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...Friday, May 25: Carb Day 11 a.m.-noon, Indianapolis 500 Final Practice 12:30 p.m., Firestone Freedom 100 (40 laps) 1:35 p.m., Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge TV: Live Carb Day coverage on NBC SN (11AM-4PM ET) Saturday, May 26: Legends Day Honoring Roger Penske...
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SPEED.com: AUTO-RACING
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...until May 10. For race fans, though, there are an assortment of story lines waiting to play out. Here are three: MORE COVERAGE: Indy 500 2012 | Ask the Expert - Curt Cavin Car count There are currently 31 confirmed car-and-driver combinations, although Schmidt...
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Indianapolis Star
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...of cars and racing, but with the showings Takuma (Sato) had in the beginning of the season and the team’s history at the Indy 500, I know we can have a strong month of May.” Jourdain will turn his first laps in the new Honda-powered DW12 on Thursday, May 10...
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...He returned quietly to Indy Cars after his NASCAR team folded. Sam Hornish, Jr. who won three Indy Car titles and one Indy 500, is currently trying to work his way back to Sprint Cup, after three largely disappointing seasons in NASCAR’s premier series. The...
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...shocking to the racing and sports world. The 33 year old British driver was just a couple months removed from his second Indy 500 win. But sadly, a massive wreck in Las Vegas Sunday took the young champion’s life. On the 13th lap of Sunday's Indy car race...
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...dropped out with engine failure after 179 laps, having run as high as fourth during in the early stages. The final Indianapolis 500 run for Indy Regency was with Native American Cory Witherill in 2001. The multi-talented Incandela wrote a highly regarded technical...
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...her in the face while he was drunk in Indianapolis. Prosecutors did not file charges. Unser, who is retired, is the son of Indy 500 racing legend Al Unser, and the nephew of three-time Indy winner Bobby Unser. He won the Indy 500 in 1992 and 1994, and won...
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...Grand Prix in 1995). But when I think of Alesi at Indy as a rookie at age 47, two words come to mind: Nelson Piquet. The Indy 500 has been the Greatest Spectacle in Racing because it is. The last thing it – and North American open wheel racing — needs is for...
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Wheels.ca
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...lines up to take the chequered flag. If he does end up taking the start, Alesi will be following in the footsteps of Indy 500 champions that include a roll call of F1 legends including Emerson Fittipaldi, Graham Hill, Jim Clark and Mario Andretti. Jacques...
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...Foyt Day) 8:45 a.m................ Chase Rookie of the Year Candidates Q&A (Coca-Cola Stage) 9 a.m..................... Indy 500 Full Field Autograph Session (Plaza) 9 a.m..................... Indy 500 Past Winners Autograph Session (Hospitality Plaza) 9 a.m........................
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...the 1915 Indy and was recently named number 24 in an online vote of the 'Greatest 33' Indy 500 drivers. 1916 In 1916, the Indy 500 was really the Indy 300. Manufacturers were dropping out of the race because of American involvement in European hostilities...
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...more than 200 photos of Indy 500 legends like Foyt, Mears, Andretti, the Unsers, Clark, Rahal, Rutherford, Fittipaldi, and Jones.Enjoy more than 200 photos of Indy 500 legends like Foyt, Mears, Andretti, the Unsers, Clark, Rahal, Rutherford, Fittipaldi, and...
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...incredible range of emotion these past few days," Hunter- Reay said. "I know this is not the first time this has happened in Indy 500 history, but I feel terrible for Bruno, and I thank him for his efforts, and I hope he understands. It's cool to be driving...
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KansasCity.com
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...driver, who is mixing 12 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this year into her full-time IndyCar schedule, almost didn’t make the Indy 500. Two of her teammates in the five-car Andretti Autosport stable did not qualify for the race. Patrick ended up qualifying...
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...ready for the Indy 500 with SPEED.com's resource guide containing the event schedule, entry list, and everything else needed to follow the Indy Centennial.Get ready for the Indy 500 with SPEED.com's resource guide containing the event schedule, entry list,...
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...finest open-wheel racers, Scott's past experience in Formula One and NASCAR make him a serious contender at this year's Indy 500 and at the IndyCar Challenge in Las Vegas," Penske said. He is the second driver Penske plans to field this May. On Tuesday, Penske...
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ABC News
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...of the event, making his selection as pace car driver for the 100th especially compelling. "Since I won my first Indy 500 50 years ago, I had hoped to still be racing in it, but driving the Pace Car is the next best thing!" Foyt said. "Seriously, racing has...
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...to switch the focus from Trump's potential presidential aspirations back to the centennial celebration of the first Indy 500. Trump was chosen as the pace-car driver last month, but withdrew Thursday after criticism that he was too divisive. Trump's opponents...
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Denver Post
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...an honor to be able to partner with Jay Penske, Dragon Racing, and a Hoosier legend like Fuzzy Zoeller for this year's Indy 500 and my debut in the IndyCar Series," said Speed, who ran the past two Sprint Cup seasons with Red Bull Racing. "Having the ability...
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An earlier starting time for the Indianapolis 500 to accommodate drivers wishing to compete in it and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 on the same day is likely to happen, Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Jeff Belskus said this week.
"We're inclined to change our
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Indianapolis Star
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100702/SPORTS01/7020333/1004/SPORTS
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The Indy 500 schedule shows the Indy car race just hours away. As with the Daytona 500 stock cars, the Kentucky Derby in horse racing, and the Boston Marathon among marathons, the Indianapolis 500 is the pre-eminent race in its genre.
