Four-time IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti is less than thrilled with his season.
Roger Penske is looking forward to showing the world what Detroit has to offer this weekend.
Roger Penske is looking forward to showing the world what Detroit has to offer this weekend.
Dario Franchitti won his second poll of the season Friday and the 31st of his career.
Sebastien Bourdais would be thrilled if his 100th IndyCar start sparked a turnaround.
Hours later, Tony Kanaan still struggled to believe he had finally won the Indianapolis 500.
Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan is conflicted over green-white-checkered flag finishes.
It had been nearly three years since Tony Kanaan's last victory, a drought so long his young son had no memory of ever seeing his father win a race.
The hard-luck loser no more, Tony Kanaan finally won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday _ with a bit of luck, at that.
Tony Kanaan has finally won the Indianapolis 500.
Carlos Munoz finished second in the Indianapolis 500 as a 21-year-old rookie.
When he came out of the fourth corner with the lead at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and gazed down the long front straightaway, A.J. Allmendinger remembers feeling his entire body go numb.
Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti charged to the front during a wild first half of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, both trying to win at a place that has caused plenty of heartache.
The local boy led the field to the green flag at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and then Ed Carpenter proceeded to lead the most laps of the afternoon.
The 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 is Sunday with a wide-open field and a pair of drivers trying to join the elite list of four-time winners. Two Americans start on the front row, along with Carlos Munoz, an unknown Indy 500 newcomer who grew up idolizing Juan Pablo Montoya _ a fellow Colombian who won "The Greatest Spectacle In Racing" as a rookie.
"Obviously, we didn't have a great qualifying effort and then we took the engine change penalty before the race. We started in the back, made some good progress, but it was difficult to pass," Franchitti said. "The guys made good calls to keep me in the hunt, but keeping the car pointed straight was a challenge."
Franchitti said IndyCar needs to examine the rules package.
