Mike Conway drove a brilliant qualifying run to the top of the grid for tomorrow’s Duel in Detroit Grand Prix. After qualifying for the Firestone top 12 and again for the Firestone Fast Six, Mike took his #18 Sonny’s Bar-B-Q car to a best time of 79.828 seconds which was good for 3rd place overall. Dario Franchitti […]
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Ryan Briscoe Replaces JR Hildebrand in Panther Ride
Panther Racing announced that Ryan Briscoe will replace JR Hildebrand as the driver of the No. 4 National Guard car for the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans on May 31-June 2. Briscoe, a seven-time IZOD IndyCar Series race winner, finished 12th in the Indianapolis 500 on May 26 in a Chip […]
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Grammy Winner Patty To Sing National Anthem At 97th Indianapolis 500
Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian music superstar Sandi Patty will come back home to Indiana to sing the national anthem before the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 26 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This will be the sixth time Patty will sing “The Star Spangled Banner” before the world’s most prestigious auto race, more than […]
Bumpless Bump Day for the 97th Indianapolis 500
In a little more than a day, Katherine Legge went from Indianapolis 500 spectator to Indianapolis 500 qualifier. The surprising turn of events Sunday propelled Legge, who logged her first track time in the morning practice session (24 laps), into her second Indianapolis 500. Less than 48 hours earlier, her Honda-powered car was a skeleton […]
Ed Carpenter Claims Pole for the 97th Indianapolis 500
After a Indianapolis 500 pole day filled with drama for teams Ed Carpenter found himself celebrating with the Verizon P1 Award. The lone team owner/driver in the IZOD IndyCar Series recorded a blistering four-lap average speed of 228.762 mph (best lap of 229.347 mph; 39.2418 seconds) in the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet. […]
97th Indianapolis 500 Pole Day Qualifying Order
Pole Day qualifying for the 97th Indianapolis 500 starts at 11am, and the first 24 spots are up for grabs. 1) 40 TBA 2) 9 Scott Dixon (W) 3) 14 Takuma Sato 4) 15 Graham Rahal 5) 14T Takuma Sato 6) 2 AJ Allmendinger (R) 7) 6T Sebastian Saavedra 8) 91 Buddy Lazier (W) 9) 8T Ryan Briscoe […]
97th Indianapolis 500 Fast Friday Top Five
At 2:15 p.m. the ambient temperature was 81 degrees with a relative humidity of 47 percent and winds from the east at 2 mph. Skies were cloudy. The track temperature was 102 degrees, according to Firestone engineers. At 3:15 p.m. rain began falling and at 3:42 p.m. the track closed for the day due to rain. #5 E.J. […]
97th Indianapolis 500 Day 6 Top Five
All 33 drivers assigned to cars at this event were on track today for the first time this month. #91 Buddy Lazier was on track for the first time today. At 5 p.m. the ambient temperature was 83 degrees with a relative humidity of 42 percent and variable winds at 3 mph. Skies were mostly sunny. […]
97th Indianapolis 500 Day 5 Top Five
Thirty-two of the thirty-three drivers were on the track today, turing in a combined 2,165 laps, on a very warm, but lovely afternoon. At 4pm the the ambient temperature was 91 degrees with a relative humidity of 34 percent and winds from the west-southwest at 8 mph, gusting to 16 mph. Skies were mostly cloudy. The track temperature was […]