Road America is scheduled to host the first IndyCar road course race since the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course hosted the final race before the 109th running of the Indy 500 back in May, and Sunday's race is scheduled to mark the halfway point of the 2025 season.
Entering race nine of 17 on the schedule, a 55-lap race around the 14-turn, 4.048-mile (6.515-kilometer) Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin road course, just two drivers have found victory lane so far this season: Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou (five wins) and Andretti Global's Kyle Kirkwood (three).
Palou is a two-time winner at Road America, having won in 2021 and 2023 en route to winning his first two series championships, while Kirkwood's best finish in three starts at the track is fifth place, where he finished last year.
Qualifying is important at Road America, but not as important as you might expect. Nobody has won the race from the front row since Team Penske's Josef Newgarden in 2022, and nobody has won it from pole since Newgarden in 2018.
But since the track was brought back to the series in 2016, the average starting position for a winner is still a relatively high at 4.0, with nobody having won from lower than ninth place.
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for Sunday's XPEL Grand Prix.
IndyCar qualifying at Road America: Round 1, Group 1 results
1st - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2nd - Graham Rahal - No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
3rd - Callum Ilott - No. 90 Prema Racing Chevrolet
4th - Pato O'Ward - No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
5th - Kyle Kirkwood - No. 27 Andretti Global Honda
6th - Josef Newgarden - No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet
7th - Nolan Siegel - No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8th - Marcus Armstrong - No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
9th - Robert Shwartzman - No. 83 Prema Racing Chevrolet
10th - Devlin DeFrancesco - No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
11th - Conor Daly - No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
12th - Kyffin Simpson - No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
13th - Scott Dixon - No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
IndyCar qualifying at Road America: Round 1, Group 2 results
1st - Christian Lundgaard - No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
2nd - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
3rd - Will Power - No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet
4th - David Malukas - No. 4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5th - Felix Rosenqvist - No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6th - Louis Foster - No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
7th - Marcus Ericsson - No. 28 Andretti Global Honda
8th - Colton Herta - No. 26 Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
9th - Santino Ferrucci - No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
10th - Christian Rasmussen - No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
11th - Rinus VeeKay - No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
12th - Alexander Rossi - No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
13th - Sting Ray Robb - No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
14th - Jacob Abel - No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
IndyCar qualifying at Road America: Round 2 results
1st - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2nd - Christian Lundgaard - No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
3rd - Louis Foster - No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
4th - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
5th - Kyle Kirkwood - No. 27 Andretti Global Honda
6th - Graham Rahal - No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
7th - David Malukas - No. 4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
8th - Will Power - No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet
9th - Callum Ilott - No. 90 Prema Racing Chevrolet
10th - Josef Newgarden - No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet
11th - Pato O'Ward - No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
12th - Felix Rosenqvist - No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
IndyCar qualifying at Road America: Firestone Fast Six results
1st - Louis Foster - No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
2nd - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
3rd - Kyle Kirkwood - No. 27 Andretti Global Honda
4th - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
5th - Christian Lundgaard - No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
6th - Graham Rahal - No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
Full IndyCar starting lineup at Road America
1st - Louis Foster - No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
2nd - Alex Palou - No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
3rd - Kyle Kirkwood - No. 27 Andretti Global Honda
4th - Scott McLaughlin - No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet
5th - Christian Lundgaard - No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
6th - Graham Rahal - No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
7th - David Malukas - No. 4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
8th - Will Power - No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet
9th - Callum Ilott - No. 90 Prema Racing Chevrolet
10th - Josef Newgarden - No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet
11th - Pato O'Ward - No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
12th - Felix Rosenqvist - No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
13th - Nolan Siegel - No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
14th - Marcus Ericsson - No. 28 Andretti Global Honda
15th - Marcus Armstrong - No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda
16th - Colton Herta - No. 26 Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
17th - Robert Shwartzman - No. 83 Prema Racing Chevrolet
18th - Santino Ferrucci - No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
19th - Devlin DeFrancesco - No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
20th - Christian Rasmussen - No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21st - Conor Daly - No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
22nd - Rinus VeeKay - No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
23rd - Kyffin Simpson - No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
24th - Alexander Rossi - No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
25th - Scott Dixon - No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
26th - Sting Ray Robb - No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
27th - Jacob Abel - No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing Honda
The XPEL Grand Prix is set to be shown live on Fox from Road America beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, June 22. Start a free trial of FuboTV and don't miss any of the action!