Will Power leads Honda drivers with third at Road America

June 26, 2026 by Honda
• Will Power scores his second third-place finish of 2026
• Kyffin Simpson goes season-best P4
• Alex Palou extends his championship lead with comeback drive to fifth
Will Power scores his second podium finish since moving over to Andretti Global at the start of the year, finishing third in the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America.

The newly-minted Honda driver scored his previous podium finish at the Java House Grand Prix of Arlington as part of a Honda 1-2-3-4 result.

Kyffin Simpson finished a season-best fourth for the young driver from the Cayman Islands. Bettering the Chip Ganassi Racing driver’s previous best result of the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season of ninth at Detroit earlier this month.

Championship leader, and polesitter for the fifth-consecutive race, Alex Palou, came back from a pit speeding penalty to finish fifth on the day. The result extends the four-time and reigning IndyCar champion’s lead to 60 points after starting the day with a margin of 49.

Honda-powered drivers led all but 10 laps today at Road America, coming up just short of the victory. Felix Rosenqvist led a race-high 18 of those laps before coming home P8, Palou led 13. Rosenqvist’s Meyer Shank Racing teammate, Marcus Armstrong, led 14, before suffering a mechanical failure while leading.
Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood also notched a top-10 result on the day, his ninth top-10 in 10 races on the year. He sits 61 points behind Palou and just one point behind P2 in the title fight.

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XPEL Grand Prix Honda Race Results

3rd Will Power
Andretti Global Honda
4th Kyffin Simpson
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
5th Alex Palou
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
8th Felix Rosenqvist
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
10th Kyle Kirkwood
Andretti Global Honda
11th Scott Dixon
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
13th Marcus Ericsson
Andretti Global Honda
14th Louis Foster
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
15th Romain Grosjean
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
17th Mick Schumacher-R
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
20th Dennis Hauger-R
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
23rd Graham Rahal
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda — Not running, contact
24th Marcus Armstrong
Meyer Shank Racing Honda — Not running, mechanical
R – Rookie

Quotes

Will Power (#26 Andretti Global Honda) finished third: ‘It was a great day for us and definitely a result we needed. The strategy was really good, and there were some great calls on the stand. We had strong restarts as well. That last sequence was very good and moved us into the top four, and on the final restart, I was able to get up to P3. I’m really proud of the effort from the entire TWG AI Honda crew. The Honda power was strong all day, and this is a well-deserved result for everyone involved.’

Kyffin Simpson (#8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished fourth: ‘Great day today. We were so close to getting that podium there at the end. Just barely missed out. I’m so grateful to the Chip Ganassi Racing team and to Honda. I had the fuel mileage today to make it to the pits after the yellow came out at a bad time. That kept us on the lead lap and in the hunt, and I’m super grateful for that. Now we move on to Mid-Ohio!’

Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) finished fifth: ‘It was a tough race for us. I made a huge mistake with the pit lane. We entered at the right speed, it was just an issue pressing the button. I feel so bad for my #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda team. That said, we were super lucky to get the full course yellow when we had the drive through. It could have been a better day, but I’m super happy it wasn’t a disaster!’

David Salters (President, HRC US): ‘Racing is sport and sport has its highs and lows. We experienced both this weekend. Pole position and four cars in the Firestone Fast Six showed the hard work of our marvelous drivers and teams and our HRC associates yet again. In the race we were very competitive and, up to the very end of the race, leading and in a great position. But then we failed with just three laps to go whilst leading. The racer in me would always rather fail, which happens unfortunately, whilst leading, but I am extremely sorry to Marcus and the valiant MSR team, just heartbreaking and we are extremely sorry for distress caused to Marcus and the team. We will investigate and find out what has happened. We push things to the limit, so we are always managing risk with very highly stressed components. We will find out what went wrong, learn and come back fighting. We win together and we lose together.’

Next
The 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads to another home race for Honda, the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by the 2027 Honda CR-V Hybrid at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Fourth of July weekend.