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 […]
Fernando Alonso led 27 laps in the 2017 Indy 500.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT Led 27 laps in 2017 before being sidelined with engine issues BY: BRUCE MARTIN “Fernando Alonso: The Sequel” is coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2019. It was just a few weeks ago at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, that Alonso announced […]
The 29-year-old driver from Guelph, Ontario sustained an injury to his spinal cord as well as a thoracic spinal fracture, neck fracture, tibia and fibula fractures to both legs, four broken ribs, a broken right forearm, a broken elbow, fractures in both hands and a pulmonary contusion in the crash at Pocono.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT […]
Alexander Rossi plans to take his off-road skills to a new level at the Baja 1000. PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT Rossi to join short list of IndyCar drivers to take on the desert BY: BRUCE MARTIN Verizon IndyCar Series driver Alexander Rossi, the winner of the 100th Indianapolis 500 in 2016, will compete in November at the 51st SCORE Baja 1000 […]
Lyn St. James has mixed feelings on the creation of the W Series all-female open-wheel category that will launch in 2019.PHOTO BY CHRIS OWENS | INDYCAR The 71-year-old would rather see men and women race on a level playing field BY: MATT WEAVER Lyn St. James has historically endorsed anything that empowers women in motorsports, but […]
Photo: Graham Morris (AP) At five years old, Desiré Wilson (née Randall) was behind the wheel of a go-kart at local South African tracks. She didn’t have big dreams about competing in Formula One, or of becoming a endurance racing star. Quite simply, Wilson loved the thrill of speed, finding the very limits of control, […]
George Steinbrenner IV is moving up to IndyCar in 2019 after running an Indy Lights team this year. PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT Grandson of legendary NY Yankees owner to field IndyCar team with pair of rookie drivers in 2019 BY: BRUCE MARTIN Three of the youngest additions to the 2019 IndyCar Series were announced against the […]
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