INDIANAPOLIS – Tensions flared between Romain Grosjean and Marcus Armstrong following Saturday's Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

After getting out of his car, Grosjean — who finished 21st in the race — approached the pit box of Armstrong — who finished 11th. Video captured outside of Armstrong's pit box shows Grosjean making his way to confront Armstrong after initially being held back by members of Armstrong's No. 66 pit crew.

"Get off," Grosjean said to the crew members in a video captured by Racer Magazine. "I was going to talk to him. I was going to say I want to punch you."

Grosjean eventually got face-to-face with Armstrong while crew members stepped between them.

"I have never punched anyone in my life," he proceeded to say.

There’s a reason to hire a crew chief like Jimmy Looper who also serves as head of security for his car and peacekeeper for his driver. Good to see Romain throttle back. #racing#motorsport#indycarpic.twitter.com/9PBBZBaMJr

— Marshall Pruett (@marshallpruett) May 10, 2026

It is unclear what caused the dispute between the two drivers, who finished 10 spots apart in the race and whose pit boxes were 10 spots away from one another.

"He fancied a bit of a fist fight, actually," Armstrong told Fox. "A bit of UFC, a bit of MMA — something I'm not accustomed to. But hey, you know what, I've got like a 350-pound fueler who was like right behind me, so fair play to Romain, he's got some balls for trying to attack me with him behind me."

“He fancied a bit of a fist fight.” Marcus Armstrong tells @KevinLee23 about his post-race "discussion" with Romain Grosjean at Indy. pic.twitter.com/sKGXr0CtB6

— INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) May 9, 2026

Grosjean is not believed to have actually struck Armstrong.

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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Romain Grosjean confronts Marcus Armstrong after IndyCar's Sonsio Grand Prix

INDIANAPOLIS – Tensions flared between Romain Grosjean and Marcus Armstrong following Saturday's Sonsio Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

After getting out of his car, Grosjean — who finished 21st in the race — approached the pit box of Armstrong — who finished 11th. Video captured outside of Armstrong's pit box shows Grosjean making his way to confront Armstrong after initially being held back by members of Armstrong's No. 66 pit crew.

"Get off," Grosjean said to the crew members in a video captured by Racer Magazine. "I was going to talk to him. I was going to say I want to punch you."

Grosjean eventually got face-to-face with Armstrong while crew members stepped between them.

"I have never punched anyone in my life," he proceeded to say.

There’s a reason to hire a crew chief like Jimmy Looper who also serves as head of security for his car and peacekeeper for his driver. Good to see Romain throttle back. #racing#motorsport#indycarpic.twitter.com/9PBBZBaMJr

— Marshall Pruett (@marshallpruett) May 10, 2026

It is unclear what caused the dispute between the two drivers, who finished 10 spots apart in the race and whose pit boxes were 10 spots away from one another.

"He fancied a bit of a fist fight, actually," Armstrong told Fox. "A bit of UFC, a bit of MMA — something I'm not accustomed to. But hey, you know what, I've got like a 350-pound fueler who was like right behind me, so fair play to Romain, he's got some balls for trying to attack me with him behind me."

“He fancied a bit of a fist fight.” Marcus Armstrong tells @KevinLee23 about his post-race "discussion" with Romain Grosjean at Indy. pic.twitter.com/sKGXr0CtB6

— INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) May 9, 2026

Grosjean is not believed to have actually struck Armstrong.

Zion Brown is IndyStar's motorsports reporter. Follow him at @z10nbr0wn. Get IndyStar's motor sports coverage sent directly to your inbox with our Motor Sports newsletter. Subscribe to the YouTube channel IndyStar TV: IndyCar for a behind-the-scenes look at IndyCar and expert analysis.

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Romain Grosjean confronts Marcus Armstrong after IndyCar's Sonsio Grand Prix

INDIANAPOLIS – After Alex Palou and Pato O'Ward qualified on the front row of Saturday's Sonsio Grand Prix, the drivers got into another public spat over IndyCar's push to pass rules and whether Palou was right to use it on a restart at April's Grand Prix of Long Beach.

After Long Beach, Palou was one of 12 drivers who were found to have illegally used push to pass on a Lap 61 restart, while O'Ward wasn't. IndyCar went on to change the rule, allowing push to pass usage after crossing the alternate start-finish line on restarts, but not at the beginning of the race.

