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IndyCar veteran has plenty of career goals, both inside and outside the race car.

Hinchliffe ends 11-year IndyCar career with six wins, 18 podiums, 161 starts and moves to NBC TV.

The voice of IndyCar racing tips huge future for Kiwi driver, including an Indy 500 victory.

Veteran NBC Sports Group TV anchor Leigh Diffey has never seen anything quite like it.

Courtesy Betsy Riley Track and field reporter Lewis Johnson is live on NBC during the third day of the Olympic Track Trials in Eugene, Oregon—and he’s perched on the steeplechase barrier in front of the water jump. He explains the origins of the event, from the 1800s in England. Graphics flash on the screen, showing the specifics of the modern-day version of the steeplechase, 28 barriers over a 1.86-mile race. Johnson describes how the barriers don’t move as he tries, unsuccessfully, to...

Scott Dixon starts from pole position as the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" opens its doors again to fans.

Summer is saved! Tens of millions of Americans travel for Memorial Day weekend as COVID rules relax, with 2.5 million boarding planes, demand pushing gas prices to their highest in seven years, and 135,000 people flocking to watch the Indy 500 in person A total of 37 million people are expected to travel this weekend, with 34.4 million of those journeys in cars The figure also includes 2.5 million Americans set to fly from airports across the US as COVID-19 rules relax Roads are busier than nor...

IndyCars current deal with NBC Sports is in its final season and contract negotiations are unclear. Author: JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Published: 9:01 AM MDT May 27, 2021 Updated: 9:01 AM MDT May 27, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — NBC Sports heads into its third Indianapolis 500 not ready to wave the checkered flag on its partnership with Roger Penskes open-wheel racing series. IndyCars current deal with NBC Sports is in its final season and contra...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NBC Sports heads into its third Indianapolis 500 not ready to wave the checkered flag on its partnership with Roger Penske’s open-wheel racing series. IndyCar’s current deal with NBC Sports is in its final season and contract negotiations are unclear. There have been reports Penske will take a higher rights fee from […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NBC Sports heads into its third Indianapolis 500 not ready to wave the checkered flag on its partnership with Roger Penske’s open-wheel racing series. IndyCar’s current deal with NBC Sports is in its final season and contract negotiations are unclear. There have been reports Penske will take a higher rights fee from […]