Indy 500 Media Tour 2008
Two time Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi prepares to take some laps in the 2008 Chevrolet Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car on April 9, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, IN. (UPI Photo/ Bill Coons)
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JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Helio Castroneves won the last 2008 IndyCar race by capturing Sunday's Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- ABC Sports, with the ESPN cable network, has entered into a four-year agreement to air the Indianapolis 500 auto race through 2012.
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 25 (UPI) -- It isn't the Indy 500, but the toy car race staged annually by a set of 11 Indianapolis brothers is an intensely competitive "mini-500," they say.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 25 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Scott Dixon captured Sunday's 92nd Indianapolis 500 in Indianapolis by 1.7498 seconds over Vitor Meira of Brazil.
SPEEDWAY, Ind., May 24 (UPI) -- Auto racing driver Danica Patrick says there is "no reason" why she can't win the Indianapolis 500 Sunday.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 18 (UPI) -- Marty Roth captured the final spot Sunday during qualifying for next weekend's 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Speedway.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 17 (UPI) -- Three drivers were involved in crashes during Friday's qualifying runs for the Indianapolis 500 auto race, The Indianapolis Star reported.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 10 (UPI) -- Rookie driver Alex Lloyd was hospitalized after a frightening crash Friday during qualifying for the Indy 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.