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(photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series) Dan Wheldon inherited the lead when rookie J.R. Hildebrand hit the wall coming out of the final turn on the final lap and went on to win the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500. Sunday’s victory was the second for Wheldon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he won in . . . → Read More: Wheldon Capitalizes On A Rookie Mistake (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series) Every year early in the month of May Dario Franchitti makes a visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Franchittti loves spending time touring the museum viewing the old historic race cars that depict the history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. Mostly, Franchitti loves to . . . → Read More: Franchitti Could Join Some Elite Company (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series) In many, if not most, of the past Indy 500′s, the polesitter was considered the favorite to win the race. However, this year it is not necessarily the case. While fellow front-row starter, Scott Dixon driving his #9 Target Chip Ganassi race car, and his teammate Dario . . . → Read More: Can Tagliani Pull One More Out Of His Hat? (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar series) It is quite surprising that Canadian race car driver from Sam Schmidt Motorsports, Alex Tagliani, out drove the drivers from the bigger, better funded teams like Penske Racing and Target Ganassi Racing for the 2011 Indy 500 pole! Backing up his impressive speed numbers from practice, Tagliani, . . . → Read More: Alex Tagliani Claims The Indy 500 Pole (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series) Danica Patrick isn’t saying that the 2011 Indy 500 will be her last, not just yet anyway. But pose that question of her after the checkered flag waves on May 29th for the 100th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. A victory for Patrick in this . . . → Read More: Is Danica Driving Her Last Indy 500? (A.J Foyt and the late Tom Carnegie, voice of the Indy 500, photo courtesy Indy Star) Just when the country was gearing up for “The Donald” Trump’s political media blitz, things seemed to be cooling off from “The Donald”! In fact, the king of hype has suddenly gone silent! The latest twist . . . → Read More: Trump Dumped! (photo courtesy Marc Serota/Getty Images) Richard Petty must be hooked on the Indy 500. Richard Petty Motorsports and Andretti Auotosports have announced that they will join forces for the 2011 Indy 500, entering a car into the field for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Weekend this year. John . . . → Read More: Petty and Andretti Join Forces Again For The Indy 500 (photo courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) Tony Stewart is an Indiana native who grew up at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He drove cars in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 at IMS, winning the latter in 2005 and 2007. Stewart spoke for a lot of people Friday when he commented . . . → Read More: The Voice Of The Indy 500 Dies (photo courtesy IZOD/IndyCar Series) Dario Franchitti, the 2010 Indianapolis 500 winner, Mr. Ashley Judd, and the driver of the Target-Chip Ganassi #10 Dallara Honda, scored a very nice pay day Sunday to the tune of $2,750,000 dollars! Not a bad payday for two weeks of fast work! Mike Conway, on the other . . . → Read More: 2010 Indy Recap: Franchitti $2.75 Million (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar series) Sunday was the 45th anniversary of the first Scotsman, Jim Clark, to win at the Indianapolis 500. That jovial Scotsman just happened to be Dario Franchitti’s boyhood hero. So it was at The Brickyard on May 30, 2010, the second coming of Scotland to this hallowed grounds. . . . → Read More: Franchitti Wins 2010 Indy 500 |
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