Graham Rahal completed a sweep of IndyCar’s Detroit double-header on Sunday winning his second race in as many days with another dominant performance. Rahal was leading when a breakdown for Spencer Pigot spewed oil and prompted organizers to red-flag the race. It resumed with three laps to go and Rahal survived the dash to the … Read more
Graham Rahal led 55 of 70 laps en route to a dominant victory Saturday in the first race of IndyCar’s Detroit double-header this weekend. Rahal, driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, notched the fifth win of his 11-year IndyCar career and his first since he won a thriller at Texas Motor Speedway last August. The … Read more
Japanese driver Takuma Sato (C) is greeted on the starting grid of the 101st Indy 500 by former US driver Johnny Rutherford, who won the race three times Takuma Sato won the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese driver to triumph in America’s iconic race. Sato passed three-time winner … Read more
Pole sitter Scott Dixon of New Zealand was able to climb from his crippled car Sunday after a spectacular crash that brought the 101st Indianapolis 500 to a temporary halt. Britain’s Jay Howard bounced off the outside wall near turn one at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and slid into Dixon’s vehicle, sending it careening into … Read more
New Zealand’s Scott Dixon captured pole position for the 101st Indianapolis 500 with a dramatic four-lap qualifying run Sunday while Formula One racer Fernando Alonso booked a second-row start. Dixon, who won his only Indy 500 crown in 2008 from pole, drove his Honda-powered car around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval at 232.164 … Read more
Defending champion Alexander Rossi and three-time winner Helio Castroneves are among seven former winners named Sunday as drivers of the 33 cars entered for the 101st Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar namesake classic, 200 laps around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, will be staged May 28 with qualifying next weekend. US racer Rossi took … Read more
Defending champion Alexander Rossi and three-time winner Helio Castroneves are among seven former winners named Sunday as drivers of the 33 cars entered for the 101st Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar namesake classic, 200 laps around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, will be staged May 28 with qualifying next weekend. US racer Rossi took … Read more
Australia’s Will Power captured his 30th career IndyCar victory on Saturday, winning the Grand Prix of Indianapolis by 5.2 seconds over New Zealand’s Scott Dixon for his first 2017 triumph. Pole-sitter Power led 61 of the 85 laps over the 14-turn, 2.439-mile (3.925km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in the final tuneup for the Indianapolis … Read more