No. 90 Prema Racing Chevrolet
9th - Kyle Kirkwood - No. 27 Andretti Global Honda
10th - David Malukas - No. 4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
11th - Sting Ray Robb - No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
12th - Robert Shwartzman - No. 83 Prema Racing Chevrolet
13th - Scott Dixon - No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
14th - Devlin DeFrancesco - No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
IndyCar at Barber: Full Round 2 results
1st - Will Power - No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet
2nd - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
3rd - Colton Herta - No. 26 Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
4th - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
5th - Rinus VeeKay - No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
6th - Nolan Siegel - No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7th - Christian Lundgaard - No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8th - Pato O'Ward - No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
9th - Josef Newgarden - No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet
10th - Kyffin Simpson - No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11th - Marcus Armstrong - No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
12th - Louis Foster - No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
IndyCar at Barber: Firestone Fast Six results
1st - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2nd - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
3rd - Colton Herta - No. 26 Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
4th - Will Power - No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet
5th - Rinus VeeKay - No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
6th - Nolan Siegel - No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
IndyCar at Barber: Full starting lineup
1st - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2nd - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
3rd - Colton Herta - No. 26 Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
4th - Will Power - No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet
5th - Rinus VeeKay - No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
6th - Nolan Siegel - No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7th - Christian Lundgaard - No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8th - Pato O'Ward - No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
9th - Josef Newgarden - No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet
10th - Kyffin Simpson - No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11th - Marcus Armstrong - No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
12th - Louis Foster - No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
13th - Santino Ferrucci - No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
14th - Felix Rosenqvist - No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
15th - Alexander Rossi - No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
16th - Callum Ilott - No. 90 Prema Racing Chevrolet
17th - Christian Rasmussen - No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
18th - Kyle Kirkwood - No. 27 Andretti Global Honda
19th - Conor Daly - No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
20th - David Malukas - No. 4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
21st - Graham Rahal - No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
22nd - Sting Ray Robb - No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
23rd - Marcus Ericsson - No. 28 Andretti Global Honda
24th - Robert Shwartzman - No. 83 Prema Racing Chevrolet
25th - Jacob Abel - No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
26th - Scott Dixon - No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
27th - Devlin DeFrancesco - No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
The Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix is set to be broadcast live on Fox from Barber Motorsports Park beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 4. Begin a free trial of FuboTV now and don't miss any of the action from the 2025 IndyCar season's fourth race!