On Thursday, Palou, O'Ward and Andretti Global's Kyle Kirkwood disputed the new rule, which now also places the burden on drivers to use push to pass at the right time, is sufficient and if Palou was right to use it in Long Beach. Kirkwood also questioned whether Palou's Chip Ganassi Racing team and Meyer Shank Racing — who have a technical alliance with each other — had an "indicator" that push to pass was accidentally enabled in Long Beach.

IndyCar starting grid at Indianapolis: Pole position, qualifying results, start time

When asked Saturday if they received clarity on the rule in the past two days, another back-and-forth developed between the two drivers, who led the IndyCar standings in 2025.

Palou: "You were saying it's a rule."

O'Ward: "The problem was that it wasn't a rule."

Palou: "Correct, but you were saying it was a rule."

O'Ward: "Yeah, I think it was more of like a gentleman's agreement."

Palou: "What?"

O'Ward: "Like, come on, you knew."

Palou: "What did I know? That it was not enabled? Not that you could not use it, oh it's not enabled, that's it. End of the story, 'gentleman's agreement.'"

O'Ward: "No but you knew that we could only use it..."

Palou: "No, I knew that it was not enabled, end of the story. If it is enabled because someone else does a mistake..."

O'Ward: "No, no, no. The reason why people didn't get penalized is because the screw up was..."

Palou: "So there was no rule?"

O'Ward: "No, you went into the grey area and got away with it."

Palou: "Grey area?"

O'Ward: "Yeah."

Palou: "What did the rule say? It's not gonna be enabled on restarts."

O'Ward: "No, the problem was the rule didn't say anything."

Palou: "So it's not a grey area!"

O'Ward: "Yes! How? Because at the end of the day, (it) was the same action that Josef (Newgarden) got crucified (for).:

Palou: "It was not Josef's fault, it was the team's fault. If the team is cheating, it's not because of the driver."

O'Ward: "What do you mean?"

Palou: "Both the drivers did nothing wrong."

O'Ward: "If you know you're using it when no one else is using it..."

Palou: "I always press it."

O'Ward: "What! Why, in case it works?"

Palou: "Yes."

O'Ward: "I mean, maybe that's why I'm not winning races. Honestly, the rule was not specific, that's the problem."

Palou's pit stop beat out Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist to take the lead before the restart in Long Beach. Palou used it for 15.1 seconds, as Rosenqvist (18.5 seconds) was the lone driver to use it longer.

“If Rosenqvist overtakes me and I lose a win, it’s like, ‘Oh, we’re very sorry, we’re gonna change the rule now?’” Palou said Thursday.

Palou felt the situation at Long Beach was different from the 2024 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg when Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin were disqualified from the race weeks later for illegal use of push to pass. Newgarden was stripped of a win that was given to O’Ward.

“It’s very different to what happened two years ago, where someone changed the code,” Palou said. “We’re talking about someone not pressing the button (or) pressing the button. And it’s not on us to know if it’s active or not.”

Zion Brown is IndyStar's motorsports reporter. Follow him at @z10nbr0wn. Get IndyStar's motor sports coverage sent directly to your inbox with our Motor Sports newsletter. Subscribe to the YouTube channel IndyStar TV: IndyCar for a behind-the-scenes look at IndyCar and expert analysis.

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar push to pass rule results in another spat between Alex Palou, Pato O'Ward

INDIANAPOLIS – After Alex Palou and Pato O'Ward qualified on the front row of Saturday's Sonsio Grand Prix, the drivers got into another public spat over IndyCar's push to pass rules and whether Palou was right to use it on a restart at April's Grand Prix of Long Beach.

After Long Beach, Palou was one of 12 drivers who were found to have illegally used push to pass on a Lap 61 restart, while O'Ward wasn't. IndyCar went on to change the rule, allowing push to pass usage after crossing the alternate start-finish line on restarts, but not at the beginning of the race.

On Thursday, Palou, O'Ward and Andretti Global's Kyle Kirkwood disputed the new rule, which now also places the burden on drivers to use push to pass at the right time, is sufficient and if Palou was right to use it in Long Beach. Kirkwood also questioned whether Palou's Chip Ganassi Racing team and Meyer Shank Racing — who have a technical alliance with each other — had an "indicator" that push to pass was accidentally enabled in Long Beach.

