In one of the more unsurprising announcements of the week, McLaren-Honda has tabbed their “third” driver, former Formula One world champion, Jenson Button to replace Fernando Alonso and drive alongside Stoffel Vandoorne in the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix. Alonso, of course, announced earlier this week that he intended to drive in the Indianapolis 500 next […]
Fernando Alonso will eschew the Monaco Grand Prix and race at the Indianapolis 500 instead this year as McLaren returns to the Brickyard for the first time in 38 years – albeit, using using Honda engines. McLaren will enter a single car in the 101st Indianapolis 500 – to be powered by Honda and run […]
Last year was a rough year for race car driver Alexander Rossi. The 24-year-old originally from Nevada City, California, grew up in Europe wanting to fulfill his dream of being a Formula One driver. When that opportunity finally presented itself as a driver for lowly Manor Racing – the worst-performing team on the grid – […]
James Hinchcliffe has claimed the pole position for the 2016 Indianapolis 500…
If you were thinking there was a big gaping hole missing in your annual Indianapolis 500 experience, then the race officials have got your back – and are filling that gaping hole with what you have been yearning for all these unfulfilled years – and official poet. His name is Adam Henze [or Henzbo, if […]
Former Formula One and IndyCar winner Emerson Fittipaldi was thought to be one of the more successful post-racing business entrepreneurs, but alas, it turns out he was not as the Brazilian government have seized Fittipaldi’s classic car collection – including the 1989 Indianapolis 500-winning car Fittipaldi is seen straddling along with just over a million […]
Every 15 years, Juan Pablo Montoya wins the Indianapolis 500 – so after winning it in 2000, it was time for Montoya to win again at the Brickyard. Montoya staved off a final challenge from Will Power and beat an underpowered Charlie Kimball and fading Scott Dixon to claim the crash-filled 2015 Indianapolis 500 that […]
Veteran Indianapolis 500 race car driver, Ryan Briscoe, is expected to be announced as the replacement driver for James Hinchcliffe at this weekend’s Indianapolis 500. Hinchcliffe was injured in a crash during practice this week when his car hit the wall at Turn Three and sent a piece of suspension through his protective driver shell, […]
James Hinchcliffe became the latest driver to crash his car during practice for the 2015 Indianapolis 500 when a push rod failure sent him careening into the wall at Turn Three of the famed racetrack. In what has become the Indicrashapolis 500 this year, this is the fourth crash in the last six practice days, […]
The drivers took a break from crashing into walls and flipping into the air at the Indianapolis 500 practice and qualifying sessions long enough to actually set the field for this weekend’s big race and it was Scott Dixon who came away as the recipient of the pole position for the 99th running of the […]
After taking one day off from having cars flipping upside down during their practice laps, Ed Carpenter resumed the practice by flipping his car at yesterday’s practice for the Indianapolis 500, making it three crashes and a fire in five days…
Another day brings another practice crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as drivers prepare for next weekend’s legendary Indianapolis 500. This time it was Josef Newgarden doing the “honors” – making it two crashes and a fire in the last three days. Newgarden was reported to be okay after the crash.
Another day of Indianapolis practice, another car in trouble, this time it was Helio Castroneves who became airborne [but was okay afterwards]…
Simona de Silvestro was running practice laps for the upcoming Indianapolis 500 next weekend when suddenly she noticed the car was doing something it was not supposed to do – billow thick black smoke. It was the third time in five years that Silvestro’s car has caught fire at Indy…
After using them four times last season, IndyCar has decided to eliminate standing starts for the 2015 season. Standing starts were introduced in 2013 and were a fan favorite but caused problems with drivers and car technology that resulted in a crash at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis after pole-sitter Sebastian Saavedra’s car stalled on […]
Bryan Clauson, last seen at the Indianapolis 500 in 2012, has secured a ride for next year’s race with KVSH Racing and Jonathan Byrd’s Racing. It will be only the second Indy 500 start for Clauson, who has earned his prowess in short-track racing. As a rookie, Clauson crashed out in qualifying and started in […]
Ryan Hunter-Reay started in the 19th position but became only the second American winner of the Indianapolis 500 in the last nine years as he held off three-time winner Helio Castroneves by the second-closest margin in race history – .0060 – to claim the victory. The finishing duel was set up 25 laps earlier when, […]
It may be a moot point but Ed Carpenter has won back-to-back pole positions for the Indianapolis 500 after nipping Jimmy Hinchcliffe by a mere .228 with Carpenter’s four-lap average of 231.067 to Hinchcliffe’s 230.839. Carpenter, however, was unable to turn last year’s pole position into a victory – finishing 10th overall. Will Power joins […]
Current IndyCar Lights champion Sage Karam was rewarded by Ganassi Racing with a car and a possible chance to qualify for the upcoming Indianapolis 500 – but it will mean missing his high school’s senior prom. The 19-year-old Karam was all set to go to the prom with girlfriend Ana de Ferran, the daughter of […]
Last seen pulling up the rear at the Indianapolis 500, J.R. Hildebrand returns to the Brickyard for a chance at redemption for the 2011 race which he seemingly had won until a last turn crash relegated him to the runner-up position behind the late Dan Wheldon. Hildebrand will be given the chance to re-try his […]