Find out why Bob Pockrass is backing Pato O'Ward to win outright in this weekend's INDYCAR race at St. Petersburg.

O’Ward, who drives the No. 5 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren, earned three runnerup finishes in addition to his three victories in 2024, finishing fifth in the series' points standings. The most glaring glitch: inconsistency.

Both of his No. 2 Team Penske Shell Chevrolet cars are featured as well -- with the 2024 image slightly overlapping the one from a year ago. Along with a list of the other five back-to-back 500 winners in the race's 108-year history,

Pato O'Ward (photo) gained 12 spots -- more than any other driver -- from start to finish March 2 at St. Petersburg.

Josef Newgarden has become Klutch Sports ... that also included two-time defending series champ Alex Palou and Pato O'Ward, IndyCar's most popular driver. All three drivers' commercials were ...

Alex Palou is seeking a third consecutive IndyCar championship. Among active drivers, Will Power and Josef Newgarden have two wins each at St. Pete.

“I think what Fox and IndyCar are doing is freaking phenomenal,” said McLaren driver Pato O’Ward, who along with Newgarden and Palou are the three featured drivers in Fox Sports’ marketing ...

Pato O’Ward Outright Winner O’Ward won last year but didn’t know he had won until more than a month after the checkered flag. That's because it was discovered that "winner" Josef Newgarden ...

That's because it was discovered that "winner" Josef Newgarden had access to the push-to-pass boost mechanism on restarts when it should have been disabled. O’Ward won the race with no laps led ...