IndyCar starting grid at Indianapolis: Pole position, qualifying results, start time

When asked Saturday if they received clarity on the rule in the past two days, another back-and-forth developed between the two drivers, who led the IndyCar standings in 2025.

Palou: "You were saying it's a rule."

O'Ward: "The problem was that it wasn't a rule."

Palou: "Correct, but you were saying it was a rule."

O'Ward: "Yeah, I think it was more of like a gentleman's agreement."

Palou: "What?"

O'Ward: "Like, come on, you knew."

Palou: "What did I know? That it was not enabled? Not that you could not use it, oh it's not enabled, that's it. End of the story, 'gentleman's agreement.'"

O'Ward: "No but you knew that we could only use it..."

Palou: "No, I knew that it was not enabled, end of the story. If it is enabled because someone else does a mistake..."

O'Ward: "No, no, no. The reason why people didn't get penalized is because the screw up was..."

Palou: "So there was no rule?"

O'Ward: "No, you went into the grey area and got away with it."

Palou: "Grey area?"

O'Ward: "Yeah."

Palou: "What did the rule say? It's not gonna be enabled on restarts."

O'Ward: "No, the problem was the rule didn't say anything."

Palou: "So it's not a grey area!"

O'Ward: "Yes! How? Because at the end of the day, (it) was the same action that Josef (Newgarden) got crucified (for).:

Palou: "It was not Josef's fault, it was the team's fault. If the team is cheating, it's not because of the driver."

O'Ward: "What do you mean?"

Palou: "Both the drivers did nothing wrong."

O'Ward: "If you know you're using it when no one else is using it..."

Palou: "I always press it."

O'Ward: "What! Why, in case it works?"

Palou: "Yes."

O'Ward: "I mean, maybe that's why I'm not winning races. Honestly, the rule was not specific, that's the problem."

Palou's pit stop beat out Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist to take the lead before the restart in Long Beach. Palou used it for 15.1 seconds, as Rosenqvist (18.5 seconds) was the lone driver to use it longer.

“If Rosenqvist overtakes me and I lose a win, it’s like, ‘Oh, we’re very sorry, we’re gonna change the rule now?’” Palou said Thursday.

Palou felt the situation at Long Beach was different from the 2024 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg when Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin were disqualified from the race weeks later for illegal use of push to pass. Newgarden was stripped of a win that was given to O’Ward.

“It’s very different to what happened two years ago, where someone changed the code,” Palou said. “We’re talking about someone not pressing the button (or) pressing the button. And it’s not on us to know if it’s active or not.”

Zion Brown is IndyStar's motorsports reporter. Follow him at @z10nbr0wn. Get IndyStar's motor sports coverage sent directly to your inbox with our Motor Sports newsletter. Subscribe to the YouTube channel IndyStar TV: IndyCar for a behind-the-scenes look at IndyCar and expert analysis.

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ELKHART LAKE – The Spring Vintage Weekend is coming to Road America, offering fans a chance to see historic race cars and participate in various activities.

The event, set for May 15-17, will feature period-correct race cars, open paddock access and a full schedule of on-track and off-track activities, according to a community announcement.

Fans can expect a full schedule of SVRA competition featuring race groups for a range of vintage and historic classes.

Entries are expected to represent multiple eras of motorsports, including production sports cars from the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

Formula 5000, Formula Ford and other classic race categories will be featured.

The weekend also includes Formula 4 United States Championship, Formula Regional Americas Championship and Ligier Junior Formula Championship action.

ClubFR grassroots drifting will be featured at the Briggs & Stratton Motorplex. Off the track, guests can enjoy paddock viewing, classic car displays, concessions and vendors.

Tickets, camping, on-track touring and upgrades are available now. Fans may also upgrade their admission to include access to the Finish Line Tower suite, with food service, beverages, VIP parking, rooftop viewing and climate-controlled comfort. Children 16 and younger receive free general admission when accompanied by a paying adult at the gate.

Free admission offered for military

Road America is offering free admission to all active, reserve and veteran military personnel with a valid ID.

Gates open daily at 7 a.m. All races run rain or shine. Three-day weekend passes are $85 and single-day tickets are $35 for Friday and $45 for Saturday and Sunday. Learn more at roadamerica.com.

This story was created by reporter Nida Tazeen, NTazeen@usatodayco.com, with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at cm.usatoday.com/ethical-conduct.​

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