Sunday, May 30, 20
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...tool goes here Last December, the IRL announced that Indy 500 qualifying will take place one week later than normally scheduled. Staring positions 1-24 will be determined during Saturday's "Pole Day," while the remaining 33-car field will be set on Sunday's...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/18/1635939/shorter-schedule-and-new-format.html
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...and Chris Denari in the turns, Kevin Lee, Dave Argabright and Nick Yeoman in the pits and Dave Wilson in the garage. 2010 Indy 500 tickets: Tickets for the 2010 Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 30, are on sale now. Race Day ticket prices start at...
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Motorsport Magazine
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=368501
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...worked with John Dick (Tracy’s engineer) on numerous occasions and I believe we have a strong effort to challenge for an Indy 500 victory.” Tracy, a six-time Indianapolis 500 starter, is delighted to have Green back calling his race this year. “With my tenure...
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Herbalife, a global nutrition and direct-selling company, will serve as the primary sponsor for the #99 Sam Schmidt Motorsports/Chip Ganassi Racing entry in the Indianapolis 500 driven by Townsend Bell, it has been confirmed.
Bell returns to the
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Elaborate displays down one aisle of the International Motorsports Industry Show at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis feature items from connecting rods to sprint car torsion bars and plumbing kits for vacuum pumps.
There something for
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as a professional and college sports destination with new condos, hotels and restaurants dotting downtown, tourism officials say. Indy, home to 800,000 people, will host the NCAA basketball Men’s Final Four this season, the women’s Final Four in 2015 and the
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Indianapolis, Indiana, known locally as the "Crossroads of America", offers a wide variety of tourist must-see attractions. The surrounding area also presents the traveler with many choices of activities and places to visit and enjoy.
Located in the
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...500 for a third time. ``At the Indy 500, we let him know the final count had been dropped,'' Garvin said. ``Being at the Indy 500 with the other lawyers, his family and friends cheering him on when he crossed the finish line was a surreal feeling.'' Castroneves'...
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This summer, I made a trip to Washington, D.C., and several trips to Chicago. I usually cannot wait to see the sign that reads “Welcome to Indiana.” Nothing quite like being “back home again in Indiana.”
Despite the fact that many of us love our
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Most of Indianapolis takes little note of the Red Bull Indianapolis GP, but for Tom Owen this weekend's event is one of the year's biggest.
The 30-year-old fitness trainer plans to be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
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Indianapolis Star
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — So excited for last year's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mark Martin predicted victory six weeks before the event.
His ability to forecast the future ultimately fell flat, as Martin finished 11th in a race that was ruined by
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Advance Notes
Race: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, July 27
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile oval)
Location: Speedway, Ind.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
NEWS, NOTES & NUMBERS: Toyota Camry drivers have combined for five wins (Kyle Busch -- Las Vegas, Bristol and
Richmond; David Reutimann -- Charlotte; Joey Logano -- New Hampshire), 21 top-fives and 39 top-10 finishes
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KANNAPOLIS, July 22, 2009: “You have to know the past to
understand the present.” – Dr. Carl Sagan
When NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman walks through the
garage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he can’t help but think about
the drivers who
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Advance Notes
Race: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, July 27
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile oval)
Location: Speedway, Ind.
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NASCAR, Indy 500, race cars! If you love 'em we got free printable coloring pages for you!
The Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 has been called The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. The Indy 500 has been run every Memorial Day weekend since 1911. The
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INDIANAPOLIS - Dale Earnhardt Jr. would jump at the chance to drive in the Indianapolis 500 if there were not a conflicting NASCAR race on the same day.
Rain washed out his plans for a ride in a two-seat Indy car on Thursday. Instead, he strapped
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Danica Patrick shook off a gaffe in the pits which dropped her from sixth to tenth.
INDIANAPOLIS -- While the motion picture that is Helio Castroneves' life has more sequels than the old "Rocky" movies, the back story to Sunday's 93rd Indianapolis 500
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INDIANAPOLIS - The tears flowed as soon as Helio Castroneves turned his red-and-white car into Victory Lane, and he really got emotional when Roger Penske leaned over to give his driver a hug. "Thanks for giving my life back," Castroneves said between
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INDIANAPOLIS May 24, 2009: An emotional Helio Castroneves choked back
tears in Victory Lane after becoming the first foreign-born three-time
winner of the Indianapolis 500.
The affable Brazilian performed his signature fence climb along the
front
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Helio Castroneves has won his third Indianapolis 500, beating 2005 winner Dan Wheldon by more than 2 seconds.
Danica Patrick was third, the best finish by a woman at Indianapolis.
Castroneves, who started from the pole, had a half-
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The newly mellow version of Danica Patrick clearly still knows how to use every bit of finesse and gumption available when it comes to the race of races, the Indianapolis 500.
A career best-third place effort in Sunday's Indy 500 is her
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Helio Castroneves, foreground, of Brazil, leads the field at the start/finish line on a restart during the 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Another Indy, another way for the Andretti curse to strike.
The Brazilian driver's streak of leading the Indianapolis 500 seven straight years came to an abrupt halt Sunday when he hit the wall hard coming out of the third turn on the 98
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -For retired auto mechanic Dennis Hiemstra, it's become a tradition: Packing up the family, making the 240-mile drive south and attending the Indianapolis 500.
To save money in tight times, their 20th trip was a bit
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INDIANAPOLIS -- With a huge crowd filling the grandstands of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and a sunny sky as a backdrop, the 93rd Indianapolis 500 is under way with plenty of storylines in this race.
Helio Castroneves continues his unbelievable
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The Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, Brickyard, or whatever you want to call it is about to drop the checkered flag today. The Indianapolis 500 will once again bring hundreds of thousands to Indianapolis, for the premiere event in Indy
Car racing. The
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Anton H. (Tony) George, chief executive officer of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Joie Chitwood, president and chief operating officer of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, members of the Hulman-George family, and the entire Speedway and Indy Racing
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