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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.

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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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.

They have dinner together. They chat it up on Twitter. They offer congratulations on jobs well done, solace when things don't go so well.

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Patrick, who first earned her popularity in open-wheel racing, said her focus is on the Sprint Cup series and the chances of her running at the Indy 500 become "less and less likely with each passing year." "Each year my desire to race there is less and less and my apprehension grows higher and higher," Patrick told The Associated Press earlier ... (more)

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.

Danica Patrick set the bar with a third-place finish in 2009, and of all the female drivers that qualified, none is starting better than in 24th position.

While it's true that factors such as the driver, sponsor, team, car and pit crew - among several other things - will determine the winner, numbers can help tell the history of a race, which in turn can be used to predict the outcome.

Denny Hamlin isn't ready to say he's back, even after winning the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 with a record-setting qualifying lap Thursday night.

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 .

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.

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.

NASCAR driver Danica Patrick takes a swing at a punching bag during a photo shoot and taping of an ad for sponsor GoDaddy.com at the Two Pros Fitness club in south Charlotte on May 22, 2013.

Everyone has heard of the Indy500 . Far fewer have heard of the city's other greatest spectacle in racing, the Zoopolis 500 tortoise race.

NEAR the conclusion of our meeting with IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe Monday, I said, smiling, "We can't let a media session go by without a Danica question." You'd have thought someone had dialed back the room temperature 30 degrees at XFINITY Live! Talk about a frosty reaction .

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

A joyous Michael Andretti as he basks in the glow of being the team owner of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Champion Ryan Hunter-Reay while fielding questions from the press just after the last race of the season at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA.

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.