Round 4 of the 2026 IndyCar season and rounds 3 and 4 of the Indy NXT one have been completed at Barber, view the full championship standings here.
Palou closes on Kirkwood
A win, pole and most last laps led sees Alex Palou move to within two points of Kyle Kirkwood at the top of the championship. A P2 for Christian Lundgaard moves him up to 3rd, with a fourth for David Malukas leaving him as the lead Team Penske driver after Barber.
P3 for Graham Rahal has seen vault up to 12th in the standings, only three points away from the top 10 now.
2026 IndyCar standings after Barber
- Kirkwood 156
- Palou 154
- Lundgaard 121
- Malukas 116
- Newgarden 113
- O’Ward 106
- McLaughlin 99
- Ericsson 99
- Armstrong 98
- Dixon 85
- Rossi 83
- Rahal 82
- Power 77
- Rosenqvist 65
- Ferrucci 62
- VeeKay 62
- Hauger 57
- Simpson 55
- Grosjean 51
- Collet 51
- Foster 46
- Rasmussen 44
- Siegel 38
- Robb 35
- Schumacher 31
Johnson reclaims points lead
Having lost the title lead to Max Taylor following the Andretti driver’s win in Arlington, Nikita Johnson snatched it back in Barber thanks to help from his main rival.
A collision between Taylor and de Tullio towards the end of race 1 opened the door for the Cape Motorsports powered by ECR driver to take the win. In the second race, the driver from Argentina took his first win in the category as he fended off Taylor in an intense contest all the way. No contact was made on this occasion.
P2 and P3 in race 1, Enzo Fittipaldi and Tymek Kucharczyk sealed top 5s in race 2 to bag invaluable points in their title bids. The win for de Tullio shot him up to 5th in points.
2026 Indy NXT standings after Barber doubleheader
- Johnson 168
- Taylor 145
- Kucharczyk 135
- Fittipaldi 129
- de Tullio 108
- Correa 97
- Hughes 92
- Missig 92
- Rowe 87
- Murray 86
- Beeton 78
- Aron 74
- Escotto 74
- Garcia 72
- Nannini 67
- de Alba 65
- Stati 58
- Pierson 55
- Koreiba 49
- Koolen 48
- Roe 47
- Kaminsky 47
- Monteiro 42
- Etter 35
