The NTT IndyCar Series visited Portland International Raceway on Sunday afternoon in the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland. Pato O’Ward started the race on the pole, with Felix Rosenqvist starting second.
Pato O’Ward led the opening 16 laps. During those laps, there were three cautions. The first happened on the third lap when Santino Ferrucci crashed into the wall in Turn 11. Debris in Turn 2 brought out the second caution on the eighth lap, and Christian Rasmussen made contact with Conor Daly, sending Daly hard into the tire barriers at Turn 11.
During the second caution, O’Ward went to pit road, and Will Power was the new leader. Later in the race, Pato O’Ward’s car had an electrical issue. His crew was able to fix the car and get him back out on the track. O’Ward was 10 laps down and finished in 25th place.
The only time Will Power lost the lead was during pit stops. Graham Rahal led 10 laps, Alex Palou led five laps, and Josef Newgarden led two laps. Power would retake the lead on lap 84. In the closing laps, Christian Lundgaard and Alex Palou were battling for second place.
Lundgaard fought Palou to keep second place. Palou went off the track trying to pass Lundgaard and regained control. Palou would catch Lundgaard again. He briefly took second place with a dive bomb at Turn 6, but Lundgaard would get second place back.
Upfront, Will Power led the final 26 laps to win his first race of the season by 1.5388 seconds over Christian Lundgaard. It was Power’s second consecutive victory at Portland and the first win for Team Penske this season. Will Power led 78 of 110 laps.
Alex Palou finished in third. With the third-place finish, Palou wins the 2025 NTT IndyCar Championship for the third year in a row, and fourth in the last five seasons. Palou became the fourth driver in IndyCar history to win three straight championships. The other drivers to do it were Ted Horn, Sebastian Bourdais, and Dario Franchitti. His fourth championship ties him for third most in history with Mario Andretti, Sebastian Bourdais, and Dario Franchitti.
Graham Rahal and Alexander Rossi rounded out the top five. Callum Ilott, Scott McLaughlin, Marcus Armstrong, Felix Rosenqvist, and Colton Herta rounded out the top ten. There were three cautions for 11 laps, and 242 passes, of which 200 were for positions.
The NTT IndyCar Series heads to the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday, August 24, 2025, at 2 pm on Fox.
Finishing Order:
| Position | Driver | Interval |
| 1. | Will Power | – |
| 2. | Christian Lundgaard | 1.5388 |
| 3. | Alex Palou | 2.4485 |
| 4. | Graham Rahal | 10.5791 |
| 5. | Alexander Rossi | 16.1754 |
| 6. | Callum Ilott | 17.7497 |
| 7. | Scott McLaughlin | 26.9355 |
| 8. | Marcus Armstrong | 28.1733 |
| 9. | Felix Rosenqvist | 30.1013 |
| 10. | Colton Herta | 37.6096 |
| 11. | Scott Dixon | 38.4024 |
| 12. | Christian Rasmussen | 39.5430 |
| 13. | Louis Foster | 52.0779 |
| 14. | Sting Ray Robb | 53.0369 |
| 15. | Robert Shwartzman | 54.5093 |
| 16. | Nolan Siegel | 57.1126 |
| 17. | Rinus VeeKay | 58.3276 |
| 18. | Devlin DeFrancesco | 1:00.162 |
| 19. | David Malukas | -1 |
| 20. | Kyle Kirkwood | -1 |
| 21. | Kyffin Simpson | -1 |
| 22. | Marcus Ericsson | -1 |
| 23. | Jacob Abel | -1 |
| 24. | Josef Newgarden | -1 |
| 25. | Pato O’Ward | -10 |
| 26. | Conor Daly | -97 |
| 27. | Santino Ferrucci | -107 |
