2024 IndyCar season | |
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NTT IndyCar Series | |
Season | |
Races | 18 |
Start date | March 10 |
End date | September 15 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | Álex Palou |
Manufacturers' Cup | Chevrolet |
Rookie of the Year | Linus Lundqvist |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Josef Newgarden |
The 2024 NTT IndyCar Series was the 113th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 29th season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event was the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Spanish driver Álex Palou entered the season as the defending champion, having obtained his second IndyCar title in 2023, while Josef Newgarden entered the season as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner. Newgarden won his second consecutive Indianapolis 500, the first driver to do so since Hélio Castroneves in 2001 and 2002. Palou defended his championship, becoming the first three-time and back-to-back IndyCar champion in the Dallara DW12 chassis era and also the first since Dario Franchitti in 2011.