SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Pike High School product Jeff Teague is more than a basketball player, he’s now entrepreneur. And he has invested money back into the city that has given him so much, and helped open doors for a successful career in the NBA. Teague, who turns 29 in three weeks, is opening The Factory, a franchise of D1 Sports…
Pacers head coach Nate McMillan decided that Thursday would be his first day spent inside the massive grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, just over five miles north west of his home away from home, Bankers Life Fieldhouse. But he wouldn’t do it alone. It would be a staff outing at IMS on this practice day…
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Media day for the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 was held Thursday afternoon, in two sessions — per usual. It was about 15 minutes in when I noticed an odd man. Now, there are admittedly some strange (unique?) media members no matter the sport, but this was, well, strange. This old man was…
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Jeff Gordon stood in his team’s garage midway through the Brickyard 400 as laps were turned. Lap after lap. In the midst of his year-long retirement celebration, Pittsboro, Indiana’s own hoped for something special, something memorable at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on this day. In May, he drove the pace car for the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500. Here…
Everything came together in Indianapolis on Sunday. Beautiful weather — sunny with temperatures over 80 — craziness even before the green flag was even waved, and a finish that had everyone in the stands on their feet for the last 15 laps. Juan Pablo Montoya crossed the finish line first at the 99th Running of the…