The 2025 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland presented by askROI was an IndyCar Series motor race held on August 10, 2025, at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. It was the 15th round of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season, and the 31st running of the event. Team Penske driver Will Power won the 110-lap race starting from the third position. Christian Lundgaard finished second for Arrow McLaren, and Álex Palou, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, finished third. It was Power's first victory of the season and the 45th of his IndyCar career.

Palou's 3rd place would be enough to ensure he won the drivers championship for the third consecutive season and fourth time in his career.

Background

The BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland was confirmed to be included on IndyCar's 2025 schedule in June 2024. It was the 15th of 17 scheduled races for 2025, and the 31st edition of the event in top-level American open-wheel competition. The race was held on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at the Portland International Raceway, a , 12-turn road course circuit in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was scheduled to last 110 laps over a distance of . Tire supplier Firestone provided the softer alternate tires and the more durable primary tires; drivers were required to run at least one set of both types of tires during the race.

Heading into the event, Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou led the Drivers' Championship with 590 points, 121 more than Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward, who was second. Palou's teammate Scott Dixon held third with 392 points, while Andretti Global driver Kyle Kirkwood, with 377 points, and O'Ward's teammate Christian Lundgaard, with 357 points, took the fourth and fifth positions. In the Engine Manufacturer Championship, Honda led with 1,314 points, 224 points ahead of Chevrolet.

Palou was in position to clinch the championship if he held minimum gap of 108 points over O'Ward exiting the race.

Practice Practice 1 The first practice session was held on Friday, August 8, at 2:30 PM PT. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:58.5320 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.5381 3 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.6589 Source:

Practice 2 The second practice session was held on Saturday, August 9, at 9:00 AM PT. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.4238 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.4531 3 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.5023 Source:

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 9, at 11:30 AM PT.

Qualifying classification KeyMeaningRookiePast winner

Driver Team Engine Time 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:58.3939 7 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:58.5343 1 3 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.5583 2 4 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.6424 3 5 4 David Malukas A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 00:58.6557 4 6 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.6690 5 7 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:58.4973 6 8 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.5320 8 9 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.6960 9 10 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.7446 10 11 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 00:58.7483 11 12 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:58.7715 12 13 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:58.5449 13 14 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.4702 14 15 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 00:58.6237 15 16 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:58.5312 16 17 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.6376 17 18 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:58.5457 18 19 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:58.7105 19 20 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 00:58.5693 20 21 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:58.9272 21 22 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:58.5836 22 23 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 00:59.0866 23 24 90 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet 00:58.7557 24 25 83 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 00:59.7458 25 26 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:58.9617 26 27 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 00:58.9648 27 Source:

Final practice The final practice session was held on Saturday, August 9, at 4:30 PM PT. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:59.1766 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 00:59.4124 3 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:59.4526 Source:

Race The race was held on Sunday, August 10, at 12:30 PM PT.

Race classification Grid Driver Team Engine Laps LapsLed PitStops Time/Retired 1 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 110 78 3 02:01:06.0311 53 2 7 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 110 – 3 02:01:07.5699 41 3 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 5 3 02:01:08.4796 36 4 22 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 10 4 02:01:16.6102 33 5 6 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 110 – 3 02:01:22.2065 30 6 24 90 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet 110 – 4 02:01:23.7808 28 7 11 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 110 – 3 02:01:32.9666 26 8 8 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 110 – 3 02:01:34.2044 24 9 2 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 110 – 3 02:01:36.1324 22 10 13 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 110 – 3 02:01:43.6407 20 11 9 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 110 – 3 02:01:44.4335 19 12 16 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 110 – 3 02:01:45.5741 18 13 14 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 – 5 02:01:58.1090 17 14 20 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 110 – 5 02:01:59.0680 16 15 25 83 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 110 – 4 02:02:00.5404 15 16 17 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLarenChevrolet 110 – 3 02:02:03.1437 14 17 23 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 110 – 4 02:02:04.3587 13 18 12 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 110 – 3 02:02:06.1934 12 19 4 4 David Malukas A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 109 – 4 -1 Lap 11 20 19 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 109 – 3 -1 Lap 10 21 18 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 109 – 3 -1 Lap 9 22 10 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 109 – 3 -1 Lap 8 23 27 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 109 – 4 -1 Lap 7 24 15 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 109 2 3 -1 Lap 7 25 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 100 15 5 -10 Laps 6 26 26 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 13 – 1 Contact 5 27 15 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1 – – Contact 5Fastest lap: Will Power 01:00.1259 Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 626 2 Pato O'Ward 475 (–151) 3 Scott Dixon 411 (–215) 1 4 Christian Lundgaard 398 (–228) 1 5 Kyle Kirkwood 387 (–239)

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1389 2 Chevrolet 1177 (–212)

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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