Chief marketing exec to leave IndyCar, IMS at end of year
C.J. O’Donnell plans to leave Hulman Motorsports after a five-year run as chief marketing officer for both IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Harding Steinbrenner Racing to field rookies O’Ward, Herta in IndyCar
Colton Herta and Patricio O'Ward will move up to the IndyCar Series in 2019 as drivers for the newly formed Harding Steinbrenner Racing.
Former racer Sarah Fisher, partners acquire south-side kart track
A team including former IndyCar driver Sarah Fisher purchased the aging track in a last-ditch effort to prevent the property from being bulldozed.
Keselowski hands Team Penske its first Brickyard 400 victory
With his first victory in 25 NASCAR Cup tries at his favorite racing venue, Roger Penske joined Chip Ganassi as the only owners to win both the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year.
After wet weekend in Indy, racing begins at Brickyard
Following three solid days of rain, the first of two NASCAR races is under way at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Brickyard 400 postponed until Monday afternoon
A full schedule of events planned for Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend were washed out by the rain.
IndyCar to debut in Austin, return to Laguna Seca in 2019
The 17-race IndyCar schedule released Tuesday drops Phoenix and Sonoma, California, from the calendar.
Images from this year’s Indy 500 become track’s default street view in Google Maps
A Google Street View team circled the 2-1/2 mile track by truck—taking 360-degree images along the way—just minutes before the green flag dropped for this year’s race.
IndyCar awarded $3.9M for scrubbed Boston races
A race organizer’s failure to bring promised IndyCar Boston Grand Prix Labor Day weekend races to the finish line has resulted in an award of nearly $4 million in damages to the open-wheel racing series.
IBJ Podcast: What will it take to turn the Brickyard 400 around?
Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles talks about whether a new date and more weekend activities will bring fans back to the Brickyard 400.
Conor Daly loses Lilly Diabetes sponsorship over father’s 35-year-old slur
Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly's No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Derek Daly admits to using slur, but not in the way Lamey described it
Auto racing analyst Derek Daly, who was fired by WISH-TV on Wednesday, said former Indianapolis Colts broadcaster Bob Lamey was completely inaccurate in his retelling of the incident, which led to both of them losing jobs.
Local sports groups, franchises team up with tech biz-accelerator operator
Local partners will include the Pacers, Colts and NCAA. But state officials declined to specify the contribution from Indiana’s Next Level Fund, a new state-backed venture pool with $250 million to invest.
Retired Tony Stewart eyes Indy 500 in 2019 in bid for elusive title
The three-time NASCAR champion and Indiana native said would like to return but doesn’t “want to be a sideshow like Danica (Patrick)) was at Indy this year.”
NASCAR chairman France takes leave after DWI, drug arrest
Brian France is a third-generation leader of NASCAR. His late grandfather Bill France Sr. founded the company in 1948.
Phoenix race dropped from IndyCar’s 2019 schedule
IndyCar said attendance at the oval in Avondale, Arizona, was disappointing despite "considerable investment" by the open-wheel series and track organizers.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway adds dirt-track race prior to Brickyard 400
The new race could be another effort by IMS officials to boost interest in the Brickyard 400, which has suffered from sinking attendance in recent years. It is likely to attract several NASCAR drivers who still drive in dirt-track races.
Pioneering doctor who helped create SAFER barrier dies at 81
Dr. Henry Bock served as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s senior director of medical services from 1982-2006. He held the same title with the IndyCar Series from 1996-2006
Analytics for sponsors and fans takes center stage at Indy 500
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar Series have signed a deal with a San Diego tech firm that allows the track and race series to get expanded information on the value they are driving for corporate partners.
Indianapolis 500 suffers weakest TV ratings in years
The overnight rating for Sunday’s live broadcast was 3.4, which equates to 3.74 million households, according to New York-based Nielsen Media Research. That’s the lowest since Nielsen started tabulating overnight ratings in 2003.