Getting Alex Palou to talk possible INDYCAR records is as tough as beating him

Alex Palou has won the Indianapolis 500 and appears well on his way to winning a fourth INDYCAR title in the last five years.

What more does he have to accomplish?

"Another championship and another 500 and so on and so on and so on," Palou said. "There’s a lot. There's many races that we need to win."

Yeah, and how many is that? Palou swears he isn’t looking at trying to reach 10 victories (or a record 11th) in one season after winning five of the first six races this year with 11 more to go.

At the Detroit Grand Prix this Sunday (12:30 p.m. ET on FOX), Palou seeks to become the first driver since 2000 to win the Indy 500 and the following race.

"I don’t think that way," Palou said. "I think more of I would love to win Detroit [this weekend] now after the 500. It’s pretty tough, and we've not seen that happen very often, that after the 500 to win the next race. That’s the goal."

Palou does have "just" 16 victories in the series, which ranks him tied for 31st (with Dan Wheldon) on the all-time list — he would need to win 15 more to get to the top-10 all-time and 26 more to get to fifth. A.J. Foyt has the record with 67 victories.

A fourth title would tie him for third on the list behind seven-time champ A.J. Foyt and six-time champ Scott Dixon. Mario Andretti, Sebastien Bourdai and Dario Franchitti each have four.

Only three drivers have won three consecutive titles (Palou has won two in a row), and Bourdais’ four consecutive Champ Car titles is the INDYCAR record.

Palou’s boss, car owner Chip Ganassi, dismissed talk of trying to reach those benchmarks.

"You know what I need to talk about? Detroit," Ganassi said. "We just try to do the best job every day that we can. And if you do that, the long term takes care of itself.