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Complete Indy 500 schedule: How to watch, start times, entry list
The 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 is almost here, and there's plenty to watch at IMS
Nick DeGroot
Published: May 13, 2025, 4:53 PM
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The Month of May means one thing for race fans -- The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. 34 drivers will be competing for 33 spots on the 2025 Indianapolis 500 grid with a lot of practice leading up to qualifying and race day. There are eight former Indy 500 winners and four rookies entered into this historic race with a total of 14 countries represented.
These times are tentative and may be subject to change as weather can (and likely will) impact at least some of these sessions. Here's how to watch it all:
(All times EST)
Tuesday, May 13
12pm-2pm -- Indy 500 practice
2-4pm -- Indy 500 Rookie Orientation and Refresher
4-6pm -- Indy 500 practice
Wednesday, May 14
12-6pm -- Indy 500 practice
Thursday, May 15
12-6pm -- Indy 500 practice
Friday, May 16 [Fast Friday]
12-6pm -- Indy 500 practice
Saturday, May 17
8:30-9:30am -- Indy 500 practice
11am-5:50pm -- Indy 500 qualifying
Sunday, May 18
1-2pm -- Indy 500 practice for Fast 12
2-3pm -- Indy 500 practice for last chance qualifiers
4:05-5:05pm -- Indy 500 Fast 12 qualifying
5:15-6:15pm -- Indy 500 LCQ qualifying for last row
6:25-6:55pm -- Indy 500 Fast 6 qualifying
Monday, May 19
1-3pm -- Indy 500 practice
Friday, May 23 [Carb Day]
11am-1pm -- Indy 500 practice
2:30-4:30pm -- Indy 500 pit stop challenge
Sunday, May 25 [Race Day]
9am -- Cars to the pit lane
10:30am -- Cars to the frontstretch
11:47am -- Driver introductions
12:20pm -- National Anthem
12:38pm -- Command to start engines
12:45pm -- Green flag for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500
Indy 500 entry list
Car # Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 4 David Malukas AJ Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 06 Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Honda 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 10 Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci AJ Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 17 Kyle Larson Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 23 Ryan Hunter-Reay DRR-Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet 24 Jack Harvey DRR-Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global w/Curb-Agajanian Honda 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Honda 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Honda 75 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 83 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 90 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet 98 Marco Andretti Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian Honda
How to watch
FOX Sports: United States
TSN: Canada
Sky Sports: UK, Italy, New Zealand
Motorvision+ and Sky Sports: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
STAN Sport: Australia
Ziggo Sport: Netherlands
Gaora: Japan
TV Cultura: Brazil
#Vamos and Movistar+: Spain
Sport TV: Portugal
Viaplay: Nordic countries
Canal+: France, Monaco (and French-speaking parts of Africa)
S Sport: Türkiye, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Network 4: Hungary
Voo Sport: Belgium
ESPN: Various locations in Latin America and Africa
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