Three races. Three winners. Three points leaders. Following a season where Alex Palou led the entire year and captured five of the first six races, INDYCAR has enjoyed a little more parity to start 2026. If someone other than Palou, Josef Newgarden or Kyle Kirkwood leads the points after the race Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, it would be only the second time since 1996 that the points leader has changed hands after each of the first four races. Palou has consistently said that 2025, a year in which he won eight of the 17 races, was a magical season that he doesn’t envision repeating. But...
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