This weekend’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the 2027 CR-V Hybrid is the 11th race of the 2026 season.
There have been five winners in the first 10 NTT INDYCAR SERIES races this season. Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, Barber Motorsports Park, Streets of Long Beach and Streets of Detroit), Josef Newgarden (Phoenix Raceway and World Wide Technology Raceway), Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Arlington), Christian Lundgaard (Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Road America) and Felix Rosenqvist (Indianapolis 500).
The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the 2027 CR-V Hybrid will be the 43rd INDYCAR SERIES race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Scott Dixon won the race in 2025. Johnny Rutherford won the first INDYCAR SERIES race at Mid-Ohio in 1980.
Scott Dixon is the winningest INDYCAR SERIES driver at Mid-Ohio with seven victories (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2025).
Emerson Fittipaldi won at Mid-Ohio three times, while Michael Andretti, Helio Castroneves, Teo Fabi, Josef Newgarden, Bobby Rahal, Al Unser Jr. and Alex Zanardi all won at Mid-Ohio twice. Past winners Dixon, Newgarden (2017 and 2021), Graham Rahal (2015), Alexander Rossi (2018), Will Power (2020-Race-1), Colton Herta (2020-Race 2), Scott McLaughlin (2022), Alex Palou (2023) and Pato O’Ward (2024) are entered this year.
Fifteen drivers have won the race from the pole – Mario Andretti (1984), Bobby Rahal (1985), Roberto Guerrero (1987), Teo Fabi (1989), Michael Andretti (1990, 1991), Al Unser Jr. (1994), Alex Zanardi (1996), Patrick Carpentier (2002), Paul Tracy (2003), Scott Dixon (2011), Simon Pagenaud (2016), Alexander Rossi (2018), Will Power (2020-Race 1), Colton Herta (2020-Race 2) and Josef Newgarden (2021). Power has won five poles at Mid-Ohio, the most of any driver.
ACTIVE POLE WINNER
Twenty-two drivers entered in the event have competed in past INDYCAR SERIES races at Mid-Ohio. Scott Dixon (22) has made the most starts at Mid-Ohio among the entered drivers. Twelve drivers have led laps at the track (Dixon 276, Will Power 206, Alex Palou 176, Josef Newgarden 162, Alexander Rossi 71, Pato O’Ward 52, Scott McLaughlin 48, Graham Rahal 30, Felix Rosenqvist 15, Marcus Ericsson 3 and Kyffin Simpson 1).
Chip Ganassi Racing has won 13 times at Mid-Ohio, including 10 of the 20 races sanctioned by INDYCAR. Ganassi’s winning drivers are Alex Zanardi (1996, 1997), Juan Pablo Montoya (1999), Scott Dixon (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2025), Dario Franchitti (2010), Charlie Kimball (2013) and Alex Palou (2023).
Team Penske also has 12 wins at the track with Emerson Fittipaldi (1992, 1993), Al Unser Jr. (1994, 1995), Helio Castroneves (2000, 2001), Ryan Briscoe (2008), Simon Pagenaud (2016), Josef Newgarden (2017, 2021), Will Power (2020-Race 1) and Scott McLaughlin (2022).
Scott Dixon has finished in the top five in 15 of his 22 starts at Mid-Ohio, including seven wins between 2007 and 2025 … Will Power has finished in the top five in 11 of his 18 starts at Mid-Ohio … Kyle Kirkwood won eight of nine development series starts from 2018-21.
Rookies Caio Collet, Dennis Hauger and Mick Schumacher will race an NTT INDYCAR SERIES car at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the first time this weekend. Both Hauger and Collet won INDY NXT by Firestone races at the track. Collet won in 2024, while Hauger won in 2025.
Milestones: Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 367th consecutive start, extending his record streak…Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 267th consecutive start…Josef Newgarden will attempt to make his 230th consecutive start…Dixon will extend his record to 430 with a start Sunday…Will Power will attempt to make his 330th INDYCAR SERIES start, passing Al Unser Jr. for sixth on the all-time list.
The race is timed to go at 12:52pm Sunday local time (Monday 4:52am NZ time).
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