The wheel came off with less than 20 laps to go in Sunday’s race when Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood collided. Kirkwood’s left rear tire bounced over the fence and the corner of the grandstand before landing in a parking lot.
The decision comes one year after McLaren said it would spend $25 million to build a 97,000-square-foot facility in Whitestown to house its Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar team, workshops and a training center.
Evening viewing of the Indianapolis 500 is a ritual in central Indiana, even for those who attended the race in person. And track officials say the blackout is necessary to protect the spectacle of the race.
During this weekend’s Indianapolis 500, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is doing a pilot test of technology to help fans find the concession stands with the shortest lines.
Actual ticket sales—and the number of existing permanent seats—remain one of the sports world’s greatest mysteries because those numbers are not publicly released. But IndyCar teams and drivers don’t need attendance figures to know how much has changed.
A.J. Foyt Racing hasn’t had a car on the podium since 2019 and its last victory came a decade ago. But major changes in the offseason are expected to make the team competitive in the Indianapolis 500.
Less than 48 hours earlier, it appeared Rahal’s 15-year streak of starting in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” would end.
Katherine Legge ran into the rear of British driver Stefan Wilson’s car, sending both skidding into the wall.
Al Morey IV competes for Indianapolis-based Jay Howard Driver Development in the USF2000 Championship series.
The 34-year-old son of 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal is in a contract year and said Tuesday he’d maybe retire if a competitive seat isn’t in his future.
The fight between NASCAR and its teams over a new revenue model prompted the owners of 16 chartered organizations to send a letter to NASCAR’s board of directors requesting “meaningful dialog” regarding the franchise model system.
The defending race champion and current IndyCar points leader is back in Indianapolis with a new goal: proving he deserves longer pact with Chip Ganassi Racing.
Sim 4 Stem, launched by two former professional female athletes, is launching next month with events geared around the Indianapolis 500. One of the group’s founders, Nicci Daly, is the niece of retired racer Derek Daly of Carmel.
Michael Andretti’s bid to join Formula One has met fierce resistance through the F1 paddock as teams are opposed to expanding the grid because it would dilute the pot of money for which the 10 current teams compete.
Winning in weird ways could be part of the reason why Ericsson doesn’t get the championship consideration he craves, but he believes eeking out victories under strange circumstances is a show of strength for his team.
Adams, who has sold more than 100 million albums and singles worldwide over the past four-plus decades, will be making his first concert appearance in Indianapolis since playing Old National Centre in 2010.
Jack Harvey was taken to a hospital and Helio Castroneves needed an ice pack and X-rays. A pair of cars went airborne, the leaders crashed into each other and the entire Andretti Autosport fleet was eliminated.
IndyCar finally has its own television program, a refocused marketing plan, aggressive sustainability efforts and a whopping 27 full-time entrants as the season begins this weekend in Florida.
The tires will make their season debut in next week’s opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.
When Mandy Chick isn’t racing from class to class at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the mechanical engineering major has stock car racing on her mind, especially this weekend.
