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You make your own luck
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The last 13 laps of the 2019 Indianapolis 500 saw a duel between Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud and Andretti Autosport’s…
Dixon’s race thwarted
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Scott Dixon’s bid to win the 2019 Indianapolis 500 was never going to be easy. Having qualified in 18th position…
Look back in history Sunday: Three Kiwi drivers competing in Indy Lights
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In 2008 Wade Cunningham elected not to compete in the Firestone Indy Lights Series in order to focus on a…
The biggest spectacle in racing has been just that, in the lead up to this weekend’s Indy 500
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In motor racing terms in America, the month of May is like no other. While the format has changed over…
Drive it like Andretti
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If there are just a few stand-out names in US motorsport then Mario Andretti would be one of them. If…
Motorsport careers 101: volunteer, study, work hard
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These days, we talk at length about the enormous successes of ‘our boys’ on the global motor racing scene. Rightly…
Mario Andretti has a twin brother
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1969 saw the 53rd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was #6 AJ Foyt who…
Indy 500 Traditions: The Bricks
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When the Indianapolis Speedway opened in 1909 it originally had a racing surface of crushed rock and tar. In its…
Dixon 18th qualifier, Pigot fastest, Alonso and Hinchcliffe outside top 30
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Drama, excitement, surprises, tears. First-day qualifying for the 103rd Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge had it all. But then, that’s…
Indy 500 Tradition: The balloons
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‘Back Home Again in Indiana’ is traditionally sung before the grid of the Indianapolis 500 start their engines. It has…