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1 hr ago | Anchorage Daily News

Dario Franchitti entering heady company in IndyCar

If he did, the four-time IndyCar champion would see he is in very heady company.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, KV Racing Technology, Sebastien Bourdais, Formula-1 Racing, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Paul Tracy, Travis Dassow, Dwayne Leik, NASCAR Craftsman Truck

1 hr ago | KARE-TV Minneapolis

What Palin's Brickyard 'bucket list stuff' was

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, are touring the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday as guests of 1963 Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Sarah Fisher

5 hrs ago | Bradenton.com

1996 Indy 500 champ Buddy Lazier back in field

It was bump day four years ago at Indianapolis, and he couldn't find the speed. He kept trying and trying, heading out on the track as time wound down, only to be left out of the race.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Buddy Lazier, CART Racing, Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti, Sarah Fisher, Andretti Autosport

10 hrs ago | Northern Michigan News

Munoz hopes to follow Montoya to Victory Lane

Carlos Munoz remembers spilling into the streets of his native Bogota the minute that Juan Pablo Montoya crossed the finish line to win the Indianapolis 500.

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Related Topix: Sports, Juan Pablo Montoya, NASCAR, Chip Ganassi Racing, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Racing, NASCAR Nextel Cup, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont, CART Racing, Graham Rahal, Sarah Fisher, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Marco Andretti

12 hrs ago | MarketWatch

49ers Harbaugh to drive Indy pace car

San Francisco 49ers football coach Jim Harbaugh has been selected to drive the Indianapolis 500's pace car Sunday, a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

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Related Topix: Sports, Indianapolis Colts, Panther Racing, Racing, Sam Hornish Jr.

16 hrs ago | Lexington Herald-Leader

Getting it right always tricky at Indianapolis 500

A year ago at Indy, Will Power was collected in the race's first crash and a bouncing wheel wound up hitting the car of his teammate, Helio Castroneves.

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Related Topix: Sports, Team Penske, Racing, Will Power, CART Racing, Helio Castroneves, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Ryan Briscoe

Fri May 24, 2013

The Indianapolis Star

Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti says the new IndyCar-oriented animated film 'Turbo' is 'stunning'

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti, who is this year's defending champion, draws a lot of attention everywhere he goes in the city, especially this month.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Tad Geschickter, Bryan Clauson, Nate Monteith, NASCAR Nextel Cup, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Michael Valiante, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont

Reuters

Indy 500's elite club may welcome new member

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winners A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears grace the cover of the souvenir program for the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' like a trio of senior GQ models.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Penske, Helio Castroneves, KV Racing Technology, Takuma Sato, Todd Braun, Jacques Villeneuve

WUSA-TV Washington

IndyCar needs American win at the Indy 500

Ed Carpenter spent Tuesday morning helping his wife unload and assemble a 350-pound bounce house for a party at the preschool attended by 5-year-old Makenna and 3-year-old Ryder.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Ed Carpenter, Vision Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, Travis Dassow, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Chase Austin, Boris Jurkovic, Brad Baker

ABC 27

Patrick: Another Indy 500 'less and less likely'

The principal of the Oklahoma elementary school where seven children died in a tornado says her teachers did everything they could to save their lives.

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Related Topix: Sports, Danica Patrick, Andretti Autosport, Racing

Northern Michigan News

Team Andretti strong again on Carb Day at Indy 500

Ryan Hunter-Reay slid into a seat next to Simon Pagenaud and E.J. Viso after the final practice for the Indianapolis 500, and then started to rattle off what he had learned.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Racing, Simon Pagenaud, CART Racing, Team Australia, KV Racing Technology, E.J Viso, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

Sporting News

Danica Patrick not missing Indy 500 as she focuses on NASCAR struggles

Danica Patrick can watch practice and qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 on television and it doesn't make her daydream of another chance to win the iconic event.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Nascar Drivers, Andretti Autosport

AutoWeek

Rookie Carlos Munoz is the 'wild card' in this year's Indy 500 field

Tony Kanaan is among the drivers who will be watching what true IndyCar rookie Carlos Munoz will be doing on the first lap of Sunday's Indianapolis 500 .

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Tony Kanaan, Andretti Autosport, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Autos

Star Tribune

Oriol Servia, team prepares for the Indy 500 - their final race of 2013

For Servia and his team, Panther DRR, it's actually more fitting given that Sunday's race isn't just the biggest of the season for this team, it's an all-out battle for survival.

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Related Topix: Sports, CART Racing, KV Racing Technology, Racing, Oriol Servia, Panther Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Buddy Lazier, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

Thu May 23, 2013

Rocky Mount Telegram

Obstacles don't stop women for Indy 500 field

Katherine Legge didn't know she'd have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in its second car at the last second.

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Related Topix: Sports, CART Racing, Katherine Legge, Racing, Ana Beatriz, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Danica Patrick, Andretti Autosport, Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, AJ Allmendinger

Reuters

Foyt and Sato form sweet and sour Indy partnership

Crusty team owner A.J. Foyt, a 78-year old American motor racing legend and his driver Takuma Sato, an impeccably groomed 36-year-old from Tokyo who arrived in IndyCar from the glamour world of Formula One.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, KV Racing Technology, Super Aguri, Formula-1 Racing, Takuma Sato, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

Rock Hill Herald

Andretti heads into Indy 500 trying to shake curse

In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Marco Andretti sits in his pit box during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.

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Related Topix: Sports, Andretti Autosport, Racing, Marco Andretti, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Tad Geschickter, Bryan Clauson, Nate Monteith, NASCAR Nextel Cup, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Michael Valiante, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont

CNN

INDY 500: Watch out for these sleepers who could win

Arie Luyendyk was a surprise in qualifying at Indianapolis in 1990, starting on the outside of the front row.

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Related Topix: Sports, Team Rahal, Racing, CART Racing, Michael Andretti, Andretti Green Racing, Al Unser Jr., Foyt Racing, Dan Wheldon, Panther Racing, Rahal Letterman Racing, Bryan Herta

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Record-tying 4 women in the field for Indy 500

Pippa Mann chatted with tire makers, dropped in on the folks from the television networks, and even tried to get cozy with engine maker Honda in the hopes of landing a ride.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, CART Racing, Katherine Legge, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Ana Beatriz

Seattle Times

AJ waxes poetic about good 'ol days of IndyCar

A.J. Foyt is back at the Indianapolis 500 this weekend with Takuma Sato behind the wheel and perhaps his best chance to win the fabled race as an owner in more than a decade.

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Related Topix: Sports, Formula-1 Racing, Racing, Takuma Sato, KV Racing Technology, Super Aguri