Dwayne Leik News

Mario Andretti was hanging out in the media center at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Carb Day on Friday, speaking fluent Italian to a stoutly built friend in the front of the room.

He's the hometown hope, the Butler University alum and diehard Indiana Pacers fan who has put his modest, one-car program on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 ahead of powerhouse programs from Penske Racing and Andretti Autosport.

RCR announced the home improvement store signed a multi-year partnership renewal to back the No.

Paul Menard has signed a multi-year extension with Richard Childress Racing to drive the No.

Alex Zanardi received a hero's welcome at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the famed race track where he has never turned a single lap.

Simon Pagenaud drove his Honda-powered Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports car to the top of the charts in Friday's final practice session for the Indianapolis 500.

For the 18th straight year, Junior Achievement is holdings its annual Grand Prix "Race for Education" to support economic education for kids in Jackson.

Dale Jarrett, who was recently inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, talks with Elliott Sadler during a recent stop at Dover.

Katherine Legge, of England, sits in her car as the slowest qualifier in the field on the second day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Rookie driver Alex Bowman emerged as the fastest overall in the three NASCAR Nationwide Series practice sessions this week at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles and Derrick Walker, the new head of IndyCar competition, emerged from a competition advisory board meeting Thursday to announce they were debating how to top the record-breaking speeds clocked in 1996 by two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk.

Purdue, race-car constructor Dallara and Indianapolis Motor Speedway have begun a project using motorsports to make science education more accessible to children.

James Hinchcliffe of Canada driver of the Andretti Autosport Dallara Chevrolet drives during the IZOD IndyCar series Sao Paulo Indy 300 at Anhembi Sambadrome on May 5, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Special to the Daily Just behind the roll bar and in front of the American flag is a Vail Mountain School sticker.

You don't have to get anywhere near the hallowed grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend to soak up the 500 experience.

The Indianapolis 500 is the world's largest single-day sporting event. Approximately 400,000 fans will crowd the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend to watch "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" at the 2.5-mile oval track.

A.J. Foyt was never more intent on the Indianapolis 500 finish line. His limp was painful and pronounced, his expression strained, his eyes locked on the nearest stool in his Gasoline Alley garage.

Ed Carpenter thought it'd be fun to ramp up the speed by about 100 mph. Brown, the reigning NHRA Top Fuel champion, stopped by his old pal's garage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, slipping into Carpenter's No.

Antron Brown joked that he wouldn't mind making a couple of left-handed turns the next time he's on the track.

Katherine Legge had at least one supporter in her corner when she showed up at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week.