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Party Time: Indy 500 is biggest sporting event of pandemic

INDIANAPOLIS – The milk is on ice, celebrities are in the house and Indianapolis Motor Speedway is buzzing again both with the roar of engines and the largest crowd at a sporting event sinc...

Women-led race team gearing up to run in Indianapolis 500

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Beth Paretta has a vision for her new IndyCar team. She wants to send the first female driver to victory lane at the Indianapolis 500 with the support of a pre...

Takuma Sato wins his second Indianapolis 500 at empty track

INDIANAPOLIS — At an eerily empty Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Takuma Sato snatched a second Indianapolis 500 victory in an odd and unsatisfying finish to “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”...

Roger Penske to Indianapolis 500 fans: ‘I wanted you here’

INDIANAPOLIS – Roger Penske will not pretend he is not disappointed he can’t open the gates to spectators for his first Indianapolis 500 as steward of the iconic event. Penske pur...

Penske reverses course, closes Indianapolis 500 to fans

Roger Penske has reversed course and decided not to allow fans at the Indianapolis 500 later this month. The 104th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” will be the first without spe...

Indy 500 to reduce capacity to 25%, lift blackout

The Indianapolis 500 will limit fan attendance, implement strict testing, social distancing and mask requirements, and lift the local broadcast blackout for just the second time in nearly se...

Rosenqvist surges at Road America for 1st IndyCar win

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Scott Dixon’s win streak finally ended. Chip Ganassi Racing just kept rolling along. Felix Rosenqvist overtook Pato O’Ward on the next-to-last lap and earned ...

Scott Dixon wins again at Texas in IndyCar’s delayed season opener

FORT WORTH, Texas — IndyCar packed every bit of its delayed season-opening event into one long, hot day in Texas without any fans in the stands. Scott Dixon was the fastest for most of it at...

Green flag: IndyCar to open delayed season in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas – IndyCar has gotten the green flag to finally start its season, which it will do in Texas with a nighttime race June 6 without spectators. The race at Texas Mot...

Indianapolis 500 postponed until August because of COVID-19

The Indianapolis 500 has been postponed until August because of the coronavirus pandemic and won’t run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946. The race will instead...

Versatile race-car driver John Andretti dies at 56

INDIANAPOLIS – John Andretti carved out his own niche in one of the world’s most successful racing families. He became the first driver to attempt the Memorial Day double. He won ...

Simon Pagenaud wins Indianapolis 500 with audacious final lap

Pagenaud tops Rossi with breathtaking final sprint