The 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with rain in the forecast.
Pole sitter: Alex Palou, four-time IndyCar Series champion, starts from the pole position. He won the Indy 500 in 2023 and has won the past three series titles.
Defending champion: Josef Newgarden, two-time Indy 500 winner (2023-24), was fastest in practice this week.
- Pato O'Ward will race a backup car after a Monday practice crash that also involved 2016 winner Alexander Rossi, who starts second in a backup car.
- Katherine Legge is attempting to become the first woman to compete in both the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. She will travel to Charlotte Motor Speedway after today's race.
- A tribute to two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch will be featured on Romain Grosjean's No. 18 Dallara-Honda, styled after Busch's Joe Gibbs Racing number.
- Caitlin Clark, WNBA star, will serve as grand marshal for prerace ceremonies.