Sprint Car ace Rico Abreu is lobbying Chip Ganassi for an Indy 500 entry alongside best friend Kyle Larson.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGE – LAT He wants to team up with Ganassi driver and fellow dirt ace Kyle Larson BY: MATT WEAVER – AUTOWEEK After a brief stint in NASCAR, Rico Abreu has willfully determined that he […]
Michael Redlick PHOTO BY UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Michael Redlick worked at IMS from 2011 to 2013 BY: GREG ENGLE The former senior vice president, chief sales officer and chief marketing officer for Indianapolis Motor Speedway was found dead in his home in Winter Park, Florida this past weekend. On Jan. 14, Winter Park police identified […]
By: Jamie Klein Two-time IMSA GT Daytona champion Nielsen, 26, joins Katherine Legge, Ana Beatriz and Simona de Silvestro at the wheel of the #57 MSR Acura NSX GT3 for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship curtain-raiser. The Dane replaces Heinricher, who was named as a fulltime driver for the #57 car alongside Legge but will miss the Daytona race […]
“NEVER MIND” – RR-AZ Paul Tracy has been an analyst for NBC’s IndyCar coverage for five seasons. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images) Former IndyCar driver and current NBC IndyCar analyst Paul Tracy has been retained by the TV network for 2019 after NBC said it determined that an offensive post made from his Facebook […]
The Chili Bowl Nationals will once again feature over 300 drivers racing for 24 A-Main starting spots.PHOTO BY CHILI BOWL NATIONALS The annual indoor event is the most prestigious race for open-wheel dirt midgets BY: MATT WEAVER For the fifth year in a row, the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals will feature over 300 entries. The […]
Gordon: “I wasn’t thinking NASCAR at all.” As Jeff Gordon was coming up, an open wheel driver had a tendency to move into the open wheel side of professional motorsports. Yet, Jeff Gordon moved into cars with fenders and went on to set record after record in the world of NASCAR. But, why did Gordon […]
Pippa Mann is a veteran of six Indianapolis 500s.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT Mann wishes backers would spend money to help female racers in ‘real cars, real series’ BY: SAM HALL The W Series, an open-wheel racing series for women that will run as a support effort to the Deutche Tourenwagen Masters, or DTM, throughout Europe […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Foreigner, one of the biggest-selling bands in history and creator of some of rock’s most enduring hits, will headline the Miller Lite Carb Day Concert on May 24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The concert starts at 3:30 p.m. on the Miller Lite Stage inside turn four of the IMS oval. An opening artist […]
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