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Welcome to SportsNation! On Friday, ESPN.com IndyCar reporter John Oreovicz stops by to talk about Sunday's Indy 500 (noon ET, ABC).Oreovicz attended his first Indianapolis 500 as a teenager in 1978 and still hasn't broken the open-wheel racing habit...

Ryan Briscoe will start the Indianapolis 500 from pole position, but what are the Penske driver's chances of winning the famed Borg-Warner Trophy? John Oreovicz breaks down the field.

There's a lot to digest after qualifying for the Indy 500, including a surprising front row, the Andretti Autosport resurgence and the lack of speed at the back of the grid.

It's no surprise that Team Penske scored the pole for the 2012 Indianapolis 500. But Ryan Briscoe? Where did that come from?

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum is always a treat for racing fans, and at $5, it's an unbelievable bargain. But recently, the good folks at 16th and Georgetown have managed to pack even more value into that modest...

After 32 hours of track time, producing 8,304 laps of data, we learned one thing about qualifying weekend for the Indianapolis 500: It's gonna get crazy.

Power teams Penske and Ganassi were quiet in the opening weekend of practice for the Indianapolis 500. But some fresh faces, led by Sebastian Saavedra, made plenty of noise.

The buildup to the Indy 500 is ready to hit high gear. Storylines abound as drivers and teams gear up for the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Here are five big ones.

Remember that saying? Those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Let's hope Indy car leaders learned from 2001. The future harmony of the sport depends on it.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The opening sequence of ABC's broadcast of the 2011 Indianapolis 500 was nominated for a Sports Emmy Award. Now you can be part of the cinematic introduction to this year's race, which no doubt will be bigger and better than ever bef...

Attention, class. Professor John Oreovicz has your first-quarter grades. Team Penske: Congratulations, you're at the head of the class. Chip Ganassi Racing: Don't forget, you have detention.

The threat of rain, the rest of the drivers in the field and the street course in Sao Paulo were no match for Will Power on Sunday as he cruised to his third straight IndyCar Series victory.

Honda scored a victory Thursday that will allow the manufacturer to alter the turbochargers on its IndyCar engines. The big question: How will it impact Sunday's Sao Paulo Indy 300?

What's wrong with Dario Franchitti? If he knew, he would already have fixed it. But while the four-time IndyCar Series champ is off to a slow start, he knows redemption can be just around the next turn.

Pole position? Overrated. At least it was Sunday for Will Power, who emerged from 12th on the grid to win the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and claim the IndyCar Series points lead.

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The introduction of a new chassis and engine formula was expected to shake up the ranks in the Izod IndyCar Series. But no one expected a rookie running for the sport's smallest team to emerge as a front-runner. Driving for Sa...