All eyes in the motorsports world have been on Indianapolis this month, with one team garnering a majority of the spotlight.

Team Penske is trying to win the Indy 500 for the second consecutive year, which would be their 20th victory. Josef Newgarden will have a difficult time trying to repeat, after losing Tim Cindric (among others) in the Penske Push-to-Pass soap opera. Scott McLaughlin earned pole position as Penske swept the front row in qualifying.

Ganassi has arguably been the strongest team in the last two years, but they have been out to lunch all month. Graham Rahal was on the bubble again but barely made the show. Marcus Ericsson was in jeopardy of missing the race after finishing 1st and 2nd the last two years. Meyer Shank Racing will try to win it again, and if Helio Castroneves is the one, he will become the first five-time winner in history.

Despite all of these things, Arrow McLaren has been outshining them all. Their four-car effort is oozing with storylines.

It all begins with Kyle Larson, and his attempt to complete “The Double” this year with Rick Hendrick along for the ride. The 2020 NASCAR Cup champion will make his maiden voyage in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing from Row 2 after a phenomenal qualifying performance. The “rookie” has been outstanding both on and off the track this month, giving everyone time for questions and providing honest answers.

Pato O’Ward serves as the leader of McLaren’s three full-time entries. The young star made headlines with his big contract extension in the offseason, but it is money well spent. Among drivers that have yet to win the Indy 500, O’Ward’s track record is arguably the best. He finished 6th, 4th, and 2nd in his first three starts. Last year he was battling for the race win when he crashed with eight laps remaining.

It has been an odd start to the season for O’Ward, who was winless last season. That ended a month after the first race when he was awarded the race win at St Petersburg after Newgarden was disqualified. Pato has yet to lead a lap this season and finished 16th at Long Beach and 23rd at Barber after running into several cars – including his own teammate. He starts Sunday’s race directly behind Larson in 8th.

Alexander Rossi is riding some solid momentum in terms of racing at Indianapolis. The 2016 winner has finished 5th in each of the last two years. Rossi has also finished 1st, 3rd, and 5th in the last three races on the IMS road course. With his future possibly up in the air, another 500 victory would do wonders for the American driver. He has looked and sounded like the “old” Rossi all month, which doesn’t bode well for the competition. Rossi was the fastest non-Penske car in qualifying and starts 4th on Sunday.

The No. 6 car has been a complete mess this season. David Malukas was signed to drive the car but an offseason biking accident left him injured and on the sidelines. The team announced that he was being released after the Barber race, which led to opportunities for Theo Pourchaire and Callum Ilott. Pourchaire will be in the car for the rest of the season, outside of Indy. McLaren named Ilott as the pilot for the 500, which was absolutely the right decision.

Drama and storylines are nothing new at Indianapolis. Arrow McLaren has plenty of experience with both and should be able to handle all of it in the coming weeks. Even with all of that, they have shown over the last few years that they will be one of the contenders on race day.

McLaren’s first Indy 500 win came on May 26, 1974. That is exactly 50 years to the day of the race this year. A good omen, indeed.