Indianapolis in Action: IndyCar, NASCAR Tripleheader Weekend
INDIANAPOLIS—Helio Castroneves walked into an empty, mostly quiet Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday morning. The four-time Indianapolis 500 ...
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INDIANAPOLIS—Helio Castroneves walked into an empty, mostly quiet Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday morning. The four-time Indianapolis 500 ...
Zach’s Turn: Team Penske in Midst of Massive Upheaval Team Penske has been the beacon of stability in NASCAR for the past eight years. Change is extraordinarily rare at Team Penske, particularly in regards to its flagship No. 2 car. Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace piloted the No. 2 from 1991 through 2005 and amassed 37 of his 55 career wins in it. Kurt Busch stepped into the ride in 2006 and drove the car to eight wins before switching to the No. 22 car after 2010. Keselowski was Busch’s replacement in 2011. His rise was meteoric and critical to the organization, leading the program to its fi...
Jul 4, 2021 / 11:38 PM EDT LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) – On the final lap of warmup before the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Josef Newgarden heard “an audible vibration” in his engine that concerned him enough to alert his team. Had he cut his warmup one lap short, another race weekend might have been ruined. Team Penske and Chevrolet pulled Newgarden’s engine ahead of Sunday’s race, saving him from a potentially disastrous third consecutive defeat. Instead, he snapped his streak of late race misfortunes and won for the first time this season – earning the first IndyCar vic...
Helio Castroneves won three Indy 500s with IndyCar's greatest team. It makes Sunday's 4th Indy 500 win that much sweeter.
Yes, RLL's photo set-up involved all three of their cars running alongside each other at speed during the fastest lap in modern auto racing. Yes, turn four at Indianapolis is effectively blind to drivers. As a direct result, the three cars behind all had to react immediately to avoid a crash. Paretta Autosport's Simona de Silvestro and Penske Racing's Scott McLaughlin both slowed in time, but that left the third car behind the RLL cars, Colton Herta, with nowhere to go but the wall. Herta, fortunately, avoided a significant crash after bouncing off the wall and nearly careening at speed into ...