Alex Palou arrives at World Wide Technology Raceway as the favorite again, but the next INDYCAR test comes Sunday night, when the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 is scheduled to take the green flag at 9 p.m. ET. The race at the 1.25-mile oval in Madison, Illinois, just outside St. Louis, will be shown on FOX and streamed live on FOX One, the FOX Sports website and the FOX Sports App.
That is why fans searching for indy car race today are looking now: this is the primetime stop on the 2026 schedule, and it is easy to watch whether a viewer has cable or not. Live-streaming services that carry FOX, FS1 and FS2 include YouTube TV, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV and fuboTV, while an antenna in a good reception area can pick up a local FOX station.
Palou, the reigning INDYCAR champion, comes in off a victory at the Detroit Grand Prix and is listed at 2/3, which puts the spotlight on whether he can turn that form into another win. Josef Newgarden is next at 7/2, David Malukas is at 14/5, and Pato O'Ward, Christian Rasmussen and Scott McLaughlin all sit in the mix at 7/1 or 8/1, giving the field more depth than the headline price suggests.
World Wide Technology Raceway has its own demands. The track is a 1.25-mile oval with varying degrees of banking in each corner, with Turns 1 and 2 said to carry some of the same feel as New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Turns 3 and 4 drawing comparison to Phoenix Raceway. Its egg-shaped layout also is likened to the oval at Twin Ring Motegi, which is part of what makes this race more than a simple favorite-versus-field bet.
The setup leaves Palou with the clearest path and the most pressure. He has the form, the odds and the momentum, but Sunday night will decide whether the Detroit winner can handle another oval test in front of a national audience, or whether one of the established winners in the pack turns a short-priced favorite into just another name in the entry list.
