He won the pole with Italian team Prema Racing, a dominant European organization that this season expanded to IndyCar. Shwartzman has never before raced on an oval and will start alongside two-time winner Takuma Sato and Pato O’Ward, who lost to Newgarden on the last lap year.

SportsLine's model has simulated the 2025 Indianapolis 500 10,000 times and released its IndyCar picks, including Kyle Larson

Ahead of his second double-duty attempt on Sunday, the daughter of Kyle Larson, Audrey Larson, was recently seen uniquely promoting him.

Kyle Larson dominated the run-up to the Indy 500. But attempting the Indy-Charlotte double again, Larson has become an afterthought in 2025.

And talk of Indianapolis, and it will almost certainly bring the world's most famous 500 Mile Race to the forefront of the mind and imagination. From its beginnings as a yard of bricks laid just past the turn of the 20th century,

There is plenty of history at stake, from Kyle Larson's double attempt, Josef Newgarden staring at a historic third straight Indy 500 win and much more.