The IndyCar Series continues May 4 with a 90-lap race on the 16-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park road course featuring 80 feet of elevation change.
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Push-to-pass: Drivers will have 200 seconds of push-to-pass, enabled in 20-second increments.
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Tire allotment: Cars get five sets of primary hard tires and five sets of alternate soft tires for the weekend. Rookie drivers are allowed one more set of primary tires in the first practice session. Cars must use at least one set of new alternate tires for at least two laps during the race.
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IndyCar starting grid; starting lineup at Barber in Alabama
Row 1
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2. Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske
Row 2
3. Colton Herta, Andretti Global
Row 3
6. Nolan Siegel, Arrow McLaren
Row 4
7. Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren
Row 5
9. Josef Newgarden, Team Penske
10. Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi
Row 6
11. Marcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank
12. Louis Foster, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
Row 7
13. Santino Ferrucci, A.J. Foyt
14. Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank
Row 8
15. Alexander Rossi, Ed Carpenter
16. Callum Ilott, Prema
Row 9
17. Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter
18. Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global
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Row 10
19. Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger
20. David Malukas, A.J. Foyt
Row 11
21. Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
22. Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger
Row 12
23. Marcus Ericsson, Andretti Global
24. Robert Shwartzman, Prema
Row 13
25. Jacob Abel, Dale Coyne
26. Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi
Row 14
27. Devlin DeFrancesco, Rahal Letterman Lanigan
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IndyCar at Barber expert picks, predictions
Race winner: Six pole position winners have won the 14 IndyCar stops at Barber Motorsports Park, and 11 winners have started on the first two rows). Expect Christian Lundgaard’s Arrow McLaren teammate Pato O’Ward to start toward the front, too (O’Ward has made the Fast Six the last four years at Barber). Other teams will have a tough time working around them. The 1-2 finish Arrow McLaren personnel dreamed of at Thermal comes through at Barber.
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Something you might not expect: Felix Rosenqvist logs his first podium finish since joining Meyer Shank Racing. This isn’t entirely unexpected – the Swedish driver has snagged top-5 finishes each of the last two races and four overall with the team – but it will mark MSR’s first podium in nearly three years (Simon Pagenaud, 2022 IMS road course), coming at a track Rosenqvist finished 4th at a year ago.
IndyCar Series schedule at Barber
(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)
IndyCar at Barber schedule today, May 4
10 a.m.: IndyCar Warmup, FS1
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1:30 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox
What channel is IndyCar race at Barber on today?
TV: Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET, Sunday, May 4, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 1:47 p.m. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters.
How can I stream the IndyCar race at Barber today, May 4?
FoxSports.com, Fox Sports app.
How can I listen to IndyCar race at Barber today, May 4?
IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race)
2025 IndyCar Series schedule
The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval)
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March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida % (Winner: Alex Palou)
March 23, Thermal, California & (Winner: Alex Palou)
April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
May 4, Birmingham, Alabama &, 1:47 p.m.
May 10, Indianapolis &, 4:30 p.m.
May 25, Indianapolis 500 *, 12:45 p.m.
June 1, Detroit %, 12:30 p.m.
June 15, St. Louis *, 3 p.m.
June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin &, 2:30 p.m.
July 6, Lexington, Ohio &, 2 p.m.
July 12, Newton, Iowa *, 5 p.m.
July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 2 p.m.
July 20, Toronto %, 2 p.m.
July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m.
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Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m.
Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m.
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IndyCar drivers for 2025
(Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)
IndyCar Series 2025 points championship points
(Through three of 17 races)
IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year points
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Robert Schwartzman, 30 points
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar Series at Barber schedule, start time, starting grid, expert pick
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