50-year employee leaves IMS
Bill York, who has worked in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press room since 1958, is no longer with the Brickyard.
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Izod rolls out Indy Racing clothing line
New York-based Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. will roll out its Izod/Indy race-inspired clothing collection in Macy’s stores nationwide in April.
Former SI editor pens book about first Indianapolis 500
Simon & Schuster has hired former Sports Illustrated Executive Editor Charles
Leerhsen to write the story of the 1911 race and hopes to have it on bookstore shelves by the race’s centennial.
Movie about first Indy 500 ready for green flag
A local group headlined by the creator of the movies “Hoosiers” and “Rudy” is spearheading an effort to bring the story of
the very first Indianapolis 500 to the silver screen.
IRL’s Danica Patrick tops most-searched list on Web
Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick topped golfer Tiger Woods, quarterback Tom Brady and Super Bowl champion Eli Manning
as the most searched-for athlete in 2008, according to America Online’s annual list of top Web, mobile and video searches.
Open-wheel reunion creating more business opportunities
In the end, the catastrophic sponsorship shift from open-wheel racing to NASCAR became too much to ignore, driving the long-divided
sides of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League back into a unified series.