He won the pole with Italian team Prema Racing, a dominant European organization that this season expanded to IndyCar. Shwartzman has never before raced on an oval and will start alongside two-time winner Takuma Sato and Pato O’Ward, who lost to Newgarden on the last lap year.

Ahead of his second double-duty attempt on Sunday, the daughter of Kyle Larson, Audrey Larson, was recently seen uniquely promoting him.

INDIANAPOLIS — There has been so much drama ahead of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 that Kyle Larson’s attempt to complete the 1,100-mile NASCAR double doesn’t even crack the top attention-getters.

There is plenty of history at stake, from Kyle Larson's double attempt, Josef Newgarden staring at a historic third straight Indy 500 win and much more.

With three major events on one day, For The Win's racing experts elected to rank them. So here is our official ranking of the Monaco GP, Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600, based on their current formats, quality and watchability.

Josef Newgarden will have his work cut out for him in his quest for a third straight Borg-Warner Trophy. The two-time Indy 500 champion has made Indianapolis Motor Speedway his own over the last two years,