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Michael Strahan announced as honorary pace car driver for 2025 Indianapolis 500

JHby:Jonathan Howard•11/24/24•

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Michael Strahan Indianapolis 500
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The 2025 Indianapolis 500 is going to have an NFL star behind the wheel. Michael Strahan is the honorary pace car driver. FOX is hosting the Indy 500 for the first time and Strahan gets a huge role to play in it.

The Greatest Spectacle in Racing! It is the Indianapolis 500. Despite being six months away from race day, we are already getting information about the big day.

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This season we saw Josef Newgarden pull off an all-time move to pass Pato O’Ward and win his second Indianapolis 500. NASCAR star Kyle Larson was in the mix throughout the race as well.

What excitement awaits us in May 2025? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see. But we do know that Michael Strahan will be on the track and help kick things off.

How about that bit of news on your NFL Sunday? It even included the first look at Will Power’s 2025 livery.

FOX is going to not only air the 500 next season, they have the rights to all IndyCar races in 2025. Every single race will air on the main FOX channel.

Despite the ratings not lining up with expectations at NBC, there is hope that this new FOX deal can help grow the sport again. It is a series full of talent, American and international. In a time where motorsports as a whole appears to be on the rise, IndyCar is playing catchup.

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At least we won’t see any 130,000 viewer reports due to a race being pushed to CNBC. The 2025 IndyCar season should be very exciting.

Will FOX do Indianapolis 500 justice?

Over the years, NBC has put on a show for the Indianapolis 500. When you tune in, it feels like the biggest race of the year. You want to watch every lap. Even the buildup with practice, qualifying, carb day, and all that goes on leading up to the race is held in high regard.

Can we expect FOX to match that energy? In their coverage of NASCAR, the network has faced a lot of criticism. Lackluster broadcasts and calls from the booth, little to no prerace and postrace coverage, ill-timed and frequent commercials, remote broadcasts, and more.

This is a major television network. Surely they will be able to put together a quality broadcast for the Indianapolis 500. But there will be a close watch on the details from fans.

Michael Strahan is going to be in Indy in May 2025. What about you?