“I don’t agree”: Kyle Kirkwood makes his feelings clear on IndyCar's 'completely allowed' thing in races

Andretti Global driver Kyle Kirkwood recently spoke about what it feels like racing in Detroit. He also talked about IndyCar's completely allowed maneuver while racing at the track.

The 26-year-old drives the #27 Andretti Global car powered by Honda. He recently appeared on the podcast SpeedStreet, hosted by Conor Daly and Chase Holden. The trio talked about the Detroit Grand Prix, where Kirkwood won to mark his second victory of the season.

Daly asked Kirkwood about the risk versus the reward and the difference between the Long Beach and Detroit tracks. The Andretti Global driver replied while also discussing the maneuver where one driver takes out the other while making a risky move at the narrow track.

"It gets enticing to just like I'll break this guy, and it's easy to do. Cause everyone's going so slow, and it's just too inviting compared to all the other races that we go to, and that's what's creating trash, right, like all the places that would be great. Exactly like and then when somebody actually does get alongside somebody, a lot of the corners like narrow up on you.....Yes, what is actually available on entry is not available on exit. So running two cars side by side is nearly impossible, like the exit of one," Kyle Kirkwood said.

"The exit of one, the exit of four, the exit of five. There's not enough room to run side by side. You do a risky move, you take yourself out with another guy, or you take the other guy out with you. Which, in the eyes of race control, we've seen in the past, is clearly allowed, so people end up doing it, which I don't agree with," he added.

Kirkwood started the race in third place and won despite the front wing damage that was caused after he bumped into the back of Kyffin Simpson. He finished the race 3.5931 seconds ahead of the A.J.Foyt Racing car of Santino Ferrucci.

Kyle Kirkwood's 2025 season is off to a decent start. At the maiden race of the season, the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg, held on March 2, he qualified in ninth place and finished fifth. At the 50th anniversary ACURA Grand Prix of Long Beach, held on April 13, he won the race from pole position.

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Kyle Kirkwood unsure of winning the IndyCar Championship

Kyle Kirkwood recently emerged as the winner of the Detroit Grand Prix and broke Alex Palou's winning streak. However, the Andretti Global driver is uncertain of winning the IndyCar championship this year.

After Palou crashed with David Malukas during the race, eventually leading him to retire, Kirkwood, the only other driver to win this season, capitalized on the opportunity and ate into the Spaniard's lead. However, the #27 driver remained guarded when asked about his chances of claiming the championship.

“We’re not really still in the hunt, I wouldn’t say. I could imagine. I don’t know what the points actually are, but it at least gives you a taste of, ‘oh, maybe we can claw back at this,’ which is pretty cool. I don’t know where we end up in the championship now. I know we were, I think, fifth coming into this weekend and now we’re second," said Kirkwood (via Pitdebrief).

Kyle Kirkwood currently sits in third place in the drivers' championship with 209 points, 102 points adrift of Alex Palou.