Indianapolis 500

A Chevrolet Corvette Stingray hardtop convertible will lead drivers to the green flag for the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 30.

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has died

The Indianapolis 500 plans to host 135,000 spectators next month, which would make it the largest sporting event in the world since the pandemic

Marco Andretti has quite the eclectic group of celebrities rooting for him to win the Indianapolis 500.

The Indianapolis 500 scheduled for May 24 has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and won’t run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946.

President Donald Trump awarded one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Roger Penske, a businessman and founder of one of the world’s most successful motorsports teams. Penske received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday during a White House ceremony in the Oval Office. The president described Penske as a man who has “built a team and legacy that...

You’ve seen Indy 500 champions douse themselves in milk and take a swig from the glass jug, but why?

Like most aspiring broadcasters of his era, Mike Tirico remembers tuning into ABC every Saturday to watch Wide World of Sports, listening in rapt attention to the dulcet tones of Jim McKay. “It was Channel 7 back in New York,” Tirico recalled fondly, “and this was a time that was almost unfathomable — pre-cable, no internet. Wide World of Sports...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will work his first Kentucky Derby on Saturday as part of his expanding role with NBC Sports. The retired NASCAR superstar is also slated to cover his first Indianapolis 500 later this month. Earnhardt will work alongside reporter Rutledge Wood at Churchill Downs as the duo roams the infield, Millionaires Row and interacts with fans in attendance....

Danica Patrick will join NBC Sports’ inaugural coverage of the Indianapolis 500 as an analyst alongside host Mike Tirico.
Patrick says her eighth appearance in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” prepped her for a return as a television personality.

NBC Sports announced Friday that Mike Tirico will anchor the network’s inaugural Indianapolis 500 coverage on May 26, giving him his first glimpse at the largest single-day crowd to attend a sporting event anywhere in the world.

Will Power hated racing on ovals. He wasn’t a fan of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and figured he would never win the Indianapolis 500. That kind of attitude doesn’t fly when you drive for Roger Penske. Power had to change his thinking and his performance on oval tracks. He learned to respect the speedway. And the 37-year-old Power is now a...

Danica Patrick’s racing career ended with a wreck in Turn 2 at the track that made her famous. Patrick had been running near the middle of the pack in the Indianapolis 500 when she lost control, slid hard into the outside wall, then caromed across the track and hit the inside barrier. The rest of the field missed Patrick as...

Danica Patrick has lined up her first post-retirement gig: hosting The ESPYS. She will preside over the show honoring the past year’s top athletes and moments in sports on July 18. The show airs live on ABC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

When she started an urban farm in one of Indianapolis’ roughest neighborhoods, retired chemist Aster Bekele wanted to teach at-risk kids how to garden, and maybe sneak in a little science. Then the city’s homicide rate started soaring, with most of the killings happening around the community center where Bekele and the teens tended their vegetables, chickens and compost piles....

Luyendyk was revealed as the leading man for the reality competition on “Good Morning America” on Thursday.

A Denver sportswriter has been fired after tweeting that a Japanese driver winning Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 made him “uncomfortable,” NBC News reported. Terry Frei, the former sports reporter for the Denver Post, sent the questionable tweet shortly after Japanese race car driver Takuma Sato hailed victory in the Indy 500. “Nothing specifically personal, but I am very uncomfortable with a...

Bryan Clauson died Sunday from injuries he suffered during a crash on Saturday night while leading the Belleville Midget Nationals.

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson was in a coma and in critical condition after sustaining a head injury when he was hit by a large piece of debris that broke off a car in the crash-filled race at Pocono Raceway.

Juan Pablo Montoya held off Penske Racing teammate Will Power over the final two laps Sunday to win his second Indianapolis 500. After watching Power jockey for the lead with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon for several laps, Montoya went high into Turn 3 to take over second place, then darted right past Power on the front stretch to take...