And now we wait. The final practice session before Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 ended with Dario Franchitti on top with a speed of 225.574 m.p.h. He was followed by Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon (225.159) and Team Penske’s Will Power (224.993). Franchitti felt very confident about his chances, saying that he’s “very happy” about […]

Indy 500 final practice is underway right now at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and will be going for another 40 minutes or so. It’s a nice crowd that’s assembled here, and it figures to get better as the day goes on. The Firestone Indy Lights Freedom 100 will go off after this practice session, followed […]

So far, so good. That’s the message from IZOD and the Indy Racing League about their current partnership going into this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. Mike Kelly, executive vice president of marketing for IZOD’s parent company Phillips-Van Heusen, and IRL commercial division president Terry Angstadt held court earlier today and talked about the clothing company’s present […]

Next season, the official fuel of NASCAR will also become the official fuel of the Indy Racing League. Sunoco, well-known amongst open-wheel racing fans for backing the 1972 Indy 500-winning car of Mark Donahue and Roger Penske, will team up with APEX-Brasil, the IRL’s official ethanol supplier, and UNICA (the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association) to […]

Andretti Autosport’s newest driver, Irish pilot Adam Carroll, got to meet the Indy media for the first time today in a team press conference. The former A1 Grand Prix champion will make his IZOD IndyCar Series debut during the 4th of July weekend at Watkins Glen International and will be backed primarily by Boost Mobile — which has returned to […]

Andretti Autosport’s Tony Kanaan will be starting from the 33rd starting position in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. According to Curt Cavin of The Indianapolis Star and WFNI 1070 The Fan, the team has elected to go with the now-repaired primary car for TK in the race. Last Saturday, it was damaged in a crash — which started a […]

Right now on SPEED Channel’s web site, Larry Woody of RacinToday.com sinks his teeth into the whole Danica Patrick “it’s not my fault” saga that has raged on since her unfortunate comments last Saturday during Indy 500 Pole Day qualifying. But Woody’s taking a different angle to this topic by asking if there were other […]

The complexion of this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 may have been altered considerably today with word that the IZOD IndyCar Series will allow 15 push-to-pass boosts during the race (1 p.m. ET, ABC). Each boost will last for 18 seconds and have a ten-second blackout between each one according to IndyCar president of competition Brian Barnhart’s comments to the AP. […]

I’m currently at a hotel outside Wheeling, W. Va., but that’ll change in a half-hour when I hit I-70 again and drive into Indianapolis for this weekend. As ya’ll know, I’ll be covering the Indy 500 for FoxSports.com, but you can expect plenty of goodies here on IRR. Hopefully, I’ll get into Indy today around […]

Yesterday, the Indy 500 media tour started up with the 33 drivers in the field heading to ESPN’s campus in Bristol, Connecticut to take part in live TV/radio shows and recorded interviews. Suffice to say, you can expect a major blitz of IndyCar to hit the network”s airwaves in the days ahead. For all the flak that […]

As soon as the boos started to fall on Danica Patrick after she said that her poor Indy 500 qualifying run was not her fault — and that her No. 7 GoDaddy.com/Andretti Autosport car was not set up right — it was inevitable that the sport’s most popular driver would take her lumps from the media afterwards. […]

Determining the subject for my post-Bump Day piece on FoxSports.com was a no-brainer. The fact that a former IndyCar champion like Tony Kanaan was not qualified for the Indianapolis 500 with one hour remaining is still surreal, even though he did get in the show. This time last week, we were calling him as a […]

Kanaan makes ‘500’ field in final hour; Sebastian Saavedra is 33rd qualifier; Tracy fails to get in the show One superstar overcame the mayhem of Bump Day. Another superstar did not. And a young 19-year old went from bubble boy to Indianapolis 500 starter while in a hospital. It was a Bump Day to remember […]

Tony Kanaan went through a draining Sunday, but he’ll be in the field for next week’s Indianapolis 500. The 2004 IZOD IndyCar Series champ broke into the grid with a half-hour remaining, posting a four-lap average of 224.072 m.p.h. that puts him in the middle of Row 11. Here’s are some pieces of his comments during […]

Paul Tracy has just held a post-qualifying press conference after failing to make the field for this year’s Indianapolis 500. Tracy withdrew his time — which would have been enough to make the race — and was unable to get himself back into the field. He was left in the qualifying line when the 6 […]