2024 $1 Million Challenge
| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | March 24, 2024 | |
| Official name | $1 Million Challenge | |
| Location | Thermal Club, Thermal, California | |
| Course | Permanent circuit 3.067 mi (4.936 km) | |
| Distance | All-Star Race 20 Laps 61.34 mi (98.72 km) | |
| Heat 1 | ||
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing |
| Time | 01:38.5831 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Time | 01:40.7795 (lap 3) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing |
| Second | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske |
| Third | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske |
| Heat 2 | ||
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Time | 01:38.5675 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Time | 01:39.8051 (lap 3) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Second | Marcus Armstrong | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Third | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| Feature Race | ||
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Time | 01:38.5675 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Time | 01:41.6145 (lap 12) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Second | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske |
| Third | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing |
| Chronology | ||
| Next | ||
| 2025 | ||
The 2024 $1 Million Challenge was a non-championship round held as part of the 2024 IndyCar Series. The race was held on March 24, 2024 at the Thermal Club private race resort in Thermal, California. The feature race consisted of 20 laps and was won by Álex Palou.
It was the seventh American championship open-wheel racing event in Riverside County, the first since the 1983 Budweiser 500K, held in the Edgemont area of Riverside County, about 75 miles northwest of the Coachella Valley where the Thermal Club is located.