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2 hrs ago | 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

AutoWeek

Buddy Lazier's Indy 500 effort gets boost from Peak Motora

Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier and Lazier Partners Racing, Inc., announced this week that Peak Motor Oil and Advance Auto Parts will sponsor the new team's entry in the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Buddy Lazier, Autos

CBS Local

Helio Castroneves Chooses Indy 500 Over Sex

The 97th Indianapolis 500 takes place on Sunday. The tradition of Indy is unmatched by any other race.

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Related Topix: Sports, Team Penske, Racing, Helio Castroneves

Rock Hill Herald

IndyCar owner Sarah Fisher hitting the books

The youngest woman to race in the Indianapolis 500 and first female car owner, Fisher has enrolled in the business school of Western Governors University to pursue her bachelor's degree.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Sarah Fisher

St. Petersburg Times

Lagging Danica tries to stay positive

Danica Patrick refuses to get down on herself even though her first full season on the Sprint Cup series has been a struggle.

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

Press-Telegram

Louis Brewster on Motorsports: Indy 500 will have a real American feel

Among the various storylines for Sunday's 102 nd running of the Indianapolis 500 is the high number of American drivers, led by Ed Carpenter.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Ed Carpenter, Vision Racing, NASCAR, Buddy Lazier, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Roger Penske, Sam Hornish Jr., Brian Deegan, Moto X, Rally, Action Sport

Wed May 22, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

Jim Harbaugh to drive Indianapolis 500 pace car

Jim Harbaugh insists he will coachable when it comes to the tricks of driving the Indianapolis 500 pace car this weekend.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Panther Racing, KV Racing Technology, Townsend Bell

KARE-TV Minneapolis

IndyCar driver: Dyslexia pushed me to work harder

When he's racing, IndyCar A driver Justin Wilson has to have a clear view of everything in front of him - he has to read the road.

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Related Topix: Sports, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Racing, CART Racing, Justin Wilson

Bradenton.com

Patrick staying positive amid struggles on track

Patrick is 28th in the Sprint Cup point standings after 11 races and has just one top-10 finish, that in the season-opening Daytona 500.

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

National Speed Sport News

Rinaman Still Changing Tires At Age 62

An "Over the Wall" member of an Indianapolis 500 pit crew is normally a strong, agile, athletic and skillful young man who has yet to endure the wear and tear of this stressful job on their bodies.

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Related Topix: Sports, Will Power, CART Racing, Team Penske, Racing, Bryan Clauson, NASCAR Nextel Cup, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Michael Valiante, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont

SanLuisObispo.com

Drag racer Brown steps into Carpenter's IndyCar

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Ed Carpenter, Vision Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dwayne Leik, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Chase Austin, Boris Jurkovic, Cory Collum, Mike MacKenzie

Nuvo.net

Virtual racing simulator arrives in Indy

Since 1997 Mark One Composites, Inc. has been a destination for teams in need of carbon fiber work, drivers in search of energy-absorbing custom-molded seats and race team members eager for a pick-up game of basketball after work.

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

CNN

Drag racer Antron Brown steps into Ed Carpenter's IndyCar

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Ed Carpenter, Vision Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dwayne Leik, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Chase Austin, Boris Jurkovic, Cory Collum, Mike MacKenzie

AutoWeek

Dario Franchitti talks about this weekend's indy 500 with Janine Brady of NBCUniversal Direct.com.

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti calls the Indy 500 the toughest race to win and tells Janine Brady of NBCUniversal Direct.com a few of the things that make this race such a challenge in this video interview.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Autos