Indianapolis, Ind. — August 5, 2025
Honda could clinch its seventh NTT INDYCAR SERIES manufacturer’s championship — and first since 2021 — this weekend at the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland, wrapping up what has been a dominant 2025 campaign.
The race is set for Sunday, Aug. 10, at noon Pacific (3 p.m. Eastern) and will air live on FOX.
Honda has won 12 of the season’s 14 races, including the Indianapolis 500, tying its modern-era record from 2023. With a 224-point advantage over Chevrolet in the manufacturer standings (1,314 to 1,090), Honda can secure the title at Portland International Raceway with a strong showing.
Championship leader Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing is on the verge of claiming his third consecutive NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship and fourth overall, having previously won titles in 2021, 2023 and 2024.
Palou has been the standout driver of 2025, with eight wins, including his first Indianapolis 500 victory and his first wins on both a short oval (Iowa) and a superspeedway (Indianapolis). He has also scored five poles, two additional podiums, and led 563 laps across 14 starts. His average finishing position is 4.4, despite a 25th-place finish in Detroit after being taken out by another driver.
He enters Portland with 590 points, holding a 121-point lead over Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren (469). A podium finish could be enough to seal the championship with two races still to go.
Palou has an impressive track record at Portland, with wins in 2021 and 2023. In four career starts at the circuit, he has only finished outside the top two once — 12th in 2022.
Portland is the final natural terrain road course on the 2025 schedule. Honda has won all six road course events so far this season, with Palou claiming victories at Thermal, Barber, the Indy Grand Prix, Road America and Laguna Seca. Scott Dixon added a sixth road course win for Honda at Mid-Ohio.
A win Sunday would complete a clean sweep of road courses in 2025 — a first for Honda in the modern INDYCAR era.
Honda teams have won three of the last five races at Portland since the series returned in 2018. Palou won in 2021 and 2023, and Takuma Sato led a Honda podium sweep for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2018.
The manufacturer also boasts a rich history at the venue from the CART era, with wins by Alex Zanardi (1996, 1998), Gil de Ferran (1996, 1999, 2000), and a 1999 podium sweep that included Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti.
With Honda poised to secure a manufacturer’s title and Palou nearing another championship, Sunday’s race at Portland International Raceway could mark the crowning moment of a historic INDYCAR season.
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