Katherine Legge News

Though the racecar driver Katherine Legge did not win the title at this year's Indy 500 competition, she and her team took home a different victory simply by showing up.

It's a year of legends battling it out, new safety measures hitting the track, and women achieving a first at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

When a driver wins four consecutive championships in the Champ Car World Series, he becomes accustomed to winning, and accepting a car that is incapable of challenging the competition is difficult.

The Indianapolis 500 may be in Danica Patrick's rear view mirror, but the race will still take place this Sunday, just as it has every Memorial Day weekend for nearly 100 years.

Hundreds of fans brought photos of Dan Wheldon in remembrance Friday night at the fifth annual Carb Night Burger Bash Seven months after the enormously-liked driver was tragically killed in the IndyCar series finale in Las Vegas, photos of him littered the fifth-annual Carb Night Burger Bash hosted by Indianapolis Star racing writer Curt Cavin and ... (more)

Simona de Silvestro and Jean Alesi will simply have to grin and bear it with their underperforming Lotus engines.

This year's 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 next Monday morning will be the most wide open in decades.

All four NASCAR manufacturers will go to updated or new cars next season. Toyota is sticking with its Camry model, which has been the best-selling car in America the last 10 years.

IndyCar driver Katherine Legge expects an eventful return when open-wheel racing comes back to the Motor City next month.

IndyCar racers Katherine Legge, Oriol Servia and Rubens Barrichello were in the Detroit area Monday to check out Belle Isle Park, where open-wheel racing will make its return to the Motor City in a couple of weeks.

After all the worries of the past couple of weeks, Katherine Legge and Sebastien Bourdais are finally in the Indianapolis 500.

Austin, May 20, 2012: Whenever a high-visibility motorsports sponsor loses an important program manager, the event is typically supported by a raft of press and media announcements offering 'all's well' rationales, particularly if the manager's departure was central to the evolution of the program itself.

The pistol sounded at 6:00pm to end the day of qualifications, but today was the last shot for nine drivers trying to make it into the starting field for the Indianapolis 500 .

Katherine Legge continued her strong showing in Indy practices on Friday, as she was one of seven Chevrolet drivers in the top eight.

Rookie Josef Newgarden continued his impressive stretch of practice with a lap of 222.709. Graham Rahal was the only other driver to hit 222 miles an hour yesterday with will Power and Justin Wilson rounding out the top five on the speed chart.

Chevrolet announces today the addition of two cars to its roster for the 2012 Indianapolis 500.

Practice is underway at the Indianapolis 500 and the competition is getting a feel for the track.

A deal made Thursday in Indy will give Penske's two drivers, Sebastien Bourdais and Katherine Legge, the dominant Chevrolet engines for the rest of the season and was a big step toward making sure the Indy 500 will start with its traditional 33-car field.

Not sure what the legal ramifications will be but Dragon Racing and Katherine Legge finally will be on track Thursday morning with a Chevrolet engine.

IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard is an optimist when it comes to putting 33 cars in this year's Indianapolis 500.