Alex Palou Clinches 5th IndyCar Title, 4th Straight, After Milwaukee Doubleheader Chaos
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 31
Alex Palou Clinches 5th IndyCar Title, 4th Straight, After Milwaukee Doubleheader Chaos
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 31
Summary
Àlex Palou locked up the 2026 IndyCar championship with one race left after finishing fifth in Sunday’s Race 2 and 10th when the rain-delayed Race 1 resumed later that day.
More than a 54-point cushion leaving Milwaukee was enough to seal the title, and the Chip Ganassi Racing driver protected that margin despite an engine penalty and a weekend scrambled by wet conditions.
Pato O’Ward won both Milwaukee races on Sunday, but Palou’s points lead still held up, giving the 29-year-old Spaniard his fifth championship in six seasons and fourth in a row.
That run moves Palou to third on IndyCar’s all-time championships list behind A.J. Foyt’s 7 and Scott Dixon’s 6, with the season finale still to come Sept. 6 at Laguna Seca.