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It seemed only fitting that three of Dan Wheldon's closest friends -- Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan -- finished 1-2-3 in Sunday's Indianapolis 500.

The super celebrity has gone to NASCAR. The defending champion was tragically taken from us. But Indy makes stars -- not the other way around -- and there's plenty of potential this year.

INDIANAPOLIS -- IndyCar Series boss Randy Bernard held court with the media Friday morning and has a plan for future success that follows these points: • Prop up current road and street courses to make sure they are profitable. •&n...

Castroneves could win his fourth Indy 500. Andretti could slay the family curse. Rahal, Kanaan and Hildebrand have big dreams, too. Five drivers, five potential storybook endings.

There'll be a full complement of 33 drivers on the grid when the Indianapolis 500 rumbles to life Sunday. That Dan Wheldon won't be one of them is hard to believe still.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Are race car drivers athletes? It's an age-old debate, and a lame one at that. Of course they are, but trying to prove it backfired on Texas Motor Speedway officials Wednesday. IndyCar Series driver JR Hildebrand tore the ACL ...

JR Hildebrand, who crashed while leading on the last lap of the Indianapolis 500 two weeks ago, suffered a torn ACL in his left knee Wednesday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway, sources confirmed Thursday.

Should the caution light have come on sooner at the end of the Indy 500? Should the caution light have simply come on at the end of the Coca-Cola 600? Both leagues got it right this time.

Dan Wheldon drank the milk and celebrated in Victory Lane, but the actual winner of the Indianapolis 500 Sunday is under review by IndyCar officials.

Dan Wheldon's last-turn, steal-victory-from-defeat triumph in Sunday's 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 left race fans believing in Cinderella lore and storybook endings.

In a century of racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, we will see something Sunday no one has ever seen before in any Indy 500: white-knuckle, hold-your-breath, double-file restarts.

IndyCar Series officials have compromised with angry drivers and agreed to make a slight change to the new double-file restart rule that will be in place at the Indianapolis 500 for the first time, sources confirmed Saturday.

If you could attend only one race on Sunday, which would you choose, the Indianapolis 500 or the Coca-Cola 600? They both have their merits, and we'll help you decide.

Mario Andretti spent more than a decade playing for the enemy, so to speak, during the long feud that almost destroyed Indy car racing. He was an outcast from Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- the place he loves, the place where he won in 1969 and the...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Bruno Junqueira lost his job for the Indy 500, and that's disappointing. But an entire race team could have lost jobs if team owners Michael Andretti and A.J. Foyt had not made a surprising partnership to place Ryan Hunter-Reay in F...

The 100th-anniversary Indianapolis 500 will have an unusual quirk that hasn't happened in more than a quarter of a century. This year's Indy 500 will be the first oval-track race of the season, the first time that has occurred since 1985. It adds a...