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Newgarden capitalizes to win Detroit doubleheader opener. Dixon last!
A timely pit stop catapulted Josef Newgarden to victory in the rain-shortened opener of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented…
Rossi on pole in Detroit, Dixon starts third
Alexander Rossi won the NTT P1 Award for the second straight Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear race, capturing…
You make your own luck
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
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
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
In motor racing terms in America, the month of May is like no other. While the format has changed over…
Drive it like Andretti
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
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
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
When the Indianapolis Speedway opened in 1909 it originally had a racing surface of crushed rock and tar. In its…