The holiest weekend in all of sports. The Trifecta of racing. Monaco, Indy, and Charlotte. Three of the biggest races of their respective racing series. To win these events puts you into racing immortality, and this weekend’s winners were all beyond deserving.
NASCAR, Formula 1, and IndyCar are three of the world’s biggest racing series with tens of millions of viewers worldwide. Each has its grail races; the Coca-Cola 600, Indianapolis 500, and Monaco Grand Prix represent those. Covering nearly 1,200 laps of racing on two continents. Let’s take a look at the drivers who have etched their names into racing history.
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Monaco Grand Prix, Formula 1, Monaco, Lando Norris
The first race of Sunday was the Monaco Grand Prix raced on the streets of Monaco. McLaren’s Lando Norris would win from the Pole after leading 42 of the event’s 78 laps. Norris would secure his victory by a margin of 3.131 seconds over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Indianapolis 500, NTT IndyCar, USA, Alex Palou
The next race of the day would be arguably the most iconic of the trio, the Indy 500. Alex Palou stated that despite three championships, his career would be incomplete without an Indy 500 victory. On Sunday afternoon, the Spaniard would go on to finally complete that career by winning the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. His 16th IndyCar victory came as the biggest of his life. Alex would lead 14 of the 200 laps in route to kiss the bricks and drink the milk for his biggest victory yet.
Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR Cup Series, USA, Ross Chastain
The last race of the weekend would come in Charlotte, North Carolina. The biggest win of his career would come on one of the biggest stages in all of Stock Car Racing for the watermelon farmer from Florida. Ross Chastain would also get this win with the biggest statement possible, in a backup car from last place. Ross would race from 40th to 1st to win the longest race on the NASCAR schedule and the 6th of his career. Ross would lead the fewest laps of the trio of winners at just 8, but they would be the biggest laps led of his life.
