We'll save the dramatics this week. Freshly crowned INDYCAR champion and now four-time title winner Alex Palou is No. 1 in the rankings now and for the foreseeable future.

Bellingham, Wash. friends Ken Adelstein and Matt Benoit have attended each race since IndyCar added Portland to the schedule in 2018. As they sat in the shade of their SUV behind grandstand K, they talked about how they “follow it all year long,” Adelstein said, of IndyCar.

Power won not just his first race of the season, but also Team Penske's first victory in 2025. Palou clinched the title after O'Ward suffered an electrical problem.