{
  "id": 4547970,
  "title": "Alex Palou claims fifth IndyCar title in record time: “It just feels like we started yesterday”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/alex-palou-claims-fifth-indycar-title-in-record-time-it-just-feels",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T01:08:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/alex-palou-claims-fifth-indycar-title-in-record-time-it-just-feels-like-we-started-yesterday/10850892/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Five championships in six years. Four consecutive titles. The youngest five-time champion in American open-wheel history. Yet as 29-year-old Alex Palou sat in the post-race press conference at The Milwaukee Mile having just clinched the 2026 IndyCar Series championship with a race to spare, the Spaniard admitted the scale of what he has achieved has not fully registered with him. \"I can't. It's…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "Pato O’Ward wins Milwaukee IndyCar Race 2 as Alex Palou denied title clinch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/pato-oward-wins-milwaukee-indycar-race-2-as-alex-palou-denied-title",
        "published": "2026-08-30T19:41:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Palou wins his record-tying 4th consecutive IndyCar season championship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/palou-wins-his-record-tying-4th-consecutive-indycar-season",
        "published": "2026-08-30T23:34:33.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}