Three-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves is doing “fine” after jamming the left front of his No. 3 car into the wall and then flipping twice. “Helio’s fine,” team owner Roger Penske said outside of the medical center. “It looks like the car got backwards and got air underneath it and the car flipped. … No broken bones,…
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Paul George, Frank Vogel among VIPs in 2015 500 Festival Parade
Pacers coach Frank Vogel and swingman Paul George will in this year’s IPL 500 Festival Parade slated for Saturday, May 23rd at noon. It’s an annual tradition, the day before the race, for the 33 drivers in the Indianapolis 500, local dignitaries and celebrities to parade around downtown Indianapolis. With the Pacers not qualifying for the playoffs for…
Simona de Silvestro working from behind yet again after 29 car caught fire
Simona de Silvestro was looking to get an extended run on the 2.5-mile over at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tuesday afternoon. The weather was ideal, a cool 60 degrees, and de Silvestro was eager to get after on the track. Down the straightaway just nine laps in, de Silvestro’s 29 car was already on fire as…
Jeff Gordon to drive pace car for 99th running of the Indianapolis 500
One of racing’s best, Jeff Gordon, will lead the field of the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 24th. Gordon who competes on the NASCAR circuit and grew up 20-minutes northwest of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Pittsboro, Indiana, will be driving a Corvette Z06 pace car. “Indy is hallowed ground for racers like me and I…
Jeff Gordon visits victory lane for a fifth time at the Brickyard
SPEEDWAY — “We’re going to kiss the bricks boys!” Jeff Gordon shouted on his team radio after just crossing the famous bricks in his No. 24 Axalta Chevorlet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Though a familiar visitor to victory lane, it had been a while for the veteran driver from Pittsboro, Indiana. Gordon won the inaugural…