2026 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

2026 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
Race details
4th round of the 2026 IndyCar season
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DateMarch 29, 2026
Official nameChildren's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
LocationBarber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama
CoursePermanent road course
2.380 mi / 3.830 km
Distance90 laps
214.200 mi / 344.700 km
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The 2026 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix will be the fourth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race will be held on March 29, 2026, in Birmingham, Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.[1] The race will be contested of 90 laps.

Background

Barber Motorsports Park is an 880-acre (360 ha) racing facility in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built by George W. Barber and includes the 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m2) Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum.[2] It is a 2.3 mi (3.7 km) permanent road course with 17 turns and features 80 feet of elevation change.[3] It has been the site of the IndyCar Series' Grand Prix of Alabama since 2010.[4]

Entry list

Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
No. Driver Team Engine
2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
4 Caio Collet  R  A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet
5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
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 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet
14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet
15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda
19 Dennis Hauger  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda
20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet
21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet
26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda
27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda
45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
47 Mick Schumacher  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda
66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda
76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet

Practice

Practice 1

The first practice session will be held at 2:30 PM CT on March 27, 2026.

Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1
2
3
[ Practice 1 results]

Practice 2

The second practice session will be held at 10:00 AM CT on March 28, 2026.

Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1
2
3
[ Practice 2 results]

Qualifying

Qualifying will be held at 1:30 PM CT on March 28, 2026.

Classification
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
Source:
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time.

Warmup

The Warmup session will be held at 9:05 AM CT on March 29, 2026.

Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1
2
3
Source:

Race

The race will be held at 12:00 PM CT on March 29, 2026.

Classification
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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21
22
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24
25
Fastest lap:
[ Official race results]

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. ^ "2026 Schedule" (PDF). IndyCar. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  2. ^ "Barber Motorsports Museum". Barber Motorsports Park. February 17, 2026. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
  3. ^ "Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix". IndyCar. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
  4. ^ Tomberlin, Michael (July 26, 2009). "Indy Car race coming to Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama". The Birmingham News.