Dreyer and Reinbold Racing’s Mike Conway sustained orthopedic injuries to his left leg in the last-lap crash he had with Ryan Hunter-Reay in today’s Indianapolis 500. According to the Indy Racing League, he was airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and was awake and alert. Conway’s machine ran over the left-front wheel of Hunter-Reay’s car, […]

The Indy Racing League has confirmed that Marco Andretti has been moved up to a third-place finish in today’s Indianapolis 500 after a review of the race’s finish. Andretti said in post-race that multiple cars passed him during the final yellow that was brought out at Lap 200 due to the Mike Conway-Ryan Hunter-Reay crash […]

A crash on Lap 199 involving Mike Conway and Ryan Hunter-Reay ended the Indianapolis 500 under caution and gave the victory to Dario Franchitti. Conway and Hunter-Reay wound up making contact and the former was launched over the top of the latter’s left wheel. That sent Conway’s machine flipping and then into the fence, destroying […]

The top four drivers with 25 laps left need another yellow after staying out during the last caution (triggered by a Sebastian Saavedra crash). Everyone else in the top ten did pit…Here’s the top ten with 25 circuits to go. 1. 24-Mike Conway2. 22-Justin Wilson3. 3-Helio Castroneves4. 30-Graham Rahal5. 10-Dario Franchitti6. 11-Tony Kanaan7. 26-Marco Andretti8. […]

Team Penske has suffered a triple calamity…During the most recent green flag stops around Lap 145, both Helio Castroneves and Will Power had problems in the pits that cost them positions. Then just three laps later, Ryan Briscoe brought out the yellow again with a crash in Turn 4. With 50 laps remaining, here’s your top ten… […]

Tony Kanaan has almost charged all the way from the back to the front. But Dario Franchitti has been the class of the field throughout the day and has the car that can pull out to big leads at will. Here’s where we stand at Lap 125 of 200 at Indianapolis… 1. 10-Franchitti2. 11-Kanaan3. 23-Scheckter4. […]

Graham Rahal has fallen out of the top ten after being black-flagged for blocking Dan Wheldon on Lap 80…He is currently 24th at the halfway point…Your new top ten… 1. 10-Franchitti2. 3-Castroneves3. 6-Briscoe4. 20-Carpenter5. 11-Kanaan6. 23-Scheckter7. 37-Hunter-Reay8. 12-Power9. 99-Bell10. 4-Wheldon

Your top ten after Lap 50 at the Indy 500: 1. 10-Dario Franchitti 2. 3-Helio Castroneves3. 2-Raphael Matos 4. 6-Ryan Briscoe 5. 20-Ed Carpenter 6. 9-Scott Dixon. 7. 99-Townsend Bell 8. 77-Alex Tagliani 9. 23-Tomas Scheckter 10. 37-Ryan Hunter-Reay.

Here’s your top ten after 20 laps here at the 94th Indy 500… 1.10-Dario Franchitti 2. 12-Will Power 3. 3-Helio Castroneves 4. 77-Alex Tagliani 5. 2-Raphael Matos 6. 9-Scott Dixon 7. 6-Ryan Briscoe 8. 20-Ed Carpenter 9. 99-Townsend Bell  10. 23-Tomas Scheckter

Don’t forget to follow the action with real-time updates from the 94th Indianapolis 500 on twitter.com/estradawriting!  And keep checking back with IndyRacingRevolution.com throughout the race as well.

The 94th Indianapolis 500 is a little more than an hour away from its scheduled 1:12 p.m. ET green flag. Again, be sure to follow today’s action on twitter.com/estradawriting and on IndyRacingRevolution.com! The grandstands are starting to fill up and the field of 33 cars are now positioned on the main straightaway. Plenty of star […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= -nOwIpXz8ao[/youtube] Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway! As the sun is making a beautiful ascent into the sky, fans are starting to make their way into the legendary Brickyard for this afternoon’s running of the 94th Indianapolis 500 (1 p.m. ET, ABC). Today’s race holds plenty of possibilities. Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves is on […]

The fastest driver doesn’t always win the Indianapolis 500. Every race fan knows that. But it sure seems like Helio Castroneves is fixin’ to leave that adage in the dust. In 2009, he came back from nearly losing everything in a Miami courtroom to win his third ‘500’ in an ending that no Hollywood scriptwriter could […]

I have to head out to Downtown Indianapolis soon — yours truly is meeting his cousin and his kids for the IPL 500 Festival Parade. But before I go, here’s a full transcript from yesterday’s press conference involving Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi. In this little gathering, the two titans of open-wheel racing talked about […]

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