The Month of May has come and gone again with the completion of another 500-mile stroll around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. There have been plenty of Mays in the last 16 years -- the time in which U.S. open-wheel racing endured a crippling 12-year civil war and its aftermath -- that have gone by without much of the luster that traditionally has accompanied the … [Read more...] about All seems right at 96th Indianapolis 500
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The 96th Indianapolis 500 ushers in a new era
Perhaps what truly makes the Indianapolis 500 "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" is tradition. Indeed, few things change about the most significant annual event in motorsports. Whenever you enter the storied 2 1/2-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, you often feel as if you have never left. As firmly steeped in tradition as the 500 is -- the festivities during the Month of … [Read more...] about The 96th Indianapolis 500 ushers in a new era
J.R. Hildebrand, Dan Wheldon and Crazy Indy 500 Ending (Video)
Are you familiar with the German word "schadenfreude?" It's notoriously untranslatable because no other language has word for enjoying the suffering of others. Then again, us Americans have reality show television. But we certainly saw this concept in action Sunday at the Indianapolis 500. J.R. Hildebrand took the lead in the Indy 500 into the last turn when the rookie … [Read more...] about J.R. Hildebrand, Dan Wheldon and Crazy Indy 500 Ending (Video)
100th-Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Could be a Transformational Race
Call me delusional. Call me naive or caught up in the fanfare. Call me whatever. All I can do is go with a gut feeling. And that gut feeling is that this Indianapolis 500, which falls on the 100th anniversary of Ray Harroun's inaugural victory in 1911, is going to be different. The centennial running of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," which takes the green flag at … [Read more...] about 100th-Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Could be a Transformational Race